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STUDENT SPOTLIGHT on Hanif Sajid!
Dr. Ben Radford (Public Policy), Dr. Dai (Political Science), Hanif Sajid (Public Policy) have recently published their paper, Estimating conflict losses and reporting biases, Authors: Benjamin J. Radford, Yaoyao Dai, Niklas Stoehr, Aaron Schein, Mya Fernandez, Hanif Sajid on PNAS. You can read the full paper at https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2307372120
Ivan Flores Martinez Dissertation defense
Ivan Flores Martinez has successfully defended his dissertation, titled “Breaking the Stigma: Uncovering the factors behind mistrust towards individuals with addiction histories.” Congratulations Dr. Martinez, and thank you to Dr. James Walsh, Dr. Ben Radford, Dr. Jon Overton and Dr. Jurgen Buchenau for your excellent work as committee members!
Dr. Lilian Ademu
Congratulations to Dr. Lilian Ademu, she successfully defended her dissertation today. Title: Three Essays on Infant and Young Child Feeding and Child Health Outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Epidemiology and Policy Analysis Dr. Ademu has also accepted a position of Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Institute for Advancing Health through Agriculture-EPAS at Texas A & […]
Cayce Jamil has successfully defended his dissertation
Cayce Jamil has successfully defended his dissertation, titled “A Public Policy Approach to Status Interventions and Unintended Consequences.” Congratulations Dr. Jamil, and thank you to Joseph Dippong, Martha Kropf, Bill Brandon, Artie Zillante, and Will Kalkhoff for your excellent work as committee members!
UNC ChARLOTTE Public Policy Faculty Member Receives Graduate Mentor Award
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Now Accepting Part-Time Students
The Public Policy Doctoral Program has new options for professionals who would like to earn their doctorate part-time. Begin earning your Public Policy Ph.D. Fall 2020! The Public Policy Ph.D. Program seeks students with a background or interest in social science research, math, economics, or data analytics to join our program. Our students work with […]
The Establishment of the R. Kenneth Godwin Memorial Fellowship
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, and the Public Policy Program wish to honor the legacy of and commemorate the innumerable contributions of the late Professor Ken Godwin. Ken’s family and colleagues have come together to establish the R. Kenneth Godwin Memorial Fellowship, a fund that […]
2nd Annual Talking Policy in the Queen City Event
The UNC Charlotte Public Policy Program, in Partnership with Gerald G. Fox Masters of Public Administration Program and the UNC Charlotte Urban Institute, will hold its 2nd annual Talking Policy in the Queen City event on October 2nd from 6:00 – 8:30 PM at UNC Charlotte Center City. This year, guest speaker Dr. Erik Godwin […]
Dissertation examines the relationship between SNAP benefits and youth health
By Tara Gomez, MA student in the Department of Communication Studies On April 9, Public Policy Ph.D. student Katelin Hudak successfully defended her dissertation titled “Nutrition and health among low-income children: Estimating the association with SNAP using a quasi-experimental approach”. Hudak’s research examined a variety of health outcomes that can occur across different youth subgroups […]
UNC Charlotte Public Policy Researchers Suggest Increased Regulation on Pharmaceutical Ads
by Ercument Camadan, Public Policy PhD Program and Tara Gomez, Communications Masters Program Educating consumers about health issues is crucial to decreasing the level of individual health problems. Direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising is one effective way to educate people about health issues. In 2009, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published recommendations for ways to reach […]