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Mohsen Fatemi

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PhD Candidate @KUSPAA | Co-Director Secretariat @PMRA1991 | Researching Energy Policy, Governance & Justice | Sustainability Adv. Board @LawrenceKS www.mohsenfatemi.com

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Mohsen Fatemi @mohsenfatemi.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
📢 Join ASPA's upcoming webinar: The Service Responsibilities of Faculty Life 📅 August 4, 2026 ⏰ 1:00–2:00 PM EDT 🌐 Register here: attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/384...
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Climate Policy Journal @climate-policy.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
🚨 NEW ISSUE: Issue 3 is out now, with the latest on #CarbonDioxideRemoval, Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), climate literacy, community-led solutions, fossil dependency & more💡 ✒️ Insights from @mohsenfatemi.bsky.social @thisislauri.bsky.social @harrovanasselt.bsky.social & more ⬇️
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Climate Policy, Volume 26, Issue 3 (2026)
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Journal of Public Affairs Education @jpaejournal.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Join us in congratulating Mohsen Fatemi, author of our March 2026 Spotlight article, available open access throughout March.
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ASPANational @aspanational.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Now on #PATimes: Bedtime Stories for Public Servants: Unprocessable By S. Mohsen Fatemi
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Bedtime Stories for Public Servants: Unprocessable - PA TIMES Online
The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ASPA as an organization. By S. Mohsen FatemiDecember 22, 2025 The number in the corner of Daniel Mercer’s screen looked small until it did not. 470 days pending. He had learned to read time the way the agency read […]
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Mohsen Fatemi @mohsenfatemi.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
📢 The January 2026 installment of my "Bedtime Stories for Public Servants" series with PA TIMES Online: For the Purpose of Consultation 🌐 Link: patimes.org/bedtime-stor...
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Mohsen Fatemi @mohsenfatemi.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
I’m honored to share that I’ve been elected Student Representative to the National Council of ASPA for the 2025–2026 term. Thank you to everyone who participated in the election and placed their trust in me. I’m deeply grateful for your support and for the opportunity to serve.
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Mohsen Fatemi @mohsenfatemi.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
📢 The December 2025 installment of my "Bedtime Stories for Public Servants" series with PA TIMES Online: Unprocessable 🌐 Link: patimes.org/bedtime-stor...
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Mohsen Fatemi @mohsenfatemi.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
I appreciated the opportunity to speak with him and was glad to see his thoughtful engagement with issues of energy policy, affordability, and long-term planning. It’s encouraging to see students taking a serious interest in these complex and important topics.
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Mohsen Fatemi @mohsenfatemi.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
This article by Donovan Bullins, a journalism and political science undergraduate student, reflects on an interview he conducted with me for The University Daily Kansan. 🌐 Link: www.kansan.com/news/rising-...
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The Lawrence Times @lawrencekstimes.com · 13/12/2025
Members of two Lawrence advisory boards will soon put their heads together to evaluate whether the city’s renewable energy goals are realistic, and how they line up with overarching sustainability plans for the county. lawrenceks.news/48zKBQy
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Lawrence advisory boards will reevaluate city’s goal to achieve fully renewable energy usage
Members of two Lawrence advisory boards will soon put their heads together to evaluate whether the city’s renewable energy goals are realistic, and how they line up with overarching sustainability pla...
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Mohsen Fatemi @mohsenfatemi.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
📢 The November 2025 installment of my "Bedtime Stories for Public Servants" series with PA TIMES Online: The Fields of Maybe 🌐 Link: patimes.org/bedtime-stor...
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Mohsen Fatemi @mohsenfatemi.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Proud to be a #2025APPAM Equity & Inclusion fellow. @appam.bsky.social
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Mohsen Fatemi @mohsenfatemi.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
🥰 Proud to work with Le Anh Nguyen Long, Rachel Krause, Gwen Arnold, and Sara Ludwick on this study.
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Mohsen Fatemi @mohsenfatemi.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
‼️ New publication alert! 🔎Our latest paper in Cities shows that: 🎯 Diverse decision-makers 🎯 Trusting relationships 🎯 Strong policy entrepreneurs …are key ingredients for transformative urban climate governance. 🌐Read the paper here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Mohsen Fatemi @mohsenfatemi.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Seattle, here I come! Excited to attend #2025APPAM this week as: 🔷 Equity & Inclusion Fellow 🔷 Panel Organizer 🔷 Presenting Author 😍 Looking forward to reconnecting with friends and colleagues — if you’ll be there, let me know! I’ll be the one walking around with a big smile.
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ASPANational @aspanational.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Voting begins Dec. 1 but you have to be a member to receive a ballot! Check your membership status and rejoin/renew if needed!
