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Alumnus Jason Franklin selected as Chronicle of Philanthropy "40 under 40" honoree… NYU Wagner alumnus Jason Franklin (PhD, 2014) has been named to The Chronicle of … at the intersection of philanthropy and public service. Franklin, whose doctoral work at the Wagner school explored … the field of community philanthropy in particular. “Mr. Franklin hopes to study how people give through community …
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Posts of Honor: How America's Corporate and Civic Leaders View Presidential Appointments… wise leaders extended to what Philadelphia’s Benjamin Franklin called the “posts of honor” in the executive branch. … who might be drawn to government in search of profit, Franklin proposed that executive officers receive “no salary, … Convention quietly tabled his proposal without debate, Franklin expressed the young republic’s desperate need for …
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Ideas from the Frontline: Improvement Opportunities in Federally Qualified Health CentersBackground Engaging frontline clinicians and staff in quality improvement is a promising bottom-up approach to transforming primary care practices. This may be especially true in federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) and similar safety-net settings …
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Overcoming walls and voids: Responsive practices that enable frontline workers to feel heardBackground There is increasing recognition that beyond frontline workers’ ability to speak up, their feeling heard is also vital, both for improving work processes and reducing burnout. However, little is known about the conditions under which frontline …
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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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American Academy of Arts and Sciences Elects NYU Wagner Dean Sherry Glied a 2022 Fellow… . Historically, AAAS members have included: Benjamin Franklin (1781), Alexander Hamilton (1791), Ralph Waldo …
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Ideas from the Frontline: Improvement Opportunities for Federally Qualified Health CentersJung, O.S., Begum, F., Dorbu, A., Singer, S., and Satterstrom, P. …
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Over walls and voids: Responsive practices that enable frontline workers to feel heard.Kerrissey, M., Satterstrom, P., Pae, J., and Albert, N. …
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The Space before Action: The Role of Peer Discussion Groups in Frontline Service Provision~Studies of street-level discretion tend to focus on what influences workers’ behaviors and the consequences of their choices for advancing or compromising policy goals, but studies rarely focus on the space before action, that is, the processes through …
Stories
How a Wagner Associate Dean Helped Bring the AIDS Crisis to the Big ScreenDavid Schachter Reflects on Starring in the First Feature Film About the Disease After he filmed Buddies in 1985, David Schachter ’s life changed. But not in the way you might expect for a young actor who had just starred in a movie. Buddies was not …
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Three NYU Wagner-infused teams triumph at $300K Entrepreneurs Challenge and Mission: Appossible Mobile App Contest… providing training, support, and mentorship,” said Cynthia Franklin, Director of Entrepreneurship at the W.R. Berkley …
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Speaking up is not enough: A multi-level model of how frontline voice can reach implementation. Satterstrom, P., Vogus, T., Jung, O., DiBenigno, J., and Kerrissey, M. …
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Sustaining interdisciplinary innovation teams: Foundational and enabling practices that support frontline team members and cultivate their voiceJung, O.S., Singer, S., Satterstrom, P. …
Faculty Profile
Katherine GraingerKatherine Grainger is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Public Service. She is also a respected attorney, has worked on civil rights, women’s rights, labor, and education issues. Currently, Katherine is Partner of Civitas Public Affairs Group. She has …
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Patricia Satterstrom Examines and Shares Lessons Learned from Interdisciplinary Innovation Teams in HealthcareHealthcare organizations face resource and team member shortages, while their services are in especially high demand in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Patricia Satterstrom, assistant professor at NYU Wagner, has just come out with the results of …
Alumni In Action
Hunter BlasCan you share your journey into climate technology? What initially drew you to this field, and how did your time at NYU Wagner shape your goals? My journey into climate technology was very recent! The initial start to my career was working in electoral …
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Alumni Spotlight: Hunter Blas (MPA-PNP 2023)Alumni Spotlight: Hunter Blas (MPA-PNP 2023), development manager, Elemental Impact Can you share your journey into climate technology? What initially drew you to this field, and how did your time at NYU Wagner shape your goals? My journey into climate …
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Engaging interdisciplinary innovation teams in Federally Qualified Health CentersTo foster bottom-up innovations, health care organizations are leveraging interdisciplinary frontline innovation teams. These teams include workers across hierarchical levels and professional backgrounds, pooling diverse knowledge sources to develop …
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Adrian OgleAdrian is the Director of Events at the Ford Foundation, a global grantmaking organization that supports visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. He oversees all events and engagements at the foundation and the Center for Social Justice. …
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NYU Wagner Welcomes Distinguished Urban ResearchersTwo leading urban practitioners whose frontline work focuses on advancing the understanding of cities around the world are bringing their hands-on experience and knowledge to NYU Wagner as the school’s Distinguished Visiting Urbanists: Sumila Gulyani is …
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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; …
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A Constructionist Lens on Leadership: Charting New TerritoryThe April, 2003 meeting of the general theory scholars included invitations to scholars utilizing action-research methodologies as well as to practitioners on the frontline of leadership development in communities. Ospina discussed the …
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Hunter Johansson (MPA 2018) honored with NASPAA AwardNYU Wagner alumnus, Hunter Johansson (MPA 2018), received the 2022 Alumni Spotlight Award for Outstanding Achievement in Public Service from the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA). Hunter Johansson is the founder …