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Alumni In Action
Bob WinthropWhy did you choose Wagner for graduate school? At the time I was considering graduate school, I was working for MDRC in NYC - focused on low income and youth development issues - and the senior staff there advised me that Wagner was the best public …
Alumni In Action
Hal Jones1. How did being in New York impact your professional journey? Countless companies call NYC home. At Wagner, I had the opportunity to work for two different nonprofit insurance companies (not at the same time) during the roll out of healthcare reform. …
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Faculty Profile
Kristina ArakelyanKristina Arakelyan is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Public Service at NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. She is a long-time New Yorker who has worked for over a decade in the public and nonprofit sectors on immigration, social …
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Conor BohanConor Bohan is Executive Director of HELP, Haiti’s largest college scholarship program, which he started with $30 shortly after he arrived in Haiti in 1996. HELP has grown from a single student to the largest university scholarship program in Haiti. …
Capstone Projects
Determining Efficacy of Current Programs and Developing a Business Plan for Program Expansion OpportunitiesThe Rock School for Dance Education is one of the nation's premier schools for classical ballet training with a $4 million budget and an annual enrollment of more than 1,000 students at facilities in Philadelphia and West Chester, Pennsylvania. The School …
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Student Spotlight: Bryan Matthew (MPA-PNP 2025)Bryan Matthew (MPA-PNP 2025), chair, Wagner Black Student Association (BSA) Can you share a bit about yourself and what inspired you to attend a school of public service? I am from Piscataway, New Jersey, and I am a proud first-generation college student. …
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The "Sociological Citizen": Relational Interdependence in Law and OrganizationsIn this paper we describe three examples of what we call “the sociological citizen,” environmental health and safety workers, law enforcement officers, and firm managers who see their work and themselves as links in a complex web of interactions and …
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Government's Greatest Achievements of the Past Half Century… from both the war and the Great Depression, Congress called upon the federal government to tackle a bold agenda …
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The True Size of GovernmentThis book addresses a seemingly simple question: Just how many people really work for the federal government? Official counts show a relatively small total of 1.9 million full-time civil servants, as of 1996. But, according to Paul Light, the true head …
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NYU Wagner alumnus Yusef Freeman is honored for his work in affordable housing finance… St. Louis. He drew the award during a major industry event called AHF Live: The Affordable Housing Developers Summit at …
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Elizabeth DiLuzioElizabeth DiLuzio is a Ph.D. candidate with master’s degrees in social work and public health. She is the Co-Founding Principal of a boutique evaluation firm, Evaluation + Learning Consulting, and brings over two decades of experience across education, …
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NYU Wagner's Impact: Alumni Featured in Power Women 100Multiple NYU Wagner alumnae have been honored in City & State ’s 2023 Power Women 100 , along with friends and affiliates of our school. The Power Women 100 list recognizes the invaluable contributions of women working in and around New York City and …
Alumni In Action
Bennett Rathbun… at NYU Wagner, I founded and led a nonprofit organization called Hope on a String (HOAS). HOAS works to empower youth …
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All Things Being Equal: Reflections of a Social Justice Leader - A Conversation with Darren WalkerLast night we welcomed Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation , to talk about his leadership journey and his calling to aid social justice efforts. NYU Wagner co-sponsored the event with the NYU Leadership Initiative , and moderating the …
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NYU Wagner Capstone: The Beginning of a Lifelong Journey From Fieldwork in Mozambique to a Career in Social Entrepreneurship… to Mozambique to work with a nonprofit social enterprise called the Freeplay Foundation, which provides technology …
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Sean MillerSean (he/him) is a former teacher and swim coach. His work in teaching, coaching, and education policy spans over a decade from New York and New Jersey to the Middle East to teaching middle school in Baltimore. He worked for four years in administration …
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Low-Income and Low-Skilled Workers' Involvement in Nonstandard EmploymentThe role of alternative work arrangements—temporary help, independent contractors, on-call workers, and contract company workers—has caught the attention of both policymakers and academic researchers alike. Current research indicates that 1 in 10 workers …
Stories
Alumni Voices: Razakh Abukar Abdirahman (MPA 2019)… had pictured in the US. He and his family moved to a place called Yesler Terrace, America’s first racially integrated …
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Eric KlinenbergEric Klinenberg is Helen Gould Shepard Professor in the Social Sciences and Director of the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University. He has affiliated appointments at NYU Wagner, the NYU Department of Media, Culture, and Communication, and …
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Hedieh FakhriyazdiHedieh Fakhriyazdi is the Chief Diversity Officer at White & Case where she is responsible for accelerating the Firm's diversity and inclusion (D&I) efforts to further build a diverse work environment and nurture a culture of inclusion across their global …
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Linda Gibbs named as Distinguished Visiting Urbanist at NYU Wagner for Fall, 2022… Mayor for Health and Human Services will teach a class called "Topics in Urban Studies: Managing Complex Systems …
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The Georgina and Charlotte Bloomberg Public Service Fellows Program… Jimena Gamboa Bonilla (she/her) is a Colombiana who has called Austin, Texas, home for the past decade. She is a …
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North-South Knowledge Sharing on Incentive-based Conditional Cash Transfer ProgramsOver the last decade, Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programs have become one of the most widely adopted anti-poverty initiatives in the developing world. Inspired particularly by Mexico's successful program, CCTs are viewed as an effective way to …