Andrew Young School News

A new study finds that eliminating disparities in SAT retakes could close up to 10 percent of income-based gaps and up to 7 percent of race-based gaps in college enrollment.

Ann-Margaret Esnard is collaborating on two National Science Foundation funded research projects on the intersections of pandemics and natural hazards

The Andrew Young School has received a grant from IREX to coordinate the Women and Girls Leadership and Empowerment Conference for young african leaders.

Suburbia has very much become the dominant face of metropolitan areas, according to geographer Jan Nijman, director of the Urban Studies Institute.

In her latest book, “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents,” Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson acknowledges students and the dean in the Honors College at Georgia State University.

Georgia State University is among the first three schools chosen to begin planning to become a Next Generation Public Service Academy.

Ernest Dorilas, a doctoral candidate in economics, and his work is already getting the attention of the Wall Street Journal and USA Today.

The Evidence-Based Cybersecurity Research Group (EBCS) received nearly $300,000 for a mentorship program teaching students advanced research skills.

Arts & Sciences alumnus Rodney James Nash, a molecular geneticist and biochemist, is looking for a solution to allow faster, cheaper testing.

Three Georgia regions experienced double-digit declines in sales tax distributions during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Fiscal Research Center.

A year-long study funded will allow researchers to examine threats related to the sale of critical COVID-19 supplies via darknet markets.

Interdisciplinary researchers studying micromobility, including electric scooters and bicycles, were forced to develop new techniques in light of COVID-19.

A study by Cathy Yang Liu highlights the increasing number of cities nationwide implementing policy providing resources to support immigrant entrepreneurs.

Ackeem Evans (B.A. ’15) is the Georgia team leader for World Central Kitchen, which has been helping feed thousands in Atlanta, Athens and Augusta during the pandemic.

The competition allows students to develops academic, presentation and research communication skills.

A report from the Fiscal Research Center provides an early estimate of the economic impact of COVID-19 across several hard-hit industries in Georgia.

Four graduate students from the Department of Public Management & Policy placed second at the NASPAA-Batten Student Simulation Competition in March.

Social Work faculty & staff penned an open letter to address their commitment to social justice and actions to begin addressing systemic inequities.

Alberto Chong co-edited the new book, Information Technologies in Latin America, with Mónica that explores Latin America’s expansion of modern technologies.

Assistant professor K. Jurée Capers discusses how policy has built — and can dismantle — systemic racism and inequality.

Systemic changes may be needed to improve the relationship between police detectives and the families and friends of homicide victims, study finds.

A graduate student and Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education Fellow at the CDC, Eileen McGowan (M.P.A. ’21) is helping coordinate staff responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

With a lengthy resume that includes service in local and federal law enforcement, three terms in the Georgia House of Representatives, and service as a Marine officer and a judge, J. Alexander Atwood (B.S. ’76) is leading a state agency with a crucial role in Georgia’s COVID-19 response.

The Andrew Young School has launched a new peer-to-peer counseling program designed to meet students’ needs as they transitioned to learning from a distance

The Andrew Young School has been named the new Secretariat for the Association for Budgeting and Financial Management.

Several Andrew Young School alumni were named among the top leaders and influencers in Georgia by Georgia Trend and Atlanta Magazine.

The Georgia Board of Regents approved the reclassification of GSU’s M.A. and Ph.D. in economics as Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) programs.

New research finds that a student’s access to Georgia’s public four-year universities leads to substantial economic benefits later in life.

A new Georgia State University study finds that paid sick leave mandates like those in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act may be helping to slow the spread of COVID-19.

Georgia State alumna Priscilla Oliver knows first-hand how critical the nation’s experts in environmental health are to suppressing the coronavirus.

The Andrew Young School of Policy Studies has launched a commencement page celebrating Spring 2020 graduates and certificate holders.

Georgia State University freshman Seojin “Sam” Kim (B.S. in Economics) received the first Zeinah Danielle Aouani scholarship earlier this year.

Georgia State criminologist Marie Ouellet is bringing computer scientists together with social scientists to study the online ecosystem of cybercriminals.

Workers in the U.S. moved to unemployment by the COVID-19 pandemic may find themselves displaced by automation according to research by GSU economists.

Caleb DeLong, a Georgia State University alumnus who will graduate from Georgia State’s Perimeter College in May with his nursing degree, has seen the COVID-19 pandemic up close while working in a Rockdale County hospital emergency room.

Research reveals that racial disparities in the U.S. prison population have declined, but blacks are still serving longer sentences than whites.

Col. G. Brent Cummings, USA, Ret., has joined the Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange as associate director after serving in the U.S. Army.

The Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange will receive a Carl V. Patton President’s Award for Community Service and Social Justice.

The Atlanta Regional Collaborative for Health Improvement hosted a discussion of research showing links between homelessness & racial inequities in Atlanta.

The Andrew Young School has awarded more than 150 students scholarships, fellowships and awards including 3 new honors during the 2019/2020 academic year.

The new RISE Award is awarded to AYS undergraduates for academic merit, commitment to community service and financial need.

The Andrew Young School of Policy Studies is once again in the 20 top-ranked public affairs graduate schools according to U.S. News & World Report.

The Georgia Health Policy Center celebrates 25 years in 2020. Here, CEO Karen Minyard discusses the organization’s impact and shares her vision for the future.

As executive director of the Atlanta Bicycle Coalition, Rebecca Serna (M.S. ’07) is focused on improving infrastructure for all modes of travel.

