UPDATE

Volume 3, Issue 1 Fall/Winter 2008/2009

Welcome—Professor Paul Smoke, Program Director Dear Doctoral Students, Alumni, As the new director of doctoral studies, I am struck by how Faculty and Friends of the NYU/ much the doctoral program has developed since I joined Wagner Doctoral Program, the NYU/Wagner faculty in 2000. Previous directors, most recently , have put a great deal of time and As the end of the fall semester Beth Weitzman effort into improving the program on many levels. I feel approaches, we are sending out fortunate to have benefited from Beth’s hard work and I the latest edition of the doctoral want to thank her on behalf of the Wagner community for program newsletter to update all that she has done. I look forward to building on this you on recent developments with solid foundation in partnership with all of you. the program, current students and alumni. I will close by expressing my appreciation to the many NYU/Wagner faculty members who generously support On behalf of the entire NYU/Wagner faculty and admin- the doctoral program and the doctoral students. I would istration, I would like to extend a warm welcome to the particularly like to thank the doctoral board— diverse and interesting group of doctoral students who Ingrid El- , , , and —and the joined us in September. I have had the opportunity to len Erica Foldy Joe Magee Victor Rodwin faculty colleagues who have been working on the Fall meet all of you and to talk with some of you in greater 2008 doctoral comprehensive exams. We will be calling depth. We are very pleased to have you with us and we on other colleagues to assist with upcoming activities, look forward to working with you during your time at including the Spring 2009 exams and the Fall 2009 ad- NYU/Wagner. missions process. I would also like to welcome back returning doctoral stu- The doctoral board will be considering a number of pos- dents. Many of you are making good progress—moving sible program improvements in the coming months. If forward with courses, taking comprehensive exams, de- you have any ideas for us to consider, please bring them veloping and defending dissertation proposals, conduct- to me or any member of the board. ing research and doing field work, writing dissertations, and even preparing for dissertation defenses. Whatever Best wishes for a great year and I look forward to seeing stage of the program you are at, you should always feel you all soon. free to come to me or Assistant Director Diana Beck with any questions or issues you may have. Paul Smoke

SPOTLIGHT ON Wagner Doctoral Research Colloquium A tradition at Wagner, this ban locations. These talks speaker series is currently included Univer- led by Assistant Professor sity Professor Doug Guth- of Management, Joe Ma- rie’s research on corporate gee. The doctoral research investment in low-income colloquium is a forum housing and University of in which prominent and Wisconsin Professor Mar- up and coming research- cus Britton’s research on ers present their work on the relationship between pressing topics related to neighborhood integration public policy, urban plan- and interethnic friendship. Jennifer Dodge, Wagner Doctoral Student Thad Calabrese, Wagner Doctoral Student ning, and management. It On Thursday, December offers doctoral students and faculty a chance to hear 11, 2008, Wagner doctoral students Thad Calabrese from their colleagues, while engaging in a dialogue and Jennifer Dodge spoke at the colloquium about about current research. their current research. “We are thrilled to have such Wagner has hosted a series of talks as part of the col- a vibrant doctoral program and to have the students loquium this semester, all investigating issues in ur- participate in the colloquium as the audience in their continued on page 2

