Rutgers SPAA at NECoPA 2025

Rutgers SPAA faculty, doctoral students, and alumni participated at NECoPA 2025, held Nov 7-8 at Kean University in Union Township, NJ.

SPAA Faculty

• Ricardo Bello-Gomez: Ask the Editors: Demystifying Academic Publishing
• Cleopatra Charles: Small Change, Strategic Giving: Exploring Motivations Behind Round-Up Donations
• Diego Galego: Queer Public Administration: An International Comparative Analysis
• Gregory Porumbescu: Linking Broadband Availability to Perceived Digital Skills: The Moderating Role of Education; The Impact of Artificial Intelligence Adoption on Government Transparency: Evidence from Federal FOIA Processing

Doctoral Students

• Diego Bautista: Oh SNAP: Estimating the Spillover Effects of the SNAP Electronic Benefit Transfer System on New Jersey Beneficiary Labour Outcomes
• Tong Chen: How Long Can Corruption Hide? Determinants of Public Corruption Duration in the United States
• Zach Curinga: A Burden to Bear: The Effect of Nonprofits on Administrative Burden and Long COVID
• Canyu Gao: Linking Broadband Availability to Perceived Digital Skills: The Moderating Role of Education
• Md Shahidulla Kaiser: The Early Footsteps of Public Policy Education in Bangladesh: Navigating Challenges and Exploring Future Pathways
• Nicolas Lagos: Welcoming a new team member: Understanding support for artificial bureaucrats in public procurement
• Ying Liu (Best Student Paper Award): (Mis)Representation in Miss Representation: An Information Experiment on the Symbolic Effects of Representative Claims
• Marva Mack: Owning the Narrative: The Impact of Appropriate Performance Measurement on Public Perception and Fiscal Efficacy
• Lichen Nian: Volunteer 
• Hyorim Seo: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence Adoption on Government Transparency: Evidence from Federal FOIA Processing
• Vageesha Sharma: Small Change, Strategic Giving: Exploring Motivations Behind Round-Up Donations
• Alisha Sukhram: Fiscal Transparency Under Crisis: A Qualitative Study of Detroit's ACFRs During Bankruptcy
• Vishal Trehan: Digital Capacity, Bureaucratic Representation, and 311 Service Delivery in NYC

Alumni

• RaJade M. Berry-James (Best Academic Paper Award): No Place Like Home: An Autoethnographic Journey of Resilience and Foster Care