How Wil Lutz (B.A. ’17), a walk-on at Georgia State and an undrafted free agent, has become one of the National Football League’s best kickers.

Georgia State University students will manage and clerk what is believed to be the first student-run polling location in Fulton County.

Tim Sass, economist & faculty director of the Metro Atlanta Policy Lab for Education, was named as a top-200 education influencer.

Alumnus Chris Ferguson is helping Atlanta’s homeless population in his role as the development manager for the Midtown Assistance Center (MAC) in Atlanta.

Dr. Jan Ivery, an associate professor of social work, joins the Dean’s Office in the Andrew Young School as assistant dean for academic programs.

Alex Domaleski, a master’s candidate in criminal justice, is making an impact as an intern with the Association of County Commissioners of Georgia.

According to a new study increasing taxes on e-cigarettes in an attempt to cut vaping may cause people to purchase more traditional cigarettes.

Matt Markham works closely with the state’s most innovative logistics companies, helping them grow, introducing them to researchers, clients & partners.

Georgia State University has been named to the Public Interest Technology University Network, aimed at creating a new civic-minded technologists.

Three Andrew Young School alumna were recently awarded the Young Nonprofit Professional Network’s (YNPN) 30 Under 30 Award.

New research from Risa Palm and Toby Bolsen finds that coastal residents’ public attitudes about climate change differ by political party.

The Georgia Health Policy Center’s Debra Kibbe was selected for the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition’s 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award.

The Andrew Young School and the Georgia Institute of Technology recently hosted a half-day workshop to kick off their new collaborative research fellowship.

Host Ellen DeGeneres surprised Young with a $25,000 check and a trip to an NFL game. Her passenger, Kevin Esch, received a trip to a destination of his choice.

Eight graduates of the Andrew Young School are among the Georgia State University Alumni Association’s 2020 class of distinguished alumni under 40.

The Department of Criminal Justice & Criminology received a $30,000 grant from Affordable Learning Georgia to reduce textbook costs.

The Evidence-Based Cybersecurity Research Group (EBCS) finds that conditions preventing recreational hackers from defacing websites do not deter politically motivated hackers.

A novel nanoparticle vaccine that combines two major influenza proteins is effective in providing broad, long-lasting protection against influenza virus in mice, showing promise as a universal flu vaccine, according to a study by the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University.

When junior Jack Briggette took on an internship with the Woodruff Park Project, he never imagined he’d become an advocate for a forgotten community.

Social Work alums Kaitlyn Bailey Wilson (M.S.W. ‘09) & Kirsten Thornate (M.S.W. ‘09) represent Purposity, a new app connecting social workers to clients.

New research finds that ridesharing services, which keep drunk drivers off the road, are also likely to increase excessive levels of alcohol consumption.

Georgia State University economist Carlianne Patrick has been elected to the 15-member board of the National Tax Association.

A new study finds that occupations characterized by high cognitive and people skill requirements are generally less sensitive to recessions.

New study finds that creative placemaking can help focus urban planning on collaborations and community needs rather than resource challenges.

Grady, WellStar and Other Health-Aligned Organizations Sign Pledge to Work Collectively on Affordable Housing Solutions

Georgia State researchers have found that earlier intervention may reduce the number of homeless youth at risk of human trafficking in Metro-Atlanta.

Researchers find that a well-designed game can show students how complex economic theory is applied in the field of climate change policy.

David Iwaniec of the Urban Studies Institute will lead Atlanta’s contribution in the National Science Foundation’s “Growing Convergence Research” project.

Laura Schroeder is the third member of her family to attend Georgia State University and follows in her mother’s footsteps as a university staff member.

Students from the Andrew Young School, J. Mack Robinson College of Business and College of Arts & Sciences pursued opportunities in Washington, D.C.

The colleges and universities are working together on research and teaching to improve understanding of the physical, economic and social impacts of climate change in Georgia.

Ashley Watts, the Andrew Young School’s new Assistant Director of Alumni Relations, is excited to bring innovative new opportunties for alumni involvement.

Thaddeus and Natasha Johnson (Ed.D ’19) share a passion for justice. But that’s not all. Married 10 years, the couple also share the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies as their home away from home.

Social work alumnus Patrick Phillips, a.k.a. the Change Agent, is an award-winning speaker and author working to inspire first-generation college students.

E-cigarette taxes will increase the purchase and use of cigarettes, a study by Georgia State University economist Michael Pesko and his colleagues.

John C. Thomas, published a new book, Leading as a Public-Minded Manager, to provide guidance to managers in the public and nonprofit sectors.

AYS student Taos Wynn (M.P.A./J.D.) is balancing the demands of pursuing a dual degree while leading his nonprofit, the Perfect Love Foundation.

William Trivelpiece, a drug intelligence officer, works on an effort to assuage the opioid epidemic by shifting the conversation to include public health.

At the Center for Research on Interpersonal Violence, Georgia State faculty are helping to stop assaults.

A team of Georgia State economists finds that cleaning up school buses pays dividends in the classroom.

Leah Platt Boustan, from Princeton University, will present a lecture on Immigration and the American Dream for the 2019 W.J. Usery, Jr. Lecture.

Jacinta White is combining her artistic passion with her skills in nonprofit management through her new community consultation company, The Word Project.

Cynthia Searcy has been named the Associate Dean for Academic Innovation and Strategy in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies.

