Maxwell School News and Commentary
Weitzen gift establishes the Foreign Policy Scholars Fund
A gift commitment from alumna Jill Weitzen MacDonald ’74 M.P.A. has established the Weitzen Foreign Policy Scholars Fund. The fund will support students who have demonstrated interest in foreign policy and international affairs, with preference to those who plan to pursue careers at the U.S. Department of State.
Elizabeth Cohen defines sanctuary areas in PolitiFact article
Banks discusses Mueller investigation, midterm elections on Bloomberg
William C. Banks, professor emeritus of public administration and international affairs, says "There are no Justice Department rules that limit the investigation in the pendency of an election. Mr. Mueller is simply going about his day and lugging the law and facts to where they need to go."
Thorson discusses how Trump responds to difficult questions on NPR
"My sense is that he's relying on some stock phrases that he pulls out again and again, especially when he's called on to make a statement about an issue that perhaps he hasn't done a lot of research on or doesn't have a lot of information on," says Emily Thorson, assistant professor of political science.
Reeher weighs in on the Kavanaugh Effect in Reforma
"The general impulse seems to favor the conservative/republican mood... But the Democrats have recruited many women who are competing for competitive seats...and the confirmation of Kavanaugh could help the Democratic candidates in places that count," says Grant Reeher, professor of political science and director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute.
Banks discusses Christopher Wray's Senate testimony on Bloomberg Law
Professor Emeritus William Banks discussed Christopher Wray's Senate Testimony on a Bloomberg Law podcast. In his testimony, Wray named China as the number one threat to the U.S, and discussed FBI mishandlings of background checks and drone regulations.
Lovely discusses impact of tariffs on Chinese supply chains in Xinhua
"So there's a great deal of uncertainty and firms are really in doubt as to what they should do because moving the supply chain is costly. Before you want to do that, you want to make sure that it's something that you really need to do," says Mary Lovely. professor of economics.
PhD student Davor Mondom discusses political legacy of Amway in the Washington Post
"Amway made the DeVos family wealthy while offering few, if any, tangible gains for its distributor force. If past is prologue, the president’s base may want to brace itself," writes current Ph.D. student Davor Mondom ’12 B.A. (Econ/Hist)/’15 M.A. (Hist)/’16 M.Phil. (Hist)
Gadarian weighs in on the Kavanaugh Effect in USA Today
"It was just another, additional piece of evidence for Democratic voters and particularly Democratic women that...women are not valued as much as men and they aren't to be believed, and they don't matter," says Shana Gadarian, associate professor of political science.
McCormick quoted in UPI article on opium legalization in Mexico