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early years and as speakers when they are nearly done that are grounded in the experience of their members with their dissertations,” says Professor Joe Magee. and to promote these narratives throughout a “de- Doctoral Program http://wagner.nyu.edu/doctoral liberative system.” Her study challenges the conven- The focus of Thad’s talk was a paper from his disserta- tional view of deliberative democracy by suggesting tion titled: “Examining the Determinants of Nonprofit that language matters. She posits that the work of Accounting Basis Choice.” In his dissertation he ana- deliberative democracy is about making agreements Ellen Schall lyzes the determinants of retained earnings within the Dean on meaning. context of distinct nonprofit financial reporting require- Rogan Kersh ments. When describing his research, Thad observes On December 11th, Jennifer elaborated on her find- Associate Dean for Academic Affairs that, “[u]nlike in the for-profit sector, nonprofit orga- ings, which “…suggest that both organizations adopt Paul Smoke nizations cannot distribute any operating profits gen- a ‘dual strategy’ where they promote their narratives Doctoral Program Director erated during a fiscal year. Rather, it is expected that at different levels of the deliberative system: face-to- Diana Beck these ‘retained earnings’ (or change in net assets) will face deliberative forums sponsored by state agencies Doctoral Program Assistant Director be used by the nonprofit to provide future services. and ‘the macro discursive sphere’ (which includes, for Galin Brooks Operating profits, however, may actually be a goal of example, policy debates that take place in a wide ar- Graduate Assistant nonprofit organizations for a variety of reasons.” ray of media outlets).” Presenting with Thad was fellow doctoral student, We hope you can join us for similarly enriching discus- Doctoral Board Jennifer Dodge. Jennifer’s research looks at the sions at the presentations in the Spring Colloquium Faculty Members: efforts of two nonprofits to develop policy narratives series. Ingrid Gould Ellen Erica Foldy Joe Magee Paul Smoke Congratulations to Wagner’s most recent Ph.D.’s Victor G. Rodwin Congratulations to the six Doctor of Philosophy can- Policy: The Socio-Cognitive Construction of Participa- didates who graduated in the last academic year. A tory Development in Cambodia.” Dissertation Com- tremendous investment of talent, thought and energy mittee Chair, Professor Sonia Ospina has produced a dynamic and stimulating collection of Tod Mijanovich, “The Influence of Place-Based Charac- work. The contribution of these individuals to their teristics on the Health and Well-Being of Children.” Dis- fields is invaluable, and we are proud to have them as sertation Committee Chair, Professor Beth Weitzman representatives of the Wagner community. Meryle G. Weinstein, “ Out-Of-School Time Programs, Dissertations that were successfully defended are as follows: Nonprofits, Title I and the Distribution of Education Stephen Camp-Landis, “Redistributing Policy in an Individu- Resources in .” Dissertation Committee alistic Culture: Welfare Reform in Pennsylvania, 1996 – 2002.” Chair, Professor Amy Ellen Schwartz Dissertation Committee Chair, Professor Beth Weitzman Teodoro Ariel Zaltsman, “The role of monitoring and Colin C. Chellman, “State Education Aid in the United States.” evaluation in the budgetary process: insights from a Dissertation Committee Chair, Professor Leanna Stiefel study of Chile’s performance-based budgeting system.” Jenny Knowles, “From Global Paradigm to Grounded Dissertation Committee Chair, Professor Sonia Ospina

Meet the Newest Members of the Doctoral Program

Jessica Boccardo Delighted to have the opportunity to be in the doc- toral program at Wagner, she says, “I have chosen the Jessica is part of the doctoral program at Wagner because I believe that the research team at the department is an excellent place to develop not only Institute for Educa- the technical and analytic skills necessary for rigor- tion and Social Policy ous and innovative research, but also the necessary (IESP), a joint ini- tools for generating relevant policy analysis on these tiative of New York topics.” University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate Jessica most recently worked at the World Bank as School of Public Ser- part of the Poverty Reduction Unit (PREM). While Do you want your information to vice and the Stein- there, her main focus was Sub-Saharan African trade be included in the next issue of the hardt School of Cul- diversification and growth. Prior to her time at PREM, newsletter? If so, please submit ture, Education, and Human Development at NYU. In Jessica was a master’s student in public policy with career updates, publications or her research at IESP, Jessica is examining the relation- a concentration in International Development at presentation information to Galin ship between finance and education in New York Pub- Georgetown University. While studying there, she was Brooks, Doctoral Graduate Assis- lic Schools. She is particularly interested in combining a research assistant at the School Choice Demonstra- tant, at [email protected]. her current and past research interests to understand tion Project (SCDP), a federally funded education the links between education, innovation and the role of voucher program for low-income families. industrial policy, particularly in developing countries.

2008-12-09 Wagner Doctoral Newsletter - Spring 2009 (601343) - Proof 05.indd 2 12/11/2008 9:28:36 AM Jackie Begley Jacob Leos-Urbel Doctoral Program http://wagner.nyu.edu/doctoral As a doctoral student at Wagner, Jackie is working Jake’s research focuses on education, child with Professor Ingrid Ellen at the Furman Center well-being, and youth development policy. for Real Estate and Urban Policy. Her research Jake is a fellow in NYU’s Institute for Educa- projects there are focused on housing policy and tion Sciences-funded Predoctoral Interdis- Ellen Schall Dean educational outcomes as well as subprime lend- ciplinary Research Training (IES-PIRT) pro- Rogan Kersh ing and segregation. gram. Until this fall, Jake was the Director of Policy Research at Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Before entering the Wagner program, Jackie was The After-School Corpo- (TASC), a nonprofit organization that Paul Smoke a master’s student in city planning at the Univer- ration funds, monitors, evaluates and supports Doctoral Program Director sity of California, Berkeley. She worked there as a after-school programs based in New York Diana Beck graduate student researcher at the Fisher Center Doctoral Program Assistant Director City public schools. for Real Estate and Urban Economics, where she Galin Brooks looked at the effects of globalization on real es- Jake’s professional experience also includes Graduate Assistant tate and the California economy. work in child welfare policy research at the Urban Institute, education evaluation at Abt Associates, and two years in Namibia as a Peace Corps Doctoral Board Johanna Lacoe volunteer.

