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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 […]
Thinking about Public Policy career paths with UNC Charlotte alumna, Dr. Stephany De Scisciolo
By Tara Gomez, M.A. student in the Department of Communication Studies How can a doctoral degree in Public Policy advance a career? Just ask Dr. Stephany De Scisciolo, who earned her doctorate from UNC Charlotte in 2014. She serves as the Vice President of Knowledge, Impact, & Strategy at Enterprise Community Partners, Inc., a nonprofit […]
Dissertation shows small towns near big cities have lower rates of income growth than more isolated cities
By Tara Gomez, M.A. student in the Department of Communication Studies at UNC Charlotte On March 14, Public Policy Ph.D. student Chuck McShane defended his dissertation titled “Economic Prosperity, Population Growth and Local Spending in America’s Micropolitan Areas, 2002-2014.” Although people might expect isolated cities to have lower income growth than small towns neighboring major […]
Research Co-Authored by Public Policy Student featured in “The Conversation”.
Iván Flores Martínez (UNC Charlotte Public Policy student and Research Assistant for the Drug Policy Program, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas) and Daniel Zizumbo-Colunga (Assistant Professor of Drug Policy, Centro de Investigación y Docencia, and Research Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University) recently wrote an article featured in “The Conversation”, an online nonprofit academic journalism organization. […]
Christina Danis represents Public Policy Program at 3 Minute Thesis Competition
Three Minute Thesis is professional international research communication competition where participants are challenged to clearly and engagingly communicate their research to a non-specialist audience in just 3 minutes with one, static, slide. Public Policy student Christina Danis, advanced to the final competition, which was held on Friday, November 9 from 3:00-5:00pm, presenting her thesis on […]