SPA doctoral students begin to develop themselves as scholars in year one. As they advance, they present their work at academic conferences and publish in scholarly journals.

SPA students receive support to attend and participate in academic conferences. In the last few years, SPA PhD students have presented papers and posters at the following U.S.-based and international conferences.

·          ABFM

·         Academy of Management

·         APPAM

·         APSA

·         ASPA

·         Atlanta Conference on Science and Innovation

·         AUTM

·         Elsevier Impact Conference

·         Futures Conference

·         ICSSI

·         IRSPM

·         MPSA

·         NASPAA

·         OIS

·         REER

·         STI

·         WPSA

Chen, T., & Welch, E. W. (2026). Contracting Services for Response to Extreme Weather Events in Public Organizations. Public Administration Review.

Chen, T. (2026) Serving the Public as Civil Servants or Citizens? Public Employees' Exposure to Public Participation, Job Satisfaction, and Volunteering. Review of Public Personnel Administration. Forthcoming.

Du, L., Tirado, M. M., & Melkers, J. (2025). Work–family conflict in academic science: Differential experiences of foreign-born and U.S.-born faculty. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education.
Feldman, M. P., & Sun, S. (2026). Cohen-Boyer redux. In Rethinking innovation policy in the biopharmaceutical ecosystem. Cambridge University Press. Advance manuscript available at SSRN: https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5353207

Wright, J. E., Cox, C., & Pham, V. (2026). Code Red: Fighting Fires, Racism, and Policies in Emergency Safety Services. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 0734371X251411200.

Yu, S., & Du, L. (2025). Balancing regulations, paperwork, and access: How administrative capacity and networks shape scientific material exchange? Science and Public Policy.