Alisa V. Moldavanova, associate professor and director of the Master of Public Administration program in the Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration and senior faculty fellow in the Institute for Public Administration, received the 2025 Service Award from the American Society for Public Administration’s Section on Public Administration Research (SPAR). Presented at the annual conference in Washington, D.C., this award recognizes Moldavanova for her “exemplary dedication, leadership and vision” to SPARC and its members. Since joining SPAR’s Executive Committee in 2015, Moldavanova has served as treasurer, president-elect and acting president. “Through her service, Alisa has championed collaboration across SPAR’s membership, strengthening ties among junior and senior scholars, practitioners and academics. She has also played a pivotal role in connecting SPAR with other ASPA sections, fostering innovative initiatives that resonate with our members,” wrote Angela M. Paez, associate professor in the Department of Public Administration at Tennessee State University and SPAR board member. Moldavanova’s recognition coincided with two major publishing accomplishments. In August 2024, she authored and published The Overlooked Pillar: Making a Case for Cultural Sustainability. She is also the coeditor of The Nonprofit Sector in Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia: Civil Society Advances and Challenges with David H. Smith and Svitlana Krasynska. The Institute for Public Administration is a research and public service center in the Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration.

Originally posted in UDaily's For the Record​​.​​​