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Current Update.PPOL Update January 7, 2008PPOL Students and Faculty, I hope this first Update of 2008 finds everyone refreshed from the holiday break and ready to dive into another semester. I have just a few items to help get the term going, but they are important so please look them over. As always, if you have any questions or any items you wish announced, just let me know. In this Update: 2--Important Upcoming Deadlines 3--ASPA Chapter Meeting on the Light Rail System 5--8th Annual Niner Research Across the Disciplines 8--Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowships 9--Post Doctoral Opportunity (US-China) Pending a (final?) visit to her doctor tomorrow (Tuesday), Laura is planning on rejoining us after recovering from her back surgery that apparently has gone very well. As noted previously, she’s gone completely stir crazy, so much so that she says she cannot wait to get back to working with Banner (okay, that’s not entirely true). But she is looking forward to returning to us tomorrow assuming the doctor gives her the green light. And David is very, very happy.... 2--Important Upcoming Deadlines As many of you undoubtedly know, the calendar this year is very odd and has us starting classes in the middle of the week, which is not normal. Another side-effect of this calendar issue is that the date for students to be dropped for non-payment of their tuition and fees is WEDNESDAY NIGHT, JANUNARY 9 (the end of the first day of classes). ALL PPOL students should check their registration on Thursday to make sure they were not dropped for any reason and their schedule remains unchanged. Normally this does not happen until the 3rd day of classes, but this year it will happen on the first day! Other important dates to pay close attention to include: Deadline for graduate students to file candidacy forms for May 2008 degree January 17 Deadline to apply for May 2008 graduation January 18 Last day to register, add, or change grade type to P/F or Audit January 18 Dr. Martin Luther King Day - University Closed January 21 3--ASPA Chapter Meeting on the Light Rail System As
mentioned in the last Update, the local chapter of the American Society of
Public Administration (ASPA) meets the second Thursday of every month. That
means this month’s meeting is this Thursday, January 10th, at
11:30 (starting at the Fire Department Headquarters located at the corner of
9th Street and College in Uptown Charlotte). This is a special
meeting with topic on the new light rail line that opened in November. Our
speaker will be Jennifer Green, the Community Relations Manager for the LYNX
Blue Line. After her brief presentation, we will board the light rail for
an inaugural trip and additional information about the line and the public
art along the line. So bring a brown bag lunch and $2.60 (for round trip
rail fare) and join us for this local public policy meeting on the rails. This spring term includes PPOL 8635 Ethics of Public Policy. Second year students and up are supposed to have already registered for this class. If you haven’t, you need to do so soon. It will not be offered again until Spring, 2010. Dr. Tong will once again be teaching the course and she has already put together a very interesting list of guest speakers. While students in the class are required to attend these speakers, she is inviting all the PPOL students to come if you like. I have included her schedule of speakers below so you can determine if you want to come and when to schedule. Affirmative Action, Multiculturalism, and Race Wednesday, January 23rd (McKnight Hall 4:00-5:30) Public Lecture: “Closing Racial Achievement Gaps: Ethical Perspectives on Cash Incentives” Anita L. Allen, Ph.D., Henry R. Silverman Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania Law School. Dirty Hands, War, and Terrorism Wednesday, February 27th (Winningham 107, 3:00-5:50) Class Lecture: William C. Gay Ph.D., Philosophy Department, UNC Charlotte. Business Ethics Wednesday, March 12th (Cone Lucas, 4-6pm) Public Lecture: “Leadership and Values” John A. Allison, IV, Chairman and CEO of BB&T. Violence-in language, in prisons, and in the home Wednesday, March 19th (Winningham 107, 3:00-5:50) Class Lecture: Peter Gilchrist, District Attorney, Mecklenburg County. Class Lecture: Bruce Arrigo Ph.D., Department of Criminal Justice, UNC Charlotte. HealthCare Reform (Screen and Discuss Michael Moore’s Film: Sicko) Wednesday, March 26th (Winningham 107, 3:00-5:50) Class Lecture: William G. Porter MD, Elizabeth Abernathy MD (CMC), John Klimas MD, Darlyne Menscer MD (CMC). Energy Reform Wednesday, April 2nd (Winningham 107, 3:00-5:50) Class Lecture: Dennis Rash Ph.D., Executive in Residence, Center for Transportation Policy Studies, UNC Charlotte. Biotechnology, Nanotechnology, and Neuroethics Wednesday, April 9th (Winningham 107, 3:00-5:50) Class Lecture: George Khushf Ph.D., Associate Professor of Philosophy and Humanities Director for the Center for Bioethics at the University of South Carolina. The Ethics of Globalization Wednesday, April 16th (Winningham 107, 3:00-5:50) Class Lecture: Edward Brynn Ph.D., Professor of History, UNC Charlotte. Served as Ambassador to Ghana and as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. State Department, Bureau of African Affairs. Immigration Reform Wednesday, April 23rd (Winningham 107, 3:00-5:50) Class
