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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 …
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NYU Wagner alum bridges divide between vulnerable communities and police… and engage with these populations.” Born and raised in a working-class community outside Los Angeles, Naveed saw the … are victims and survivors of horrible incidents and we’re working to address larger issues where these communities …
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Prioritizing the Protection of Vulnerable Populations in California, Palestine, Egypt, Jordan, and New York… Jacob (MPA 2018) brought her first-hand experiences working in both Palestine and Egypt to her international … studies major in undergrad, and she traveled extensively working across the region throughout her senior year leading … Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) working closely with the organization's leaders by attending …
Alumni In Action
Janelle M. Sauz… Medical Group (TPMG) Consulting Services for 10 weeks, working on three strategic projects related to surgical …
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Online MHA Landing Page… for innovative, data-driven health solutions. Designed for working professionals, our program equips grads to blaze … for immediate real-world application, designed with working professionals in mind. Online Experience | Engage in …
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Health Services Management Specialization … recruit students who are diverse and who are early-career working professionals. Though most of our students are from …
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Olivia Cortellini… to joining the Wagner faculty, Olivia spent three years working as the Statistics Coach for Wagner’s Master of Health …
Publication
Investigations Done Right and Wrong: Government by Investigation, 1945-2012Surveying the 100 most significant Congressional and presidential investigations of executive branch breakdowns between 1945 and 2012, Paul Light offers insight into those qualities that compose an “investigation done right.” Light’s research provides …
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Depleting GovernmentThe federal government's "quiet crisis" of the 1980s has become the "deafening crisis" of the early twenty-first century. Virtually every measure of the state of the public service as envisioned by Alexander Hamilton has worsened over the past two …
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The Health Policy and Management (HPAM) Gap-From Diagnosis to Prescription: a response to two commentariesWe reflected on why the field of HPAM has had little impact on the basic arrangements within which most physicians practice. We argued that this failure reflects four dimensions of a theory-policy-practice gap: 1) The dominance of microeconomic thinking; …
Alumni In Action
Tricia Dietz… urban planning in college, before starting at Wagner I was working in business and world trade. I was drawn to Wagner …
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EXEC-GP.4154
Management Consulting for Public Service Organizations (EMPA)Management consultants work in all corners of the public and nonprofit sectors on every imaginable topic—from organizational strategy to technology implementation, education to migration. But what is management consulting? Why do so many public service …Stories
Student Spotlight: Tiffany Rose Miller (MPA-PNP)… What made you go into the government intelligence field? Working for the US Intelligence Community is a lifelong dream … and wanted to contribute to that mission in a policy role. Working for an Agency that focuses on protecting the national … worked on? The most rewarding experience I had while working in the US Intelligence Community was the opportunity …
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From self-sufficiency to personal and family sustainability: A new paradigm for social policyCurrent social policy that affects welfare recipients focuses on the concept of "self-sufficiency" where leaving welfare for work is the goal. While this approach has reduced welfare rolls, it has not necessarily helped low-income people improve their …
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Transportation During and After Hurricane SandyHurricane Sandy demonstrated the strengths and limits of the transportation infrastructure in New York City and the surrounding region. As a result of the timely and thorough preparations by New York City and the MTA, along with the actions of city …
Capstone Projects
PO Administration and PO Business Development and Marketing… an active participant in these workgroups and is currently working on creating and beginning the implementation of a …
Capstone Projects
Developing a Methodology for Evaluating the Effects of Areawide Rezonings in New York CityNew York City does not currently conduct a routine practice of revisiting area wide rezoning after some years have elapsed to determine whether the consequences were as expected or different from what was anticipated. The Capstone team worked with the New …
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NYU Wagner External Scholarships Directory… both full-time master’s students and professionals working at participating agencies who are looking to increase … In exchange for funding, Boren Fellows commit to working in the federal government for at least one year after … Scholarship Fund provides grants to students actively working for peace and justice. These need-based scholarships …
Publication
Comparative Health Systems: A Policy PerspectiveHow do we understand and also assess the health care of America? Where is health care provided? What are the characteristics of those institutions which provide it? Over the short term, how are changes in health care provisions affecting the health of the …
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A Comparative Analysis of Health Systems in Wealthy NationsHow do we understand and also assess the health care of America? Where is health care provided? What are the characteristics of those institutions which provide it? Over the short term, how are changes in health care provisions affecting the health of the …
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The Walter Stafford Project: On Racial Inequality in New York City… in New York City has been characterized by specialists working in isolation from one another. The results are …
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Program Evaluation… program is effective and impactful is an important part of working in public service. This Program Evaluation Focus Area …
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Comparative Analysis of Health Systems in Wealthy NationsHow do we understand and also assess the health care of America? Where is health care provided? What are the characteristics of those institutions which provide it? Over the short term, how are changes in health care provisions affecting the health of the …