Faculty from the Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration will present their work in Washington, D.C., at the 2024 NASPAA Annual Conference

Conference Presentations: October 23, 2024

Design Session: Shaping Professional Development for Public Administration Faculty

Wednesday, October 23, 204 | 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Congressional B

• Jessica Sowa, Professor, Biden School of Public Policy and Administration, University of Delaware 

Conference Presentations: October 24, 2024

Panel: Assuring Undergraduate Success in Public Affairs and Administration Education: A focus on student support

Thursday, October 24, 2024 | 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Capitol Room B 

• Andrea Pierce, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Associate Professor, Biden School of Public Policy and Administration, University of Delaware

Panel: Adapting Accelerated Degree Programs in Response to a Changing Undergraduate Environment

Thursday, October 24, 2024 | 2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

Congressional B

• Andrea Pierce, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Associate Professor, Biden School of Public Policy and Administration, University of Delaware

Charette: Deliberate Pedagogy: Teaching Democracy Through Civil Discourse in Public Affairs Classroom

Thursday, October 24, 2024 | 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM

• Timothy Shaffer, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Chair of Civil Discourse, Biden School of Public Policy and Administration, University of Delaware

Conference Presentations: October 25, 2024

Panel: Linking Theory to Practice in the MPA Program

Friday, October 25, 2024 | 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM

FIU's DC Campus

• Alisa Moldavanova, Associate Professor and MPA Director, Biden School of Public Policy and Administration, University of Delaware

Panel: Are the Graduates Ready? How Different MPA Programs Approach their Final Student Projects and Assessment

Friday, October 25, 2024 | 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM
Columbia A

• Alisa Moldavanova, Associate Professor and MPA Director, Biden School of Public Policy and Administration, University of Delaware

• Jessica Sowa, Professor, Biden School of Public Policy and Administration, University of Delaware