A new partnership is connecting Georgia State social scientists with Georgia Tech computer scientists in a unique collaboration to address historic social inequities.

John Tyler of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation led a recent Brown Bag Conversation hosted by the Department of Public Management and Policy.

Understanding the relationship between growth, aging infrastructure and vulnerable watersheds is critical for urban planners.

Research from Ross Rubenstein and his colleagues found that programs providing tuition guarantees can increase student enrollment rates and retention.

Research by Stefano Carattini finds that when people take action on climate change, their friends and neighbors are likely to as well.

The Andrew Young School Podcast is a new monthly series featuring interviews with change-makers and thought leaders in public policy and related fields.

Three Ph.D. Candidates from the Andrew Young School have been awarded fellowships by the Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management (APPAM).

Faculty in public affairs, nonprofits and computing gathered in mid-August for the Andrew Young School’s first Data Science for Public Service Workshop.

Evan Malbrough, a rising senior in Public Policy, just completed an internship with the United States Department of Defense at the Pentagon.

The Andrew Young School of Policy Studies has named Cathy Yang Liu the new chair of the department of Public Management & Policy.

Researchers from across Georgia State University joined Andrew Young School faculty for the Urban Studies Institute’s Third Annual Research Roundabout.

As a Clarkston, Ga., city councilwoman, Yterenickia “YT” Bell is leading the charge to connect her town government with the residents of America’s most diverse square mile.

Atlanta’s historic Summerhill neighborhood and its main artery, Georgia Avenue, are in the midst of a renaissance. And it all started when Georgia State bought a Major League Baseball stadium.

Jean-Paul Addie co-founded the Research Network on Infrastructural Regionalisms, to bring together experts concerned with urban infrastructure.

The Andrew Young School welcomed 13 new faculty members at the start of the 2019 fall semester to serve in its academic departments and research centers.

A new will allow the Georgia Policy Labs to examine how access to and enrollment in four-year universities impact students’ financial well-being.

A study by the Metro Atlanta Policy Lab for Education shows that chronically absent students return to school when parents receive personalized messages.

Ramona Christ got an internship at the Smyrna Police Department, while pursuing her undergraduate degree at GSU, that launched her criminal justice career.

A group of Georgia police and public safety executives have returned from a two week public safety leadership training with Israel’s with top police executives.

A new study lead supports findings that passage of e-cigarette regulation specifying a minimal legal sale age may increase cigarette use by teen smokers.

The Georgia Health Policy Center received a $925,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundationto advance local wellness funds.

Ann-Margaret Esnard, associate dean of the Andrew Young School, served on a committee that issued a report on community resilience to natural disasters.

Arnold Ventures has awarded Georgia State University a $1 million grant to launch the Georgia Child and Family Policy Lab within the Andrew Young School.

Andrew Young School Criminal Justice & Criminology, Trey Robinson, was awarded The U.S. Submarine Force Dolphin Foundation Scholarship.

Kirk Gibson (M.S.W. ’18) has hit his stride working for the Giving Kitchen — the nonprofit that got him back on his feet.

Georgia State University welcomed this week 25 Mandela Washington Fellows, young professionals participating in the Young African Leaders Initiative.

James Marton and his team received a grant to evaluate the impact of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) on food security for the elderly.

Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange provided senior officer training to the Royal Bahamas Police Force and the Department of Correctional Services.

Clark Atlanta Scholar Tapped to Lead Georgia State’s Institute for Women’s Gender & Sexuality Studies.

In his new book, “Grey Area,” Scott Jacques examines Amsterdam’s “coffeeshops”, marijuana, and drug policy with an eye for its usefulness elsewhere.

The Urban Studies Institute was awarded $250,000 to study mobility challenges limiting low-income patients in accessing healthcare and related resources.

Fulbright alum Roman Andrienko experienced effective urban planning first-hand during his time at Georgia State University’s Andrew Young School.

The National Child Welfare Workforce Institute (NCWWI) has named the Georgia Division of Family and Children Services (GA-DFCS), Georgia State University and the University of Georgia one of eight national NCWWI Agency-University Partnership Workforce Excellence sites.

The Center for State and Local Finance provides public finance training for government agencies and officials thorugh its executive education programs.

Geosciences professor and outgoing provost Risa Palm investigates how to reach those who oppose action on global warming.

Traveling to a new country for study abroad gave eight respiratory therapy students the chance to impact the lives of strangers in a rural Caribbean village. But they had no idea how much the experience would affect them.

Research finds there may be short-lived fallout in the number of applications submitted for universities indicted in the college admissions scandal.

Two Georgia State economists have found a small change could go a long way toward addressing the student loan crisis.

Georgia State junior Devonta Williams may be what every college dreams of in a transfer student, he credits the university for helping him find his purpose.

The Georgia Health Policy Center announces the launch of a new book, Bridging for Health: improving Community Health Through Innovations in Financing.

Social work professor Elizabeth Beck has long grappled with the question: how can we solve America’s homelessness problem? In a new book, she looks to the past for answers.

Jessica Watkins will soon complete her Master of Public Administration and she was chosen as a finalist for the Presidential Management Fellows Program.

As cyber threats ramp up at home and around the world, Georgia State researchers are working to uncover how online criminals operate — and how to keep people, businesses and governments safe.

The Georgia Health Policy Center will lead a national initiative to share guidance about ways to coordinate health care, public health and social services.

More than 430 students from 53 academic departments presented their research projects during the 2019 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference hosted by the Honors College at Georgia State University.

