UA Public Administration, Policy Professor Wins Kalt Prize for Doctoral Placement

The Eller College of Business and Public Administration at the University of Arizona has awarded the Kalt Prize for Doctoral Placement to Edella Schlager, associate professor of public administration and policy in the School of Public Administration and Policy (SPAP).

Schlager, known for her research on water rights and natural resources, was the dissertation advisor of Tanya Heikkila, who received a doctorate in management from the Eller College in May, 2000.

Heikkila spent the past year at Indiana University at Bloomington as a post-doctoral researcher in the prestigious Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis. She has just accepted a position with Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs as assistant professor of earth systems science, policy, & management.

The Kalt Prize was established by Eller College Dean Mark Zupan in honor of his mentor Joseph Kalt and Kalt's mother Margie Peggs Kalt (a UA alumna). Joseph Kalt, professor of political economy at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, was instrumental in Zupan's own decision to pursue a doctorate.

"The professors who inspire and influence the lives of students affect the world in ways too numerous to measure," said Zupan. "The Kalt Prize is just one way to acknowledge and honor the importance of our mentors."