Public Administration Archives

UCF Public Administration Assistant Professor Named National Center for Atmospheric Research Early Career Faculty Innovator

Yue ‘Gurt’ Ge will be studying how partnerships between weather forecasters and critical infrastructure operators can enhance systems’ resilience to ...

Claire Knox Receives Award for Exceptional Emergency Management Education

UCF Associate Professor Receives Award for Exceptional Emergency Management Education

Knox received the Kay C. Goss Innovation & Technology Award from the Federal Emergency Management Agency during its annual higher ...

UCF Alum Named Assistant Director of U.S. Secret Service Office of Investigations

David Smith ’98 ’00MPA has held numerous roles with the U.S. Secret Service over his nearly 21-year career ...

As Hurricane Season Kicks Off, UCF Researchers Working to Make Communities More Resilient

More than a dozen researchers are working on a wide variety of research that looks to prepare, respond, and mitigate ...

New Tool from UCF-led Team Shows Homeowners and Renters the True Cost of Disasters

The tool can provide disaster readiness reports for 13.3 million addresses in 196 counties along the Gulf of Mexico — ...

Graduating Nonprofit Management Student Gives Back by Establishing New Scholarship

Sean Farrell and his wife, Valerie, created the Farrell Nonprofit Opportunity Scholarship to help undergraduate nonprofit management students ...

UCF Reach for the Stars 2022 Honorees Are Pioneers in Their Fields of Study

From creating resilient communities that can withstand natural disasters to educating the public through fiction that explains real science, this ...

Celebrating 10 Years of UCF’s Research Administration Program

The School of Public Administration looks back on – and ahead to – the success of one of UCF’s graduate ...

UCF Expert on Emergency Management: It’s All About Helping People

Associate Professor Abdul-Akeem Sadiq works with agencies so they can help families recover after disasters, including finding closure after losing ...

Founder of Nonprofit to Assist Homeless LGBTQ+ Youth

UCF Alum Founds Nonprofit to Assist Homeless LGBTQ+ Youth

Austin Rivers ’20MPA, who was recently featured on the The Kelly Clarkson Show, created Knit the Rainbow to provide handmade ...

Lithuania Honors UCF Professor with National Award for Global Leadership

Thomas Bryer received the Global Lithuanian Award for contributions to scientific progress in Lithuania ...

UCF Public Administration Pegasus Professor Selected to Join the National Academy of Public Administration

Naim Kapucu will be inducted as a 2021 fellow in early November ...

Center For Public and Nonprofit Management Honors Nonprofit Partners with Inaugural Hope Awards

Three local nonprofit partners were honored virtually from UCF Downtown at the 20th Annual UCF Nonprofit Partners Conference on October ...

UCF Public Administration Faculty Named President and President-Elect of the Southeastern Conference for Public Administration

Jeremy Hall, a professor of public administration and academic program coordinator for the public affairs doctoral program, was appointed by ...

UCF Center for Public and Nonprofit Management Announces New Director

Maritza Concha, a lecturer in the School of Public Administration, has been named the next director of the UCF Center ...