School of Social Work alumna Breeanna Bellinger gives back to the youth of Metro-Atlanta and her alma mater in hopes of changing the world.

Mirae Kim’s research was recognized with the 2018 Award for Outstanding Article in the Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly (2017) by ARNOVA.

More than 225 Georgia State students and professionals have earned the nation’s only nonprofit credential—the Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP).

Georgia State University graduate students took top prizes on March 25 at the university’s spring Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) competition, where they were challenged to explain their research and scholarship to a general audience in a short time.

Psychologists at Georgia State University have received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to study Alzheimer’s disease across ethinic groups.

The Jean Beer Blumenfeld Center for Ethics will sponsor a conference exploring moral injury on April 11 and 12 at Georgia State’s Rialto Center for the Arts.

Associate professor Terri Lewinson, from the School of Social Work, recommends a year of studying in Washington D.C. to both students and researchers.

Two of nine national awards granted by the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance this year recognized the people and programs of Georgia State University.

Georgia State University’s Urban Studies Institute welcomed over 100 presenters to its first Comparative Urbanism: Global Perspectives Conference.

The Andrew Young School’s Dean’s Council has added three new members including Greg Dozier, Ray Bishop and David Sjoquist.

Two Georgia State University Honors College students are among the 395 American undergraduates from 152 colleges and universities selected to receive the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to student or intern abroad during the summer of 2019.

During business hours, Yterenickia Bell is the deputy director of Georgia Engaged, then ater works he serves on the Clarkston city council.

The U.S. News & World Report has named the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies one of the top 25 graduate schools for Public Affairs in 2020.

New research conducted by the Evidence Based Cybersecurity Research Group reveals a thriving marketplace for certificates used to reveal machine identities.

Recent research by Georgia State University economist Carlianne Patrick found that properties rose 13-14 percent in value after being designated as part of historic districts.

Georgia State University is part of a national group of leading innovative institutions that has received a $2.4 million grant from the Strada Education Network to redesign the college-to-career pathway.

Alumnus Baoyun Qiao and current students Jalissa Spalding and Edwin Mathies Jr., were recognized at the International Education Awards ceremony.

Six remarkable graduates of the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies have been chosen to be honored at the 2019 Georgia State Alumni Association 40 Under 40 Awards.

During Georgia State University’s 2018 Burning Bright Campaign, the Andrew Young School raised a total of $17.4 million, exceeding its goal of $10 million.

There is a consistently high level of public support across nations for a global carbon tax if the tax policy is carefully designed, according to a recent survey led by a Georgia State Economist.

Georgia State University’s Fiscal Research Center has released the annual projection for Georgia’s Economic Landscape in 2019.

A new semester brings fresh opportunities to achieve academic success. Georgia State is excited to welcome back all of our new and returning students for the spring 2019 semester.

Venafi contracted the Evidence Based Cybersecurity Research Group to search for activity with the potential to impact clients’ machine identities.

Applications open January 2019 for the first Doctor of Philosophy in Urban Studies offered by the University System of Georgia. The new degree program, developed by the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies’ Urban Studies Institute at Georgia State University, will welcome its inaugural class of students in the fall of 2019.

After years of devoted public service in Atlanta and Washington D.C., Elijah Owuor remains the philosopher with a practical bent.

Robert Friedman, director of the Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange, has found that incitement plays a key role in violence and terrorism.

The Atlanta Regional Collaborative for Health Improvement (ARCHI) has received one of the 2018 Community Health Leadership Awards sponsored by U.S. News & World Report and the Aetna Foundation.

In a new book, Elizabeth Beck and Pamela C. Twiss weigh historic patterns of homelessness against contemporary policy and explore its normalization.

A new study shows that social workers who use broad categorizations to define populations may impede their ability to assess complex social relationships.

Margaret Fowke’s career has taken her from Grady Hospital to the National Weather Service and a unique role with the Silver Spring Fire Department.

It was a cold and rainy day in 2011, and First Sergeant Deadrea Miller, USA, Retired, sat in her car unable to move. She had made it to her destination Atlanta’s Fort McPherson — but was suddenly paralyzed by vivid memories of her time in Afghanistan.

Volleyball player and Honors College student Madelyn Ott (B.S.W. ’19) aims to help others as a social worker.

Rent-to-own financing practices have long preyed on minority homebuyers. And according to professor Dan Immergluck, they’re making a comeback in African-American neighborhoods.

On October 10-13, 2018, downtown Atlanta will host more than 600 national and international deans, department chairs, MPA and MPP program directors and students attending the 2018 NASPAA Annual Conference. The Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs and Administration (NASPAA) is a membership association of graduate programs in public affairs, administration and policy. This year’s conference is co-hosted by Georgia State University’s Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, the Georgia Institute of Technology and University of Georgia.

Georgia State University’s new Evidence-Based Cybersecurity Research Group will introduce its work at a symposium on Oct. 12 from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the university’s Buckhead Campus, 200 Tower Place, as a program in the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce’s Atlanta Cyber Week.

Commitment to democratic values is the strongest predictor of climate change concern globally, Georgia State University faculty have found in a new study comparing climate change attitudes across 36 countries, including the U.S.

Professor Dean Dabney has been named chair of the Department of Criminal Justice & Criminology in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, dean Sally Wallace has announced. Dabney joined the department as an assistant professor in 1997 after teaching in the University of Florida’s Department of Sociology and Center for Studies in Criminology and Law. He was interim chair of the department from 2013-14, when Regents’ Professor Richard Wright joined the department as chair. Wright will remain on the faculty to continue his research.

