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AOM Public and Nonprofit Division (PNP) @aompnp.bsky.social · Jul 15

The PNP Division is pleased to announce the election results and 2025-2026 Executive Committee members.

Congratulations to all and thank you to each candidate who ran for a position and thanks to everyone for voting!

(@marlenewalk.bsky.social, @professajay.bsky.social , @stevebholt.bsky.social)

2025-26 PNP Division Election Results

Division Program Chair: **Emily Nwakpuda**, University of Texas, Arlington

Fundraising Chair: **Dan Heist**, Brigham Young University

Awards Chair: **Marlene Walk**, University of Freiburg

Chair, Best Article Award Committee: **Jason Coupet**, Georgia State University

Chair, Best Book Award Committee: **Stephen B. Holt**, University at Albany, SUNY

2025-26 PNP Division Election Results

Chair, Keith G. Provan Award Committee: **Donna Sedgwick**, Virginia Tech

Chair, Best Dissertation Award Committee: **Alexander Kroll**, Florida International University

Chair, Best International Conference Paper Award Committee: **Rebecca Tekula**, Pace University

Membership Committee: **Nicola Capolupo**, Università San Raffaele di Roma

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AOM Public and Nonprofit Division (PNP) @aompnp.bsky.social · Jun 12

Congrats to Muhammad Ali Hussain and Qing Miao & Philine Van Overbeeke, Lucas C.P.M. Meijs, and Corinna Frey-Heger, runners up for the AOM-PNP 2025 / IJPA Best International/Comparative Paper Award! #AOM2025 #pasky #nonprofitsky

Muhammad Ali Hussain and Qing Miao
Runners up for the 2025 IJPA Best International/Comparative Paper Award
"From Self-Reflection to Reality: Unmasking the Dark Shadows of Stereotypical View on Volunteer Outcomes"

Philine Van Overbeeke, Lucas C.P.M. Meijs, and Corinna Frey-Heger
Runners up for the 2025 IJPA Best International/Comparative Paper Award
"Beyond Cost Savings and Interchangeability: Towards a Value-Based Framework for the Contributions of Volunteers and Volunteering to Nonprofit Organizations"
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AOM Public and Nonprofit Division (PNP) @aompnp.bsky.social · Jun 12

Congrats to @dr-frost.bsky.social and Sandeep Pillai, winners of the AOM-PNP 2025 / IJPA Best International/Comparative Paper Award for "Selective Deinstitutionalization: Informal Institutional Adaptation in Maoist China"! #AOM2025 #pasky

Adam Frost and Sandeep Pillai
Winners of the 2025 IJPA Best International/Comparative Paper Award
"Selective Deinstitutionalization: Informal Institutional Adaptation in Maoist China"
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AOM Public and Nonprofit Division (PNP) @aompnp.bsky.social · Jun 12

Congrats to Silvia Lässer, winner of the AOM-PNP 2025 Best Conference Paper by a Doctoral Student Award for "Revisiting Volunteering Research: A Systematic Literature Review"! #AOM2025 #pasky

Silvia Lässer
University of Bern
Winner of the 2025 Best Doctoral Student Paper
"Revisiting Volunteering Research: A Systematic Literature Review"
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AOM Public and Nonprofit Division (PNP) @aompnp.bsky.social · Jun 12

Congrats to Robin Bachmann, the winner of the AOM-PNP 2025 Charles H. Levine Award for Best Conference Paper for "Money Silences 'Us': Financial Topics Erode Collective Identity in the German Parliament"! #AOM2025 #pasky

Robin Bachmann
Winner of the 2025 Charles H. Levine Award for Best Conference Paper
"Money Silences 'Us': Financial Topics Erode Collective Identity in the German Parliament"
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AOM Public and Nonprofit Division (PNP) @aompnp.bsky.social · Jun 12

And congrats to the honorable mentions for the 2025 Best Journal Article Award, Benjamin Brunjes and Evelyn Rodriguez-Plesa (doi.org/10.1111/puar...) & @fnietomorales.bsky.social, Rik Peeters, and @gabilotta.bsky.social (doi.org/10.1093/jopa...) #AOM2025 #pasky

Benjamin Brunjes and Evelyn Rodriguez-Plesa
Honorable mention for the 2025 Best Journal Article Award
"Equity in Government Contracting: Analyzing the Performance of Small Disadvantaged Businesses"
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Fernando Nieto Morales, Rik Peeters, and Gabriela Lotta
Honorable mention for the 2025 Best Journal Article Award
"Burdens, Bribes, and Bureaucrats: The Political Economy of Petty Corruption and Administrative Burdens"
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AOM Public and Nonprofit Division (PNP) @aompnp.bsky.social · Jun 12

