Join the Department of Public Policy (DPP) this month for a variety of events! Wednesday, February 3rd at 3pm in HTB 216
Author: Riberdy, Jacqueline
Teaching Tuesday with Edith Barrett
On this edition of #TeachingTuesday we catch up with Professor and CLAS Associate Dean Edith Barrett! Question 1: Why did you decide to become a professor? I get so excited when I discover something new, I want to share it with others. I also enjoy learning from others. What better way to do that than […]
Teaching Tuesday with Kerri Raissian
Question 1: Why did you decide to become a professor? I am not sure there was one “aha” moment. Prior to pursuing my MPA, I was a victim advocate for victims of DV and a I also managed a DV Shelter. I first went to grad school to learn more about nonprofit management. But at […]
Professor Ruodan Zhang Researches Embedding Methods for Nonprofit Identification
Ruodan Zhang with co-author Haohan Chen at the University of Hong Kong recently published an article “Identifying Nonprofits by Scaling Mission and Activity with Word Embedding” in VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations. This research applies word embedding methods for nonprofit identification based on their mission and program service activity descriptions. She is also […]
November Events 2021
Join the DPP in our upcoming events! Wednesday, November 3, 2021 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM Live virtual session Register Here Historically, cannabis and drug laws enforcement has affected communities unevenly. Cannabis legalization legislation brought with it a focus on social equity and efforts to remediate historic injustice. This panel discusses the historic […]
DPP Professor and Alumna Work to Enhance Equity in State Government
On behalf of the Connecticut Governor’s Council on Women and Girls, Professor Mohamad Alkadry and MPA Fellow alumna Tara Downes have been studying the State of CT workforce. They previously studied representation and compensation. That report focused on representation of women and people of color in different State agencies. The report also focused on pay equity. The […]
DPP Faculty Research Citizens’ Willingness to Pay for Public Services
Department of Public Policy (DPP) faculty Eric J. Brunner, Mark D. Robbins, and Bill Simonsen’s on-going research in the broad area of citizen’ willingness to pay for public services has produced three published journal articles and one current working paper with additional papers in development. This research stream began with a paper examining bond referenda […]
MPA Fellow Follows in Parents Footsteps
Growing up, Andréa Comer had two influential forces in her life guiding her towards public service, her parents. Both of her parents were deeply committed to empowering Black communities and inspired her to continue their mission. Her father helped launch Gateway National Bank in St. Louis, a community bank that provided jobs and economic support […]
MPA Alum Uses DPP Skills at Hartford Public Library
Michael Lucas’s interest in public service was piqued in high school when he learned how different the outcomes of government programs can be based upon the people who run them. Lucas believes the government can be effective and successful when competent and caring people are leaders of government programs. He decided that he wanted to […]
Teaching Tuesday with Bob Wilson
Welcome to the Department of Public Policy’s (DPP) seventh edition of Teaching Tuesday! Through our Teaching Tuesday series our faculty will answer a set of questions to provide insight into who they are. This week we are featuring Professor Bob Wilson, Distinguished Visiting Professor and Interim Director of Sustainable Global Cities Initiative. We hope these […]