Felipe Blanco, PhD
Assistant Professor
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Bio
Dr. Blanco’s research agenda seeks to understand the roles and implications of race and ethnicity in the public administrative apparatus of the U.S. and Mexico, where he was born and raised. He is particularly interested in how ethnoracial inequalities may be produced, reinforced, and addressed within and through public organizations and public policies.
Prior to obtaining his PhD, Professor Blanco worked extensively in academia and the public sector. He has experience as a community organizer, and also as a consultant, researcher and instructor in public administration and public policy in both the U.S. and Mexico.
Dr. Blanco has been recognized with several prestigious awards, including the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs and Administration Staats Emerging Scholar Award, and the American Society for Public Administration Founders’ Fellowship. He was also named as one of ten Diverse Rising Graduate Scholars in 2021, a national award given by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education to graduate students with the potential to make significant contributions to equity and social justice scholarship in their respective fields.
Areas of Expertise
Social equity, race and ethnicity in public administration, representative bureaucracy, comparative public administration, comparative public policy
Education, Licensure & Certifications
Doctor of Philosophy in Public Administration
University of Nebraska-Omaha
Master of Public Administration and Public Policy
Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, CIDE, México
Bachelor of Arts in Economics
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM
Curriculum Vitae
Awards
2023 University of Nebraska- Omaha, Helen Hansen Outstanding Graduate Student Award
2022 Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs and Administration, NASPAA Staats Emerging Scholar Award
2022 Journal of Social Equity and Public Administration, JSEPA Fellowship
2022 American Society for Public Administration, Section on International and Comparative Administration, ASPA-SICA’s Gould
Scholarship
2021 University of Nebraska System, Presidential Graduate Fellowship 2021-2022
2021 American Society for Public Administration, ASPA Founders’ Fellowship
2021 Public Administration Theory Network, PATNet Fellowship
2021 Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, Diverse Rising Graduate Scholar 2019 Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, APPAM Equity & Inclusion Student Fellowship