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Current Update.PPOL Update November 19, 2007PPOL Students, Here is the latest (short!) PPOL Update with some news and upcoming events I wanted to highlight before everyone flees town for the Thanksgiving holiday. As always, please let me know if you have any questions or news to share. Also, I hope all of you have a very safe and Happy Thanksgiving. In this Update: 1--Update on Laura Morgan and Ken Godwin 3--Message to Spring Research Design Students 4--A Question for Ph.D. Students 5--Faculty Candidate Interviews (from trickle to a flood!) 6--Save the Date: PPOL Social and Drs. Manuel and Moller Farewell
1--Update on Laura Morgan and Ken Godwin I had a long phone conversation with Laura at home today. She was in very good spirits (getting bored at home), but continuing to recover nicely from her surgery. She's is getting around quite well. She was extremely touched by the gift you all sent. She was without words to express her gratitude and is already anxious to rejoin us! Also, many of you know Dr. Ken Godwin underwent knee replacement surgery today. His wife called in to let us know that the surgery was finished on time and the doctor was "very pleased" with how it went. He will be recovering for awhile and recupperating and rehabbing at home for the next couple of months. I know I express the wishes of the whole PPOL program student and faculty body for a quick recovery for both Laura and Ken! ______________________________________________________________________________________________ I wanted to remind everyone that registration for the spring semester is currently underway. PLEASE get with your advisor or me to talk about classes. We want to make sure you proceed through the program as quickly as is reasonable. If you need permits for classes, let me know or the class professor know and we will be sure to get those for you so you can get into those classes. ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 3--Message to Spring Research Design Students Dr. Kropf, the professor for the spring semester class PPOL 8602 Research Design, asked that I pass along the following message to students planning on taking this class. She would like you to order Russel Schutt's book, _Investigating the Social World_. She doesn't mind which edition you acquire, but the most recent would be ideal (though the older editions are cheaper). You will also need to purchase King, Keohane, and Verba's 1994 book _Designing Social Inquiry: Scientific Inference in Qualitative Research. These were NOT ordered through the bookstore as Dr. Kropf believes you will be able to get a much better deal from online vendors. Just don't wait until the first day of classes to order them! ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 4--A Question for Ph.D. Students As some of you know, I sit on the doctoral education committee of the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA). That committee will be hosting a special panel at next year's conference that will include a "social hour" afterwards to allow Ph.D. students attending the conference to meet faculty from other universities. But before the social, we would like to have a substantive panel on doctoral issues confronting students in public affairs/policy programs. So, I would like to ask you what you would like to hear on such a presentation if you were attending (and some of you might be!). Would issues of mentoring be of interest? Funding dissertations? The survivability of loosely designed programs versus highly structured programs? The role of comps versus qualifying/preliminary exams versus the dissertation? Tips on successful dissertation writing? Tips on getting your dissertation published? Any other ideas you might have run across here in our program that I could take back to the committee? Just drop me a quick note and let me know what you think the national organization should be focusing on in terms of doctoral education issues. ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 5--Faculty Candidate Interviews (from trickle to a flood!) I cannot thank those PPOL students that participated in last week's faculty candidate interviews enough for your time and feedback. We hosted the first two of three or four candidates for our position in political science (the position Dr. Manuel is leaving). We will have the next candidate in next week and the final candidate in the week after. The 3rd candidate is also a candidate for the position in Arts Administration within the MPA program (she is qualified for both). That position will have her (Becky Nesbit) as well as another candidate (Mark Hager) next week after the Thanksgiving holiday. But wait! There's more! Political science is also hiring a THIRD faculty position right now in American Government and we have three candidates coming to interview for that position! The week after Thanksgiving we will have four candidates visiting and it will be a madhouse. But it does mean you will have the chance to meet with and see the research of several more candidates. While not all of the details are nailed down, we do have the important times that would be of most interest to you all. I have listed the times, candidates, and position. As additional information on the final visits materializes, I will send that out too. Monday, November 26 3:00-4:00 Research Presentation by Becky Nesbit (Nonprofit/Arts Admin./Public Policy) Tuesday, November 27 1:30-2:30 Meet with Grad Students with Becky Nesbit Wednesday, November 28 2:00-3:00 Research Presentation by Tia Stokes-Brown (American Government) Thursday, November 29 1:30-2:30 Meet with Grad Students with Mark Hager (Nonprofit/Arts Admin.) Thursday, November 29 3:00-4:00 Research Presentation by Mark Hager Friday, November 30 2:00-3:00 Research Presentation by Ryan Moore (American Government) That's a lot of meetings and presentations. While I certainly don't expect you to attend all of these, I hope you all will take advantage of at least a few of them. Of most importance to the PPOL students, please try to attend the student meeting on Monday with Becky Nesbit since she is also eligible for the Public Policy position. ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 6--Save the Date: PPOL Social and Drs. Manuel and Moller Farewell As you all know, the end of the semester is approaching. And as you no doubt also know, Dr. Manuel will be departing for her new position as analyst in the US Dept. of Health and Human Services soon, and Dr. Stephanie Moller will be leaving to work at Bank of America (though she will remain on the graduate faculty). So, we wanted to host a little farewell to the term and to Dr. Manuel and are tentatively planning on the evening of Friday, December 7th after the final meeting of the PPOL seminar class. This is only a "save the date" announcement as we finalize plans. Without Laura to help me, we'll have to see if this works out! I will send more details as they become more concrete. ______________________________________________________________________________________________
“NOAA Needs You: A Human Dimension Research Initiative”
_____________________________________________________________________________________ PPOL student Huiping Li presented at the poster session of the Association of Public Policy and Management (APPAM) in Washington, DC. Her poster was entitled "Is Spatial Income Inequality Harmful to Metropolitan Economic Growth?" Huiping returned from DC last week to successfully defend her dissertation proposal. Congrats to Huiping for the conference presentation as well as clearing this important milestone!