Congrats to @ulibarri.bsky.social, winner of AOM-PNP's 2025 Best Journal Article Award for "An Analysis of Micro-Scale Conflict in Collaborative Governance" (doi.org/10.1093/jopa...) #AOM2025 #pasky

Nicola Ulibarri
Winners of the 2025 Best Journal Article Award
"An Analysis of Micro-Scale Conflict in Collaborative Governance"
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AOM Public and Nonprofit Division (PNP) @aompnp.bsky.social · Jun 12

And congrats to Aubrey Stewart (Office of the Prime Minister, Jamaica) who received an honorable mention for the AOM-PNP 2025 Best Dissertation Award, for "Evaluating Heavy-Handed and Collaborative Crime Control Policies in Jamaica: Impacts on Decision-making, Education, and Safety" #AOM2025 #pasky

Aubrey Stewart
Office of the Prime Minister, Jamaica
Honorable mention for the 2025 Best Dissertation Award
“Evaluating Heavy-Handed and Collaborative Crime Control Policies in Jamaica: Impacts on Decision-making, Education, and Safety”
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AOM Public and Nonprofit Division (PNP) @aompnp.bsky.social · Jun 12

Congrats to @neosheeling.bsky.social from American University, winner of the AOM-PNP 2025 Best Dissertation Award, for "Public Employee Stereotypes: What are they? Do they matter?" #AOM2025 #pasky

Sheeling Neo
American University
Winner of the 2025 Best Dissertation Award
“Public Employee Stereotypes: What are they? Do they matter?”
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AOM Public and Nonprofit Division (PNP) @aompnp.bsky.social · Jun 12

And congrats to @yanlong-soc.bsky.social (Berkley) who received an honorable mention for the AOM-PNP 2025 Best Book Award for Authoritarian Absorption: The Transnational Remaking of Epidemic Politics in China global.oup.com/academic/pro... #AOM2025

Yan Long (University of California, Berkley)
Honorable mention for the 2025 Best Book Award
Authoritarian Absorption: The Transnational Remaking of Epidemic Politics in China (Oxford University Press, 2024)
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AOM Public and Nonprofit Division (PNP) @aompnp.bsky.social · Jun 12

And huge thanks to the award committee Marlene Walk, Gary Schwarz, Muhammad Azfar Nisar, Samantha Plotner, and Alexander Henderson #AOM2025

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AOM Public and Nonprofit Division (PNP) @aompnp.bsky.social · Jun 12

Congrats to @sowa75.bsky.social and @jaclynpiatak.bsky.social, winners of the AOM-PNP 2025 Best Book Award, for Volunteer Management: A Strategic Approach (Routledge, 2024)! www.routledge.com/Volunteer-Ma... #AOM2025 #pasky

Jessica Sowa (University of Delaware) and Jaclyn Piatak (University of North Carolina at Charlotte)
Winners of the 2025 Best Book Award
Volunteer Management: A Strategic Approach (Routledge, 2024)
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AOM Public and Nonprofit Division (PNP) @aompnp.bsky.social · Feb 18

AOM-PMP is accepting nominations for leadership roles:

•Program Chair
•Fundraising Chair
•Membership Team
•Awards Chair
•Chairs for best journal article, book, & dissertation
•Provan Award Chair

Please nominate yourself and others here by February 28: www.surveymonkey.com/r/NGRB3DV

Thanks!

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AOM Public and Nonprofit Division (PNP) @aompnp.bsky.social · Jun 11

Congrats to all the 2024 AOM-PNP Top Reviewer Award winners! #AOM2024

Ann Smith, Berta Terzieva, Emma Northcott, Gaëlle Cotterlaz-Rannard, Julia Trautendorfer, Katrin Bauer, Magnus Emmendoerfer, Maham Ali, Philine Van Overbeeke, and Shuyao Zhou

… and thanks to the award sponsor PMRA! #AOM2024

Top Reviewer Award winners

Ann Smith, Australian National University
Berta Terzieva, WU Vienna University
Emma Northcott, George Washington University
Gaëlle Cotterlaz-Rannard, University of Sussex
Julia Trautendorfer, Johannes Kepler University Linz
Katrin Bauer, TU Dortmund University
Magnus Emmendoerfer, University Federal de Viçosa
Maham Ali, The Ohio State University
Philine Van Overbeeke, Erasmus University
Shuyao Zhou, IE Business School