Sociologist David Maimon’s earliest research examined the effects neighborhoods have in determining why some people in neighborhoods engage in crime and deviant behaviors. In 2010, he turned his focus to cybercrime and the unique online ecosystem in which cybercriminals thrive.

White men earn significantly more than blacks, Latinos and Latinas and white women in all areas of state government, according to Georgia State University faculty members Greg Lewis and Jonathan Boyd with alum Rahul Pathak (Ph.D. ’17) of Baruch College.

Georgia State University is ranked the second most innovative university in the nation and second in the country for its commitment to undergraduate teaching in the 2019 Best Colleges edition of U.S. News & World Report magazine.

Participation in extracurricular activities improves educational outcomes among older youth transitioning out of the foster care system, research conducted by Georgia State University professor of social work Lionel Scott and his colleagues has found.

Charter schools led by for-profit and nonprofit management organizations have more turnover and attrition than other charter schools, according to new research by Christine Roch of Georgia State University and Na Sai of Bridgewater (Mass.) State University.

ATLANTA—Eighteen Georgia police chiefs, sheriffs, and public safety commissioners and officials—along with a senior corporate security manager—spent an intensive two weeks of public safety leadership training with Israel’s top policing executives in June.

Hospital staff and physicians who are willing to explain, apologize for and resolve adverse medical events significantly reduce legal defense and liability costs, according to a study led by Dr. Florence R. LeCraw, an Atlanta anesthesiologist and adjunct professor at Georgia State University.

ATLANTA—A three-year multi-state research project evaluating the effectiveness of career and technical education (CTE) policies will enter its second year poised to pursue key research questions. Georgia State University’s CTEx laboratory is a consortium of researchers and state and local partners working to inform the future of career and technical education policy with advanced research. Celeste Carruthers of the University of Tennessee and Shaun Dougherty of Vanderbilt University are research partners with Georgia State economist and CTEx founding director Dan Kreisman. It is housed in the new Georgia Policy Labs at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies.

Kenneth Heaghney, the state of Georgia’s fiscal economist, has been named the new director of Georgia State University’s Fiscal Research Center (FRC). Heaghney succeeds Sally Wallace, who had served in the position since 2011. She became dean of the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies in April.

ATLANTA–Georgia Policy Labs has completed its first year of operations with new partners, staff and projects funded by a nearly $3.9 million start-up grant from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation. The new research unit is a collaboration among the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, various government agencies and school districts. Through this partnership, they aim to promote evidence-based policy development and analyze existing policies.

Public transit access via bus service can be a key weapon in the fight for equitable cities, as the experiences of the Atlanta region suggest.

Students who pass one or more College Level Examination Program (CLEP) tests in high school or college are more likely to earn a post-secondary degree, according to research published as a Georgia State University W.J. Usery Workplace Research Group working paper.

College students who receive dean’s list recognition and those put on academic probation both improve their academic performance in subsequent semesters, according to a working paper by Georgia State University economist Nicholas Wright.

ATLANTA—Distinguished University Professor Ann-Margaret Esnard has been named associate dean for research and strategic initiatives for the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University.

An increase in single-family rentals (SFRs) has important implications for fair housing, and affordable housing, policy and planning. Research by Georgia State University Professor Dan Immergluck suggests that the growth of SFRs has broadened rental options for families in lower-poverty and racially diverse neighborhoods, at least in the Atlanta area.

State laws that allow the use of medical marijuana are not significantly associated with cannabis-involved driving, according to a new study by Georgia State University associate professor of criminal justice and criminology Eric Sevigny.

Exposure to traumatized client populations can have an indirect negative influence on the physical health of clinical social workers through secondary traumatic stress, Georgia State Distinguished University Professor Brian Bride revealed in a study funded by the National Institutes of Health.

It is well-known that the baby-boom generation is aging, with about 10,000 individuals turning 65 each day. This generation has the longest life expectancy to date and benefits from advances in health care and technology. However, this generation is also more disabled, dealing with more chronic health conditions and managing more prescription medications than previous generations.

Georgia State University has received $1.4 million from the National Institutes of Health to lead a four-year research initiative that will evaluate the effects of early attempts to regulate electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes).

ATLANTA—The nation’s smallest nonprofits—those reporting less than $500,000 in annual gross receipts—who have at least one full-time staff member are much more likely than those without any full-time staff to be involved in formal collaborations that can help them obtain funding and meet client needs, a new Georgia State study finds.

All attention turned to the future challenges facing public finance administrators and policymakers as more than 60 scholars from institutions across the country presented research and contributed to panel discussions at the Andrew Young School’s first invitation-only conference on “Public Finance and the New Economy.”

Humor allows drug dealers to cope with threats posed by police, informants and other dangers of the field, according to research by Georgia State University Regents Professor Richard Wright and Timothy Dickinson of the University of Texas at El Paso.

ATLANTA—Low-income individuals tend to be more supportive of strong leadership and more suspicious of democracy than the rich, according to research by Georgia State University professor of economics Alberto Chong.

Twenty-five Mandela Washington Fellows will participate in six weeks of leadership and professional development through the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies’ Public Management Institute at Georgia State University as part of the U.S. Department of State’s African Leaders Initiative (YALI).

Robert Friedmann, professor emeritus of criminal justice, has helped prepare thousands of public safety officials for major world events.