Faculty Members: Johanna’s research is on the impact of Jake holds a Master of Public Affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School, contact with justice systems (juvenile and Ingrid Gould Ellen Princeton. Erica Foldy criminal) on neighborhoods and the inter- Joe Magee section of race and the justice system. She Jose Zubizarreta Paul Smoke is currently working at the Furman Center Victor G. Rodwin At Wagner, Jose is focusing on questions for Real Estate and Urban Policy conduct- that can make a social difference and is ing research on the relationship between employing new empirical methods in racial segregation and subprime lending, his analysis. In the past, Jose’s research and the impact of mortgage foreclosures, has focused on the methodology of lon- crime, and other factors on New York City’s gitudinal surveys (statistical adjustment neighborhoods. procedures) and on the dynamic analysis Johanna first became interested in criminal of well-being (income mobility and child justice as an undergraduate at Brown Uni- poverty). He has worked as a Lecturer versity, where she taught a debate course in and a researcher at the Department of In- a juvenile prison. After her time at Brown, dustrial Engineering and Systems at the she worked as a policy analyst at Social Catholic University and at the Social Ob- Policy Research Associates in Oakland, CA, conducting research for federal servatory at University Alberto Hurtado, agencies and national foundations on youth and workforce development, Chile. access to education, youth organizing, and racial and ethnic diversity. She Jose points out that he is at Wagner because, “[The doctoral program at gained direct experience with New York City’s juvenile justice system as Wagner] offers me great opportunities and flexibility to develop my re- a program analyst at Esperanza/Hope, an alternative-to-incarceration for search interests [through] courses both at Wagner and other departments juvenile delinquents developed by the Vera Institute of Justice. at NYU.” He adds, “Besides, the possibility of learning from professors like Johanna earned her Master’s of Public Administration from Wagner in 2008. Jonathan Murdoch is amazing!”

ALUMNI UPDATE

Neil R. Dworkin (Ph.D. ‘89), was named as a consultant to Charter Oak tenure from the university. Her daughter has been announcing this achieve- State College’s undergraduate health administration concentration. Neil’s ment as “mama ga tooncha.” We are excited, too. Congratulations Laura! fulltime role is Associate Professor of Management at Western Connecticut Ross Rubenstein (PhD ‘97), Associate Professor of Public Administration, . State University Maxwell School, Syracuse University, was awarded the Birkhead-Burkhead Amal El-Farhan (Ph.D. ‘79), who is a tenured faculty member at the Univer- Teaching Excellence Award by the Department of Public Administration in sity of Jordan and has served as Minister of Municipal Affairs in the Jorda- the Maxwell School, Syracuse University. nian government, visited the Puck building last summer and spoke with the Ross’s forthcoming publication “Examining the Nature and Magnitude of A Jordanian Woman’s View of the World: Wagner community in a talk titled, “ Intra-District Resource Disparities in Mid-size School Districts” was co-au- A Conversation with Distinguished Wagner Alumna, Dr. Amal El Farhan.” thored with Larry Miller, and will appear in Public Budgeting and Finance. Karla Hanson (Ph.D. ‘95), published an article in a 2007 edition The Journal He also co-authored “Equity and Accountability: The Impact of State Ac- of Nutrition titled, “Gender and Marital Status Clarify Associations Between countability Systems on School Finance,” in conjunction with Sonali Bal- Food Insecurity and Body Weight.” The article is co-authored by Jeffery Sob- lal and Wagner Professors Leanna Stiefel, and Amy Ellen Schwartz. This al and Edward Frongillo, Jr. article appeared in volume 28, number 3 (Fall 2008) of Public Budgeting and Finance. Laura Peck (PhD ’02), Associate Professor, School of Public Affairs and As- sociate Dean, Barrett, The Honors College, Arizona State University received

