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Student Spotlight: Robyn James (MPA-PNP 2026)… advocacy, Robyn brings a values-driven approach to leadership that centers storytelling, community, and … culture, and collective care. Can you share a bit about your path and what drew you to the PNP program and the … appreciated this time, as it allowed me to exclusively work with clients whose goals I was genuinely passionate …
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Management and Leadership Specialization… Enhance your self-awareness and leadership presence while empowering others to lead within … , Microeconomics CORE-GP.1020 , Management and Leadership CORE-GP.1021 , Financial Management CORE-GP.1022 , … courses: PADM-GP.2110 , Strategic Management and Leadership PADM-GP.2135 , Human Resources: Leading Talent …
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Alumni Spotlight: Alvin Irby (MPA-PNP 2015)… Since its founding, Barbershop Books has grown to work with hundreds of barbershops nationwide, serving tens of … and accessible. Your background includes nonprofit leadership, comedy, and children’s writing. How do these … boys each month. For us, long-term success is not just about growth, but about narrative change—transforming how …
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EMPA Seminar: Leadership Confronted… their professional experiences, and other graduate course work, with a final exploration of leadership concepts, theory and applied practice. The course … a broad survey of theoretical concepts and assumptions about leadership and leadership behavior; • better navigators …News
Student Spotlight: Santana Kavanaugh (MPA-PNP 2025)… deeply personal. Rooted in her upbringing in Kentucky, her work is driven by a need to challenge the systemic inequities … them with community-led, restorative solutions. In her leadership, she champions a philosophy of "bottom-up" change, … leadership role, and what initiatives are you most excited about? I was inspired to serve on BSA’s e-board after my …
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Executive Master of Public Administration (EMPA)… Students work with their advisors to develop a customized curriculum … Personalized coaching and leadership development are key components of the year-one EMPA experience. We empower students through leadership coaching, targeted leadership development courses, …
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Alumni Spotlight: Errol Pierre (MPA-HPAM 2013)… of Wagner’s Health Policy MPA program, he has held senior leadership roles across major health plans, including Empire … on Earth.” I wholeheartedly believe this. It is my life’s work. I feel deeply fortunate for the life I’ve been able to … Healthfirst and Anthem. Looking back, what lessons about leadership and resilience have shaped you most over the …
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Collective Leadership Network… NYU Wagner’s Collective Leadership Network (Co-Lead Net) is an international network … development programs; Develop and disseminate robust ideas about collective leadership that draw scholarly attention to … academic institutions every year. Learn more about this work by exploring Co-Lead Net's Workshops and Webinars. For …
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NYU Wagner Chosen to Participate in Public Service Education Recruitment Effort for Military Veterans and Military Family Members… to build a cadre of graduate students who will take up leadership positions in state and local government … cadre of veterans and military family members to assume leadership careers in state and local government. Through … Service to Service, launched in October 2024, Wagner will work with the Volcker Alliance to increase awareness of …
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Sensegiving and the Role of Cognitive Shifts In the Work of Leadership… -- shaping how people understand themselves, their work, and others engaged in that work -- is critical to the work of organizational leadership. We propose the cognitive shift, a change in how … Organizations try to spur these shifts in two categories: about their issue and about their primary constituency, the …
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Co-Producing Knowledge: Practitioners and Scholars Working Together to Understand Leadership.… Service at New York University are partners in a new leadership awards program called Leadership for a Changing … with the program's awardees to generate new knowledge about the ways in which communities trying to make social change engage in the work of leadership. In doing this work, we have begun to …
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SUMMER 2024 LEAD AND PARKE FELLOWS… Rican and Italian heritage! As a LEAD Fellow , Ryan will work with the One Fair Wage supporting its development … to focus on democratic reform policies. JJ is passionate about advocating for structural reform to increase … Staff One Percent for Development Fund. She is passionate about applying data analytics to help advance pro-democratic …
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Master of Public Administration (MPA) — Health Policy & Management… in conjunction with their capstone experience. Learn more about Capstone … training around an area of expertise. Learn more about Electives … to education outside of the classroom. First-hand work experience in your field of choice can be a pivotal … to their degree program and field of interest. Learn more about the Professional Experience Requirement …
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Leadership, Diversity and Race… Foldy, E. G. & Ospina, S. 2015. “ Leadership styles, ethnicity and race. ” Entry for Hou, … and Nationalism. Blackwell. Ospina, S., El Hadidy, W. Leadership, Diversity and Inclusion: Insights from … C. Su. 2009. Weaving color lines: Race, ethnicity, and the work of leadership in social change organizations. Leadership …
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Collective Leadership and Context in Public Administration: Bridging Public Leadership Research and Leadership Studies… This article challenges the view that public leadership research should maintain a separate perspective in … leadership theories, contrasting them with current work in the public leadership research domain and offering … competitive advantage to contribute to theorizing about leadership, given the importance of context for …
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Laura Kavanagh… and her M.P.A. from Columbia University, where she wrote about gossip in the workplace. She also holds certificates … Security. She is currently a keynote speaker and writer on leadership, transformation, and resiliency. …
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Global Social Change Leadership Institute… Overview The Global Social Change Leadership Institute was an intensive two-week long leadership development program offered at NYU Wagner in the … to strengthen their leadership ability and skills, learn about cutting-edge research on leadership and social change, …
Capstone Projects
Innovations in School Leadership: An Analysis of Alternative Models of the Principalship… The NYC Leadership Academy is an independent, nonprofit organization … and supports visionary school leaders for the complex work of transforming high need schools into rigorous learning … organizations, the Capstone team gathered information about the different forms principalship can possibly take. …
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Curricular Resources… Commission. The Electronic Hallway and Research Center for Leadership in Action . By Jennifer Dodge and Jonathan … H.O.M.E. The Electronic Hallway and Research Center for Leadership in Action . By Melinda Fine. How young women … Dodge, David Gomez, and Jonathan Walters. Building Black Leadership on HIV/AIDS Issues: Unleashing the Power of …
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WSA Executive Board… academic year. I’m a full-time MUP student passionate about transportation and urban planning. I grew up in the San … on urban planning & policy. During the academic year, I work at the NYU Rudin Center for Transportation Policy on the … across the public and private sectors, including work at the Comptroller’s Office, and as a paralegal for …
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Reader in Gender, Work and Organization… This reader uses an alternative approach to gender at work to provoke new thinking about traditional management topics, such as leadership and negotiation. Presents students with an … Reader in Gender, Work and Organization …
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CYC: The S.E.E. Strategies… whatever previous experience I have (e.g. in undergraduate leadership roles, summer work, community service, work after college) to help me … work in a soup kitchen help me participate in a discussion about poverty alleviation in a policy class, how might my … will expose me to best practices? (E.g. excellent leadership models, strong professional networks) …
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Leadership, Spirituality, and Social Innovation Minor… The minor in Leadership, Spirituality, and Social Innovation is built … of Public Service and the NYU Silver School of Social Work, this interdisciplinary program molds … Contact For help planning your schedule or questions about the minor requirements, please contact Chelsea Garbell, …
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Leadership in Action at Wagner… Leadership in Action at Wagner is a virtual space that … as a critical dimension of successful public service work. Our leadership faculty and staff come from various … groups, and more. Explore our website to learn more about Leadership in Action at Wagner. CONTACT Sonia M. Ospina …