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Mohsen Fatemi @mohsenfatemi.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
🌐 View the full list of nominees and learn more about the election process here: www.aspanet.org/ASPA/About-A...
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National Council Elections
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Mohsen Fatemi @mohsenfatemi.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
❤️ ASPA’s elections are a reminder that governance begins within — that the values we champion in our research, classrooms, and communities also guide how we lead and learn together as a professional community. 🗳️ Voting will open in early December.
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National Council Elections
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Mohsen Fatemi @mohsenfatemi.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
🥰 I’m honored to be nominated as a Student Representative on the 2025 election ballot of the American Society for Public Administration (@aspanational.bsky.social) — alongside inspiring colleagues and mentors who embody our shared commitment to advancing excellence in public service.
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Mohsen Fatemi @mohsenfatemi.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
2️⃣ Bedtime Stories for Public Servants: The Algorithm That Blinked | July 2025 | patimes.org/bedtime-stor... 1️⃣ Bedtime Stories for Public Servants: Introduction | June 2025 | patimes.org/bedtime-stor...
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Mohsen Fatemi @mohsenfatemi.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
4️⃣ Bedtime Stories for Public Servants: One Quiet "No" | October 2025 | patimes.org/bedtime-stor... 3️⃣ Bedtime Stories for Public Servants: Just-Ish and Reasonable | September 2025 | patimes.org/bedtime-stor...
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Bedtime Stories for Public Servants: One Quiet "No" - PA TIMES Online
The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ASPA as an organization. By S. Mohsen FatemiOctober 20, 2025 The desert air was sharp and dry enough to sting, y...
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Mohsen Fatemi @mohsenfatemi.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
🤓 Read “Bedtime Stories for Public Servants” — a monthly PA TIMES Online column from the American Society for Public Administration — brings the human side of governance to life through storytelling that explores the ethical and emotional dilemmas of public service.
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Mohsen Fatemi @mohsenfatemi.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Excited to return as a mentor in the UC Davis Center for Environmental Policy and Behavior’s Mentorship Program! I’m thrilled to be paired with two outstanding undergraduate mentees and look forward to learning and growing together over the coming months. 🌐 environmentalpolicy.ucdavis.edu/mentors
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Mohsen Fatemi @mohsenfatemi.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
😍🥳 Beyond grateful to receive the JPAE Spotlight Author Award at the 2025 NASPAA Global Conference in Flagstaff, Arizona — an incredible honor among such inspiring scholars and educators.
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Mohsen Fatemi @mohsenfatemi.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Heading to Flagstaff, AZ, for the 2025 NASPAA Global Conference and our session on bridging theory, practice, and equity in public administration education. #2025NASPAA
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ASPANational @aspanational.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Now on #PATimes: Bedtime Stories for Public Servants: The Algorithm That Blinked By S. Mohsen Fatemi
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Bedtime Stories for Public Servants: The Algorithm That Blinked - PA TIMES Online
The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ASPA as an organization. By S. Mohsen FatemiAugust 18, 2025 The cubicle wall still held a thumb-tacked copy of the old Eligibility Rulebook, its pages yellowed at the corners but no one reached for it anymore. Three days ago, […]
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Mohsen Fatemi @mohsenfatemi.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
🌐 Kansas Reflector (March 27, 2024): kansasreflector.com/2024/03/27/w...
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Why Kansas must invest in energy efficiency for rental housing: It's good for all of us • Kansas Reflector
In the heart of America, Kansas stands at a crossroads where policy, ethics, and environmental sustainability intersect.
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Mohsen Fatemi @mohsenfatemi.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
🔎 Earlier media coverage: 🌐 Lawrence Times (August 28, 2025): lawrencekstimes.com/2025/08/28/e... 🌐 Lawrence Journal-World (July 28, 2025): www2.ljworld.com/news/2025/ju... 🌐 Lawrence Journal-World (June 7, 2025): www2.ljworld.com/news/2025/ju...
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Proposed environmental mandate would aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, housing stress for Lawrence renters
The Environmental Sustainability Advisory Board plans to urge Lawrence city commissioners to adopt an environmentally friendly ordinance that could reduce greenhouse gas emissions while saving renters...
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Mohsen Fatemi @mohsenfatemi.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
🌐 Read the full Lawrence Times coverage here (September 25, 2025): lawrencekstimes.com/2025/09/25/s...
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Lawrence’s sustainability board to send energy policy proposal on to city commissioners
Lawrence's environmental sustainability board wants to propose an energy benchmarking policy that aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and save renters money. Their next hurdle is to capture the at...
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Mohsen Fatemi @mohsenfatemi.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
🌐 Here’s an FAQ I’ve prepared to address common questions raised by the public in news reports, on social media, and other platforms about this effort: drive.google.com/file/d/1225F...
