Maxwell School News and Commentary
Van Slyke discusses long term effects of the shutdown on Cap Pressroom
According to Dean David Van Slyke, "The bigger and longer term issue is: What will be the capacity of the federal government to actually attract the best and brightest people to its work?"
Monnat paper on opioid users' opinions of fentanyl published
Thorson weighs in on the issue of sharing fake news in PBS article
"Most people are not being inundated with fake news," says Emily Thorson, assistant professor of political science. "That is not to say that this isn’t a problem, but I don’t think this is the magnitude of a problem that people often think it is."
Van Slyke discusses the benefits of government jobs with CBS News
"For many government workers, it's still a chance to have real upward mobility but also be able to balance work and life," says Dean David Van Slyke. "It's 40-45 hours a week of work, but you still can have upward mobility, positive benefits and have purpose in your job."
Singleton cited in Psychology Today article on marriage, happiness
Perry Singleton, associate professor of economics, was cited in Psychology Today, about his study which found that the association between disability and divorce is greatest among young and educated males who experience a work-preventing, rather than a work-limiting, disability.
Maxwell leads campuswide initiative in field of autonomous systems
Qualitative Data Repository receives Core Trust Seal certification and Scientific Data listing
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Dickey speaks with CNBC about government shutdown, legal challenges
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Maxwell faculty secure RWJF grant to study preemption effect on health
The team, which includes Doug Wolf, professor of public administration and international affairs, Shannon Monnat, associate professor of sociology, and Jennifer Karas Montez, professor of sociology, will explore pre-emption’s effect on geographic inequities in health, focusing on labor and environmental policies.
Gadarian weighs in on Trump's recall of federal employees in US News
"Politicians are always looking to avoid blame," says Shana Gadarian, associate professor of political science. "It's not surprising that the IRS is one of the agencies where people are now going back, because people do notice if they don't get their tax refunds on time. What this is doing is to try and get the public to not notice, to smooth over some of the bumps we'll see if the shutdown continues much longer."