PPOL student Sasha Tsvekova and I presented our paper (with
co-author Mark Rosentraub, Cleveland State University) at
the APPAM conference entitled "Justifying the Public
Investment in Sports: Measuring the Intangibles." I also
presented a separate paper entitled "Barriers to
Neighborhood Governance Policies in Urban Areas." Dr. Stephanie Moller (SOCY) and Dr. Beth Rubin (SOCY) have had their paper "The Contours of Stratification in Service-Oriented Economies" accepted for publication in Social Science Research. Cudos on the publication!
Dr. Rob Christensen (POLS) presented his paper "Learning From the Nonprofit Sector: Finding Meaning in Capacity" at the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and voluntary Action (ARNOVA) in Atlanta last week, along with co-author Beth Gazley (Indiana University). Dr. Christensen also presented a seperate paper entitled "Challenges of Volunteer Led Programs: The Case of Charitable Bingo," along with co-authors Richard Clerkin (North Carolina State University) and Becky Nesbit (Indiana University).
Dr. Joanne Carman (POLS) also presentsed at the ARNOVA conference in Atlanta. Her paper was entitled "The Accountability Movement: What’s Wrong With This Theory of Change?"
Dr. Deborah Strumsky (GEOG) presented a paper entitled "Spatial Convergence and Spillovers in U.S. Metropolitan Invention" with Arizona State University co-authors Breandan O'Huallachain and Jose Lobo at the 2007 Annual Regional Science Conference in Savannah, GA on Friday, November 9th. She was also a discussant on the panel.
Dr. Jean-Claude Thill (GEOG), who is also currently serving as executive director of the North American Regional Science Council, chaired a panel titled "Transportation: Analysis and Modeling of Pedestrian Behavior and Risks" on which he also presented a paper entitled "Spatial Analysis of Pedestrian Accident Risks" with SUNY-Buffalo co-author Bryan Ha at the 2007 Annual Regional Science Conference. Congrats to all the students and faculty continuing to get UNc-Charlotte's reputation elevated through presentations and publications! _________________________________________________________________________________________ 9--Presidential Management Fellows ProgramWe just received word from the US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) that the target date for applications to open for the Presidential Management Fellows program is tomorrow, Tuesday November 20th. Below are relevant details for all deadlines. -November 20th is date OPM will hopefully open up applications process. -Students will likely need to have their application submitted by Dec 4th. -Dec 16th is the likely deadline for nomination officials (Dean, Chair, Academic Director etc). to get their nominations/forms submitted. As of today OPM has updated their website with the new information listed above. www.pmf.opm.gov ___________________________________________________________________________ The Kettering Foundation
The Kettering Foundation offers one-year research positions at our Dayton, Ohio, offices to doctoral candidates. Associates participate in a variety of foundation research and programs. Responsibilities include research support for, and participation in staff meetings and various research workshops. Associates also review relevant literature in support of selected foundation projects during their tenure. Information about the nature of the foundation’s research can be found at www.kettering.org. Additional information about the fellowship is available at: http://www.kettering.org/fellowships/index.aspx
Stanford University
The Center for International Security and Cooperation
(CISAC) predoctoral and postdoctoral fellowships provide
opportunities for concentrated study in a multidisciplinary
environment. CISAC, part of the Freeman Spogli Institute for
International Studies at Stanford University, serves as a
collegial forum for scholars, government officials, military
officers, and business leaders to explore innovative
solutions to complex international problems. Visiting
fellows spend the academic year at Stanford University,
where they will participate in seminars, interact with each
other and faculty and researchers, and will be expected to
produce a research product (e.g., dissertation chapters,
draft articles, a book manuscript).
Additional information is available at: http://cisac.stanford.edu/fellowships/predoctoral_and_postdoctoral_fellowships_in_international_security/
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This position is located in the Applied Research and Methods (ARM) team's Center for Design, Methods, and Analysis (CDMA). Incumbents work as members of multi-disciplinary teams. These teams work in a variety of subject matter areas including welfare, education, environmental issues, tax, justice, etc. The position requires a high level of statistical expertise, effective interpersonal skills, strong organizational abilities, ability to meet deadlines while working concurrently on multiple projects, and strong written and oral communications skills.
MAJOR DUTIES: Working as members of multi-disciplinary teams, senior statisticians:
-develop sample designs, perform sample selection, and produce estimates;
-perform statistical analyses, interpret and present statistical results, and advise staff on statistical matters; and
-assist analyst staff in preparing sections of reports that present sample estimates or results of statistical analysis.
Dr. David
Swindell, Assoc. Professor & Director Previous PPOL Updates:
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