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Mohsen Fatemi @mohsenfatemi.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
🤓 The board is now seeking early feedback from the community and city commissioners as this policy takes shape.
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Mohsen Fatemi @mohsenfatemi.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
📢 Lawrence’s Environmental Sustainability Advisory Board (ESAB) is advancing a proposed rental energy benchmarking ordinance — a practical, affordable approach to help renters and landlords save money, cut energy waste, and move our community toward its climate goals.
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ASPANational @aspanational.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
#PATimes - Thanks, @mohsenfatemi.bsky.social for writing it for us!
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Mohsen Fatemi @mohsenfatemi.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
The series is hosted by the American Society for Public Administration’s (@aspanational.bsky.social) PA TIMES Online and has appeared as a monthly installment since June 2025.
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Mohsen Fatemi @mohsenfatemi.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
ℹ️ “Bedtime Stories for Public Servants” blends storytelling, reflective dialogue, and research-based insights to explore the ethical and emotional dilemmas faced in public service.
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Mohsen Fatemi @mohsenfatemi.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Through narrative and reflection, I explore the stakes of “just and reasonable” regulation—how decisions that look fair on paper can deepen inequity if community voices never make it into the record.
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Mohsen Fatemi @mohsenfatemi.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
🔎 In this story, a public utility commission hearing becomes a stage for one of the hardest questions in governance: whose voices count as evidence, and whose get dismissed as noise?
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Mohsen Fatemi @mohsenfatemi.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
📢 The latest installment of my "Bedtime Stories for Public Servants" series with PA TIMES Online: "Just-Ish and Reasonable" 🌐 Link: patimes.org/bedtime-stor...
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Mohsen Fatemi @mohsenfatemi.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
😍 I am thrilled to present this paper at the 2025 NASPAA Global Conference in Flagstaff, Arizona, this October. I look forward to engaging with colleagues and advancing the conversation on building just, inclusive, and practice-connected approaches to public service education.
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Mohsen Fatemi @mohsenfatemi.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
A special thanks to my undergraduate mentee, whose exceptional work and reflections helped shape this paper, which introduces the Bottom-Up, Student-Led, Experiential Learning (BUSLEL) model as a pathway to Activate Social Equity (ASE) in doctoral education.
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Mohsen Fatemi @mohsenfatemi.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
❤️ This work was also made possible through the Sierra Club's grant support, which enabled the Energy and Environmental Justice Education and Advocacy Program (EEJEAP).
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Mohsen Fatemi @mohsenfatemi.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
I am especially grateful to my mentors—Dr. Rachel Krause, Dr. Zach Mohr, and Dr. Ward Lyles—for their invaluable guidance, not only during the development of this paper but throughout my entire doctoral journey.
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Mohsen Fatemi @mohsenfatemi.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
❤️ My deepest thanks to NASPAA and the award committee for this recognition, and to the JPAE editors, Dr. Sarah L Young and Dr. Sara Rinfret, and reviewers for their thoughtful feedback and support.
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Mohsen Fatemi @mohsenfatemi.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
🌐 Read the article here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1... 🌐2025 NASPAA Awards Page: www.naspaa.org/2025-naspaa-...
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A pathway toward activating social equity in public administration education from the bottom up: The case of the energy and environmental justice educational and advocacy program
Social equity is a core principle in public administration, yet its practical application has often lagged behind significant theoretical advancements. This article addresses that gap in doctoral e...
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Mohsen Fatemi @mohsenfatemi.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
🥰 I’m honored to share that my article has been selected for the 🎊 JPAE Spotlight Paper Award 🎊 by the Journal of Public Affairs Education.
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Journal of Public Affairs Education @jpaejournal.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
🚨 New Issue Alert! This article addresses that gap in doctoral education programs, exploring how bottom-up, student-led experiential learning (BUSLEL) can serve as a pathway to activate social equity (ASE) in public administration education. Read it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Mohsen Fatemi @mohsenfatemi.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Thank you, @lawrencekstimes.com, for covering this important initiative!
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Mohsen Fatemi @mohsenfatemi.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
🔎 With more than half of Lawrence households renting — and many facing severe cost burdens — this is a step that connects climate action with housing equity. 🥰 I’m proud to work with my colleagues on ESAB to advance a policy that saves money, reduces emissions, and strengthens our community.
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Mohsen Fatemi @mohsenfatemi.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
✔ Use market incentives to encourage efficiency upgrades. ✔ Reduce greenhouse gas emissions in line with Lawrence’s climate goals.
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Mohsen Fatemi @mohsenfatemi.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
📜 Our proposed rental energy benchmarking ordinance would: ✔ Ease housing stress by lowering monthly utility bills for renters. ✔ Require landlords to report annual energy use, creating transparency for renters.
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