SPAA Accolades: Academic Year 2025-2026

FACULTY

Cleopatra Charles, associate professor, received the 2025 Best Innovative Teaching Method Award from ENCATC, the European network on cultural management and policy. 
http://go.rutgers.edu/charles-encatc-award

Suzanne Piotrowski, professor, was elected to the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) as a member of its 2025 Class of Academy Fellows.
http://go.rutgers.edu/piotrowski-napa-fellow

Lois Warner, associate teaching professor, led the opening of grant-funded exhibit to showcase the "Voices and Visions of Emerging Public Leaders" at Rutgers SPAA.
http://go.rutgers.edu/spaa-exhibit-2025

PhD Students

Tong Chen, PhD candidate, was selected as a 2025 APPAM Equity & Inclusion Fellowship recipient.
http://go.rutgers.edu/chen-2025-appam

Nicolás Lagos, PhD candidate, was awarded the 2025 Aramco Internal Audit Dissertation Scholarship by the Internal Audit Foundation.
http://go.rutgers.edu/lagos-2025-aramco