As of January 1st, UConn DPP’s Associate Professor Dr. Deneen Hatmaker is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory (JPART). From January 2014-December 2018, Deneen served on the Board of Editors. To recognize JPART’s new editorial board, they have made a collection of articles written by the new editorial team […]

Assistant Professor, Dr. Joshua Hyman, coauthored research that examined the long-run impacts that having a same-race teacher has on educational attainment.  The research finds that black students randomly assigned to a black teacher in grades K-3 are 7% more likely to graduate from high school, and 13% more likely to enroll in college than their […]

NY Times article, A Surprisingly Simple Way to Help Level the Playing Field of College Admissions, by Sahil Chinoy, addresses how low-income children are at a disadvantage when it comes to taking the SAT.  It addresses how minority groups typically only take the SAT once, as opposed to affluent students who usually retake the exam.  […]

“Washington Is Biased Against Babies” (WSJ Op-Ed, July 26, 2018) co-authored by Dr. Raissian, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, UConn and Dr. Leonard Lopoo, Professor of Public Administration and International Affairs at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School, considers “policies encouraging underpopulation pose a long-term threat to America’s vitality.”  Drs. Raissian and Lopoo address the impact, nationally […]

Dr. Edith Barrett, Director of Urban and Community Studies Program and Professor of Public Policy at the UConn Hartford Campus, has been named to serve as the CLAS Associate Dean for Social Sciences and Regional Campuses. Dr. Barrett has been on the faculty of the Department of Public Policy since coming to UConn in 2011.  […]

Nancy Collamer, M.S., career coach, speaker and author, recently interviewed Dr. David Garvey, Director of the UConn Department of Public Policy Nonprofit Leadership Program, for her PBS Next Avenue article , “How to Switch From Corporate Work to Nonprofit Work – Practical advice from the head of the Encore!Connecticut program.”  The article discusses hiring trends […]

Dr. Shaun Dougherty, Assistant Professor of Education and Public Policy, recently published an article, “Want a job? It’s still about education,” on The Conversation (read the original article) which was recently posted on UConn Today.