COVID-19 and Policy: Looking Backward and Looking Forward

“Federal law protects both civilian and military public servants from punishment for refusing to follow illegal orders, though few employees know these protections exist,” writes University Professor Emeritus Sean O'Keefe, who served in both Bush administrations at the Pentagon, White House and NASA; and Josh Gotbaum, who served in the Clinton Administration as an appointee at the Treasury Department and the Office of Management and Budget.

Doctoral students will examine how policies and geographic factors shape health outcomes for American adults.

Colleen Heflin, professor of public administration and international affairs, and Madonna Harrington Meyer, University Professor, discuss their co-written book Food for Thought: Understanding Older Adult Food Insecurity (Russell Sage Foundation, 2025).

The additions align with the department’s expertise, student interests and public health industry demands.

“I think there’s a narrow slice of the electorate that could potentially be persuaded and moved, swayed by that cross-party endorsement. But in the states that we’re talking about, that narrow slice of the electorate could be pivotal,” says Richard Barton, assistant teaching professor of public administration and international affairs.

The article, co-authored by Bryce Hruska and Bernard Appiah, both associate professors of public health, and Collins Annor ’25 MPH, was published in APA PsycNet.

“Outside of that very narrow navigation application, there is no point in using it [the traditional Mercator map],” says Mark Monmonier, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Geography and the Environment.

The article, co-authored by Associate Teaching Professor of Policy Studies Austin Zwick, was published in Cities.

“If a woman wants assistance in planning the timing of her childbearing, it is not available. This is but one-example of the lopsidedness of family planning in the U.S. Our programs are designed to assist when women want to restrict their childbearing but offer no support when women want to have children,” writes Leonard Lopoo, professor, chair and associate dean of public administration and international affairs.

Sisters Taylor, Sydney and Lauren Grosso left their family farm for the Maxwell School to earn M.P.A. degrees, finding the mentors, opportunities and family atmosphere that shaped their careers.