Catherine Slocum began her higher education journey at Georgia State thinking she wanted to practice law. As she became active in student government and various social causes, she realized she had a heart for social justice work and shifted gears.

Rachel Stanley was raised in Gwinnett, metro Atlanta’s most diverse county by population. She was also raised to understand the importance of diversity and the dangers that can arise in its absence. “My family is Jewish, so I grew up learning a lot about the Holocaust.”

ATLANTA–Andrew Young School alumnus Roger Tutterow was recently appointed to the Henssler Financial Endowed Chair at Kennesaw State University.

Attending a Georgia start-up charter high school increases the likelihood of graduation, and those students are more likely to enroll and persist in college, according to a new study by Georgia State University’s Center for State and Local Finance.

“Precision” and “decision” soon come to mind when talking to Trenton Harris, a new alumnus of Georgia State University and the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies. Precision, because the former U.S. Air Force (USAF) military police (rank or title?) has taught himself precisely what steps he must take to attain his dream career.

While an undergrad studying political science at Cairo University, Mahmoud Elsayed explored how to pursue his deep interest in improving education and labor outcomes throughout the developing world. His passion eventually brought him to Georgia State University for his advanced degrees and will lead him to the World Bank as a Young Professional this fall.

Tirzah Brown was 11 and living in Ft. Myers, Florida, when a trip to Romania with her father brought her face-to-face with the horrors of sex trafficking. “My dad had been invited by an organization to counsel individuals with trauma issues. I was tagging along and volunteered with a drop-in center that helped street children,” she said. “I met a girl there my age who had been forced into prostitution. It shook me up a lot, meeting a child with such a different life.”

Paola Montalvo Ayala believes if you are passionate about what you are doing, you will want to keep learning about it forever. She credits her mother with instilling this love for ongoing education in her during middle and high school, when they would spend evenings together studying – Montalvo for her classes, and her mother for various certificates in her career field, human resources.

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has awarded a grant of more than $100,000 to the Center for State and Local Finance (CSLF) at Georgia State University to evaluate the impact of college degrees received at a later age on wages, employment stability, and retirement income.

Jasmin Ngene, B.S. in Public Policy ‘18, has a schedule that is so full she barely has time to start the countdown to graduation. While she is excited about getting her degree, she is already looking forward to post-graduation plans that will begin almost immediately.

Carla Seiwert’s interest in environmental science began early. “When you grow up in a Minneapolis suburb, you grow up outdoors. There are lakes everywhere,” she said.

The Contract-for-Deed (CFD) home “sale,” a predatory financing practice with a notorious urban history, has reemerged in predominantly black neighborhoods 30 years after federal laws were created to end the practice, according to research by Georgia State University urban policy expert Dan Immergluck.

Access to quality, affordable housing is critical for supporting good health. For individuals and families with tight budgets, high housing costs can lead to tough choices between making rent and going to the doctor, between keeping the lights on and buying healthy food, or even between being part of a community or becoming socially isolated.

Spencer Hsu, investigative reporter for The Washington Post and keynote speaker at the 2018 Georgia State Law Review Symposium, discussed weaknesses in forensic science and his 2012 series, Hsu was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize gold medal for public service.

Economist Sally Wallace, interim dean of Georgia State University’s Andrew Young School of Policy Studies during the 2017-18 academic year, has been named dean of the Andrew Young School.

ATLANTA – Amanda Watkins Puché joined the Andrew Young School as the college’s new director of development in January. Puché’s relationship with Georgia State University dates back to 2004, the year she entered to pursue a Bachelor of Arts in Cultural Anthropology.

ATLANTA–Grace Lee, Cheryl Johnson and Brittany Garner are among the inaugural class of distinguished alumni named as “40 Under 40” by the Georgia State University Alumni Association. Inductees of the Class of 2018, they were honored during the association’s recent awards ceremony.

Georgia State University’s Andrew Young School of Policy Studies rose seven spots to No. 18 in the 2019 U.S. News & World Report rankings of America’s top public affairs graduate schools announced today (March 20).

Georgia State University’s Andrew Young School of Policy Studies rose seven spots to No. 18 in the 2019 U.S. News & World Report rankings of America’s top public affairs graduate schools announced today (March 20).

Nearly half of small businesses that levied tobacco surcharges from their employees failed to offer tobacco cessation counseling as required by law, Georgia State University economist Michael Pesko and his coauthors found in the first study to look at tobacco surcharges in the small-group marketplace since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) took effect.

Georgia is home to one of the nation’s largest populations of individuals with sickle cell disease, with more than 7,000 individuals living with the disease in almost every county in Georgia.

ATLANTA –Georgia State University graduate student Holly Smith with teammates William Crabtree (University of North Carolina-Charlotte), Matthew Higgins (University of Arkansas, Little Rock) and Amy Schreiner (University of Alabama) were named winners of the Southeast Regional competition for the 2018 NASPAA-Batten Student Simulation Competition.

For a few years, members of the Georgia State University women’s basketball team have been volunteering with residents at A.G. Rhodes nonprofit nursing home near Grant Park.

ATLANTA – The Georgia State University campus will be one of 16 host sites across five continents for the annual Batten Student Simulation Competition conducted by the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA) on February 24, 2018.

For the second year in a row, Georgia State University has been selected to host the Fulbright Global Health Innovations Seminar, which will bring nearly 90 international students to the Georgia State campus.

