Maxwell School News and Commentary

Leonard M. Lopoo, professor of public administration and international affairs and director of the Maxwell School’s Center for Policy Research, is the 2017 recipient of the Birkhead-Burkhead Teaching Excellence Award and Professorship. The Birkhead-Burkhead Award and Professorship is an annual award that recognizes outstanding teaching in PAIA. 

Sociology Ph.D. student Jennifer Brooks' study, “Just a Little Respect: Differences in Job Satisfaction among Individuals With and Without Disabilities,” finds lower rates of job satisfaction for workers with disabilities, explained in part by differences in perceived workplace respect. 

Nilab Mobarez '16 E.M.P.A. has been appointed secretary general of the Afghan Red Crescent Society, which is the Afghan affiliate for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies—the world's largest humanitarian network. 

In the novel, Samuel Zamarripa ’78 M.P.A. offers a contemporary American voice through a narrative style that merges real world settings with fantastical elements and stories.

Ryan Gross, an incoming M.P.A. candidate and one of 61 Tillman Scholars across the nation, plans to use his degree to build upon the leadership and decision-making skills he gained through his career and to hone his policy development expertise. His goal is to create flexible, effective policy that will meet military commanders’ and soldiers’ operational needs on the ground.

The Campbell Conversations, a public affairs interview radio program hosted by Professor Grant Reeher, was awarded first place from the New York State Associated Press Association. The half-hour show features extended, in-depth interviews in which Reeher goes beyond and behind the current news cycle to explore more lasting questions about public affairs.

The Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion collaborated with Pet Partners of Central New York, a local chapter of a national organization that offers animal-assisted therapy and activities with the help of people-animal volunteer teams, for National Public Health Week.