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AOM Public and Nonprofit Division (PNP) @aompnp.bsky.social · Jun 11

Thanks to the award committee Alex Kroll, Rebecca Tekula, and Gary Schwarz #AOM2024

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AOM Public and Nonprofit Division (PNP) @aompnp.bsky.social · Jun 11

Congrats to Xiao Tang, Zhe Deng, and Mengke Guo, runners up for the AOM-PNP 2024 IJPA Best International/Comparative Paper Award for "Efforts or Gaming: How Local Governments Respond to Performance Incentives and Bypassing Monitoring"! #AOM2024

Xiao Tang, Zhe Deng, and Mengke Guo
Runners up for the 2024 IJPA Best International/Comparative Paper Award
"Efforts or Gaming: How Local Governments Respond to Performance Incentives and Bypassing Monitoring"
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AOM Public and Nonprofit Division (PNP) @aompnp.bsky.social · Jun 11

Thanks to the award committee Alex Kroll, Rebecca Tekula, and Gary Schwarz #AOM2024

AOM Public and Nonprofit Division (PNP) @aompnp.bsky.social · Jun 11

Congrats to Jolien Muylaert, Adelien Decramer, Beatrice Van der Heijden, and Mieke Audenaert, runners up for the AOM-PNP 2024 IJPA Best International/Comparative Paper Award for "The Effect of Red Tape on Employability Competences of Teachers"! #AOM2024

Jolien Muylaert, Adelien Decramer, Beatrice Van der Heijden, and Mieke Audenaert
Runners up for the 2024 IJPA Best International/Comparative Paper Award
"The Effect of Red Tape on Employability Competences of Teachers"

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AOM Public and Nonprofit Division (PNP) @aompnp.bsky.social · Jun 11

Thanks to the award committee Alex Kroll, Rebecca Tekula, and Gary Schwarz #AOM2024

AOM Public and Nonprofit Division (PNP) @aompnp.bsky.social · Jun 11

Congrats to Lei Liu and Angela Aristidou, winners of the AOM-PNP 2024 IJPA Best International/Comparative Paper Award for "A Place-Based Perspective of Cross-Sectoral Collaborations"! #AOM2024

Lei Liu and Angela Aristidou
Winners of the 2024 IJPA Best International/Comparative Paper Award
"A Place-Based Perspective of Cross-Sectoral Collaborations"
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AOM Public and Nonprofit Division (PNP) @aompnp.bsky.social · Jun 11

Thanks to the award sponsor European Management Journal #AOM2024

AOM Public and Nonprofit Division (PNP) @aompnp.bsky.social · Jun 11

Congrats to Simona Morale, Roberta Romano, Gabriella Piscopo, and Paola Adinolfi, winners of the AOM-PNP 2024 Charles H. Levine Award for Best Conference Paper for "Welcome, Innovation! A Meta-Synthesis of Artificial Intelligence Adoption in the Public Sector"! #AOM2024

Simona Morale, Roberta Romano, Gabriella Piscopo, and Paola Adinolfi
Winners of the 2024 Charles H. Levine Award for Best Conference Paper
"Welcome, Innovation! A Meta-Synthesis of Artificial Intelligence Adoption in the Public Sector"
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AOM Public and Nonprofit Division (PNP) @aompnp.bsky.social · Jun 11

Thanks to the award sponsor, Romney Institute of Public Service and Ethics at BYU #AOM2024

AOM Public and Nonprofit Division (PNP) @aompnp.bsky.social · Jun 11

Congrats to Emma Northcott (with Sheila Pandey, Sanjay Pandey, and Eiko Strader), winner of the AOM-PNP 2024 Best Conference Paper by a Doctoral Student Award for "The Asian American Experience in the Federal Workforce: How Employees Navigate Racialization"! #AOM2024

Emma Northcott, Sheila Pandey, Sanjay Pandey and Eiko Strader
George Washington University
Winners of the 2024 Best Doctoral Student Paper
"The Asian American Experience in the Federal Workforce: How Employees Navigate Racialization"
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AOM Public and Nonprofit Division (PNP) @aompnp.bsky.social · Jun 11

Thanks to the award committee Barbara Allen, Hyunseok Huang, Amanda Crompton, Ben Brunjes, Kayla Schwoerer, and Urs Dellenbach, and award sponsor UCONN School of Public Policy #AOM2024

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