More Professional Activity from the Department of Political Science!

Hugh Lee published a two-part series entitled, “The Republican Tax Plan: ‘Big, Beautiful Christmas Present’ or Significant Blow to the Elderly” in West Publishing’s Elder Law Advisory. The first publication was “Part One: The Tax Plan’s Benefits” (324, March 2018) and the second (forthcoming) provides the opposing perspective “Part Two: Concerns for the Elderly (325, April 2018). He also presented a lecture to the North Carolina Bar Association’s 23rd Annual Elder and Special Needs Law Symposium at Pinehurst, North Carolina on February 23, 2018 entitled “Advising Clients about Long-Term Care Insurance – Dealing with today’s long-term care insurance market.”

Bonnie Mani presented “Psychological Contracts between Federal Agencies and Employees: A Structural Equation Model” at the annual meeting of the American Society for Public Administration in Denver, Colorado on March 9.

Carmine Scavo was quoted in Barry Yeoman’s article, “Walter Jones, Jr. is a Voice of Dissent in the GOP,” which will appear in the April 2 edition of The Nation. The piece is currently available online at https://www.thenation.com/article/walter-jones-jr-is-a-voice-of-dissent-in-the-gop/.

Olga Smirnova and Master of Public Administration alumna Sapna Varkey published “Using an Engaged Scholarship Symposium to Change Perceptions: Evaluation Results,” in the Journal of Extension.