Conversations about social equity in our field are more important now than ever. Read the newest @jsepajournal.bsky.social issue below, which is always open access. Very proud to be a JSEPA editorial board member!

My new book review is out in @jsepajournal.bsky.social!

🚨 New issue alert! Vol. 4, No. 2 (2026) of the Journal of Social Equity and Public Administration is out now! Thank you to our authors, editors, and reviewers for making this issue possible. 🙌 📖 Read for free: jsepajournal.org/index.php/js... #OpenAccess #PublicAdministration #SocialEquity

My book review of @kevinguyan.bsky.social new book Rainbow Trap: Queer Lives, Classifications, and the Dangers of Inclusion is now available open access at @jsepajournal.bsky.social. Overall, I thought it was a great book with a lot of implications for public admin. jsepajournal.org/index.php/js...

Just a reminder that JSEPA is all online open access. No paywall obstacles.

Looking for your next deep dive? Step 1: Read (or re-read!) the papers in our Jan issue. jsepajournal.org/index.php/js... Step 2: Get ready—our highly anticipated July issue is dropping soon! Stay ahead of the curve. Register and subscribe so you're the first to know when the July issue arrives.

Make sure to check out all the Best Article Awards selected by the JSEPA Awards Committee. Congrats to the host of amazing and talented authors on the 2025 award recipient. Threats to Democracy: A Danger to Social Justice for All doi.org/10.24926/jse...

Make sure to check out all the Best Article Awards selected by the JSEPA Awards Committee. Congrats to Jennifer Brinkerhoff for her 2024 best article: Black Leaders in American Foreign Policy: History and Prospects for Overcoming a Racialized Bureaucracy doi.org/10.24926/jse...

Make sure to check out all the Best Article Awards selected by the JSEPA Awards Committee. Congrats to Helen H. Yu for her 2023 best article: Structural Racism in the Federal Workplace: An Intersectional Approach to Examining Race-Based Discrimination in Law Enforcement doi.org/10.24926/jse...

Reminder that JSEPA will be announcing our Beat Article Awards as the Closing Plenary at the Social Equity Leadership Conference (Sat, May 30th, 12noon). Join us if you can. And I’ll be available at the conference if anyone wants to chat about JSEPA.

Teaser Alert! JSEPA will be announcing Best Article Awards for 2023, 2024, & 2025 at the Closing Plenary of the Social Equity Leadership Conference. Join us Sat May 30, 12noon if possible. Stay tuned for spotlight posts on the selected articles/authors after the conference.

📚 Book Review Published: Social Equity in a Post-Roe America: Gender, Race, and the Rule of Law by Anna Crawford 🔗 Read the full review: doi.org/10.24926/jse... This book is essential for scholars, practitioners, and policymakers interested in equity, public administration, and legal history.

📢New commentary Alert: “Rebuilding Trust in Public Institutions: A Path Toward Racial Healing for African Americans” by Mark McKinney (St. Petersburg College) A powerful call to center racial healing in public administration. 🔗 Read: doi.org/10.24926/jse...

📄 New study in JSEPA by Borry, Getha-Taylor, & Shurtliff “The Full Participation of Women in the Public Sector Workplace: Women’s Emotions and (In)Authentic Expression” explores how women public servants experience and manage emotions at work. Read 👉 doi.org/10.24926/jse...

📄 New research by Saman Afshan (NC State) “From Theory to Practice: How Local Governments Operationalize Social Equity Budgeting” explores how local officials incorporate social equality initiatives into their budgeting processes. Read here 👉 doi.org/10.24926/jse... #Equity #LocalGovernment

🩺📉 What drives state action on racial health equity? In their study, Myers, Thornton, & French, examine whether states with higher Black preterm birth rates prior to COVID-19 adopted stronger health equity policies during the pandemic. 🔗 Read the article: doi.org/10.24926/jse...

📘 New Article in JSEPA The Distorted Mirror: An Exploratory Study on Ethnoracial Representation and Social Equity in the Mexican Federal Government by Felipe Blanco. 🔗 Read here: doi.org/10.24926/jse...

