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NYU Wagner Faculty Contact List for Media

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Affordable Housing

• Ellen, Ingrid Gould

Aging

• Chan, Sewin (workplace and retirement)
• Blustein, Jan (health care)
• Rodwin, Victor G. (health security)

Air Quality

• Restrepo, Carlos
• Rom, William
• Zimmerman, Rae

Arts and Culture Policy

• Stewart, Ruth Ann

Asthma

• Zimmerman, Rae
• Rom, William
• Restrepo, Carlos

Budget Policy

• Brecher, Charles M. (City)
• Forsythe, Dall (State and City)
• Light, Paul C. (U.S.)
• Shanna, Rose (U.S.)
• Schwartz, Amy(Education)
• Smith, Daniel L. (State and City)

Bureaucracy

• Light, Paul C.

Business Improvement Districts

• Ellen, Ingrid Gould
• Schwartz, Amy

Campaign Finance Reform

• Kersh, Rogan
• Shrum, Robert M.

Charitable Organizations

• Light, Paul C.

Child Development

• Aber, J. Lawrence

Child and Family Poverty

• Aber, J. Lawrence
• Berry, Carolyn A.
• Shinn, Beth

City Government

• Brecher, Charles M.

Civil Service

• Light, Paul C.

Civil Society and Civic Engagement

• Kersh, Rogan
• Manji, Irshad
• Ospina, Sonia M.
• Zerkin, Allen

Climate Change

• Rom, William (health)
• Zimmerman, Rae (infrastructure)

Conflict Management and Resolution

• Zerkin, Allen (urban policy, transportation, environment, planning)

Congress

• Douglass, Linda
• Kersh, Rogan
• Light, Paul C.
• Shrum, Robert M.

Conservatism in the United States

• Kersh, Rogan

Crime Prevention

• Smith, Dennis C.

Cultural Policy and Economics

• Stewart, Ruth Ann
• Netzer, Dick

De-Industrialization

• Furman, Jason

Demographics of Aging

• Chan, Sewin
• Rodwin, Victor G.

Developing Countries

• Boufford, Jo Ivey
• Manji, Irshad (Developing World)
• Morduch, Jonathan J.
• Ospina, Sonia M. (Latin America)
• Smoke, Paul

Disaster Preparedness

• Zimmerman, Rae(infrastructure)
• Moss, Mitchell (federal policies)
• Rodwin, Victor (vulnerable populations)

Discrimination

• Billings, John (health care)
• Castilla, Emilio J (work and employment)
• Blustein, Jan (health care)
• Ellen, Ingrid Gould (housing)
• Foldy, Erica G. (work and organizations)
• Kaplan, Sue A. (health care)
• Manji, Irshad
• Schwartz, Amy Ellen (education)

Economics/ Economic Development

• Elbel, Brian (health and health care)
• Chan, Sewin(aging and retirement)
• Ellen, Ingrid Gould (housing/neighborhoods)
• Guo, Zhan (transportation)
• Iskander, Natasha (workforce development)
• Manji, Irshad (developing world)
• Morduch, Jonathan J. (microfinance)
• Moss, Mitchell(telecommunications policy)
• Rose, Shanna (public sector)
• Schwartz, Amy Ellen(education)
• Shorris, Anthony (transportation and infrastructure)

Education

• Berne, Robert
• Schwartz, Amy Ellen
• Stiefel, Leanna

Education Equity

• Berne, Robert
• Schwartz, Amy Ellen
• Stiefel, Leanna

Elder Care

• Blustein, Jan
• Rodwin, Victor

Elections

• Kersh, Rogan (domestic)
• Moss, Mitchell (domestic)
• Shrum, Robert M. (domestic and foreign)

Energy (Infrastructure)

• Zimmerman, Rae

Entitlement Programs

• Furman, Jason
• Light, Paul C.

Environment

• Zerkin, Allen (Brownfields, NYC watershed, sustainable green building, solid waste and recycling)
• Zimmerman, Rae (Global warming/sea levels/infrastructure, water and air quality/environmental justice)

Environmental Health

• Rom, William
• Zimmerman, Rae

Ethics

• Blustein, Jan (universities and research)

Ethnicity

• Manji, Irshad
• Moss, Mitchell(urban)
• Schwartz, Amy Ellen (schools)
• Stiefel, Leanna (schools)

Extremism, Political

• Doran, Michael
• Gershman, John
• Manji, Irshad

Federal Government

• Kersh, Rogan
• Light, Paul C.

Financial Access and Innovation

• Morduch, Jonathan J.

Foreign Development Aid

• Gershman, John
• Smoke, Paul

Foreign Policy (U.S.)

