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NEWSLETTER of the A. ALFRED TAUBMAN CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY AND AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS Fall 2010

Three Scholars Join the Taubman Center Faculty

Valerie Cooley, Kevin Gee, Robin Phinney, Lecturer in Pub- Lecturer in Lecturer in Public lic Policy, com- Public Policy, Policy, completed pleted her Ph.D. completed his her Ph.D. at the at the University Ed.D. at Har- University of Michi- of North Caro- vard University. gan. Robin’s spe- lina at Chapel Kevin special- cializations Hill. She also izes in interna- include social wel- has a M.S.W. tional education fare policy, housing from University. Valerie’s policy, economics of education, policy, interest group politics, and primary areas of expertise include program evaluation, and methods American politics. Her current re- policy and program interventions for for casual inference in educational search examines interest group advo- at-risk and delinquent youth and ju- research. He investigates how cacy on behalf of the poor at both venile justice policy. Her research policies and programs that support national and state levels, and the encompasses both implementation the health and well-being of chil- housing needs of former welfare re- analysis and outcome evalua- dren in the developing world can cipients. Prof. Phinney is teaching tions. Her current research focuses promote their educational develop- PPAI 0100 Introduction to Public Pol- on graduated sanctions for juvenile ment. Prof. Gee is teaching PPAI icy and PPAI 2030 Statistics in the fall offenders and utilization of family 1700G Education Policy Chal- semester and she will teach PPAI courts. Prof. Cooley is teaching lenges and EDUC 2350 Econom- 1700B Social Welfare Policy and PPAI 1701M Juvenile Justice and ics of Education II in the fall se- PPAI 2660 Interest Groups in the PPAI 2755 Ethics and Public Policy mester. In the spring semester, he spring semester. in the fall semester. She will teach will teach PPAI 1200 Policy Analy- PPAI 2050 Program Evaluation and sis and PPAI 2020 Economics & Anton Lippitt Conference PPAI 2040 Policy Analysis in the Public Policy. 7:00PM Thursday, spring semester. Faculty photos by Mike Cohea/Brown Unv. October 21, 2010 The 11th Annual Anton/Lippitt Confer- Licht Lecture, 7:00PM Thursday, October 14, 2010 ence on Urban Affairs will bring to campus the candidates for Mayor of The Governor Frank Licht Lecture will bring to campus the candidates for Providence, Jonathan Scott, Inde- for a GUBERNATORIAL DEBATE on October pendent and Angel Taveras, Democ- 14th at 7:00pm, De Ciccio Family Auditorium. Candidates attending are rat for a MAYORAL DEBATE on Kenneth Block, Moderate; Frank Caprio, Democrat; , Inde- October 21st at 7:00PM, MacMillan pendent; and John Robitaille, Republican. Moderating this debate will be Hall, Room 117. Marion Orr, Director Marion Orr, Director of the Taubman Center, Frederick Lippitt Professor of of the Taubman Center will moderate Public Policy and Political Science. this debate.

Professor Ross Cheit wins Advising Award Shawna Sullivan, MPP’11 Named A. Alfred Taubman Scholar While at Brown, Shawna is pursuing a concentration in strategic communication and national security pol- icy. She is currently work- ing with the Lamia Afghan Foundation to support its school-building and devel- opment projects in Af- ghanistan. She is a grader for Prof. Moffitt’s Institu- tions and Policymaking course and spearheads campus outreach initiatives for Brown’s Govern- Professor Cheit’s reputation and great gifts as an advisor and ment at Work program. Since January 2010, mentor have long been known by students and colleagues at the Shawna has served as the Treasurer of the Brown Taubman Center. He typically serves as concentration advisor for Graduate Student Council. She was a graduate several dozen students and directs several independent study fellow for the Rhode Island State Senate Fiscal projects and honor’s theses. His engagement with students over Office in spring 2010, and she served as a special the years has been remarkable. Professor Cheit has a distin- projects liaison for the Office of the Assistant Sec- guished track record of co-authoring publications with under- retary of Defense for Public Affairs at the Pentagon graduates in Public Policy. In a 2009 survey of PPAI alumni, this past summer. Prior to attending Brown, respondents were asked “what they liked most about their experi- Shawna was a senior account executive for three ence as a PPAI concentrator.” Many of the students pointed to years at Schneider Associates, a Boston-based their experience as an advisee and mentee of Professor Cheit. public affairs firm. She received her Bachelor’s One student said, "Professor Cheit requires, but more importantly Degree in Political Science from Boston College. expects, more out of his students than any other Professor I encountered at Brown. At the same time, Professor Cheit makes Ryan McGee, MPP’11 Named space for students to find their own voice and craft their own intel- Darrell M. West Scholar lectual project. He expects undergraduates to behave like gradu- Ryan came to Brown from ate students: to engage ideas seriously and with rigor, read criti- cally and broadly, research thoroughly, and generate projects a marketing and sales po- both creatively and with foresight.” Professor Cheit is a tremen- sition in the petroleum in- dous asset to the public policy concentrators. The Taubman dustry. He served in the Center salutes him for being named the recipient of the 2010 Peace Corps from 2006- Karen T. Romer Prize for Undergraduate Advising. 2008 and was stationed in Vanuatu in the South West Pacific. He double majored in Anthropology and Reli- gious Studies at the University of Pennsylvania where he received a BA with honors in 2005. He is currently interning at the on the Governor's Advance Team. He is the 2010 As America Ages summer fellow at the Taubman Center, and a research assistant on the Attention to Disease project which is a collaborative project administered by professors at Penn State, Prince- ton, and Harvard. His academic work at the Taub- Arsalan Ali Faheem, MPP’10, delivered the Graduate School man Center is focused on energy policy and public Commencement address entitled “The Kaleidoscope: From Pindi to Providence” on Sunday, May 30, 2010, on Lincoln Field. sector management strategies. 2

