Maxwell School News
Heflin codirects project funded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
See related: Grant Awards
Jenn Jackson paper on Black women’s self-making published in Public Culture
See related: Gender and Sex, Race & Ethnicity
Baltagi paper on testing for heteroskedasticity published in Journal of Econometrics
Shi paper on selective education published in Economics of Education Review
See related: Education
Palmer quoted in Sinclair Broadcast Group article on saving Social Security program
See related: Retirement, United States
Lovely weighs in on new USMCA in Associated Press, Xinhuanet
"The Trump administration's stated goal was to ensure that more of the vehicles will be produced in North America. But the outcome will be just the opposite," write Professor Mary Lovely and her co-authors.
See related: Canada, Economic Policy, Latin America & the Caribbean, Trade, United States
Monnat quoted in BuzzFeed article on increase in US life expectancy
"While life expectancy has continued to improve in large highly educated urban hubs, life expectancy declines have been much more pronounced in former industrial cities, much of Appalachia, and in many small towns and cities across America’s heartland," says Shannon Monnat, associate professor of sociology and Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion.
See related: Longevity, Rural Issues, United States
Hromadžić wins Title VIII grant for research in Bosnia-Herzegovina
Azra Hromadžić, an associate professor of anthropology and O’Hanley Faculty Scholar, has been awarded $8,000 through a Title VIII Scholars appointment by the American Councils for International Education. The award will go towards Hromadžić's research into riverine citizenship, political imagination, and the struggle for water in postwar Bosnia-Herzegovina.
See related: Europe, Grant Awards
Maxwell team wins grant from Department of Justice for opioid study
A group comprised of four researchers — representing the Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and the Maxwell X Lab — will receive approximately $500,000 over three years in support of their research on different opioid court treatment interventions across New York State.
See related: Grant Awards, Opioids
Senlet made partner at law firm Barclay Damon
Ekin Senlet ’08 J.D./M.A. (IR) has been elected a partner of Barclay Damon. She focuses on regulatory issues in the energy industry across New York state.
See related: Promotions & Appointments
O’Neil named to the Advisory Board of Mission 500
As an advisory board member, Peter O’Neil ’91 B.A. (IR) will help guide Mission 500 and help the charity extend both its message and its ability to fulfill its mission. Founded in 2016, Mission 500 works closely with partners across the security industry in order to encourage corporate social responsibility.
See related: Promotions & Appointments
Reeher quoted in Daily Star story on adding national motto to NYS flag
See related: New York State, State & Local
Lovely discusses US-China trade deal with Associated Press, NPR
"We're in a truce in the ongoing trade conflict between the U.S. and China," says Professor of Economics Mary Lovely.
See related: China, Economic Policy, Trade, United States
Wilcoxen comments on Trump's (SAFE) Vehicles rule in Washington Post
See related: Federal, Infrastructure, United States
Banks discusses Trump impeachment trial on KPCC
"One of the things to bear in mind about the procedure in the Senate is that there’s very little in the way of a legal road map. The Constitution says simply that the Senate should have the sole power to trial an impeachment," says William C. Banks, professor emeritus of public administration and international affairs.
See related: Congress, Political Parties, United States
Michael Crow awarded NCSE award for science, service, and leadership
Michael Crow ’85 Ph.D. (PA), who was appointed president of Arizona State University in 2002, was recognized for his long-time commitment to increasing environmental sustainability within higher education by the National Council on Science and the Environment (NCSE).
See related: Awards & Honors
Isquierdo appointed chief human resources officer at Bryan Health
Maria Isquierdo ’90 M.P.A. has been named the chief human resources officer at Bryan Health, a regional nonprofit healthcare system operating throughout Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa and Missouri. In her new role, Isquierdo will lead employee recruitment and retention across the Bryan Health system.
See related: Promotions & Appointments
Bucci appointed to director position for PC Public Affairs
In this new position, Michael Bucci ’95 M.P.A. is responsible for developing communications strategies serving the organizational interests of his clients.
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Alumnus joins specialists in international real estate investment
In his new role, Artyom Perevedentsev ’10 M.A. (Econ), will focus on expanding hotel investment opportunities into cross-border and other alternative markets.
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Prenatal Care for Undocumented Immigrants: Implications for Policy, Practice, and Ethics
This research brief describes restrictive policies related to prenatal care for undocumented immigrants and discusses how these policies affect health care providers and the care they are able to offer pregnant immigrant women.