Academic Voice: Policy Wonks Talk About Regionalism. Dealers and Junkies Live it.

Dr. Andrew Seligsohn is the Associate Chancellor of Rutgers-Camden’s Office of Civic Engagement. As such he coordinates much of the work on campus (or for students trying to get off campus) around community partnerships. I occasionally find myself in his office trying to get his perspective on a local issue. At one point he emailed me with … Continue reading Academic Voice: Policy Wonks Talk About Regionalism. Dealers and Junkies Live it.

PASA’s Dine and Discover

I’m the guest speaker at next Tuesday’s Public Administration Student Association’s Dine and Discover (4:30 pm). My talk is titled: Access, Rigor and Field Work: Conversations Qualitative Researchers Have Over Drinks More importantly, they’ve assured me that it’s an open event, and they’ll be serving dinner. Drop a note in the comments or shoot me an … Continue reading PASA’s Dine and Discover

Reintroducing the Local Knowledge Blog

Last week, when I went out to Un-Dark the Park, a curious thing happened. Someone walked up and told me, “I love the blog. All the voices. And it’s ok when you write too,” (or something like that). I went out to Gallery Eleven One for Third Thursdays and the same thing happened. In fact, … Continue reading Reintroducing the Local Knowledge Blog

Turning Around a Story (and NIMBYism)

Inky beat reporter Julia Terruso’s (@juliaterruso) excellent article on police and overtime at the waterfront has been making the rounds. Julia focuses, in part, on evasion of public record requests and effects on the police budget. Our own PhD Candidate, Christopher Wheeler, picked up some of the chatter on social media about inappropriate use of police … Continue reading Turning Around a Story (and NIMBYism)