When Atlanta wants something done, it asks Doug Hooker, former head of the Atlanta Regional Commission. Now a Senior Fellow and professor of practice at Georgia State, he teaches the course URB 8097: Practices in Urban and Regional Governance.
Forbes has again ranked Georgia State University’s online Bachelor of Social Work (B.S.W.) program among the top online social work programs in the nation, recently placing it at No. 7.
Associate Professor Robin Hartinger-Saunders received the 2023 University at Buffalo School of Social Work Distinguished Ph.D. in Social Welfare Alumni Award.
Catherine West (B.S.W. ’23), born when China’s one-child policy was in effect, shared her experience with the Georgia State University class at Phillips State Prison.
Thanks to an AmeriCorps VISTA grant, students and faculty in Georgia State University’s College of Education & Human Development and Andrew Young School of Policy Studies are developing an outreach program for LGBTQIA+ youth in Atlanta experiencing homelessness.
The Andrew Young School of Policy Studies graduate programs in public affairs rank among the top 8 percent of such programs overall, at No. 22 among the universities ranked.
The lecture series, created to honor the late Michael Mescon, brings experts to Georgia State’s downtown campus to talk about contemporary leadership issues.
Five alumni from the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, along with the college’s senior director of development, Amanda Puché, were among the 40 remarkable alumni under the age of 40 recently honored by the Georgia State University Alumni Association.
Atlanta Magazine recently named a record number of Andrew Young School of Policy Studies alumni to the Atlanta 500, a list of the most powerful leaders across the city.
Georgia State University Associate Professor of Social Work Qiana Cryer-Coupet has co-authored a book that helps social workers better serve men as parents.
