Dr. Patricia Shields, professor with the Department of Political Science and the Public Administration Program, was featured in PA Times (the magazine produced by the American Society for Public Administration) as one of their “Profiles of Excellence.” Dr. Shields was interviewed about her career as a scholar and how she envisions the future of public administration/public policy scholarship, how online classes are impacting the teaching/learning model, and the challenges of gender bias in academia.
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