Rachel Goldstein Awarded the Krieger Prize Chancellor Joel Klein for Academic Excellence to deliver the Noah In her thesis, “The Role of the Media in Agenda Krieger ‘93 Memorial Setting: The Case of Long-Term Care Rebalanc- ing,” Rachel addressed a provocative and innova- Lecture tive question that has not been addressed in previ- ous studies: namely, how the media may influence 5:00 PM Thursday the public policy agenda in the area of rebalancing October 28, 2010 long-term care from institutions such as nursing De Ciccio Auditorium homes to home care services in the community. Her readers remarked that she has done a marvel- Joel I. Klein is Chancellor of the ous job reviewing relevant literature and assem- New York City Department of bling a conceptual framework to consider this issue through an approach that Education. As Chancellor, blends insights from media studies, policy analysis, gerontology, and community Mr. Klein health. oversees a system of 1,631 Sumbul Siddiqui Receives the schools Public Policy Service Award with 1.1 Sumbul, as the leader of the Public Policy Depart- million mental Undergraduate Group (DUG) during her students, junior and senior year, organized student events, 136,000 supported Taubman Center activities, and helped employees, and a $21 with recruiting for the concentration. Sumbul’s billion leadership and dedication was a tremendous asset operating budget. He launched to the Center and to her fellow public policy con- Children First in 2002, a compre- centrators. The award recognizes Sumbul’s out- hensive reform strategy that has standing service to the Center. brought coherence and capacity to the system and resulted in signifi-

Kyla Wilkes and Reade Seligman Receive the cant increases in student perform- ance. In the next phase of Children Frederick Lippitt Prize for Public Service First, Mr. Klein will build on this progress by cultivating teacher Kyla was a youth mentor with Youth Connection, talent; expanding school choices guiding students in low-income middle school so that students attend schools through academic and personal hardships. She that best meet their individual was a project volunteer for Ocean State Action and needs; and innovating to ensure an Executive Board member of ’s students are prepared for rigorous, Human Rights Film Festival. real-world opportunities in the 21st century. Mr. Klein entered the Clinton administration after 20 years of public and private legal work in Washington, D.C. He at- Reade organized a run-a-thon fundraiser that tended New York City’s public generated $20,000 which was donated to the Inno- schools and graduated from Wil- cence Project. He volunteered daily at the Morris liam Cullen Bryant High School. Town Community Soup Kitchen, coordinated a He received his BA from Columbia Warm a Heart Coat drive, and received the Inaugu- University 1967 his J.D. from ral intercollegiate men’s coaches’ humanitarian Harvard Law School in 1971. award in 2008.

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Fall 2010 Events Calendar

12:00 PM Tuesday, October 12, 2010 5:00 PM. Thursday, October 28, 2010 “The true story of Acorn, America's most controversial Krieger Lecture ”An Afternoon with Chancellor Klein.” community group; And what it tells us about the media, Joel Klein, Chancellor of the New York City Department race, poverty, and politics in America.” John Atlas, law- of Education. De Ciccio Family Auditorium. yer, author and founder of National Housing Institute. Taubman Brown Bag Series. Taubman Seminar Room. 12:00 PM Monday, November 1, 2010 “Lessons in Urban Education Reform from the Washing- 7:00 PM Thursday, October 14, 2010 ton DC Public Schools” by Christopher Andrews. Taub- Licht Lecture Rhode Island Gubernatorial Debate with man Brown Bag Series. Taubman Seminar Room. candidates: Kenneth Block, Frank Caprio, Lincoln Chafee, and John Robitaille. Moderated by Marion Orr, 12:00 PM Thursday, November 4, 2010 Director of the Taubman Center. De Ciccio Family "Representing Abused and Neglected Children: Holding Auditorium (Salomon 101). Attorneys Accountable." Erik Pitchal, Assistant Clinical Professor of Law. Suffolk University. Taubman Brown 7:00 PM Thursday, October 21, 2010 Bag Series. Taubman Seminar Room. Anton/Lippitt Conference Providence Mayoral De- bate with candidates Jonathan Scott, Independent and 12:00 PM Thursday, November 18, 2010 Angel Taveras, Democrat. Moderated by Marion Orr, "Experiencing Juvenile Justice: Young Men's Adapta- Director of the Taubman Center. MacMillan Hall, tions to Rhode Island's Juvenile Prison." Adam Reich, Room 117. University of California, Berkeley. Taubman Brown Bag Series. Taubman Center Seminar Room.

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