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PPOL Update February 7, 2006:
More news and updates to satisfy your demand for more news and updates. In this
Update, we have the following:
1--Health Policy Job Talk
2--Summer Course for Health Policy Students
3--ASPA Meeting Reminder
4--New Comprehensive Exam Guidelines
5--Library Research Travel Awards
6--Graduate School’s Professional Development Program
7--Criminal Justice Presentation 2/15
8--Congrats to PPOL Student Huili Hao
9--APPAM Proposals Due 3/10
10--New Policy Analysis Journal
11--ICPSR Internships
12--AEI Internships
13--Job Opportunity
1--Health Policy Job Talk
A candidate for assistant professor in the College of Health and Human Services,
Stephen Borders, will be on campus Wednesday, February 8th for his campus
interview. As part of that interview, he will be making a research presentation
from his dissertation entitled “Transportation Barriers to Health Care:
Assessing the Texas Medicaid Program and Beyond.” PPOL students are invited (and
encouraged) to attend. The talk is scheduled for 2pm in Barnard 244.
2--Summer Course for Health Policy Students
Speaking of health policy, I wanted to let those health-oriented PPOL students
know that we will again be offering PPOL 8665 Analytic Epidemiology this coming
fall semester. This course has a pre-requisite and the College of Health and
Human Services will be offering that pre-rep in the summer session II term,
prior to the fall so those of you needing it can get both courses. The
pre-requisite course is HLTH 6202 Community Epidemiology.
3--ASPA Meeting Reminder
As mentioned in the email you received yesterday, the local ASPA chapter is
hosting a lunch panel discussion on how public administrators can/should
interact with the media. Lunch is free for members and $5 to nonmembers. Just
RSVP to Christi Floyd at
cfloyd@ci.charlotte.nc.us if you want in on the lunch. You can always bring
your own, though. The panel will include former county manager Jerry Fox,
current city manager Brian Hiatt, and current Observer reporter Richard Rubin.
The discussion will be from 11:45 1:00 on Thursday, February 9th, at the
Charlotte Fire Department, 228 E 9th St, Conf Rm 150. All PPOL students are
invited.
4--New Comprehensive Exam Guidelines
Last week, the PPOL program established new guidelines
to clarify how the exam process will be conducted. These new guidelines are
posted on the PPOL web page. All students should take a look at those so they
can begin thinking about which professors would make the logical chair for their
individual comprehensive exam committee. If there are any questions about the
new procedures, please contact me (daswinde@uncc.edu).
5--Library Research Travel Awards
The Special Collections Department of the Atkins Library announces the
establishment of the Anita Stewart Brown Graduate Student Research Awards. The
awards are for up to $500 and are intended primarily to pay for travel costs to
do research at other libraries and archives and to attend professional
conferences directly relevant to a student’s research. Priority will be given to
full-time graduate students in the humanities and social sciences who have
previously done work in the Special Collections Department and who need
additional funding to pursue their research. The first two Brown awards will be
granted this spring and may be used between May 1 and December 2006. A second
cycle of awards will be announced in the fall for use during 2007. To apply,
students should submit the following material to their graduate coordinators: a
cover letter, a resume, a research proposal, and an estimated budget. This
information should describe the current status of their projects, the extent to
which they have explored collections relevant to their work in the Atkins
Library Special Collections Department, and what sources they need to use at
other repositories. These materials should be sent to David Swindell who will
write a letter of support and forward the packet to the committee at the
library. More than one student from each program can apply, so feel free to
submit. Deadline is March 31. For further information, call Robin Brabham at
72369 or email him at
rfbrabha@email.uncc.edu.
6--Graduate School’s Professional Development Program
Just a reminder about this new program that the Graduate School is providing for
FREE. Personally, I am still stunned they are offering this since the costs on
the open market for such seminars is well into the hundreds of dollars. PPOL
students are strongly encouraged to take a look at the Graduate School web page
(http://www.uncc.edu/gradmiss/index.asp)
and check out this program. It really is a gold mine.
7--Criminal Justice Presentation 2/15
The PPOL partner Department of Criminal Justice is pleased to announce the
following presentation for all faculty and students: Alex Piquero, “Do People
Value Punishment More Than Rehabilitation? A Study of the Willingness to Pay for
Rehabilitation and Incarceration of Juvenile Offenders.” This presentation will
be on February 15, 2006 3-4:30, in 101 Cameron. All PPOL students are invited to
attend. Alex R. Piquero is Professor of Criminology, Law & Society and Magid
Term Professor in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at the University of
Florida, Member of the National Consortium on Violence Research, and Member of
the MacArthur Foundation's Research Network on Adolescent Development and
Juvenile Justice. He is the author of over 100 peer-reviewed articles on topics
related to criminological theory, criminal careers, and quantitative research
methods. He is past recipient of the American Society of Criminology's Young
Scholar Award, E-Mail Mentor of the Year Award, and the University of Florida
College of Arts & Sciences Teacher of the Year Award.
8--Congrats to PPOL Student Huili Hao
As many of you have probably heard by now, Huili Hao passed the comprehensive
exams last week. But what you probably have not heard is that she has also won
the Joanna R. Baker Memorial Graduate Fellowship. This is a scholastic
achievement award worth $2000. So I wanted to extend the program’s
congratulations to Huili for both these outstanding accomplishment!
