UGA Department of Public Administration and Policy

Our faculty are active and engaged experts with substantial experience serving and advising governments, foundations, and others with a serious concern for the public interest.
Our goal is to develop new and creative curricular options and scholarly initiatives.
The Department's activities and work reach to six continents and to issues of governance at every level.
Georgia's Department of Public Administration and Policy is an exciting place. The people are lively, the setting congenial and collegial, the work important, and the reputation unparalleled.

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Student Honors & Awards

Jennie Welch Receives of Louise McBee Scholarship

The Georgia Association of Women in Higher Education awarded a $1000 Louise McBee Scholarship to two UGA graduate students, Public Administration and Policy doctoral student, Jennie Welch and Lauren Collier, a PhD candidate in the Institute of Higher Education. The purpose of the scholarship is to support educational enrichment for…... More Student Honors & Awards ›

Department News

Annual GSPA Banquet

Georgia Students for Public Administration (GSPA) hosted their annual banquet in the Memorial Hall Ballroom on May 4th, 2012. GSPA President, Austyn Barbarin welcomed fellow students, faculty, and staff to the event. Keynote speaker, Dr. Laurel McFarland gave an insightful speech. As Executive Director of the National Association of Schools…... More Department News ›

Research & Publications

Wenger Re-examines Gender Wage Gap

Associate professor Jeffrey Wenger co-authored “He said, she said: The gender wage gap according to self and proxy reports” with with Jeremy Reynolds, associate professor of sociology in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. The study, published in the March edition of the journal of Social Science Research, examines the discrepancy…... More Research & Publications ›

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4th in the Nation

The Master of Public Administration Program at the University of Georgia is one of the nation's best for public service education. It continues to be ranked 4th in the nation, the 2nd best among public universities, and is the highest ranked graduate degree program at UGA.

NASPAA Accredited

The purpose of NASPAA accreditation is to promote and maintain educational quality for professional public service degrees. NASPAA accreditation recognizes that a master's program in public affairs has undertaken a rigorous process of peer review conducted by the Commission on Peer Review and Accreditation (COPRA).

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