📚 New article by Geist & Nickels. “Historical Amnesia: Public Administration and the Second Founding” examines how Reconstruction and the Second Founding shaped public administration—yet remain largely absent from the field’s dominant narratives. Read here 👉 doi.org/10.24926/jse...

📣 JSEPA READS!!!! New Issue Released! Vol. 4 No. 1 (2026) jsepajournal.org/index.php/js... Published: Jan. 1, 2026 This issue continues JSEPA’s mission to advance scholarship at the intersection of social equity, justice, governance, and public administration. 📖 Scan the QR Code to read it here:

Are you connected with recovery efforts after Hurricane Helene? If so, a request...we are beginning a new study on household financial recovery after the hurricane and hoping to interview several dozen households across all of the affected states.

OMG, my book, Public Administration, Civic Engagement, and Spanish-Speaking Communities, is nearly here! (eBook out on 10/27/2025, print out on 12/4/2025 by @emeraldpublishing.bsky.social ). Now that the book is showing up on Google Scholar, can I count this as published?

What better way to start the week than some self promotion 😉 New article out with @sethjmeyer.bsky.social and Jose Luis Irizarry. Public Integrity and Sports(Ball): A Social Equity Approach in Public Integrity journal. doi.org/10.1080/1099...

📚 JSEPA READS!!!! 📝 Book Review by: Adam Butz and @ctburks.bsky.social 📖 Essential reading for scholars and practitioners committed to justice, equity, and inclusive governance. 🔗 doi.org/10.24926/jse... #RaceForProfit #BlackHomeownership #UrbanPolicy #StructuralRacism #EquityInPractice

📚 JSEPA READS!!!! “Threats to Democracy: A Danger to Social Justice for All” This powerful essay explores how democratic backsliding—through misinformation, voter suppression, and institutional dismantling—poses a direct threat to social justice for all.

📚 JSEPA READS!!!! “Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership” 📝 Reviewed by: Adam Butz, California State University, Long Beach Christopher Tyler Burks, School of Public Affairs, University of Arkansas at Little Rock

📚 JSEPA READS!!!! 🚉 “Intersectionality in Practice: How Public Transit Agencies Understand and Apply Intersectionality in the Pursuit of Gender Equity” ✍️ By Josephine Hazelton-Boyle | California State University, Fresno Scan the OR Code to read it here #JSEPAReads #Intersectionality

📚 JSEPA READS!!!! “Radical Hope as a Transformative Praxis in the Face of Hate and Intolerance” ✍️ By Ashley E. Nickels & Camille Tinnin | Kent State University Radical hope isn't just optimism—it's a praxis of resistance, renewal, and equity.

📢 Today we're featuring a piece by Andrea Briceno-Mosquera and Sharon Mastracci: 📝 Gauging the Gap: Inequality of Time Use When Seeking Government Services 🔗 doi.org/10.24926/jse... The authors examine inequities when seeking and waiting for government services. #CheckItOut #SocialEquity #JSEPA

📢 Featuring a powerful piece by Sara Rinfret & Eric Wise: 📝 From the Street Level: Perspectives from Women in Public Administration. The article explores the lived experiences of women in frontline public service, offering key insights on gender and equity. 🔗 doi.org/10.24926/jse... #MustRead

My first ever book review is published at @jsepajournal.bsky.social. @ctburks.bsky.social and I reviewed Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor's seminal work, "Race for Profit", and offered key lessons for public administrators pursuing social equity in housing policy: jsepajournal.org/index.php/js...

Today we're highlighting 📚 JSEPA's mission to illuminate inequities, advance justice & reduce disparity in public service. From co-editors-in-chief @mevansphd.bsky.social & @hillaryknepper.bsky.social Read more by clicking the following link doi.org/10.24926/jse... #JSEPA #SocialEquity

✨📚A must-read for equity & education advocates 📣 by Melissa Taylor, Larra Rucker, Valerie Hunt & Brinck Kerr: The article title "Intersectional Representation Among Employees in U.S. School Districts" explores how race, gender & role shape school staff diversity. 🔗 doi.org/10.24926/jse...