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IESP AT THE AMERICAN EDUCATION‘Choice’ in the Housing FINANCE Choice Voucher Program: The Role of Market ASSOCIATIONSTUDENT UPDATE ANNUAL MEETINGConstraints and Household Resources in Location Outcomes” and “The Private Provision of Public Services: Essays on Private Associa- UPDATE The NYUThad Institute Calabrese for has Education been chosen and Social by the PolicyAssociation had a forstrong Research presence on attions the 2007 and the American Communities Education They Finance Serve,” Associationrespectively. Annual Meeting held as one of their Emerg- in Baltimore,Nonprofit MarylandO rganizations March and22-27. Volunteer Presentations Action were given by doctoral Rstudentsachel M eltzerColin Chellmanwas also awardedand Meryle a prestigious Weinstein fellowship, Institute fromdirector the Amy Ellen ingSchwartz Scholars,and 2008. associate director Leanna Stiefel, and affiliated faculty members and Wagner Doctoral Program alumni, Patrice Iatarola (PhD Lincoln Institute to support her dissertation. Volume 11 Spring Semester 2007 '02) and Ross Rubenstein (PhD '97). Topics included state and district responses to education accountability systems, the geographic variation in co-authored a paper titled “Incarceration and Home- out-of-schoolRichard timeCho programs in New York City, the evolving state role in educationEvan M finance,ichelson and was the promoted costs of tosmall the schoolsposition in of N Seniorew York Research City. IESP lessness” as part of the conducts scientific research aboutHUD/HH U.S.S education National Sandymposium related socialon Home policy- issuesAssociate to helpat T heinform Rockefeller educational Foundation institutions. He hasand had policy a number makers ofabout the effectivenesslessness Research of instructional in 2007. Richardprograms, Cho the now impact also lectures of school on reform Public initiativespublications and the in therelationships last year. These between include academic a chapter ach ievement,in a collection school TEACHING IN CONTEXT: Alumni Profile finance,Administration and socio-economic at Wagner. and demographic factors such as poverty, ethnicity and immigration status. published by Springer press on nanotechnology policy, titled “Trans- While many alumni of the Wagner Doctoral Program management. Graduate students are more informed Jennifer Dodge organized a panel at the Interpretive Policy Analy- national Nanotechnology Governance: A Comparison of the U.S. and assume academic positions in professional schools about current events, and are interested mainly in sis conference in Essex, England this June, called “Accounting for China” and “Globalization at the NanoFrontier: The Future of Nano- such as those of public policy, public administration, “acquiring the skills to advance their careers.” STUDENTPolitics in Applications UPDATE of Deliberative Democracy Theory.” She also technology Policy in the United States, China, and India,“ which was or public health, Michele Moser Deegan (PhD '96) Richardpresented Cho recently a paper co-authored entitled a“Deliberative forthcoming Democracy paper entitled, and Strategic“Homelessness published and Incarceration” in the last Technology for the US in Department Society issue of of Housing 2008. and Urban Even though the balance of research and teaching has taken the rare path of working in a disciplinary DevelopmentAction: Theand CaseUS Department of Environmental of Health Justice. and” SheHuman is now Services' working National with Symposium on Homelessness Research. The paper summarizes is different, Professor Deegan is still an active Evan was also the second author on an article in Ecotoxicology department at a liberal arts college. While she researchco-panelists on the intersection to write a journalbetween edition homelessness proposal onand power criminal in delibera justice- involvement, surveys programmatic and policy interventions targeted at jus- researcher, and she wants to connect her research to tice-involved homeless persons, and provides recommendations for future researchtitled, “ Categorizationand practice. This Framework paper will to be Aid published Exposure in Assessment print and posted of tive democracy for the Policy & Society Journal. began her academic career as an Associate her teaching. Currently, her research is on state and on the web by early 2008. Nanomaterials in Consumer Products.” The other authors are Steffen Professor at The George Washington University local government policy making, with an emphasis JenniferIn Dodgeaddition,will last be attendingMarch, Jennifer the conference presented Interpretation a paper called in “ PolicyDiscur -Analysis:Foss Hansen, Research Anaj & Kamper,Practice Pernilleon 31 May Borling, - 2 June Frank 2007 Stuer-Lauridsen, in Amsterdam, the School of Public Affairs and Public Policy in on education policy. “Because I've taught in a pro- Netherlands.sive Democracy She been and invited the Civil to participate Society Organization: in a master The class Challenge called "Making of and Sense Anders of Baun.Practice.” The session will focus on the doctoral students' Washington, D.C., Professor Deegan decided to Transmitting Environmental Justice to State Policy” at the fessional degree program, I've had a lot of contact dissertations, which will be treated as case studies to generate andWestern engage Sa anjivset of R oamethodological is currently the questions. Director of the New York State Afterschool switch settings. , in San Diego, CA. This semester, she with practitioners and I feel I have a good under- MichaelPolitical Lens presented Science A association session on “Approaches to Juvenile Justice Reform:Network Improving. This Systems partnership for Status between Offenders” public agencies at the 2006 and Annual nonprofit Meeting th In her current position as an Assistant Professor of standing of the realities of how the classroom con- of the presentedAmerican Societyher dissertation of Criminologists research. at the December 11 Doctoral organizations is dedicated to promoting the safety, learning, and Political Science at Muhlenberg College in nects to what students may be asked to do by future RachelResearch Meltzer Colloquium.was selected to receive a Dissertation Proposal Developmenthealthy Fellowship development from the SSRC of childrenfor this and summer, youth to outside support of her traditional dissertation Allentown, Pennsylvania, Professor Deegan teaches employers.” One of her main goals is to integrate researchMartha and proposal. M. Galvez She and also Rachel co-authored Meltzer aboth paper received with Professors competitive, Ingrid classrooms. Ellen and Amy Sanjiv’s Schwartz dissertationfor a conference will use an proceedingsorganizational issue learning of the courses in public policy, public administration, and her applied research experiences into the classroom. Nationalone-time Tax Journal Doctoral. Dissertation Research Grants from the Office of perspective to look at the implementation of integrated social ser- research methods. “There is more emphasis on “Right now I'm traveling around Pennsylvania con- Sanjiv URaoniversitypresented Partnerships "Assets-Based of the ULeadership:nited States Activating Department Capacity of Hous for- Action"vices at in theschool 35th settings Annual andARNOVA the influence Conference thatin these Chicago, type IL, of whichschool he co- authoreding withand UMeredithrban Development Herr and Professor. Their dissertations Sonia Ospina are. titled “Defining models have on social service providers across disciplines. being a great teacher where I am now, with less ducting focus groups for a statewide Education Diana Silver defended her dissertation in October 2006 and is currently a visiting Assistant Professor of Public Health in the Public Health program emphasis on research,” explained Professor Deegan. Costing-Out study. I bring my observations from At Muhlenberg, she says, teaching is a priority at all these focus groups into the classroom when we dis-

