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Alumni In Action
Joi J. RaeWe'd love to learn more about your journey in civic engagement and political action. What drew you to this field? I come from a family of immigrants who mostly work in the healthcare professions. They are people who supported each other in order for it to …
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BA-MPA and BA-MUP with Global Liberal StudiesInterested in a career in public service? As a Global Liberal Studies student, you already have an edge in the field with your global and interdisciplinary lens for problem-solving. Make a bigger impact by working toward Master’s in Public Administration …
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PHD-GP.5908
Doctoral Seminar in Policy: Inequality and PovertyInequality and poverty are outcomes of social choices and economic relationships. Understanding their causes and implications points to ways that economies and societies fit together—as well as who wins and who loses from economic and policy choices, and …Stories
Student Spotlight: Alex Krasikow (MHA 2024)What motivated you to attend the Wagner School of Public Service? The Online MHA program is fully online which allowed me to continue work at my job and pursue my goals. The distinguished faculty and small classes only helped reinforce my decision to …
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Does the Racial Composition of the School Environment Influence Children's Body Mass Index?Purpose This study investigates the degree to which the racial composition of the school environment may influence the body mass index (BMI) of children aged 10 to 18 years. This research may be viewed as extending prior work that has found that the …
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Practice NotesShows conference organizers how to invite participants to explore the issues that most matter to them by creating their own agendas for work sessions. View …
Capstone Projects
EVALUATING TELEHEALTH UTILIZATION IN THE AGE OF COVID-19In the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare delivery in the US continues to be affected by patient demand and limited resource supply. Telehealth services are a way to mitigate the demand and supply issue and have become integral to present-day …
Faculty Profile
Leanna StiefelLeanna Stiefel, Professor of Economics, teaches courses in multiple regression and economics of education. Her areas of expertise are school finance and education policy, applied economics and applied statistics. Some of her current and recent research …
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Who Reports Noticing and Using Calorie Information Posted on Fast Food Restaurant Menus?… after calorie labeling legislation went into effect: (1) point-of-purchase survey and receipt collection conducted … by posted calorie information. RESULTS: Approximately 35.1% of point-of-purchase and 65.7% of telephone survey …
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Measuring School Efficiency: What Have We Learned?School performance and efficiency measurement have taken center stage in much of the debate and research in education policy since at least the mid-1990s. Despite the clear theoretical and practical importance of understanding the ways in which school …
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Anna LevyAnna Levy has more than 15 years of experience as a practitioner, researcher, oral historian, and analyst of crisis and development politics, the political economy of aid, transparency and accountability, civic and political space, governance ethics, …
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Alumni Spotlight: Kristin Van Busum (MPA 2010)After a life-changing trip to Central America, Kristin Van Busum (MPA 2010) combined her passion for addressing inequity with her NYU Wagner education to launch Project Alianza , a women-led nonprofit organization committed to improving education access …
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Student Spotlight: Ceinna Little (MUP 2024)… There, I’ve been tasked with conducting three reports: (1) a resident demographics profile where I analyzed resident …
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Food environment does not predict selfreported SSB consumption in New York City: A cross sectional studyBen R. Spoer, Jonathan Cantor, Pasquale Rummo, Brian D. Elbel …
Capstone Projects
ADDRESSING BOTTLENECKING IN PATIENT CLINICSCommunity Healthcare Network (CHN) is a nonprofit organization that provides care to more than 85,000 predominantly low-income or uninsured New Yorkers of all ages throughout New York City. CHN engaged a Capstone team in identifying the causes of …
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School Budgeting and School Performance: The Impact of New York City’s Performance Driven Budgeting InitiativePerformance Driven Budgeting (PDB) is a school-based budgeting initiative that was instituted in a select group of New York City schools beginning in the 1997-1998 school year. This paper analyzes the impact of the initiative on student test scores in the …
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Decentralization and Local Economic Development Strategies in Latin AmericaThe Capstone team has provided a framework for discussion of a series of case studies on decentralization and local economic development (LED) in Latin America. The case studies are one of the few sources that provide examples of current LED efforts in …
Alumni In Action
Anisha ChikarmaneCan you tell us a bit about your job responsibilities? I lead global strategy & operations for the Google Assistant (Google's voice assistant) Partnerships group - in other words, I help Google's BD team identify, prioritize, and launch initiatives with …
Faculty Profile
Judy HuynhJudy Huynh is a data analyst, GIS designer, and urban planner specializing in climate adaptation, risk analysis, and geospatial storytelling. At Rebuild by Design, based at NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge, she has led nationally recognized projects …
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Blue Skies and Gray Clouds: Environment, Health, and Economic Development in the New York Metropolitan Regionde Cerreño, A.L.C. …
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UPADM-GP.101
The Politics of Public PolicyThis course provides an introduction to the political institutions and processes through which public policy is made and implemented in the United States (although the key concepts are applicable to other political systems as well). The course also …