The ''Journal of Public Affairs Education'' is a quarterly
peer-reviewed academic journal
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of
public administration
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education that is published by
Routledge
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on behalf of the
. Since 2017, the
editors-in-chief
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are Bruce D. McDonald, III (
North Carolina State University) and William Hatcher (
Augusta University).
History
The journal was established in 1995 by
H. George Frederickson as the ''Journal of Public Administration Education''. Initially published in coordination with the
American Society for Public Administration
American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) is a membership association of almost 10,000 professionals in the United States sponsoring conferences and providing professional services primarily to those who study the implementation of gover ...
's Section on Public Administration Education (SPAE), the
(NASPAA) began discussions in 1996 on sponsoring the journal. In the fall of 1997, Frederickson transferred ownership of the journal to NASPAA. Under the new ownership, the name of the journal was changed to the current one to reflect the breadth of NASPAA's mission and to increase the appeal of the journal. Despite the change in name and ownership, the journal has continued to maintain a loose affiliation with SPAE.
From 1997, the journal was published by NASPAA; since January 2018 production and distribution were moved to Routledge.
Editors-in-chief
The following persons have been editors-in-chief:
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
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Emerging Sources Citation Index
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EBSCO databases
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PAIS International
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[
* ProQuest databases][
* ]Scopus
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See also
* List of public administration journals
References
External links
*{{Official website, 1=https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=upae20
Routledge academic journals
Public administration journals
Quarterly journals
English-language journals
Publications established in 1995