ANDREW YOUNG SCHOOL OF POLICY STUDIES

Science Careers’ First Person of the Year THE

BriefingSUMMER 2013 DEAN’S CORNER Policy Engagement Makes a asting mpact OutsideL Our Century-old I University We are halfway through Our founding dean, Roy Bahl, instilled policy engagement into Georgia State Univer­sity’s the culture of our school. An event hosted by the International centennial year, which the Center for Public Policy last fall celebrated Dr. Bahl’s career university community has achievements in combining excellence in academic research been celebrating all year long with wide-ranging policy expertise delivered to governments with a variety of events, speakers and parties. In this issue of The around the world. The event brought together renowned schol- Briefing, we celebrate the high-quality policy education, research ars in public finance to discuss taxation in developing countries, and outreach that are the hallmark of the Andrew Young School. an area in which our faculty continue to make significant contri- butions. The event served as an important reminder that the Our signature event for Georgia State’s centennial was an ethos of policy engagement supported by academic expertise urban policy discussion held by Ambassador Andrew Young and underpins all we do. Professor Harvey Newman in January. This standing-room-only event was moderated by Adjunct Professor Andrea Young, who In closing, it is particularly exciting to showcase the important led the conversation into an interesting discussion about the research of my longtime friend and mentor, economist Paula deals, compromises and public-private partnerships that shaped Stephan. Her path-breaking work on how the economics Atlanta and our university. of federal funding and the structure of our institutions have affected the labor markets of scientists who conduct research Probably the best-known attribute of our school is its every- has attracted huge attention across the globe. The distinction day engagement in real-life policy. The stories in this issue attest of being named “Person of the Year” by Science Careers is to the importance of translating research into policy and of really icing on the cake of Dr. Stephan’s remarkably successful involving policymakers and practitioners in the analyses of public academic career. ­policy issues. For example, last semester we partnered with the Center for the Advancement of Leadership Skills to deliver a three-day workshop for state government officials from across the Southeast. Another important event we held was the Fiscal Research Center’s forum on the public finance issues faced Mary Beth Walker by public schools. Dean

Georgia State University Georgia State University, a unit Mark P. Becker Jennifer Giarratano Andrew Young School of the University System of President, Georgia State University Editor of Policy Studies Georgia, is an equal opportunity Risa Palm Wendy Cromwell The Briefing educational ­institution and is an Provost and Senior Vice Marcia Jones Cross Summer 2013 equal opportunity/affirmative President for Academic Affairs Jelisa Lowe action employer. Karey Perkins The Office of the Dean Mary Beth Walker Kathleen Poe Ross ­publishes The Briefing For more information on Dean three times a year for the Andrew Young School, Leah Seupersad alumni, friends, faculty and ­contact us: Robert E. Moore Kate Van Camp staff of the Andrew Young Phone: 404-413-0021 Associate Dean Contributing Writers School of Policy Studies, Georgia Fax: 404-413-0023 Cynthia Searcy Meg Buscema State University, P.O. Box 3992, [email protected] Assistant Dean for Carolyn Richardson Atlanta, GA 30302-3992. www.andrewyoungschool.org Academic Programs Photographers

Avani Raval Cover: Professor Paula Stephan, Promotion, Events, Facilities ­Science Careers’ 2012 Person & Safety Officer of the Year ANDREW YOUNG SCHOOL OF POLICY STUDIES contents AYS News Economist in Demand ...... 2 Host to Leadership and Urban Policy Events ...... 4 Price Partners on $4.8 Million Study of Philanthropy ...... 5

Reaching Out GHPC Joins RuSH to Improve Health Outcomes . . . . . 7 Public Performance and 14 | Studies Show Race and School Discipline have Long-Term Consequences Management Group’s Satisfaction Studies Improve Performance...... 9 Fiscal Research Center Hosts Forum on School Finance . . 10 International Fiscal Policy Conference Honors Founding Dean ...... 10

Policy Research Fiscal Research Center Georgia’s Education Spending Declined 12 Percent | Alumna Wins Reports Now Available ...... 12 17 | the Last Two Recessions 39 Commission Seat Research on Georgia’s Tax System

Noted Speakers Suggests a New Approach . . . . . 13 11 | Visit Campus Report Examines

0.3% Georgia’s ESPLOST ...... 14 6.4% 6.7% 3.4% Does Universal Coverage 50.5% Improve Health? ...... 16 32.7% Million Dollar Plants Mauldin Joins AYSPS Best in Nation for Are No Magic Bullet 42 | 5 | Centennial Event: An Urban Policy Discussion 6 | Advisory Board Minority Graduations for Economic Development . . . . 18 Intimate Partner Violence: College Students’ Views and the Future ...... 19

