Doctoral Students

Angela Maria Páez Murcia

Angela Maria Paez Murcia was born and grew up in Bogota, Colombia. Angela graduated from the Universidad del Rosario in  Bogota, Colombia, where she received a degrees in Law (2002) and a Masters in Administrative Law (2007). From 2002-2008, Angela worked as a Public Law lecturer and as the Students' Director in the Law School of Universidad de La Sabana in Chia, Colombia. She was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to pursue her Ph.D. in Public Administration at the University of Kansas, where she has been studying since 2009. Her research interests include public law and administration, organizational reform, and public service ethics. Angela's publications include: “The crisis of the State,"  in Towards a Human Comprehension of the Law (Temis: 2006) and “The modernization of Colombian public procurement system," in Iberoamerican Administrative Law (Paredes: 2007). She has also presented peer-reviewed articles on public procurement in Colombian law conferences.