When a city incorporates, residential property values and property taxes in the new city are more likely to increase, according to a new Georgia State University study.

Almost two-thirds of Georgia adults are categorized as overweight or obese. Among Georgia’s children, 13.4 percent of 2 to 4-year-olds are obese and more than one in three school-age students are overweight or obese.

Andrew Young School associate professor Jan Ivery said she “came into” social work after graduating with an undergraduate degree in sociology. “I was nearing graduation, and my parents asked me, ‘what are you going to do with this degree? So I looked around my senior year, and someone asked if I’d considered social work.” It wasn’t her first choice, though. “I had the typical stereotypical idea of what social work was, and I didn’t want to work with children.”

When the wind stops and the water is rising, Maj. Gen. Brian Harris (B.S. ’87) will have his boots in the muck as the destruction mounts.

Head Start programs are highly concentrated in low-income and rural areas of Georgia, providing vital access to early education and supporting at least $71 million in total economic output there, according to a new study by Georgia State University’s Center for State and Local Finance.

Edwin Mathies Jr., like the other Young African Leaders Initiative’s (YALI) Mandela Washington Fellows, returned to Africa this summer after attending Georgia State University’s six-week Public Management Institute.

The Georgia Health Policy Center will support Georgia’s Interagency Directors Team (IDT) in the implementation of the recommendations released by the Governor’s Commission on Children’s Mental Health. The commission’s newly released report provides recommendations for improving state mental health services for children that focus on important behavioral health needs including school-based mental health services and behavioral health workforce development.

ATLANTA—MPA alumna Bee Nguyen, the first Vietnamese American to win a house seat in Georgia, will be keynote speaker at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies fall 2017 commencement ceremony on Friday, December 15.

ATLANTA—More than 200 distinguished guests including top law enforcement leaders, members of the diplomatic corps, elected officials and leaders in the business community, gathered at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta in November to recognize and honor the Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange (GILEE) at its 25th Anniversary Gala.

ATLANTA—Laws that prohibit the use of e-cigarettes in private workplaces, bars and restaurants may increase cigarette use by as much as 30 percent for pregnant women, according to research published in the Journal of Health Economics by Georgia State University economist Michael Pesko.

From 1971 to 2014, the childhood obesity rate in the U.S. rose from 5 percent to 17 percent. Obese children often become obese adults, which increases the odds of a variety of conditions such as heart disease and diabetes.

ATLANTA – While Georgia outperforms its peers in avoiding one-time maneuvers to close budget gaps, it fails to make the grade in budget forecasting or in adequately funding post-employment benefits for public workers, according to a study conducted by the Volcker Alliance in partnership with the Center for State and Local Finance (CSLF).

Chris Markl leads a new degree program aimed at sustainable social change through entrepreneurship.

ATLANTA–Michael H. Mescon, dean emeritus of Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business and founder and inaugural holder of the world’s first chair in private enterprise, died November 12. He was 86.

ATLANTA—Expanding smoke-free laws in bars or restaurants may be more impactful in preventing asthma-related hospitalizations than smoke-free laws in nonhospitality workplaces, according to a Georgia State University study published in the Canadian Respiratory Journal.

ATLANTA—Between 2010 and 2014, Americans’ opinions about climate change became more polarized by political affiliation, increasingly aligning with those of others identifying with the same political party, Georgia State University researchers have found.

ATLANTA—Georgia State University’s Urban Studies Institute (USI) faculty has received $1 million from a $12 million National Science Foundation grant for a project to help cities prepare for climate change by co-developing the knowledge needed to promote resilient cities in a future that will look very different from today.

ATLANTA—Master of Public Policy (MPP) student Kirill Protasov has been named a delegate in the Trade, Economic Relations and Business Development working group of Stanford University’s prestigious U.S.-Russia Forum. He is one of 31 delegates chosen from a pool of 600 applicants from 167 universities.

ATLANTA—Insurers need to use a multipronged approach to create well-designed health insurance plans and counter the steep costs of opioid misuse, according to a recent article by Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business.

The Laura and John Arnold Foundation has awarded more than $300,000 in grant funding to the Fiscal Research Center and the Center for State and Local Finance to evaluate taxes in Georgia and nationally.

ATLANTA—Public opinion supporting euthanasia and suicide for terminally ill patients has grown over the last 40 years, according to a Georgia Health Policy Center study, published online in the Journal of Death and Dying.

ATLANTA—Distinguished University Professor Ann-Margaret Esnard has assumed the role of interim Associate Dean for Research and Strategic Initiatives for the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies effective August 21, 2017.

ATLANTA—Economists at Georgia State have discovered that family welfare — an economic measure of satisfaction, well-being or “happiness” — grew faster during the last two decades in U.S. households where wives earned higher wages than their husbands, outpacing its growth in families where the husband earned more or where husband and wife earned the same wages.

ATLANTA—Dual-income parents’ work hours lead to sizeable increases in their children’s probability of being overweight and obese, according to Georgia State University economists Charles Courtemanche, Rusty Tchernis and Xilin Zhou.

ATLANTA—First-generation immigrants in the United States are as trusting of native-born American citizens as those native-born are of each other in their interactions, according to research by Georgia State University economist and his colleague. However, these new immigrants do not show the same levels of trust among other immigrants.

ATLANTA—Education policy is of topmost interest to Jurée Capers, an assistant professor of public management and policy in the Andrew Young School. Her research puts a different spin on the subject, though, by examining the structures inside and outside educational institutions that impact underrepresented populations.

