School of Professional & Continuing Studies

Grant Rissler, assistant professor of organizational studies, served as discussant for a panel titled Peace and Public Administration: Using Overlapping Insights to Inform Praxis at the virtual 2025 annual meeting of the Public Administration Theory Network (PATNet). Rissler helped organize the panel as part of co-editing a special issue on “Peacebuilding and Public Administration” in Administrative Theory & Praxis.

Grant Rissler, assistant professor of organizational studies, presented a paper titled “Administrative Evil: A Public Administration Failure Examined through a Peacebuilding Lens” at a panel titled Peace and Public Administration: Theoretical Insights at the virtual 2025 annual meeting of the Public Administration Theory Network (PATNet).

George Hiller, adjunct professor of liberal arts, received the International Trade Educator of the Year award from NASBITE, an organization focused on global business education, trade credentialing, training and practice, at its annual conference.

Daniel L. Hocutt, web manager and adjunct professor of liberal arts, presented “Writing Futures: Authoring with AI in Digital Ad Platforms” at the Computers & Writing 2025 conference at the University of Georgia.