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Alumni In Action
Hal Jones1. How did being in New York impact your professional journey? Countless companies call NYC home. At Wagner, I had the opportunity to work for two different nonprofit insurance companies (not at the same time) during the roll out of healthcare reform. …
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CourseworkPrerequisite PADM-GP 2902 Introduction to Econometrics (or equivalent) Required courses All doctoral students are required to complete the following: PHD-GP 5902 , Research Methods (first fall semester) PADM-GP.2172 Advanced Empirical Methods (first fall …
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Samuel FillerHow would you describe your experience as a Wagner student? The community of students, alumni, professors and administrative professionals was my favorite part about Wagner. I made lifelong friends and mentors by immersing myself in the community, and …
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Has the Expansion of Health Insurance Coverage via the Implementation of the Affordable Care Act Influenced Inequities in Coronary Revascularization in New York City?Background/Purpose In 2014, New York City implemented the Afordable Care Act (ACA) leading to insurance coverage gains intended to reduce inequities in healthcare services use. The paper documents inequalities in coronary revascularization procedures …
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General Landing PageMake your impact on the world through one of our top-ranked degree programs. …
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NYU Wagner Labor Initiative and State Futures Release Joint Issue Brief on Strengthening Workers' Rights Through Interstate CooperationAs Federal Labor Protections Diminish, New Report Charts Collaborative State Response State Futures and NYU Wagner Labor Initiative release roadmap for interstate action on workers’ rights A new report released by State Futures and the NYU Wagner …
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2020 AWARDS & DISTINCTIONSROBERT F. WAGNER AWARD FOR PUBLIC SERVICE for leadership capacity and exceptional contribution to public service …
Faculty Profile
Alexander HeilAlex Heil, PhD, Senior Economist at The Conference Board, is an applied economist with more than 20 years of experience in the energy, environment, and infrastructure space. His work is centered on the energy transition, renewable energy resources, urban …
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Jon SendachJon Sendach serves as hospital president of North Shore University Hospital and deputy market president of Northwell Health’s Central Region. Northwell Health is New York’s largest health care organization and its largest private employer. Headquartered …
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UN Economic and Social Council forum brings together youth leadership on sustainable developmentPaula Sevilla Núñez (MUP Candidate 2019) reflects on her experiences at the UN ECOSOC Youth Forum last month: The current youth generation is often dismissed as self-centered and narcissistic, but the 2018 ECOSOC Youth Forum painted a very different …
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Time to Get Moving: Improving commuter and intercity rail facilities and services on Manhattan’s West SideThe approach to redeveloping the Farley Building and Penn Station that has been presented by Governor Cuomo, Empire State Development, Amtrak and the MTA offers a real opportunity to dramatically improve the facilities and services available to both …
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NYU Wagner Alumni Named to 2025 New York City Power 100 Each year, City & State’s New York City Power 100 recognizes the most influential figures shaping the city’s political, economic, and social landscape. In 2025, three NYU Wagner alumni—Tiffany Raspberry (MPA 2019), Hindy Poupko (MPA 2008), and Randy …
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Voice is not enough: A multilevel model of how frontline voice can reach implementationIssue When frontline employees’ voice is not heard and their ideas are not implemented, patient care is negatively impacted, and frontline employees are more likely to experience burnout and less likely to engage in subsequent change efforts. Critical …
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Areas of focus The NYU Wagner Labor Initiative explores, advocates for, and accelerates the often-untapped potential of government in safeguarding and advancing workers' rights, focusing on pressing issues such as minimum wage, worker protections and safety, employee …
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Leadership and the Psychology of PowerThis chapter begins to fill in a gap in the leadership literature by looking at the psychological experience of leaders. We assume most leaders possess power over those whom they lead, and we explicate a theory of how power affects cognition and behavior. …
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Social Hierarchy: The Self-Reinforcing Nature of Power and StatusHierarchy is such a defining and pervasive feature of organizations that its forms and basic functions are often taken for granted in organizational research. In this review, we revisit some basic psychological and sociological elements of hierarchy and …
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The True Size of GovernmentThis book addresses a seemingly simple question: Just how many people really work for the federal government? Official counts show a relatively small total of 1.9 million full-time civil servants, as of 1996. But, according to Paul Light, the true head …
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"From Local to Global: Extrapolating Experiments"NYU Wagner Associate Professor of Public Policy Rajeev Dahejia, an economist, has posted an original essay stimulated by the phenomenal growth of randomized control trials (RCTs) for impact evaluations in international development and aid interventions. …
Alumni In Action
Olivia ThompsonCan you tell us a bit about your job responsibilities? The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) is the U.S. government's development finance bank. The Portfolio for Impact and Innovation is a program at DFC that provides financing for …
Capstone Projects
New York University School of Medicine, Planning and Business InitiativesThe Resident was involved in numerous projects within Planning and Business Initiatives (PBI), which functions as an internal consulting unit to the executive leadership at the School of Medicine (SoM). Supported by the department, the Resident was …
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Scottish Parliamentary Leader Talks About the 2014 Independence ReferendumThe Scottish Parliament’s Presiding Officer, the Right Honourable Tricia Marwick, MSP, delivered a fascinating NYU Wagner guest lecture on April 10 entitled “Scotland’s Journey to and Beyond the Referendum on Independence.” As the elected Presiding …
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Inviting Consumers To Downsize Fast-Food Portions Significantly Reduces Calorie ConsumptionPolicies that mandate calorie labeling in fast-food and chain restaurants have had little or no observable impact on calorie consumption to date. In three field experiments, we tested an alternative approach: activating consumers’ self-control by having …
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Student Spotlight: Annie NelsonCan you share a bit about yourself and what motivated you to attend a school of public service? While I have always wanted to work in the public sector, my passion for public service was solidified when I taught fifth grade at a public charter school in …