4/11/13 April News and Events

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News & Updates April 17 Party to Celebrate New Book Exploring Innovative Participatory Research Methods Quick Links... Please join us in celebrating the publication of CPPA Website Job Bulletin Participatory Visual and Digital Methods (Left Event Calendar Coast Press), by Associate Professor Krista Alumni Update Form Harper (anthropology and public policy) and Assistant Professor Aline Gubrium (public health). Events Harper and Gubrium argue that by using participatory technology and methods, the Friday, April 12 ­ Sunday, April research process can be more democratic, 14 inclusive and visually appealing. CPPA's book Civil Liberties and Public launch party will be on Wednesday, April 17 at 5 Policy Conference: From p.m. in the Gordon Hall Atrium, with free Abortion Rights to Social refreshments and books available for purchase. Read more. Justice CPPA is co­sponsoring this conference, which explores the Spring Five College Social Justice Residency Focuses on connections between Women's Rights in India reproductive and sexual rights The spring 2013 Five College social justice policy and the movements for residency is half over, but there is still time to economic, social, gender and meet with and hear from this semester's resident. environmental justice. Register N.B. Sarojini is the founder and director of the here. Sama Resource Group for Women and Health, a Franklin Patterson Hall, New Delhi­based nonprofit. She has been Hampshire College advocating for women's rights and their health care for two decades. On Wednesday, April 17, Sarojini Wednesday, April 17, 5 to 6 will present a documentary film called "Can We See the Baby Bump p.m. Please? Experiences of Surrogacy in Mumbai, India," which looks at Book Launch Party commercial surrogacy in India through the experiences of surrogate CPPA and friends celebrate the publication of Participatory women. She will then lead a discussion about the documentary. Visual and Digital Methods, by Hampshire College, West Lecture Hall, 7 p.m. Associate Professor Krista Harper (anthropology and Enroll Now for Summer Online Courses public policy) and Assistant Registration is now open for summer online courses, Professor Aline Gubrium including the three offered by CPPA: LGBT Social (public health). Science and Public Policy Issues; Intro to Geographic Gordon Hall Atrium Information Systems; and Social Movements and Public Policy. All courses are three credits and can be Wednesday, April 17, 7 p.m. taken at the graduate or undergraduate level. Can We See the Baby Bump Please? Pollution, Human Health and Public Policy: A Talk by Yale This documentary film looks at Environmental Health Expert commercial surrogacy in India and explores questions and concerns through the experiences of surrogate women. N.B. Sarojini will lead a

https://ui.constantcontact.com/visualeditor/visual_editor_preview.jsp?agent.uid=1113042884726&format=html&print=true 1/4 4/11/13 April News and Events discussion afterward. During a lecture and simultaneous webinar, Yale West Lecture Hall, Hampshire University environmental health professor Michelle College Bell will present a talk, titled "The Impact of Airborne Particulate Matter on Human Health: Friday, April 26, 10 a.m. Current Scientific Evidence and Remaining Lecture and Webinar: The Challenges," on April 26 at 10 a.m. in Auditorium Impact of Airborne Particulate 119, UMass Amherst Engineering Lab II. More Matter on Human Health Yale University's Michelle Bell information. will present this in­person seminar and webinar, which Students explores recent scientific Ivanova a Finalist in International Impact Investing Challenge evidence on how particles Anna Ivanova (MPPA '13) and two students from affect human health. the Isenberg School of Management will compete Implications for decision­ later this month in the final round of the makers and remaining International Impact Investing Challenge, a challenges will also be tournament hosted by the Kellogg School of discussed. Engineering Lab II: Auditorium Management and supported by the Rockefeller and 119 MacArthur foundations in which graduate students from around the world design potential "impact Friday, April 26, 3 to 4:30 p.m. investment" vehicles that would have a positive and sustainable The Engaged Campus: A effect on the environment and/or on society. Read more. Panel Discussion The UMass Public Engagement Shetty Chosen as Global Innovation Forum Participant Project presents this panel Varun Shetty (MPPA '13) is one of 200 young discussion, titled "The Engaged potential business leaders from around the world Campus: Giving Back to the chosen to participate in next month's Global Commonwealth and Beyond." Innovation Forum at the World Bank headquarters The event is part of this year's in Washington, D.C. During the three­day program, Founders Week celebration at participants will collaborate to develop concepts UMass Amherst. for viable "constructive businesses," which focus Machmer W­32 not only on making a profit, but also and equally Monday, April 29, noon to 1 on developing social and environmental benefits. Read more. p.m. Faculty Colloquium: Fidan Sedelmeyer Accepts Job with International Tech Company Kurtulus Congratulations to Michael Sedelmeyer Assistant Professor Fidan (MPPA/MBA '13), who has accepted a position Kurtulus (economics) will speak with the technology firm EMC Corporation. After about her recent research in a graduating in May, Sedelmeyer will begin working talk titled "The Impact of in EMC's Global Services Leadership Development Eliminating Affirmative Action Program, headquartered just outside of Boston. on Minority and Female Employment and Occupational Students Secure Diverse Summer Positions Representation: A Natural Many CPPA students have lined up exciting summer internships, Experiment Approach Using including: State­Level Affirmative Action Ban Laws." Patrick Kenney (MPPA '14) will work in Rep. Niki Tsongas' Thompson 620 Lowell, Mass., office. Thursday, May 2, 5 to 7 p.m. Laura Molyneaux (MPP '13) has accepted a summer position CPPA Boston Alumni at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, in the office of Gathering the chief financial officer. Come catch up with old friends Ana María Velásquez Giraldo (MPPA '14) will be working at the and maybe meet some new Institute of Medicine at the National Academy of Sciences, in ones! Washington, D.C. Worcester Room, University Jonathan Ward (MPPA/MBA '14) will work at Community of Massachusetts Club Involved in Sustaining Agriculture (CISA), an organization based in South Deerfield, Mass., dedicated to strengthening Tuesday, May 7 the local farming sector. Capstone Conference CPPA's class of 2013 will

