PA TIMES publishes professional public administration articles, through both a magazine and an online venue, patimes.org. You can find information about both versions on these pages. Questions? Contact us at [email protected] and we'll be happy to help you! Looking for specific staff?

• Editor in Chief: Bill Shields
• Managing Editor: Karen Garrett
• Editorial Assistant: Jessica Rylander
  

 

PA TIMES Magazine

The magazine is printed on a quarterly basis. Each edition centers around specific thematic topics.

Click here to view select editions in a uniquely digitized format, including our "Civics" and "2020 COVID" editions.

The below links also may be helpful:

• Click here to access the current edition (members-only)
• Interested in accessing previous editions? Click here to access the PA TIMES magazine archives.
• Take a look back in time on the PA TIMES historic archives through the Rutgers University PA Gateway
• Subscribe! 
• Interested in advertising? Chapters, Sections, regional conferences, academic institutions, for-profit companies and more are all able to advertise in the magazine and on patimes.org. Click here for more information.
• Interested in submitting an article? Take a look at our editorial calendar, style guide and inform yourself about our submission requirements and then send your final article to [email protected] for consideration.
• Chapters and Sections, click here for some guidelines for how to write an effective article for the magazine.
• Non-members, visit our bookstore to subscribe to PA TIMES and browse through our books, journals and other publications.

 

Sample Articles

Check out a few of our most recent articles to get a feel for what the magazine covers:

• Can ALICE Households Survive the COVID-19 Pandemic?
• Up All Night
• Administrative Burden
• How NASA Remains the "Best Place to Work in the Federal Government"
  
• Telling Better Evidence-Based Stories with Data
  
• How the Baldrige Framework Supports Customer-Focused Excellence 
• Complexity in a Changing World
• Making Government Work Again
• Column: Hamilton (by H. George Frederickson)
• Public Servants: The Millennial Generation
• The Flint Water Crisis: Looking Back ... and Ahead
• One-on-One with Thad Allen
• One-On-One with Toni Preckwinkle
• One-On-One with Michael Massiah

PA TIMES Online

New articles are published on patimes.org twice each week. These articles are written by a rotating course of authors, many publishing on a monthly or quarterly basis and some writing just once in a while. Here are some valuable resources for you as you look to engage with this media:

• Not getting PA TIMES Online in your inbox twice a week? Click here to subscribe!
• Want to put your institution or company in front of the more than 9,000 email subscribers and more than 12,000 monthly website viewers? Advertise! Click here to find out more.
• Want to apply to become a columnist? Fill out our online application.
• Want to submit an article for consideration (no columnist status necessary!)? Click here to send us your final article.
• Students and new professionals—are you interested in being published? Check out some guidelines here for how to craft an article.
• Chapters and Sections, we have some guidelines for you, too! Click here for tips and information to help you write a great article in PA TIMES Online.

 

The Basics:

• Interested in submitting articles? Send your questions or written piece to [email protected] for consideration. We accept articles from members and non-members alike.
• Interested in subscribing? Members, you are automatically subscribed. To manage your subscriptions to PA TIMES  or any other ASPA publications, visit your profile and manage your preferences. Non-members, click here to subscribe to our patimes.org distribution feed.
• Interested in ordering a current edition of PA TIMES magazine? Visit our bookstore and order free copies or a year-long subscription! (Members, you are automatically on the list! Visit our archives to find current and previous editions.)
• Interested in reprinting content from either the magazine or PA TIMES Online? Send an email to Managing Editor Karen Garrett with the name of the article and the publish date and she will assist you.

 

Resources for Authors

• Editorial Calendar
• Style Guide and Submission Guidelines
• PA TIMES Online Columnist Application
• Student Guidelines
• Chapter and Section Guidelines
• Frequently Asked Questions