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Faculty Profile
Valentina MelikhovaVal Melikhova is a Lecturer of Health Administration at NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. Val’s focus lies in helping create education and public service impact through data analysis, research, and human-centered design. As a …
Publication
Understanding spatial patterns in rape reporting delays… nature of the data used in our models, even community organizations lacking access to sensitive police …
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MPA-JD or MUP-JD… of Urban Planning (MUP) specializations are: City and Community Planning International Development Planning 6 (MPA) …
Publication
Studies of physician-patient communication with older patients: How often is hearing loss considered? A systematic literature reviewHearing loss is remarkably prevalent in the geriatric population: one-quarter of adults aged 60–69 and 80% of adults aged 80 years and older have bilateral disabling loss. Only about one in five adults with hearing loss wears a hearing aid, leaving many …
Stories
Alumni Spotlight: Hunter Johansson (MPA 2018)… spaces, starting in the political and labor spheres as a community organizer. Johansson reflects that for him, it was person-to-person contact as a means of building community power that spoke to his heart. After leaving … to overuse and lack of maintenance, leaving a life-saving community resource stranded and unable to save lives during …
News
Alumni Spotlight: Kristin Van Busum (MPA 2010)… you about expanding education opportunities for the community Project Alianza serves? I first went to Central … reminded me that the best solutions come from within the community. That experience shifted me from studying the … it’s relationships that move the world forward. Build community and take full advantage of the people and …
Alumni In Action
Anne Montesano… in different ways. Right after college, I worked for a community-based organization in Los Angeles that provided … before you came to NYU Wagner? I worked at an incredible community-based organization called the Central American … is a multi-service agency supporting the Central American community living in Los Angeles. In my role, I provided legal …
Alumni In Action
Tashiah Singleton… student data management, communications, school events, and compliance reporting. Please describe what impact …
Publication
Do interest rates matter? Credit demand in the Dhaka Slums“Best practice” in microfinance holds that interest rates should be set at profit-making levels, based on the belief that even poor customers favor access to finance over low fees. Despite this core belief, little direct evidence exists on the price …
Alumni In Action
James Stratford… as a Program Manager at the NYC Department of Youth & Community Development (DYCD) and worked in the nonprofit … ground us in our profession. It included understanding our community to make changes and highlighting the difference … you give to a current student hoping to make an impact in community engagement and advocacy after their time at …
News
NYU Wagner Launches New Specialization in Advocacy & Political Action… will graduate prepared to organize members of their community, lead a nonprofit issue advocacy campaign, run for …
Alumni In Action
Lindsey Price Jackson, JD… want to create or expand problem-solving courts such as community courts, treatment courts, or tribal courts. How did … individuals as their neighbors, as members of their community, and as human beings with dignity--which, of …
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International Development Policy & Management Specialization… affairs specialist, international program manager, and community relations manager. …
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Evaluation of Continuums of Care For Homeless People… support? • How has the HUD requirement for a coordinated community-wide application affected development of CoCs, …
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Spotlight… absence of certain stories, including your own community’s stories. You start to ask why these histories … fit elsewhere. It doesn’t give you roots, but it gives you community. That’s something that’s really underestimated, …
Faculty Profile
Yehuda Sarna… in the UAE since the turn of the 21st century. Before the community named him Chief Rabbi, Rabbi Sarnaministered to the … chronicles his work and the history of the Jewish community in the UAE, and aired on PBS in December 2021. … for American Jewry (New York University) and the Community Relations Working Group (UJA Federation of New …
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MUP - City and Community Planning… At the same time, the need to better incorporate community-level dynamics that influence planning processes … ever. With the skills and knowledge gained in the City and Community Planning specialization, you can be part of this. … impact, whether working in and with government agencies, community-based nonprofits, or public-private partnerships. …
Publication
The Weakness of Neighborhood Revitalization Planning in the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program: Warnings from Connecticut… in high-poverty locations that contribute to a “concerted community revitalization plan” (“CCRP”). In high-poverty …
Alumni In Action
Maria Ponce Sevilla… to expand its programs and have it continue impacting the community the way it has so far. Can you tell us a bit about … proactive and less reactive, it involves talking to our community members a lot. It’s important to listen to them, to … the ways we can best respond to what their needs are. Our community members are about 90% women, their children and …
Alumni In Action
Ben Winter… communities struggling with outdated immigration laws, community organizing, and international development issues. …
Publication
Open Restaurants in New York… under Open Restaurants (41% of Open Restaurants located in Community Districts with majority-nonwhite populations, up … under Open Restaurants (31% of Open Restaurants located in Community Districts with a median household income of $60,000 … less, up from 17% of pre-pandemic Sidewalk Cafés). The 17 Community Districts that had no outdoor dining under the …
Alumni In Action
Anisha Chikarmane… I remember frequently engaging with the Wagner alumni community when I was a student, and receiving incredible … from them. I still feel very connected to the Wagner community today - even as an alumna who works across the …
Alumni In Action
Kate Horner… think is very special to Wagner — and the strong sense of community among the student body. I gained lifelong friends …