Search
Conduct a general search, select a content type, or navigate to specialized search pages: Courses, Faculty, News, Publications, and Capstone Projects.
Capstone Projects
MEASURING AND IMPROVING EFFECTIVENESS IN A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CALL CENTERVibrant Emotional Health (Vibrant) operates NYC Well, a service that provides 24/7 mental and emotional wellbeing support services to individuals and families via call, text, and chat. Vibrant is contracted by the NYC Department of Mental Health and …
Publication
Does segregation matter for Latinos?… being either employed or in school, on the likelihood of working in a professional occupation, and on income. The …
Stories
Alumni Spotlight: Claudia Espinosa (MPA 2013)… path when she landed a job at a suicide prevention program working with Latina young women. That job gave her insight … influential. She served as an intake counselor, working specifically with Latina girls in New York City. … as an NYU student changed her life. Following a period working at Big Brothers Big Sisters, Espinosa decided to …
Landing Page
Research & Workshops2026 Spring Graduate Student Workshop On March 6, 2026, the NYU Migration Network is hosting a Spring Graduate Student Workshop. This daylong event is designed to allow NYU Graduate Students and recent graduates to connect with one another, learn about …
Capstone Projects
Neighborhood Revitalization Plan… strategies for neighborhood revitalization and investment. Working with CB9 and local stakeholders, a Capstone team …
Capstone Projects
NeON Arts: Illustrating Impact at the IntersectionsThe Neighborhood Opportunity Network (NeON) brings together community organizations, government agencies, local businesses, and community residents to connect probation clients who live in target neighborhoods to opportunities, resources, and services. …
Capstone Projects
Evaluation of a Local Economic Development Analysis Tool… and emerging economies. The UNCDF office in Tanzania is working to develop strategies to improve the economic impact …
Capstone Projects
Global Partnerships and Key Issues in Immigrant Inclusion… NYC Global Partners, a nonprofit organization working in partnership with the New York City Mayor’s Office …
Capstone Projects
Tools for Assessment, Monitoring, and EvaluationThe International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Impact Insurance Facility works with the private sector, governments, and other partners to facilitate microinsurance market development in order to minimize the vulnerability of low-income people, promote a …
Stories
Alumni Voices: Razakh Abukar Abdirahman (MPA 2019)By Mikeala Sparks (MUP, International Development) Razakh was born in Mogadishu, Somalia (a region still under debate as to whether it is Somali or Ethiopian territory) and moved to the US during a refugee resettlement program in Seattle, WA. There, he …
Stories
Student Spotlight: Madina P. Ouedraogo (MPA-PNP)… and racial equity and justice. 2. What are you currently working on? Can you describe the project or work you would like to highlight? I am currently working in my new role as the program assistant for the … American, Black, West African (Burkinabé), Muslim, working-class woman, my approach to public service is …
Capstone Projects
STRENGTHENING THE POLITICAL INFLUENCE OF THE YOUTH CLIMATE MOVEMENT… Power Shift Network (PSN) is a nonprofit organization working to organize, empower, and strengthen the youth …
Stories
Creating the Next Generation of Leaders through Quality Academic Instruction and Cultural Immersion … “When I first started working with the Baltimore Collegiate School for Boys, I had … didn’t have a role model and had to learn a lot on my own. Working with youth in Baltimore, I feel like I can help them … Ellen Schall Experience Fund , Jeff spent his summer working full-time with Prep@Collegiate designing and …
Capstone Projects
Impact assessment and monitoring and evaluation frameworkIn 2013, Social Accountability International (SAI), an international NGO dedicated to improving workplaces through social standards, and the Rapid Results Institute (RRI), a nonprofit that implements change management programs in the developing world, …
Capstone Projects
Evaluation of term limits in the New York City CouncilFounded in 1897, Citizens Union is a nonpartisan, good government group dedicated to making democracy work for all New Yorkers. Citizens Union serves as a civic watchdog, combating corruption and fighting for political reform. As there is no recent …
Capstone Projects
ADAPTING TO CLIMATE CHANGEThe Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) of the World Bank evaluates the development effectiveness of the Bank. Climate change and disaster risk pose significant threats to development across the globe. The Capstone team created a learning product on …
Publication
Welfare Caseload Change: An Alternative ApproachIn the last decade, caseloads in AFDC/TANF have shifted dramatically up, then down. Of existing studies based on time series or state panel data, some tend to underplay the role of welfare reform. All say little about that policies drove the decline or …
Publication
The Socio-economic Empowerment Assessment: Addressing poverty and economic distress in clientsIn this paper, we introduce the Socio-Economic Empowerment Assessment (SEEA), a qualitative assessment that uses an ecological framework to better understand the psychological impact of poverty and financial insecurity. The assessment is designed as a …
News
Andrew Friedman (LAW '98) to Lead Joint NYU Wagner and NYU Law InitiativeAndrew Friedman (LAW '98) will join NYU on January 2 to lead a new Initiative for Community Power and Democratic Engagement (ICPDE). A joint undertaking of the Law School’s Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law (CRIL) and NYU Robert F. Wagner Graduate …
Publication
Big Data: The Role of Education and Training… programs so that we can produce the workforce capable of working with new data. We should adapt our research programs …
Publication
A Forum on the Politics of Skills: “Reducing the “unskilled” to their bodies: Control, surveillance, and the new politics of skill.”The ILR Review invited this group of scholars who work within the fields of sociology, history, and urban planning to share their perspective on the politics of skills. We called on their expertise to draw attention to the politics that drive the …
News
Student Spotlight: Praewa (Wawa) Kulatnam (MPA-HPAM 2025)… and medical interventions for public health insurance. Working during the COVID-19 pandemic was a pivotal … city where policymakers and business leaders globally are working and interacting, pushing me to think more … grow so much from this experience of living, studying, and working in this great city. So, find your 'people' and …
Capstone Projects
Options for Designing a Subnational Investment Facility for Cambodia… in local infrastructure and economic development. Working with the National Committee for Sub-National …
Capstone Projects
Using Performance Measurement to Improve SustainabilityThe Capstone team worked with Mercy Home for Children, a Brooklyn nonprofit serving the developmentally disabled, to enhance their ability to sustain current and obtain new program funding sources. The team first conducted individual interviews with …