Rutgers SPAA at MPSA 2025

Faculty and doctoral students from the School of Public Affairs and Administration (SPAA) participated in the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) 2025 Conference in Chicago, IL on April 3-6:

Monica Aldea (PhD Candidate)

• "Assessing the Impact of Merit-Based Recruitment on Promoting Gender Equity"

Ricardo Bello-Gomez (Assistant Professor)

• "Direct and Indirect Effects of Democratic Backsliding on Governance Outcomes: The Role of Public Administration"
• "Do Public Servants’ Attitudes toward Homosexuals Differ from those of Non-Public Employees? A Worldwide Exploration"

Ying Liu (PhD Candidate), Nicolas Lagos (PhD Student)

• "Women’s Representation and Gender Auditing: A Cross-Country Analysis"

Ying Liu (PhD Candidate)

• "(Mis) Representation in Miss Representation: A Survey Experiment on Public Perceptions of Women’s Representation"
• "Are Women More Compassionate Public Policy Makers? Evidence from New York"

Hyorim Seo (PhD Student)

• "Justice in Energy Governance: Enhancing Legitimacy and Trust in Nuclear Policy Decisions"

Urvi Shukla (PhD Student)

• "Institutional Impacts of Altered Administrative Law Jurisprudence on Federal Agencies and Constitutional Branches"
• "State of Administrative Law Affairs for Federal Agencies and the Three Branches"