Prof. Short discusses gerrymandering in The Conversation
New article explains why gerrymandering is getting worse
Today, Public Policy Professor John Rennie Short published an article in The Conversation explaining gerrymandering and offering four reasons why it has gotten worse in the past twenty years. Prof. Short explains why politicians gerrymander districts, the role of technology in supporting it, how the Supreme Court continues to embolden it, and a prognosis for the coming years.
Prof. Short's article can be found
here at
The Conversation, a platform for academics and researchers to contribute to public discourse.
On Thursday, Public Policy Professor Jane Lincove spoke on a panel at the Promise Neighborhoods National Network Conference in Arlington, VA. This conference, hosted by the Institute of Education Science at the US Department of Education, focused on the role strong schools play in neighborhood success. Prof. Lincove discussed the continued importance of neighborhoods in systems of school choice.
Prof. Lincove is a coprincipal investigator with the National Center for Research on Education Access and Choice (REACH) at Tulane University, which is also funded by the Institute of Education Sciences.
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Prof. Curran moderates BCPS Board of Ed. candidate forum
Watch a recording of the BCPS candidate forum.
This week, Public Policy's Professor F. Chris Curran served as moderator for the Baltimore County Public Schools Board of Education Candidate Forum. Professor Curran also currently serves as the Southwest Area Education Advisory Council Chair. Candidates Lisa Mack and Matt Gresick participated at the event.
The Baltimore County Public School district encompasses UMBC.
Watch the video of the event here.
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Thu, 18 Oct 2018 19:53:35 -0400
Ph.D. Alumna Trent-Adams elected to Nat'l Acad. of Medicine
New NAM member rec. Ph.D. in Public Policy in 2006
Sylvia Trent-Adams, who received her Ph.D. in Public Policy from UMBC in 2006, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine. The election is one of the highest honors in the field, and recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to the medical sciences, public health, and health care.
Sylvia Trent-Adams is the Rear Admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, and is Deputy Surgeon General of the United States.
Trent-Adams was elected "for leading the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services efforts; working with counterparts at the WHO, the U.S. Army, and other governments to build systems of care and strengthen human resources for underserved populations; and contributing to scientific and policy advances to improve health of persons living with HIV/AIDS."
On Monday, the National Academy of Medicine
announced the election of 85 members during its annual meeting.
The award recognizes lifelong scholarly achievement in budgeting and financial management, and is named after Dr. Aaron Wildavsky, a pioneering scholar in government budget and public policy.
Professor Meyers was presented the award at ABFM's annual award luncheon. Professor Meyers is a member of UMBC's Department of Political Science and is an Affiliate Professor of Public Policy.
His acceptance remarks from the luncheon can be found
here.
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Prof. Curran discusses SROs impacts on new radio piece
New Academic Minute radio segment on WAMC
Last week, F. Chris Curran, assistant professor of Public Policy at UMBC, recorded a radio segment in Academic Minute, part of WAMC radio. On this segment, Prof. Curran discussed the impacts of School Resource Officers in school hallways, and how this law enforcement presence affects daily school operations.
Listen here.
Responsible Professional Conduct of Research Training Requirement for Master's Students, Doctoral Students, and Postdoctoral Fellows
The Graduate School is providing a Guided Workshop
"An Overview of the RCR Process, "Why it is Needed,and What You Need to Do to Be Compliant"" on October 17, 2018, from 12-1, Commons Room 329 (lunch included).
Besides this workshop, they are holding drop-in one-on-one consultations with members of the ORPC team:
on Thursday, Oct. 18 11-12, Commons, Room 327
and Friday October 19, 2018, 11-12, Commons room 3289
Details on the requirement, and Compliance Week are available on the fliers attached below.
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Prof. Sterett co-edits new symposium
Symp. addresses improving inclusion in academic profession
The American Political Science Association’s PS: Political Science & Politics has published a symposium co-edited by Prof. Susan Sterett, Dir. of School of Public Policy, and Dr. Jennifer A. Diascro of the University of California Washington Program. The symposium focuses on improving inclusion in the profession by using experience to diagnose problems. Sterett and Diascro's introduction is available here. The full symposium is available here.
Cambridge University Press has made the articles open access until the end of October.
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Fri, 05 Oct 2018 13:36:37 -0400
Prof. Norris and Laura Mateczun publ. cybersecurity article
New article publ. in Homeland Sec. and Emergency Mgmt.
Last week,
Professor Donald Norris and Ph.D. student Laura Mateczun of the School of Public
Policy published an article with Professors Tim Finin and Anupam Joshi of UMBC’s Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Department.
The paper,
published in the Journal of Homeland
Security and Emergency Management, examines the most significant
cybersecurity challenges facing local governments in America.
The article is available here.
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