9--APPAM Proposals Due 3/10
I have said this before and I reiterate it again: APPAM is one of the
conferences students should be looking at to present their papers and network
with others in their respective research areas. Here’s some important
information about this year’s conference this fall. Proposal forms for the 2006
Fall Research Conference are now online. With guidance from several committees,
the APPAM office has reconfigured the electronic proposal forms and (hopefully)
made them easier to use. You may access the forms through this page on the APPAM
website:
http://www.appam.org/conferences/fall/madison2006/call.asp. There are
separate forms for panels, papers and roundtables/workshops. There also are
detailed checklists to use for preparing proposals before submitting them
online. All conference proposals must be submitted using these forms. The
deadline for submitting a Fall Conference proposal is Friday, March 10, 11:59 pm
E.T. APPAM expects a very high volume of submissions in the 36 hours prior to
the deadline. Please submit your proposals as soon as possible. With generous
funding from the Fannie Mae Foundation, APPAM again will be offering travel
grants to the Fall Conference for doctoral students interested in
housing/community development. Awards will be made on a first-come, first-served
basis. More information is found on this page:
http://www.appam.org/conferences/fall/madison2006/fmfgrants.asp. I strongly
encourage all of you to consider going to this conference, and I encourage those
of you planning on going and doing housing or community development work to
apply for the additional funding.
10--New Policy Analysis Journal Section
News from the Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: The Journal is pleased to
announce a new regular section of the journal entitled “Policy Innovation.” The
specific purpose of the section will be to report on a specific innovative
policy that has been adopted (legislatively approved or already implemented) by
a national or sub-national government. The broader purpose is to disseminate to
the global policy community knowledge of new innovative policies that are
actually being adopted and implemented. Innovative policies may be in any policy
area—social welfare policy, health care, transportation, regulation, pensions,
etc. We encourage submissions on policy innovation from all regions of the
world; we have no reason to believe policy innovation is less prevalent in, say,
Africa or the Middle East than elsewhere. For this section, we are interested in
innovative policies rather than innovative policy ideas. Thus, the policy must
actually be adopted. The typical submission will describe the policy in detail,
explain why it is unique or unusual and evaluate the initial experience with the
new policy, including any evidence of success or unintended consequences. It may
also be useful to describe the particular political, bureaucratic and social
circumstances that led to the adoption of the policy. It is generally expected
that submitted papers will normally be somewhat shorter than the normal
submission (approximately 15-20 typed double-space pages). Submissions to this
section of the journal will be evaluated by the section co-editors: Anthony
Boardman (University of British Columbia) and Aidan Vining (Simon Fraser
University). They will draw upon additional referees where appropriate. Please
send all submissions to Diana Walker at jcpa@sfu.ca
with “Policy Innovation” in the subject line.
11--ICPSR Internships
The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), the
world’s largest archive of digital social science data, is now accepting
applications for its annual summer internship program that will take place from
June through August 2006. Summer Interns will work in a UNIX environment and
gain experience using statistical programs to check data for content and
accuracy; preparing data for permanent archiving and distribution for secondary
analysis; preserving respondent anonymity; and composing descriptions of data
collections. These positions require a strong interest in social science
research. Applicants should have successfully completed their undergraduate
sophomore year in a social science major and possess strong analytical,
research, and written and verbal communication skills. Knowledge of statistical
software packages (i.e., SPSS, SAS, Stata), demonstrated leadership skills, and
the ability to prioritize multiple tasks are also essential. For more
information please consult our full description of the 2006 Summer Internship
Program at
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/pdf/internship.pdf
12--AEI Internships
The American Enterprise Institute seeks applicants for the National Research
Initiative Fellowship Program for the 2006-2007 academic year. The NRI
Fellowship Program gives doctoral students and recent graduates of Ph.D., MBA,
and J.D. programs the opportunity to spend a year in residence at Washington’s
most prestigious think tank. Fellows spend half of their time working closely
with a senior scholar and are free to devote the remainder of their time to
their own original research. AEI offers a competitive stipend, a stimulating
intellectual environment, and exposure to some of the country’s top policy
scholars.
More details on the program, including application instructions, are attached.
Interested students should visit our website at
www.aei.org/nri for additional information. Applications must be received by
February 28.
13—Job Opportunity
Here is another example of the more practical uses of the Ph.D. in Public Policy
as applied to a managerial role in a local government.
City of Fayetteville - Management Services Department
Management Analyst / Minimum Salary $42,049 per year
Requisition 95627 / Closing Date February 24, 2006
Work involves planning, developing, analyzing and performing complex studies and
research projects impacting departmental or citywide policy and strategic
planning. Duties also include providing analysis sufficient to support
departmental long-term planning, problem-solving, and management action. Duties
also include but are not limited to: conducts a variety of research and other
assigned projects by compiling and reviewing internal and external
organizational information, preparing position and issue papers, and
recommending changes for management consideration; analyzes problem areas in
service delivery and formulates recommendations for improvements; serves as a
staff resource. Promotes communication by preparing a variety of materials to
disseminate program and policy information on a departmental or citywide basis
or senior or executive management's behalf. Requires a combination of education
and experience equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance,
business or public administration or a related field and four years increasingly
responsible experience in public administration, business administration,
financial administration, or a related field. Master’s degree in a related field
is preferred.
For more information or to apply, please call (910) 433-1635 or visit
www.cityoffayettville.org.
Dr. David Swindell, Assoc. Professor & Director
Ph.D. in Public Policy Program
3040 Colvard Bldg.
9201 University City Blvd.
University of North Carolina-Charlotte
Charlotte, NC 28223
(704) 687-4532 (Office)
(704) 687-3497 (Fax)
Previous PPOL Updates:
PPOL Update 01-19-06
PPOL Update 01-06-06
PPOL Update 11-28-05
PPOL Update 11-10-05
PPOL Update 10-25-05
PPOL Update 10-7-05
PPOL Update 9-21-05
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