• Doran, Michael
• Gershman, John
• Manji, Irshad

Freight

• Shorris, Anthony
  

Gender

• Foldy, Erica G.
• Manji, Irshad
• Shinn, Beth
• Ospina, Sonia

Gentrification

• O'Regan, Katherine M.
• Ellen, Ingrid Gould

Global Poverty

• Boufford, Jo Ivey
• Manji, Irshad
• Morduch, Jonathan J.
• Smoke, Paul

Global Public Health

• Boufford, Jo Ivey
• Rodwin, Victor

Global Warming

• Zimmerman, Rae (implications for infrastructure)

Government Policy and Finance

• Brecher, Charles M. (City and State)
• Forsythe, Dall (City and State)
• Light, Paul C. (Federal)
• Moss, Mitchell (Urban)
• Schwartz, Amy (Schools)
• Smith, Daniel L. (City and State)

Health Administration

• Kovner, Anthony R.
• Kropf, Roger
• Boufford, Jo Ivey

Health Care

• Elbel, Brian
• Boufford, Jo Ivey (U.S. and developing countries)
• Gourevitch, Marc (drug users and underserved populations)
• Kaplan, Sue A. (racial and ethnic disparities)
• Kovner, Anthony R. (regulation, delivery, and management)
• Rodwin, Victor G. (comparative analysis of health systems and policy)

Health Policy

• Elbel, Brian
• Billings, John
• Blustein, Jan
• Boufford, Jo Ivey
• Gourevitch, Marc
• Kersh, Rogan
• Nigam, Amit
• Rodwin, Victor
• Rom, William

High Speed Rail

• Shorris, Anthony
  

Homelessness

• Shinn, Beth

Hospitals

• Billings, John (barriers and access)
• Kovner, Anthony R. (management and governance)
• Rodwin, Victor (access, international)
• Kropf, Roger (information systems)

Hospital Management

• Kovner, Anthony R. (management and governance)
• Kropf, Roger (information systems)
• Nigam, Amit (impact of market forces and gov't policies)

Housing

• Ellen, Ingrid Gould
• O'Regan, Katherine M.

Human Rights

• Gershman, John
• Manji, Irshad

Immigration

• Iskander, Natasha (labor migration)
• Manji, Irshad
• Ospina, Sonia M. (Latino; Civic Engagement)
• Schwartz, Amy Ellen(education)
• Stiefel, Leanna (education)

Infrastructure

• Restrepo, Carlos
• Shorris, Anthony
• Zimmerman, Rae

Intelligent Transportation Systems

• Shorris, Anthony
  

Interest Groups/ Lobbying

• Kersh, Rogan

International Development

• Hanna, Rema
• Manji, Irshad
• Morduch, Jonathan J.
• Smoke, Paul

Labor Contracts

• Brecher, Charles

Labor Markets

• Castilla, Emilio J.
  

Law Enforcement

• Smith, Dennis C.

Leadership

• Ospina, Sonia M. (social change, organizational)
• Foldy, Erica G. (social change, organizational)
• Magee, Joe (presidential)
• Manji, Irshad (public leadership and moral courage)
• Schall, Ellen (organizational)
• Zerkin, Allen

Local Government Finances (International)

• Smoke, Paul

Medicaid

• Billings, John

Medical Malpractice

• Billings, John
• Kersh, Rogan

Medicare

• Blustein, Jan

Microfinance

• Manji, Irshad (Islamic world)
• Morduch, Jonathan J.

Migrant Labor

• Iskander, Natasha

Negotiation

• Zerkin, Allen

New York City Government

• Forsythe, Dall
• Moss, Mitchell

Neighborhood Economic Transitions

• O'Regan, Katherine M.
• Ellen, Ingrid Gould

NGO's

• Gershman, John
• Smoke, Paul

Nonprofit Management

• Foldy, Erica G.
• Forsythe, Dall
• O'Regan, Katherine M.
• Ospina, Sonia M. (U.S. and Latin America)
• Sparrow, Roy L.
• Stewart, Ruth Ann

Obesity (Politics and Policies)

• Elbel, Brian
• Kersh, Rogan
• Mijanovich, Tod

Organizational Management

• Blount, Sally
• Castilla, Emilio J.
• Foldy, Erica G.
• Magee, Joe
• Nigam, Amit
• Ospina, Sonia M.
• Schall, Ellen

Organizational Performance

• Light, Paul C. (nonprofit, for-profit)

Performance Management Assessment

• Ospina, Sonia M. (government evaluation/Latin America)
• Smith, Dennis C. (public sector)
• Smoke, Paul (developing countries)
• Stiefel, Leanna (education)

Police Management

• Smith, Dennis C.

Politics

• Kersh, Rogan
• Moss, Mitchell
• Shrum, Robert M.

Political Appointment Process (U.S.)

• Light, Paul C.