at the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development at NYU. CopyCentral–405098 levels of the administration and faculty. Support for cuss issues such as the role of public opinion in poli- teaching comes in the form of faculty teaching com- cy making, and civil rights and liberties.” mittees, grants for course development and teaching The greatest shift in moving from a professional innovations, and encouragement to attend confer- school to an undergraduate college has been in ences to learn new teaching methods. Professor Deegan's daily work. She advises current Professor Deegan has found teaching undergradu- doctoral students to “ask yourself, what balance ates different than teaching graduate students. She would you like in your work?” If you enjoy working sees undergraduates as focused both on social with a few others who share a common interest, activities around campus and academics, while grad- writing and editing, and applying for external fund- uate students are focused more on the relationship ing, you should aim for a position at a research uni- between school and work. “Many freshmen have versity. However, if you like to engage in the larger not had to write a research paper before,” described university community, work with many colleagues Professor Deegan, “so I find myself spending time on and students, and teach and serve as a mentor to the basics.” The basics include conversations about students with diverse interests, a smaller college current public policies and events, or topics like time campus might be a good fit.

SPOTLIGHT ON PROFESSOR SHANNA ROSE The transition from doctoral student to professor is rife with challenges - job searches, new responsibilities as a faculty member, and balancing teaching and publishing pres-

sures - all of which can be especially tricky in an interdisciplinary setting.

New York, NY 10012-9604 NY York, New Shanna Rose, Assistant Professor of Public Financial Management at Wagner, is inti-

295 , 2nd Fl 2nd Street, Lafayette 295 mately familiar with these challenges. Having graduated from Harvard with a Ph.D. in

The Puck Building Puck The Political Economy and Government in 2005, Professor Rose has a background in public York New finance and American politics and experience teaching in Harvard's economics and gov-

Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service Public of School Graduate Wagner F. Robert ernment departments and the Kennedy School of Government. Professor Rose notes that it can be difficult for prospective employers to categorize you when you come out of an interdisciplinary program. Being strategic is of the utmost importance, she counsels, as an interdiscipli- nary academic on the job market. Based on her experiences on the public policy and political science job mar- kets, she has two particular pieces of advice for doctoral students.

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