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2019-20 Wilder School Doctoral Lecture Series to Kick-Off Sept. 30
By Tiffany Murray-Robertson
September 23, 2019
The 2019-20 season of the Wilder School Doctoral Lecture Series in Public Policy will kick-off on Monday, September 30, with a talk by Norma Riccucci, of Rutgers University at Newark.
The lecture series gives doctoral students the opportunity to learn from and engage with leading scholars in a variety of fields related to public policy. Four speakers will come to campus during the 2019-20 academic year, two in each semester. The lecture series is geared to graduate students, faculty and alumni of our Ph.D. program, and it is open to public.
All lectures will take place in the Raleigh Building, room B0001, from 1-2:30 p.m.
Riccucci, a Board of Governors Distinguished Professor in the School of Public Affairs and Administration Rutgers University at Newark, will discuss, “Citizens’ Perceptions of Closing the Gender Pay Gap: An Experimental Study.” Her research interests lie in the broad area of public management, with specific interests in social equity policies and representative bureaucracy. Riccucci has published extensively in the areas of public management and social equity including her two most recent books, “Public Administration: Traditions of Inquiry and Philosophies of Knowledge” and “Policy Drift: Shared Powers and the Making of U.S. Law and Policy.”
“The 2019-20 lecture series will expose students to contemporary issues and research practices used by prominent scholars,” said Elsie Harper-Anderson, Ph.D., director of the Wilder School’s doctoral program. “We’re excited to invite these thought leaders to the Wilder School.”
She is the recipient of several national awards, including the American Political Science Association’s John Gaus Award for a lifetime of exemplary scholarship in the joint tradition of political science and public administration and the American Society of Public Administration’s Dwight Waldo Award for a lifelong contribution to public administration. In 2005, Riccucci was inducted into the National Academy of Public Administration.
“The 2019-20 lecture series will expose students to contemporary issues and research practices used by prominent scholars,” said Elsie Harper-Anderson, Ph.D., director of the Wilder School’s doctoral program. “We’re excited to invite these thought leaders to the Wilder School.”
Additional dates and speakers for the 2019-20 Wilder School Doctoral Lecture Series in Public Policy include:
Monday, October 29, 2019: Callie Rennison, Ph.D., University of Denver at Colorado
Monday, February 10, 2020:Lance Freeman, Ph.D., Columbia University
Monday, March 16, 2020: Anne-Margaret Esnard, Ph.D., Georgia State University
For more information, contact Dr. Harper-Anderson at elharperande@vcu.edu.