Maxwell School News and Commentary
Jackson op-ed on protectionism, white femininity published in Truthout
"White women have to disabuse themselves en masse of the notion that they are inherently good. They have to put themselves in harm’s way, disrupt the status quo of their own complicity in white supremacy and defer to those who are more vulnerable than themselves," writes Jenn Jackson, assistant professor of political science.
See related: Political Parties, Race & Ethnicity, U.S. Elections, United States
Reeher weighs in on New York State's relationship with Biden in Press Republican
Under Biden, New York state could find itself having a much more responsive federal government, and a number of Democrats, not just Cuomo, could be among the beneficiaries, says Grant Reeher, professor of political science.
See related: Federal, New York State, State & Local, U.S. Elections
Monnat discusses COVID-19 impact on rural communities with KCUR
"It’s not just the rural health care infrastructure that becomes overwhelmed when there aren’t enough hospital beds, it’s also the surrounding neighborhoods, the suburbs, the urban hospital infrastructure starts to become overwhelmed as well," says Shannon Monnat, Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion.
See related: COVID-19, Rural Issues, State & Local, United States
Murrett talks to Government Executive about presidential transition activities
Robert Murrett, professor of practice of public administration and international affairs, says he "would be more concerned" if the president-elect was someone other than Biden since he "is so familiar with the national security arena" from his tenure as vice president and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
See related: Federal, U.S. Elections, United States
Los Angeles Review of Books reviews Lasch-Quinn's new book Ars Vitae
"She writes in a way that makes her readers better thinkers, more reflective and self-aware, and she does so by showing the development of her own thinking—who her influences are, the sources from which she draws her wisdom, and how philosophy informs her understanding of herself, the culture, and the world in which she lives," reads a review of Professor Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn's book, "Ars Vitae: The Fate of Inwardness and the Return of the Ancient Arts of Living."
See related: Europe
Lovely quoted in New York Times article on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
"RCEP [Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership] gives foreign companies enhanced flexibility in navigating between the two giants," says Professor of Economics Mary Lovely. "Lower tariffs within the region increases the value of operating within the Asian region, while the uniform rules of origin make it easier to pull production away from the Chinese mainland while retaining that access."
See related: China, Economic Policy, Trade
Lamis Abdelaaty examines asylum admissions in International Interactions
Ajello Fellows create open data repository of electric grid in Vietnam
See related: Academic Scholarships, East Asia, Energy, Student Experience
EMPA student continues his education journey with freedom, flexibility
"The flexibility is definitely there with the E.M.P.A. program," says Brian Green, current E.M.P.A. student. "It gives me the freedom to do what I have to do before class."
See related: Student Experience
Executive Education event outlines lessons of COVID-19 disruption
“There’s no doubt that we are not going back to the way it was. There will be a—quote unquote—new normal," says Catherine Gerard, associate director of Executive Education, about the short- and long-term effects of the novel coronavirus pandemic. “This has been an incredible disruption,” University Professor Sean O’Keefe said. “This disruptive change is having a global consequence.”
See related: COVID-19, Student Experience