Amy DeGroff, who earned the Interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate in Qualitative Studies in 2009 while completing her Ph.D. in Public Policy from Georgia State University and Georgia Institute of Technology, received the 2010 NASPAA Annual Dissertation Award for her dissertation, “New Public Management and Governance Collide: Federal-Level Performance Measurement in Networked Public Management Environments” at the NASPAA conference in Las Vegas, Nevada on September 29, 2010. This Best Dissertation Award is given annually by the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration. Ted Poister, a professor at Georgia State University, chaired her dissertation committee. Dr. Patricia Reeves, University of Georgia, served on Amy’s committee as the methodologist.

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