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Power, Culture, and Action: Considerations in the Expression and Enactment of Power in East Asian and Western SocietiesWe present a model of how culture affects both the conceptualizations and behavioral consequences of power, focusing in particular on how culture moderates the previously demonstrated positive relationship between power and assertive action. Western …
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The effects of owner-occupied housing on student outcomesSarah A. Cordes, Amy Ellen Schwartz, Brian D. Elbel …
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Rethinking Local Regulations Governing Housing ProductionCo-authored with Yonah Freemark and Jenny Schuetz, in John Infranca and Sarah Schindler …
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New Academic Year Features Five New Full-Time FacultyAs we welcome our students, faculty, and staff to the start of the 2017-18 academic year, NYU Wagner is thrilled to issue a special welcome to our five newest full-time faculty members: Thom Blaylock, Atul Pokharel, Travis St. Clair, Martha Stark, and …
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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 …
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Climate Change Will Increase Local Government Fiscal Stress in the U.SClimate hazards can compound existing stresses on the revenues and expenditures of local governments, revealing potential risks to fiscal stability. Incorporating these risks into local budgeting and strategic planning would encourage a more complete …
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NYU Wagner Celebrates New Home with Official Ribbon Cutting, Remarks from NYC Mayors and Former Wagner DeansOn Wednesday, March 12, 2025, the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service officially celebrated its new home at 105 E. 17th Street with a ribbon cutting ceremony, which featured remarks from current New York City Mayor Eric Adams, former Mayor …
Capstone Projects
FOSTERING SUSTAINABLE SOCIAL CHANGE THROUGH CORPORATEPARTNERSHIP ENHANCEMENTSSocial Venture Partners (SVP) Tucson is a nonprofit fostering community well-being since 2006. SVP Tucson engaged the Capstone team to evaluate and enhance its corporate partnership model, uncovering its value proposition and impact on social …
Faculty Profile
B.J. JonesB.J. Jones has over 30 years of public sector experience. He is the President & CEO of the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation. His previous positions include President & CEO of the Battery Park City Authority, Executive Director in the Mayor’s Office …
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Access to outpatient care in Manhattan and Paris: A tale of real change in two world citiesFrance's system of universal health insurance (UHi) offers more equitable access to outpatient care than the patchwork system in the U.S., which does not have a UHi system. We investigate the degree to which the implementation of the Patient Protection …
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Fair Housing from the Inside Out: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Creation of the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing RuleRaphael Bostic, Patrick Pontius and Nicholas Kelly …
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Diyu ZhengDiyu Zheng is a doctoral student at NYU Wagner and NYU Shanghai. Her research explores the relationship between urban form and travel behavior, with a particular interest in using human activity flow data to map and analyze cities as dynamic, networked …
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Effectiveness of STD/HIV behavior change intervention on women's use of the female condomThis study assessed the effectiveness of a sexually transmitted disease (STD)/HIV behavior change intervention in increasing women's use of the female condom. Methods. A total of 604 women at high risk for STDs and HIV in New York City, Baltimore, Md, and …
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Astrid RodriguezAstrid S. Rodriguez is an educational psychologist, researcher, teacher, and administrator with over 25 years of extensive professional experience, most notably in education administration and project management. Dr. Rodriguez has supported organizations …
News
NYU Wagner’s Office of Career Services hosts annual LinkedIn and career networking eventIn February, NYU Wagner’s Office of Career Services hosted a Lights, Camera, LinkedIn! event where students and alumni received personalized LinkedIn profile reviews from LinkedIn representatives. Additionally, attendees had the opportunity to receive a …
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Quantifying spatial misclassification in exposure to noise complaints among low-income housing residents across New York City neighborhoods: a Global Positioning System (GPS) studyKosuke Tamura, Seann D. Regan, Jessica K. Athens, Brian D. Elbel, Julie Mline, Yazan A. Al-Ajlouni, Basile Chaix …
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Residential and GPS-Defined Activity Space Neighborhood Noise Complaints, Body Mass Index and Blood Pressure Among Low-Income Housing Residents in New York CityKosuke Tamura, Brian D. Elbel, Basile Chaix, Seann D. Regan, Yazan A. Al-Ajlouni, Jessica K. Athens, Julie Mline …
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Release of NYU Wagner Capstone report calls for change to Brooklyn transportation corridorOn August 27, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams held a press conference featuring a report completed by a Capstone team including students Sebastian Coss, Brent Ginsberg, Caroline Peri, and Eftihia Thomopoulos (all MUP 2018), and supervised by Adjunct …
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UPADM-GP.275
Contemporary Global Crises and Humanitarian PoliticsIn the context of a growing number of intersecting local, national, and global crises, each warranting political strategy, operational responses, and humanitarian planning across a range of states, agencies, movements, technical and political actors, this …Publication
Who Feels Included in School? Examining Feelings of Inclusion Among Students With DisabilitiesThe passage of landmark federal legislation in 1975 guaranteed students with disabilities (SWDs) a free appropriate public education. Over time, reauthorization of this legislation has highlighted the importance of educating SWDs in the general education …
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NYU Wagner Chosen to Participate in Public Service Education Recruitment Effort for Military Veterans and Military Family Members‘Service to Service’ initiative aims to build a cadre of graduate students who will take up leadership positions in state and local government nationwide. Press Release The Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University has been …
Capstone Projects
Combating Gentrification and Financing Affordable Housing in TanzaniaThe United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) is the UN’s capital investment agency, aimed at promoting investment in the public and private sectors through banks and local governments, to scale up innovative financing mechanisms for the world’s …
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People and Place in Low-Income Housing PolicyThe articles in this forum appearing in Housing Policy Debate help update the evidence on two key housing policies and help frame the broader issues. The title of this focus issue, People AND Place, captures two key points raised in the articles but which …
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Fiscal Federalism and Middle-Income Housing SubsidiesWhen only one in four low-income households receives a rent subsidy from the federal government, it seems patently unfair to spend scarce federal housing dollars to support households with higher incomes. Although moderate- and middle-income households …