Spotlights
UNC Charlotte Public Policy Students Attend 2024 Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management (APPAM) Conference
UNC Charlotte had a great presence at this year’s 2024 APPAM Fall Research Conference. This conference is comprised of panels, roundtables, posters, student research, workshops, resource sessions and community gatherings. Congratulations to our students that had an opportunity to present their research. Many of our students were also invited to participate in panel sessions and […]
Student poster presentation
Public Policy students participated in a poster presentation prior to the annual Talking Policy in the Queen City event on April 25, 2024, here are a few of the presenters. Fustel Mwamba Ngalula Koffi Yao-Kouame Kwesi Quansah Nithya Venkatasubramanian
Gideon Cunningham
Second year student, Gideon Cunningham, published his government report titled, Utah Medical Cannabis Patient Demand Study, on March 7, 2024. Press Release and Study.
Faculty spotlight
The Women + Girls Research Alliance (W+GRA) is excited to announce the 2023-2024 Seed Grants recipients. Each of the grants emphasizes community partnerships and community-engaged research activities that address the critical areas of mental health and wellness, economic security/mobility, and equity in the Charlotte metropolitan area. W+GRA has awarded each grantee, or team $5000 each […]
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT
Congratulations to Faith Butta on defending her dissertation, titled “A Spatial Evaluation of Housing and Supportive Service Locations for The Formerly Homeless: The Case of Charlotte, North Carolina.” The Housing Act of 1949 set its goals to revitalize American cities and provide adequate housing and suitable living environments for families. Although this goal has been […]
Faith Butta
Congratulations to Faith Butta on defending her dissertation, titled “A Spatial Evaluation of Housing and Supportive Service Locations for The Formerly Homeless: The Case of Charlotte, North Carolina.” The Housing Act of 1949 set its goals to revitalize American cities and provide adequate housing and suitable living environments for families. Although this goal has been […]
Alumni spotlight
Class of 2018 alumnus, Mauricio Quiñones-Domínguez, a professor of economics at Universidad Javeriana Cali, recently published his work titled: Intragenerational mobility and the concept of the equalization of longer-term incomes: An estimation for a developing country. Read More
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT
Class of 2014 alumna, Stephany De Scisciolo, recently published her work titled, Foundational Change: How the Detroit CDO Fund is Transforming the Ecosystem for BIPOC-Led and BIPOC-Serving Nonprofits. Read More
Robert Pinka Presents
STUDENT SPOTLIGHTRobert Pinka presented his research on Race, Gender, and Class in the Federal Workplace: Understanding Job Satisfaction in the Federal Workforce Through an Intersectional Lens on The Government Employee Experience Panel at the SECoPA (Southeastern Conference for Public Administration) annual conference on Thursday September 28, 2023.
Alumni/Faculty spotlight
Class of 2022 alumnus, Nathan Duma, a Data and Policy Analyst at The Sphere Institute, co-authored a paper with PPOL faculty member, Isabelle Nilsson, titled, Local factors driving the adoption of municipal voluntary environmental programs: the case of Sweden’s eco-municipalities which was published in the Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. Read More https://www.tandfonline.com/…/10…/09640568.2023.2178883