ATLANTA—Professor Sally Wallace, Associate Dean for Research and Strategic Initiatives in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, is leading the school as interim dean for the 2017-2018 academic year, which began July 1.

ATLANTA—Georgia State University’s Nonprofit Leadership Alliance (NLA), housed in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, has received a $10,000 gift from State Farm® to expand the organization’s marketing, recruitment and program efforts in the south DeKalb area of metro Atlanta.

ATLANTA—Georgia State University has received $3.9 million to create the Georgia Center for Education Policy, a collaboration between the university’s Andrew Young School of Policy Studies and government leaders that aims to improve academic, career and life outcomes for students across the state.

ATLANTA—Twenty-five promising young professionals from 17 sub-Saharan African countries have arrived in Atlanta to attend Georgia State University’s Public Management […]

ATLANTA—Peace Corps volunteers who have successfully completed their service abroad and returned to the United States can apply for graduate-level […]

ATLANTA—Mary Beth Walker, dean of Georgia State University’s Andrew Young School of Policy Studies since 2010, has been chosen the […]

ATLANTA—Georgia’s Division of Family and Children’s Services (DFCS) has contracted with Georgia State University to train child welfare caseworkers and […]

ATLANTA—Public safety and criminal justice professionals in police departments, the U.S. military, Homeland Security and other federal, state and local […]

With the election of Donald Trump as president, the plight of rural America has taken on increased prominence. A September […]

ATLANTA—The nonwhite population has doubled and segregation has decreased as the Atlanta metropolitan region has grown by more than 300 […]

Our modern society is increasingly urban. Nearly 60 percent of the world’s population lives in urban environments of one sort […]

Mona Khalef, a senior finance major, is the winner of this year’s Be the Change contest sponsored by the Andrew […]

The Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference showcases the scholarly and creative projects of the university’s undergrads and provides students insight into the work that goes into each step of a successful research project.

The study, published in the journal Social Science Research, found that in addition to experiencing higher levels of workplace bullying, […]

Kalif Robinson, a senior economics major in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies is the university’s first Rangel Graduate […]

From Atlanta to Tinseltown, on Broadway and in cartoons, these young Panthers are finding significant showbiz success

Enlisting in the Navy was never Darryl Holloman’s dream. The military held no particular appeal for him; his experience with […]

ATLANTA—A new contest by the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies challenges students enrolled at any Georgia State University campus […]

ATLANTA–The Georgia State University Chapter of the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance (NLA) student association captured two of five national awards at the annual […]

Chris Markl knows social entrepreneurship. Previously a social entrepreneur-in-residence at Florida State University, Markl joined the Andrew Young School of […]

ATLANTA–The Atlanta Regional Collaborative for Health Improvement (ARCHI) has received a four-year, $1 million grant from Kaiser Permanente of Georgia […]

Georgia State University senior Kalif Robinson learned he was chosen to receive the prestigious 2017 Charles B. Rangel International Affairs […]

ATLANTA–The School of Public Health at Georgia State University will host the U.S. Department of State-sponsored Fulbright Global Health Innovations […]

Robert Moore and Julie Hotchkiss know what combining a travel adventure with an immersive learning experience can add to a […]

Criminal justice undergraduate Ronnie Bryant is one of three students profiled as fall 2016 Georgia State graduates on the university’s […]

ATLANTA–Georgia State’s new Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies (B.I.S.) in Social Entrepreneurship is accepting students for the spring semester. “Social entrepreneurship […]

Recent research indicates one in five college students report having experienced a physically or emotionally abusive intimate relationship. Understanding and […]

Georgia State students learned what it takes to be a social entrepreneur during this fall’s uVenture Social Challenge. Each participant […]

Andrew Young School alumna Elizabeth Searing (Ph.D. in Public Policy ’15) was recently awarded the Best Dissertation Award from the […]

How inmates deal with the stress of prison life can influence their future behaviors, according to new research by a […]

ATLANTA – More citizens are less likely to vote for candidates of any party when corruption – real or perceived […]

The Andrew Young School of Policy Studies is pleased to welcome four new faculty to its ranks for the 2016-2017 […]

ATLANTA—A new book by Ambassador Andrew Young offers first-hand accounts of decisions that shaped Atlanta’s growth from a small, provincial […]

The health care safety net is vulnerable, particularly in Georgia’s rural areas, according to a study published by the Georgia […]

ATLANTA—Federal school lunch guidelines enacted in 2012 are doing what they were designed to do: improving nutrition for school-age children and reducing childhood obesity, according to a study recently published in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics.

Preventive treatments are known to prevent major complications associated with sickle cell disease, including pneumococcal infection and stroke. However, many […]

ATLANTA—Katherine Willoughby, a professor of public management and policy at Georgia State University, was presented the 2016 Aaron Wildavsky Award […]

ATLANTA—Despite economic recovery and job growth in Georgia, rural communities are struggling more than other parts of the state, according […]

Few of the Georgians who transitioned from institutions to a community setting through the Money Follows the Person (MFP) Demonstration […]

The Center of Excellence for Children’s Behavioral Health at the Georgia Health Policy Center (GHPC) employs a three-pronged focus on […]

Georgia Shape, the Governor’s Childhood Obesity Initiative, is proud to announce that 26 schools have been awarded $104,000 in physical […]

Shiferaw “Shif” Gurmu, the new chair of the Department of Economics, holds a passionate commitment for building strong collaborations within […]