https://ui.constantcontact.com/visualeditor/visual_editor_preview.jsp?agent.uid=1113042884726&format=html&print=true 2/4 4/11/13 April News and Events present their capstone projects to faculty and peers. Faculty Gordon Hall 302­304 Badgett in News after SCOTUS Weighs Gay Marriage

Wednesday, May 8 Capstone Conference In the days following the U.S. Supreme Court's CPPA's class of 2013 will same­sex marriage hearings, CPPA Director M.V. present their capstone projects Lee Badgett (economics) appeared in many news to faculty and peers. Gordon Hall 302­304 outlets across the globe. In addition to her UMass affiliation, Badgett is research director at the Thursday, May 9, 4 to 6 p.m. Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation Law and CPPA Graduation Reception Public Policy at UCLA's School of Law. She was A reception to honor CPPA an expert witness during California's Proposition 8 graduating students. trial, which examined the constitutionality of that state's 2008 ballot Blue Heron Restaurant, 112 initiative banning same­sex marriage. Watch her talk about the N. Main St., Sunderland economics of gay marriage on Bloomberg TV, and read her ______straightforward explanation of the issue in a PBS NewsHour blog.

Visit the Mednicoff Discusses U.S.­Israeli Relations on Al Jazeera CPPA Events Calendar Last month Assistant Professor David Mednicoff for up­to­date information (public policy) was a guest on Inside Scoop, a about all our events. program on Al Jazeera International. Mednicoff, who is also director of the Middle Eastern Studies program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, spoke about the current timbre of U.S.­ Israeli relations and the significance of President Obama's recent trip to Israel.

Schweik and Team Introduce Invasive Species App at Regional Natural History Conference Associate Professor Charles Schweik (environmental conservation and public policy) and a team that has worked on the Outsmart Invasive Species project will speak at the Northeast Natural History Conference this weekend in Springfield, Mass. The team will introduce workshop participants to the Outsmart app, which allows smartphone users to identify and report invasive species. Schweik is collaborating on the USDA­funded project with the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR). The presenting team includes Jennifer Fish, director of DCR's Service Forestry program in Amherst; three graduate students from the UMass Environmental Conservation Department; and Professor John Finn (environmental conservation).

Gano Talks Up Public Engagement in Technology Assessment at Czech Conference CPPA lecturer Gretchen Gano presented a poster titled "A Distributed, Collaborative 21st Century Approach to Technology Assessment: From Concept to Practice" at a conference last month in Prague sponsored by the Technology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis. Gano's presentation focused on Expert and Citizen Assessment of Science and Technology (ECAST), a pilot participatory technology assessment project started in 2010 at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International

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Pader Introduces Fair Housing Conference Keynoter

At this weekend's national Fair Housing and Civil Rights conference in Springfield, Mass., Associate Professor Ellen Pader (regional planning) will introduce keynote speaker James W. Loewen, author of Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong. Loewen has conducted significant research into "sundown towns," a term used to describe communities that have kept certain racial minorities from living within their limits.

Alumni CPPA Boston Alumni Gathering Please join CPPA Director M.V. Lee Badgett and other CPPA staff at this reception for CPPA alumni in the Boston area. Come say hello to old friends and perhaps meet a couple new ones! Thursday, May 2, 5 to 7 p.m., Worcester Room, University of Massachusetts Club.

Megan Nagel (MPPA '10) was recently promoted to public affairs officer at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service office in Portland, Ore. Previously, Nagel was the science applications communications coordinator in the Hadley, Mass., Fish and Wildlife Service office.

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