Lecture: Wayne Cooper, Honorary Mexican Consul for North Carolina. 5--8th Annual Niner Research Across the Disciplines The 8th Annual Niner Research Across the Disciplines, sponsored by the Graduate and Professional Student Government (GPSG), will be held on Saturday, March 15th from 9am-3pm. All graduate students are invited to participate in the Research Fair that will consist of judged presentations, poster presentations, and an invited speaker. The research fair is a forum to increase awareness of research activities conducted by fellow graduate students across all disciplines at UNC Charlotte. Cash awards are presented to the students with the best presentations as determined by faculty judges by category. All members of the campus community are invited to attend these presentations. Please note that the deadline for submission of applications from graduate students to present at this forum will be FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2008. Student research fair presenter applications will require inclusion of an abstract of the research study to be presented. Applications will be reviewed by a GPSG committee and students selected to present at the Research Fair will be informed accordingly by Friday, February 15th. For more information, please contact Cathy Moore, the GPSG Vice President, at gpsgvicepresident@uncc.edu. For more information on the research fair please visit:
http://www.sco.uncc.edu/gpsg/news%2Devents/research-fair/ Since becoming director, I have encouraged PPOL students to participate in their professional development by submitting papers for presentation at conferences and we have added additional program resources to facilitate more such participation. The first time students do this can be somewhat intimidating. One way to ease into this is to participate in the regional conferences of the various policy-related fields. I have taken students with me to the North Carolina Political Science Association meeting, for instance. This year, the NCPSA meeting will be held March 14-15 in Wilmington, North Carolina. Again, I encourage you to submit a paper for presentation at this student-friendly conference. I will be driving there and can take students with me. I have attached the conference registration information with this Update. If you intend to participate, please let me know so I can budget money to help offset the costs. This is a low cost conference that PPOL should be able to cover for you in its entirety. In other words, you have no reason not to go! Note
that this conference happens on the same day as the Graduate Student
Association’s annual research fair (see #5 above). CALL FOR PAPERS Financial Award for Best Papers in Ethics and Accountability in Public Service The Johnson Institute for Responsible Leadership in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh is accepting submissions for the 2007-2008 Johnson Award for Best Papers in Ethics and Accountability in Public Service. A blind review process will result in the selection of at least one (1) winner in each of the following categories: · Papers already published or accepted for publication in refereed forums (in journals, as chapters in books, etc): $2,000 · Work in Progress (not accepted for publication at the time of submission): $1,500 · Student Papers (including work by doctoral students prior to the award of the degree): $1,000 Young scholars and students are especially encouraged to apply. All entries must be received by February 1, 2008. Themes: Papers should fall under one of the following themes: International and civil security, Human security, International development, Public administration, and/or Nonprofit/NGO management and governance. These themes are broadly interpreted. Generally, any paper that has significant implications for public policy, public management, or nonprofit sector management will be acceptable. Application Process and Deadline Interested applicants should submit 1) an application cover sheet (available at www.johnsoninstitute-gspia.org), 2) two-page executive summary including title of the paper with author name(s) removed, and 3) a copy of the paper with author name(s) removed. Electronic copies are strongly preferred. All entries must be less than 35 pages double-spaced, including bibliography, and in English. Please indicate whether your paper should be considered in the published category, work in progress category, or student category. Winners will be notified in the spring 2008. For
application requirements and further information, visit
www.johnsoninstitute-gspia.org or contact
ethics@gspia.pitt.edu or 412-648-1336. 8--The Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowships (DPDF) The Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship (DPDF) is a strategic fellowship program designed to help graduate students in the humanities and social sciences formulate doctoral dissertation proposals that are intellectually pointed, amenable to completion in a reasonable time frame, and competitive in fellowship competitions. The program is organized around distinct “research fields,” subdisciplinary and interdisciplinary domains with common intellectual questions and styles of research. Each year, an SSRC Faculty Advisory Committee selects five fields proposed by pairs of research directors who are tenured professors at different doctoral degree-granting programs at U.S. universities. Research directors receive a stipend of $7500. Graduate students in the early phase of their research, generally 2nd and 3rd years, apply to one of five research fields led by the two directors; each group is made up of ten to twelve graduate students. Fellows participate in two workshops, one in the late spring that helps prepare them to undertake predissertation research on their topics; and one in the early fall, designed to help them synthesize their summer research and to draft proposals for dissertation funding. Fellows are eligible to apply for up to $5000 from SSRC to support predissertation research during the summer. The program is administered by the Social Science Research Council and funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Additional information for interested students is available at:
http://programs.ssrc.org/dpdf/. 9--Post Doctoral Opportunity (US-China) Hayward R. Alker Post-Doctoral Fellowship Competition 2008-09
Deadline: 01.16.08
2008-2009 CALL
Additional information and application instructions are available at:
http://usccis.org/pages/3531/Hayward_R._Alker_Post-Doctoral_Fellowship_Competition_2008-09.htm PPOL Updates Archive for the previous years.
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