New issue alert! 📚 Volume 3, Issue 2 of JSEPA is live! Explore insightful articles and research papers, available open-access: jsepajournal.org/index.php/js... #JSEPA #OpenAccess

If you are at the Social Equity Leadership Conf and want to talk about publishing in the Journal of Social Equity and Public Administration @jsepajournal.bsky.social , look for me on Friday. I’ll be wearing the purple button that says “ask me about JSEPA”

I think in Massachusetts you are legally restricted to beer or champagne in the Stanley Cup.

So honored to receive the UTC Excellence in Scholarship Award (Tenured Faculty) yesterday. What a magnificent motivation to finish off semester grading and focus on my new research project.

I’m a bit tardy on this… Thrilled that paper with co-authors Jose Irizarry and @sethjmeyer.bsky.social was recognized with the Best Paper Award from ASPA Section on Nonprofits. Thank you SNP for this wonderful honor! doi.org/10.1177/0899...

Happy news in a turbulent week 😄. Thank you to the ASPA Section on Nonprofits Best Paper Award with Jose Luis Irizarry. D @sethjmeyer.bsky.social

Fast Track Opportunity In response to turbulent times in the US and abroad, the Journal of Social Equity and Public Administration (JSEPA) is providing a fast-track opportunity for shorter submissions (3,500 words) focused on our existing Racial Healing and Promoting Social Justice sections.

📢 Special Issue Alert 📢

What does an inclusive leader look like? Curious. Read this article. in @jsepajournal.bsky.social . Great work @namrtasharma.bsky.social

Final entry in JSEPA Vol 3, Issue 1 Suparna Soni reviews "Handbook on Gender & Public Administration, edited by Patricia M. Shields and Nicole M. Elias, 2022, Edward Elgar Publishing. doi.org/10.24926/jse... The book contains 27 wide-ranging chapters on the past, present & future of gender & PA.

Rounding out JSEPA Vol 3, Issue 1 are new book reviews Emily Nwakpuda doi.org/10.24926/jse... examines "Nonprofit Neighborhoods Nonprofit Neighborhoods: An Urban History of Inequality and the American State+, authored by Claire Dunning, 2022, University of Chicago Press #nonprofit, #bookreview

JSEPA Vol 3, Issue 1 - New Pub Alert 🚨New Film Review 🚨 Susan Appe, Bruna de Morais Holanda review the film "Uncharitable". This documentary is based on Dan Pallotta's innovative/controversial take on philanthropy & the nonprofit sector. doi.org/10.24926/jse...

Vol 3 Issue 1 - Promoting Social Justice 💡Innovative & equitable-focused pedagogy paired with practical applications Ungrading: Socially Just Assessment Practices for the PA Classroom By: Jeannine M. Love @j9love.bsky.social & Jamie Levine Daniel @jamielevdan.bsky.social doi.org/10.24926/jse...

JSEPA Vol 3 Issue 1 - Promoting Social Justice Spotlight Antecedents of an Inclusive Leader in Public Organizations: A Macro and Micro Perspective By Namrta Sharma @namrtasharma.bsky.social & Meghna Sabharwal doi.org/10.24926/jse...

New pub alert - JSEPA Vol. 3 Issue 1 Social Media Advocacy for SDG 5 in the Middle East: Insights from Egypt, Tunisia, and Jordan Laila El Baradei, Mohamed Kadry, Ghadeer Ahmed doi.org/10.24926/jse...

New Publication Alert - JSEPA Vol 3, Issue 1 Sex Work in Public Administration: Creating a Welcoming Environment - By Seth J. Meyer @sethjmeyer.bsky.social doi.org/10.24926/jse... #LGBTQIA #SOGIE #SexWork

New Publication Alert - JSEPA Vol 3 Issue 1 "Neoliberal policy & equity on campus: A comparative administrative study of name, image, & likeness (NIL) & college" Darrell Lovell, West Texas A&M Univ doi.org/10.24926/jse... #NameImageLikeness #NIL #NeoliberalPolicy #CollegeAthleticsAdministration

Bonus reposting #2 with fabulous new screenshot. Message from incoming JSEPA Co-Editors, Hillary Knepper & Michelle Evans @mevansphd.bsky.social Check out their JSEPA vision & meet the new team: @gojodi.bsky.social @tjcarrizales.bsky.social Schnequa Diggs, Phin Xaypangna & @vestorcien.bsky.social