Political Extremism

• Doran, Michael
• Gershman, John
• Manji, Irshad
• Zerkin, Allen

Poverty

• Morduch, Jonathan
• Shinn, Beth
• Stafford, Walter W.

Power

• Foldy, Erica G.
• Magee, Joe
• Manji, Irshad

Presidency (U.S.)

• Douglass, Linda
• Light, Paul C.
• Magee, Joe
• Shrum, Robert M

Property Taxes and Values

• Ellen, Ingrid Gould
• O'Regan, Katherine M.
• Schwartz, Amy Ellen

Psychiatric Services

• Gourevitch, Marc (drug users and underserved populations)

Public Administration

• Light, Paul C.
• Ospina, Sonia M.
• Smith, Daniel L.

Public Authorities

• Brecher, Charles M.
• Forsythe, Dall

Public Budgeting

• Forsythe, Dall
• Rose, Shanna
• Smith, Daniel L.

Public Policy

• Elbel, Brian (health and health care)
• Ellen, Ingrid Gould (housing, neighborhoods)
• Moss, Mitchell (city and state)
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• Stewart, Ruth Ann (culture)
• Rodwin, Victor (health care)
• Schwartz, Amy(education)
• Stiefel, Leanna (education)
• Shinn, Beth (homelessness)
• Shorris, Anthony (city and state)

Public Health

• Elbel, Brian
• Billings, John
• Boufford, Jo Ivey
• Rom, William
• Rodwin, Victor

Race

• Conley, Dalton (health care)
• Ellen, Ingrid Gould (housing)
• Foldy, Erica G. (work and organizations)
• Manji, Irshad (Islamic world)
• Schall, Ellen (public service leadership)
• Stafford, Walter W. (cities)
• Stiefel, Leanna (education)

Recycling

• Zerkin, Allen

Red Cross

• Light, Paul C.

Research Ethics

• Blustein, Jan

Retirement

• Blustein, Jan
• Brecher, Charles M. (public pensions)
• Chan, Sewin

Safety Net

• Billings, John (health care)

School Improvement

• Berne, Robert
• Hanna, Rema (developing countries)
• Schwartz, Amy Ellen
• Stiefel, Leanna

Security (U.S.)

• Doran, Michael
• Gershman, John
• Manji, Irshad
• Restrepo, Carlos (infrastructure)

Segregation

• Schwartz, Amy Ellen (education)
• Stiefel, Leanna (education)
• Gould, Ingrid Ellen (housing, racial and economic)

Social Change Leadership and Collaboration

• Ospina, Sonia M.

Social Entrepreneurship

• Light, Paul C.

Socio-Economic Status

• Conley, Dalton
• Castilla, Emilio J.

Solid Waste Policy

• Zerkin, Allen

Sustainable Development

• Restrepo, Carlos

Taxation

• Batchelder, Lily (social welfare)

Telecommunications Policy

• Moss, Mitchell

Term Limits

• Shanna, Rose

Terrorism

• Gershman, John
• Manji, Irshad
• Zerkin, Allen

Transportation Policy, Management, and Economics

• Guo, Zhan
• Shorris, Anthony
• Sparrow, Roy L.

Trust in Government

• Hanna, Rema
• Kersh, Rogan
• Light, Paul C.

Tuberculosis

• Rom, William

Uninsured

• Billings, John
• Rodwin, Victor G.

Urban Economics

• Ellen, Ingrid Gould
• Moss, Mitchell
• O'Regan, Katherine M.

Urban Planning

• Ellen, Ingrid
• Moss, Mitchell
• Smoke, Paul
• Zimmerman, Rae

Urban Policy

• Ellen, Ingrid Gould
• Moss, Mitchell
• O'Regan, Katherine M.
• Schwartz, Amy
• Stewart, Ruth Ann
• Zerkin, Allen

Urban Poor

• Gould, Ingrid Ellen
• O'Regan, Katherine
• Shinn, Beth

U.S. Congress

• Douglass, Linda
• Kersh, Rogan
• Light, Paul C.
• Shrum, Robert M

U.S. Political History

• Kersh, Rogan

U.S. Presidency

• Douglass, Linda
• Light, Paul C.
• Magee, Joe
• Shrum, Robert M.

War

• Gershman, John

Water

• Zimmerman, Rae

Weapons of Mass Destruction

• Gershman, John

Women

• Foldy, Erica G.
• Manji, Irshad
• Ospina, Sonia

Working Poor

• Furman, Jason

Workplace Inequality

• Castilla, Emilio J.
• Foldy, Erica
• Ospina, Sonia M.

World Bank

• Furman, Jason
• Morduch, Jonathan J.
• Smoke, Paul

World Trade Center Redevelopment

• Moss, Mitchell