Jeremy L. Hall, professor and director of the master’s in public administration program for the School of Public Administration, led a panel presentation entitled “Enhancing Academic-Practitioner Exchange and Collaboration” for the National Academy of Public Administration. Hall, who is also co-editor-in-chief of the field’s top-ranked journal, Public Administration Review, joined co-editor-in chief Paul Battaglio, Ph.D., to discuss the importance of collaboration among practitioners and academic researchers. Established in 1967, the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization chartered by Congress to help government leaders solve their most critical management challenges. The elite group consists of more than 850 fellows who have made lifetime contributions to the field of public administration as scholars or practitioners.