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Aligning Ideologies and Institutions: Reorganization in the HIV/AIDS Services Administration of New York CityHow effective was organizational reform implemented inside one critical New York City health agency? Specifically, we examine the extent to which the reorganization of the HIV/AIDS Services Administration (HASA) into the Medical Insurance Services …
Capstone Projects
Gender-lens Investing: Empowering Female EntrepreneursFunding to female founders is staggeringly low, with research showing that female-led businesses received only 2.2% of global venture capital funding in 2018. Galvanized by that data, the all-female Capstone team developed a venture capital fund to …
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Bonding, bridging, and linking: How social capital operated in New Orleans following Hurricane KatrinaIn the past decade, social capital has been explored internationally in the disaster and social work literature, particularly in terms of historical oppression and limited economic resources of disadvantaged communities. Social capital in the United …
News
My Summer Internship Experience: Jiayi Liu, Program Assistant, UA3Jiayi Liu (MPA 2025) had always been called to work with a nonprofit organization. Through the Ellen Schall Experience Fund , a stipend awarded to a select group of students working in unpaid summer internships, Liu had the opportunity to serve as a …
Capstone Projects
Development of a Heart Health Service LineBellevue Medical Center is developing a Heart Health Service Line that integrates all of its cardiovascular services in order to improve efficiency, communication, and patient service. In order to help Bellevue Operations Team to achieve their vision, the …
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A Constructionist Lens on Leadership: Charting New TerritoryThe April, 2003 meeting of the general theory scholars included invitations to scholars utilizing action-research methodologies as well as to practitioners on the frontline of leadership development in communities. Ospina discussed the …
Faculty Profile
Kota WatanabeKota Watanabe is a political scientist and Visiting Scholar at NYU Wagner. His research focuses on the political economy of civil wars, humanitarian care, and transnational organized crime in contemporary Southeast Asia, with particular emphasis on …
Capstone Projects
Linking Domestic Violence Survivors to Low Income Housing Tax Credit UnitsNew Destiny Housing Corporation is a nonprofit advocacy organization seeking to provide permanent affordable housing to victims of domestic violence (DV). The Capstone team was asked to investigate the possibility of linking DV survivors to Low Income …
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Time to consider the risks of caesarean delivery for long term child healthJan Blustein and Jianmeng Liu examine the evidence linking caesarean delivery with childhood chronic disease and say that guidelines on delivery should be reviewed with these risks in …
Faculty Profile
Alain BertaudAlain Bertaud is an urbanist, who recently joined the team of the NYU Marron Institute and NYU Stern Urbanization Project as a Senior Research Scholar. Prior to his assignment with NYU in October 2012, he had been working as an independent consultant for …
Capstone Projects
Developing Participatory Instruments and Administrative Guidelines for Evaluating and Monitoring the Women's Land Link Africa Program"The Huairou Commission is a global coalition of networks, institutions, and individual professionals that links grassroots women's community development organizations to partners. The networks gain access to resources, information sharing and political …
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Appreciative Narratives as Leadership Research: Matching Method to LensThis chapter explores the potential of appreciative inquiry for doing empirical work on leadership. We use a framework that matches a constructionist theoretical lens, an appreciative and participative stance, a focus on the work of leadership (as opposed …
Stories
Alumni Spotlight: Lilian Liu (MPA 2015)In the Spring 2024 Global Public Service Newsletter, the Wagner Office of International Programs connected with Wagner alumna, Lilian Liu (MPA 2015) . Where do you work? Describe your current job. I have been working in corporate sustainability for over …
Capstone Projects
Utica Avenue Corridor Study Following Extension of Subway Line 4The Office of the Brooklyn Borough President (OBBP) is an NYC Charter-mandated agency with purview over land use decision making, capital budget allocations, and legislative and budgetary oversight. In 2015, NYC’s OneNYC plan for resilience, equity, and …
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Next of Kin Perceptions of Physician Responsiveness to Symptoms of Hospitalized Patients Near DeathMany different medical providers visit critically ill patients during a hospitalization, and patients and family members may not feel any physician is truly in charge of care. This study explores whether perceiving that a physician was clearly in charge …
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Social Investment Through the Lens of MicrofinanceThe reality of social investment can be messy. How could it not be? The aim is to support a new sort of capitalist endeavor driven by pursuit of social progress rather than just pursuit of profit. Yet modern history has been shaped by the tensions between …
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The Financial Consequences of Being Denied Benefit AccessWe examine the causal impact of being denied benefit access on the financial well-being of marginally-excluded households. Using experimental and quasi-random variation in the flexibility of mandatory intake interviews and a unique linkage between …
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Massachusetts Links Pay for Performance to the Reduction of Racial and Ethnic DisparitiesThe Institute of Medicaid has identified equity as a key dimension of quality. Recently, Massachusetts’ Medicaid program (MassHealth) took the unusual step of linking pay-for-performance (P4P) to the reduction of racial/ethnic disparities for hospital …
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Medicaid and Mortality: New Evidence from Linked Survey and Administrative DataWe use large-scale federal survey data linked to administrative death records to investigate the relationship between Medicaid enrollment and mortality. Our analysis compares changes in mortality for near-elderly adults in states with and without …
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Is neighbourhood destiny? Exploring the link between neighbourhood mobility and student outcomesThe notion that children from ‘good’ neighbourhoods are destined for success while those from ‘bad’ neighbourhoods are destined for failure has considerable popular appeal. Residential location is strongly linked to school quality, access to educated …
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Cecilia Vales (MPA-PNP 2019) Wagner Alum and Founder of She Wins MexicoCecilia Vales (MPA-PNP 2019), founder of She Wins Mexico, talks about how she uses her passion for sports and education to empower young girls in …
Faculty Profile
Tiffany-Ann TaylorTiffany-Ann Taylor is the Vice President for Transportation at the Regional Plan Association (RPA). Prior to working at RPA, she served as Deputy Director of Freight Programs, Education and Research for the Freight Mobility unit at the New York City …
News
Alvin Irby (MPA-PNP 2015) Named an NYU Alumni Changemaker of the Year NYU Wagner graduate Alvin Irby (MPA-PNP 2015) was named an NYU Alumni Changemaker of the Year , the University’s annual recognition of alumni making an impact in New York City, nationally, and globally. Irby is the founder and executive director of …