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Journal of Public Affairs Education @jpaejournal.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

💫 How can public administration doctoral programs better prepare emerging scholars for today's world? A new editorial offers five recommendations: train students across research, teaching, and service; broaden the policy issues they study;

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Journal of Public Affairs Education @jpaejournal.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

New article alert: @cullenmerritt.bsky.social shared the following reflection about the motivation behind the article: “I wrote this article to invite our programs to set a proper course for the future of doctoral education—to ask:

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

New, from me: I became a PhD student mostly because one person, Patricia Wallace Ingraham, told me I should do it. She passed away recently, and it made me think about the role of mentorship in our lives. open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...

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What it means to be a mentor

Who was the person that changed your life?

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Public Personnel Management @ppmgmtjournal.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

It's #ThrowbackThursday and go check out the study on the effects of time on leadership development by our editorial board members Heather Getha-Taylor (The University of Kansas) and Cullen C. Merritt (University of Maryland), along with Jacob Fowles and Chris Silvia (Brigham Young University)‼️

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Cullen C. Merritt @cullenmerritt.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

I recently joined @yourwordsunleashed.bsky.social for a conversation about my research. The episode is titled "Service Shaming in Academia & How to Fix It." I hope you'll take a moment to check it out! yourwordsunleashed.com/service-sham...

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PhD Students for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion @dei-au-spa.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Thanks to @cullenmerritt.bsky.social for an inspiring and timely talk and discussion yesterday about the future of public administration doctoral education! So glad you could visit @au-spa.bsky.social

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Cullen C. Merritt @cullenmerritt.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

I'm excited to give my upcoming talk, “Reinventing Public Administration Doctoral Education,” @au-spa.bsky.social. Many thanks to @dei-au-spa.bsky.social for the invitation.

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Alec Worsnop @aworsnop.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

I'm excited to share that my book, Rebels in the Field, will be coming out with Oxford University Press this summer. The book focuses on the military processes involved in deploying force in substate conflicts.

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Cullen C. Merritt @cullenmerritt.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

The Institute for Public Leadership (IPL) at the @univofmaryland.bsky.social School of Public Policy (SPP) recently organized and convened the inaugural Public Leadership Research Summit. (1/6)

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William T. Jackson, PhD @wjackson5.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Excellent experience from the beginning to the end! I enjoyed my time this weekend attending the Inaugural Public Leadership Research Summit at UMD's School of Public Policy. Thank you @cullenmerritt.bsky.social, @johnron.bsky.social, and the IPL team for the invitation and the opportunity!!!

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John C. Ronquillo @johnron.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

@cullenmerritt.bsky.social welcomes participants and attendees to the inaugural Public Leadership Research Summit at the Institute for Public Leadership at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy. We’re so thrilled to have you!

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Elizabeth Linos @elizabethlinos.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Feeling grateful to be at UMD listening to @cullenmerritt.bsky.social kick off the IPL summit! Scholars from across the country are here to support and learn from early-career scholars in public + non-profit management.

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Cullen C. Merritt @cullenmerritt.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Thank you, NYU Wagner, for the opportunity to speak about my research on service shaming in academia. Grateful to reconnect with my friend & former colleague @jamielevdan.bsky.social. Check out my @insidehighered.com op-ed to learn more about my talk: www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

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Scholars Strategy Network @scholars.org · 31/03/2025

We are thrilled to welcome @cullenmerritt.bsky.social of @univofmaryland.bsky.social to the network! Merritt's research focuses on public management and organization theory. Merritt acts as the Research Director of the Institute for Public Leadership. Learn more: scholars.org/scholar/cull...

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Seth @sethjmeyer.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Fantastic work by @cullenmerritt.bsky.social!

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Cullen C. Merritt @cullenmerritt.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Discouraging and devaluing faculty participation in service undermine the public impact of universities, I argue in my @insidehighered.com article. 🧵(1/5) #HigherEd #AcademicSky www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

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Against Service Shaming (opinion)

Discouraging and devaluing faculty participation in service undermine the public impact of universities, Cullen C. Merritt writes.

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Jen Jennings @jenjennings.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

My favorite flavor of Service Shaming is "You’re doing too much!" …followed a week later by "Can you just take on one more little thing, please?"

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spookyauntifah @spookytifah.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

"Through being conditioned to avoid service, faculty don’t access the knowledge, skills and confidence they need to lead change at their institutions and in their communities." Please Read This Entire Article..While Keeping In Mind What's Happening Now...And Think About It.. REALLY HARD!

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

In my generative research phase (fancy way of saying I read lots of stuff that may not seem connected but ultimately pushes me in my understanding of college), I'm thinking on the public good argument frequently being conceptualized as our research not service www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

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Against Service Shaming (opinion)

Discouraging and devaluing faculty participation in service undermine the public impact of universities, Cullen C. Merritt writes.

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Jim Casey @jimccasey1.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Reading this article and nodding at every paragraph. I'm so very tired of having our public work cheapened and dismissed. So tired. And often the university even wants to celebrate the impact of the work! But no. No, the work still doesn't "count." Even & especially right now. 🫠

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Against Service Shaming (opinion)

Discouraging and devaluing faculty participation in service undermine the public impact of universities, Cullen C. Merritt writes.

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KEW @kidadaewilliams.com · 18/03/2025

"It’s time to create an academic culture that recognizes service [beyond the institution] & the people who perform it. Without it, #highered risks irrelevance and an even greater disconnect from the public when society needs its contributions the most." www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

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Against Service Shaming (opinion)

Discouraging and devaluing faculty participation in service undermine the public impact of universities, Cullen C. Merritt writes.

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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 17/03/2025

Opinion | Against Service Shaming Discouraging and devaluing faculty participation in service undermine the public impact of universities, Cullen C. Merritt writes. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4kBjjNQ

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Discouraging and devaluing faculty participation in service undermine the public impact of universities, Cullen C. Merritt writes.

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Jamie Levine Daniel @jamielevdan.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

📣📣📣 Our ungrading paper is officially out. Check out this work w/ @j9love.bsky.social in @jsepajournal.bsky.social. We must match what we teach to how we teach it, sharing power with students & fostering participatory practices. 1/5 #ungradingchat #academicsky #pasky jsepajournal.org/index.php/js...

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View of Ungrading: Socially Just Assessment Practices for the PA Classroom

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Cullen C. Merritt @cullenmerritt.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Check out the amazing work our students are doing at the Institute for Public Leadership in the University of Maryland’s School of Public Policy! spp.umd.edu/news/institu... (1/2)

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Institute for Public Leadership Hosts Inaugural Student Research Showcase on Leadership, Equity and Public Policy | UMD School of Public Policy

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