
The University of New Mexico
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Contact: Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821, scarr@unm.edu
February 15, 2006
UNM Regents' Professor of Public Administration Appointed to NASPAA Executive Council
Regents' Professor of Public Administration Mario Rivera was recently appointed to the Executive Council of the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration or NASPAA. Rivera, who was elected by the membership to a three-year term through 2008, joins 16 others on the executive committee.
“It's a real honor for the University and the School of Administration to be appointed to the Executive Council of the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration,” said Rivera.
Rivera is also the editor of The Journal of Public Affairs Education (J-PAE), along with former School of Public Administration chair Bruce Perlman, who serves as editor-in-chief. Both were appointed to the positions late last year. UNM was selected to edit the publication through a competitive process. Perlman and Rivera encourage submissions from UNM faculty members pertaining to public policy and matters of public administration.
The journal is a publication dedicated to advancing teaching and learning in public affairs, which includes the fields of policy analysis, public administration, public management and public policy. Published quarterly by the NASPAA, The Journal of Public Affairs Education features commentaries, special issues, book reviews and peer reviewed scholarly articles on pedagogical and curricula issues in public affairs education.
“We feel the appointment is consistent with UNM's character and a hallmark of a prominent research intensive university, and also its strategic plan which calls for research and publication activities on a national and international basis,” said Rivera.
Rivera, who has been at UNM since 1993, has also served on several other NASPAA committees including the Commission on Peer Review and Accreditation (2002-05), the steering committee of NASPAA's Inter-American Network for Public Administration Education (1997-99) and its Undergraduate Section Committee (1990-96).
NASPAA was founded in 1970 and serves as a national and international resource for the promotion of excellence in education and training for public service. Its institutional membership includes 253 U.S. university programs in public affairs, public policy, public administration and public management. It is an institutional membership organization existing to promote excellence in public service education.
The organization accredits all MPA and Master of Public Policy programs in the United States, and represents them before the accreditor of accrediting organizations, the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA, attached), and before Congress and the U.S. Department of Education, on policy concerns affecting public affairs programs around the nation.
The University of New Mexico is the state's largest university, serving more than 32,000 students. UNM is home to the state's only schools of law, medicine, pharmacy and architecture and operates New Mexico's only academic health center. UNM is noted for comprehensive undergraduate programs and research that benefits the state and the nation.
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