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The Trachtenberg School Seeks Two Tenure-Track Assistant Professors
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The Trachtenberg School seeks two full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professors to begin in Fall 2025. One position focuses on public administration or public policy, while the other is only for someone focused on public policy with any relevant disciplinary background or policy interest. Candidates should demonstrate strong research potential and desire to excel in teaching core and elective courses. Please share this announcement with anyone who may be interested.
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Yang on Political Alignment in Auditing at ABFM
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Associate Professor Dr. Kate Yang presented “Selection Methods and Political Preferences of Public Officials: Evidence from State Auditors” at the Association for Budgeting and Financial Management Conference. She examined how audit results are linked to state auditor selection and how political alignment between those who select the auditor and the governor influences audits.
She also published “The Elusive Fiscal Commons: Examining Fiscal Interaction Among Overlapping Governments” in the Journal of Public Budgeting and Finance with Jinhai Yu from the University of Connecticut and Xin Chen from Sun Yat-Sen University, China. Yang, Yu, and Chen find that the passage of a bond referendum by one local government and the resulting increase in property taxes does not lead to fiscal policy changes by overlapping governments.
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(From Left to Right): Paul Wahlbeck, moderator and panelists Drs. Sara Binder, Tara Sinclair, and Kate Yang
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In addition, Professor Yang was featured in the Columbian College Dean’s Election Series. Her panel discussed key economic topics and offered insights on the impact of governmental and financial institutions on economic growth, the role of the federal deficit and debt in the upcoming presidential election, presidential candidates’ policies on inflation and affordability, and more.
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Strader on Effects of Immigration on Earnings of Native-Born Women
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Associate Professor of Public Policy and Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies, Dr. Eiko Strader, authored “Immigration, Domestic Labor, and Earnings Inequality Among Native-Born Women in the US,” in Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies with Aylen Rodriguez Ferrari, MPP ‘21, and Daryl Cordova, MPA ‘21. Building on feminist sociological works, the authors highlight labor performed by migrant domestic workers and how immigration impacts native-born women’s earnings through outsourcing of domestic work. Strader shares, “Traditionally, people who study immigration have ignored its wage impacts on native-born women. Believe it or not, many policy conversations are based on studies examining immigration’s wage impacts on native-born men only.” The analyses show that immigration can boost earnings for highly educated non-Hispanic white women and offer nuances that mainstream scholarship on immigration and its wage effects ignore.
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Vaquera Shares Insights on Immigration
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Vaquera on C-SPAN Panel on Immigration Policy
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Associate Professor of Public Policy & Public Administration and Sociology and Director of the Cisneros Hispanic Leadership Institute, Dr. Elizabeth Vaquera, took part in “Shaping Policies, Shaping Lives: Immigration and the 2024 Election,” co-hosted by the Wilson Center, American University, and the Immigration Lab. This discussion, featuring distinguished speakers such as Former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Earl Anthony Wayne, examined immigration's role in the upcoming election. Topics included the decline in illegal border crossings, seasonal worker programs, immigration reform, and migrant economic contributions.
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(From Left to Right): Drs. Elizabeth Chacko, Thomas Guglielmo, Kimberly Morgan, and Elizabeth Vaquera on the inaugural Dean's Election Series panel
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Vaquera was also on the CCAS inaugural Dean’s Election Series panel focusing on immigration policies, rhetoric on immigrant communities, the potential influence of this rhetoric on public opinion, and connections of these topics to this year’s election. Vaquera highlighted her research on DACA recipients, emphasizing the adverse effects of an uncertain legal status on the mental health and social well-being of undocumented individuals and their families.
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Squires Gives Key Lessons for Collaborative Social Justice Research
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Gregory D. Squires presenting at the Common City Conference in Sweden
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Emeritus Professor Gregory D. Squires presented "Wins, Losses, and Lessons of Engaged Social Justice Research: How Academic Institutions Nurture and Undermine Collaborative Community-Based Scholarship" at the Common City Conference in Uppsala, Sweden. His paper, published in the Oxford Handbook of Sociology for Social Justice, discusses the challenges and opportunities of collaborations of academic and non-academic social justice researchers. Squires gives four key findings: 1) there must be trust between academic and nonacademic collaborators, 2) there needs to be pressure from the bottom up and the top down to be successful, 3) it is important to connect research and partnerships with mainstream institutions, and 4) universities should offer more incentives to boost collaboration and engagement.
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Wolman Investigates the State of Urban Research Across Subfields
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Emeritus Professor of Political Science, Public Policy, and International Affairs Hal Wolman co-authored "The State of Urban Research: Views Across the Disciplines" in the Journal of Urban Affairs with late GW Professor William Barnes, Jennifer Clark of the Ohio State University, Samantha Friedman of the University at Albany, Richard Harris of McMaster University, Jeffrey Lin of Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, and Thomas Ogorzalek of Co-Lab Research. The article shares ideas from scholars in five different urban subfields on the current state of urban research, how different disciplines define "urban," the main concerns of subfields, and how much particular subfields influence and are influenced by other subfields. The authors see challenges in building broad, interdisciplinary urban scholarship and encourage greater subfield collaboration.
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Fatoke Presents on Digital Safety at the United Nations
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MPP student Motunrayo Fatoke spoke at the United Nations 79th General Assembly. The “Summit of the Future” event on multi-stakeholder partnership and action paves the way toward the next chapter of more inclusive multilateralism. Motunrayo represented both the Global Partnership for Education and the Major Group for Children and Youth. For her session "Digital Safety Reimagined: Cutting-Edge Innovations to Combat Online GBV," Motunrayo noted "how the internet affects young girls and how the global community of stakeholders can drive prevention and support local efforts while amplifying the message that online spaces should be safe for children and young people without compromising their digital rights."
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Trachtenberg Students Win Prestigious Awards
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PhD student Jingwen Zheng won a STAATs Emerging Scholars Award from NASPAA. Zheng presented "Skies Unleashed? Relaxing Building Height Limits in Hong Kong Impacts" at the NASPAA Conference, focusing on urban and development policies and evaluation. She explores how urban policies, such as land use regulations, slum clearance initiatives, and affordable housing provisions, affect the built environment, neighborhood socioeconomic dynamics, and real estate markets. She has extensive experience in international development, conducted fieldwork across Asia and Africa, and co-founded the non-profit Purpose in Motion.
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MPP student Yolanda Heman-Ackah, pursuing a MPP with a Health Policy Concentration and Juris Doctorate with a Health Law Concentration, won the Herbert Roback Scholarship Award. The award, named for a highly respected public servant, is for students pursuing lifetime careers in public service. Heman-Ackah will receive the award at the upcoming NAPA conference. She was a voice and airway surgeon and is currently working as a Health Policy Intern in the U.S. Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget. She aspires to participate in the development and defense of federal health policies and regulations in her career.
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Join Us at the 75th Annual Flemming Awards
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Join us at the Flemming Awards, co-sponsored by the Trachtenberg School. As the 75th anniversary of the Flemming Awards approaches, we would like to thank the President of the Arthur Flemming Awards Commission, Trachtenberg Professor Kathy Newcomer, for her service to the commission over the past 28 years. Visit the link below to register for either the full Academy Fall Meeting from November 13-15 or just the Flemming Awards ceremony on November 13. The Flemming Awards ceremony is free and open to the public.
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