{"598948":{"#nid":"598948","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Flowers Officially Honored With 2017 Association for Public Policy and Management Ph.D. Dissertation Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMallory\u0026nbsp;Flowers, a doctoral student in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s School of Public Policy, recently received the 2017\u0026nbsp;Association for Public Policy and Management (APPAM) Ph.D. Dissertation Award.\u0026nbsp;She was honored at the Presidential Address and Awards Ceremony in downtown Chicago on\u0026nbsp;November 3, which she attended with her advisor, Dr. Daniel Matisoff.\u0026nbsp;For her work, Flowers received a $1,500 cash award\u0026nbsp;and publication of an abstract in th\u003Cem\u003Ee\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003EJournal of Policy Analysis and Management\u003C\/em\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFlowers\u0026rsquo; dissertation, completed this past July,\u0026nbsp;examines green certification behavior, drawing on a unique dataset on the technologies and practices used in the built environment. The insights developed throughout the study have implications for the design of voluntary and information-based policy approaches, sustainable planning, and strategic management.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFlowers completed her dissertation in the summer of 2017, and has accepted a postdoctoral position at the Rotterdam School of Management at Erasmus University. There, she will continue developing the theoretical foundations and empirical extensions of her scholarly work.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe APPAM is a national organization\u0026nbsp;dedicated to improving public policy and management by fostering excellence in research, analysis, and education.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information about the APPAM, visit the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.appam.org\/about-appam\/\u0022\u003EAPPAM\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;website.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Mallory Flowers traveled to Chicago recently to receive her award from the APPMA. "}],"uid":"34516","created_gmt":"2017-11-17 21:20:24","changed_gmt":"2017-12-06 15:18:54","author":"SLawrence42","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-11-17T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2017-11-17T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"598958":{"id":"598958","type":"image","title":"Mallory Flowers and Dr. Matisoff with the award in Chicago","body":null,"created":"1511036956","gmt_created":"2017-11-18 20:29:16","changed":"1511036956","gmt_changed":"2017-11-18 20:29:16","alt":"","file":{"fid":"228367","name":"unnamed.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/unnamed_12.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/unnamed_12.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":617897,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/unnamed_12.jpg?itok=8ArGjcb2"}}},"media_ids":["598958"],"groups":[{"id":"1289","name":"School of Public Policy"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}