Assistant Professor Moldavanova receives Volcker Grant

Assistant Professor Alisa Moldavanova is one of two emerging scholars to receive a 2015 Paul Volcker Junior Scholar Research Grant from the Public Administration Section of the American Political Science Association.

The $3,000 grant recognizes junior scholars who are researching public administration issues that affect governance in the United States and abroad, shed new light on important public administration questions, are scholarly, are methodologically rigorous, and show promise for advancing practice and theory development.

The award supports work on her project entitled "The Public Purpose of the Arts: Social Connectedness, Survival, and Sustainability of Arts Organizations". The project is an inquiry into the theme of survival and sustainability of nonprofit cultural organizations located in revitalizing urban environments, specifically the Detroit Metropolitan Area.