Maxwell School News and Commentary
Hou weighs in on China's property tax in Financial Times
"I like to stay on the optimistic side to assume that though this seems to have stalled on the surface, ground work has never stopped," says Yilin Hou, professor of public administration and international affairs. "The Chinese style is, once something is announced, everything has been already done."
Thomsen discusses lack of Republican women in Congress in Washington Post
Danielle Thomsen, associate professor of political science, says "both male and female [Republican] donors make ideology a priority and pay no attention to candidates’ gender. Thus, no group of Republican donors is particularly committed to electing women," as an explanation for the lack of Republican women in Congress.
Bostwick comments on Skiddy Park police substation in Post Standard
"We hear it a lot: Can we just have conversations and be on a first-name basis with officers?" says Rebecca Bostwick, managing director of the Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion. "And [cops] have been good about it at the Near Westside block parties—just shoot some hoops with the kids. It's a work in progress. I'm optimistic about what the field house can do to move that forward."
Reeher quoted in Daily Star article on Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
Grant Reeher, professor of political science and director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute, theorized that Gillibrand's language could be an effort by the senator to closely connect with critics of Trump.
Zamarripa debuts first novel, The Spectacle of Let—the Oliet and Obit
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.
Gadarian cited in DiversityInc article on Sen Harris, Sessions hearing
"Not sure it’s a big deal that @SenKamalaHarris gets interrupted more than her male colleagues during committee meetings? Here’s some reading," tweeted Shana Gadarian, associate professor of political science. She proceeded to share multiple examples and links to published reports of women being interrupted more than their male colleagues.
Incoming MPA student Ryan Gross named 2017 Tillman Scholar
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.
Wang article on fixed-k asymptotic inference About tail properties published in JASA
James Tatum '17 MPA article on Detroit bankruptcy in Urban Lawyer
"To allow a municipality to be stripped bare...would be to counter every other effort by which the law attempts to keep the municipal debtor intact," writes James Tatum III '17 M.P.A.