New Visions for Public Affairs

NVPA, SPPA's student run journal, will hold its annual symposium on Thursday, April 26th, from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm at the Gallery in Perkins Center

This year's keynote speaker will be SPPA alumnus and current FEMA Chief of Staff, Jason McNamarra.

Students will present their current research on a broad range of domestic and global public policy issues, that will also be featured in this year's online edition of NVPA.

Program Schedule           Presentations

 EXTENSION - CALL FOR PAPERS

Publish with NVPA - UD’s Public Policy Student Journal

The submission deadline for the next issue has been extended to December 31, 2011. If you wrote a paper this semester with a new perspective on any public policy issue, we'd like to hear from you. NVPA - New Visions for Public Affairs - publishes student articles with a new perspective on public policy issues.

Format Requirements: Microsoft World Document; APA format; double spaced; 30 pages max.; abstract included.

Questions? Contact us at email: suappjournal@gmail.com, or find more information on our website: www.sppa.udel.edu/nvpa/submissions

Meet the newest members of the  NVPA Editorial Board for 2011 - 12:

 David Barnes

 Stephen Furman

 Jennifer Fuqua

 Bill Stavru

 Yvonne Rademacher

 Kerrin Wolf 

Publication of Volume 3

NVPA Volume 3 is published now. Have a look at our Issues page to read articles by Michelle Kung (PhD '11) on the commercial building energy governance in Shanghai, as well as Prof. Raffel's perspective on the challenges of 50 years of public education.