Faculty Today ...... 20

Students Today ...... 28

Alumni Today ...... 34 22 | New Career Services Staff 32 | Indonesia’s Next 8 | GHPC Evaluators Advance the State of Expands the School’s Reach Policy Leaders Alzheimer’s Care Friends Today ...... 40

Andrew Young School of Policy Studies THEAYSPS BRIEFING NEWS | 1 Economist

Economics is about incentives and cost …

PAULA STEPHAN

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DemandFor Georgia State University economics professor Paula Stephan, 2012 was a landmark year.

began last January with the publication of her latest Stephan continues to influence the national dialogue by serving book, “How Economics Shapes Science,” to great on the National Research Council Board on Higher Education acclaim. As the year came to a close in December, and Workforce, the national academies’ Committee on Science, ­Science Careers, part of the journal Science, named Engineering and Public Policy, and the Board of Reviewing Ither its first Person of the Year. Between those two events, ­Editors for Science, on top of her research and ongoing projects. Stephan has been more in demand than ever before. Trained as a labor economist, “Economics is about incentives and cost, so I’m very interested Stephan began to study the Some of Stephan’s in how scientific enterprise is practiced at universities,” Stephan economics of the sciences says of her work. “It’s been unusually busy since the book came not long after arriving at upcoming projects out, and now with sequestration and budget issues and all the Georgia State University in focus on earning problems that young people are having, the topics I work on 1971. A researcher at the have become perhaps more policy-relevant.” National Science Foundation inequality, the role of drew her attention to data In her book, Stephan explores the basic economic principles on hiring patterns in the foreign-born people in of incentive, cost and risk as they apply to scientific research ­sciences in the late 1970s, the field and the way at universities. Cost-benefit calculations figure prominently in and she’s been working funding and hiring decisions, leading to “safe” research topics, on related topics since. research funding is inequitable earning and diminished career prospects for young spent at universities, scientists struggling in a glutted labor market, she has found. Some of Stephan’s upcoming projects focus subjects that mirror Stephan’s expertise on the economics of science and careers on earning inequality, the more general policy of young people in the field has taken her across the United role of foreign-born people States and Europe. Since publishing her book, she has given in the field and the way concerns across more than a dozen talks at conferences and symposia of policy research funding is spent the country. and scientific organizations, and she has several more lined up at universities, subjects that this year. ­mirror more general policy concerns across the country. In addition to her speaking engagements, Stephan fields fre- quent press inquiries and has been tapped to write articles “I never would have predicted these topics would be so much and op-eds for scientific journals and other publications. on people’s minds,” Stephan says. “Some progress has been made, but there’s a lot more progress that needs to be made.” Science Careers describes Stephan as “an individual who, ­during the past 12 months, has made an especially significant and ­sustained contribution to the welfare of early-career scientists."­ The publication noted in a story announcing the ­Person of the Year award that, over the years, her work has changed the ­conversation around the scientific workforce.

Andrew Young School of Policy Studies AYSPS NEWS | 3 Host to Leadership and Urban Policy Events Through the year, the Dean’s Office and AYSPS faculty and center directors are frequently asked to brief current and aspiring policymakers on the work of the school as well as important policy concepts and skills essential to their field. Highlights of some recent gatherings follow.

Center for the Advancement of Leadership Skills The Andrew Young School hosted the 2012 Center for the Advancement of Leadership Skills conference in partnership with the Southern Legislative Conference (SLC) in September. The event drew upon the school’s expert faculty to design and create the instructional program, which was attended by state legislators and members of the executive branches and judicial systems from the SLC’s 15 member states.  AYSPS faculty also led four days of policy ­workshops – in ­partnership with instructors from the SLC – on topics that included economics, healthcare reform and adaptive leadership. The training is designed to help SLC ­members build on their communication, conflict resolution, consensus building and critical­ decision-making leadership skills.

Clockwise from Top: Associate Dean Robert Moore, right. SLC ­delegates enjoy their time at AYSPS. State Fiscal Economist Ken Heaghney, left, with SLC Executive Director Colleen Cousineau

Georgia Congressional Staff Meeting Also in September, nearly a dozen of the directors, assistants, deputy directors and other senior legislative staff members for Georgia’s congres- sional delegation descended upon the Dean’s Office to learn more about the mission and programs of the Andrew Young School. Of ­particular interest to this audience were presentations on the work of the Georgia Health Policy Center, made by ­Director Karen Minyard, and on the Fiscal Research Center, made by Director Sally Wallace, who also chairs the economics department.

GHPC Director Karen Minyard, center, and members of Georgia’s congressional delegation

4 | AYSPS NEWS www.andrewyoungschool.org Centennial Event: An Urban Policy Discussion

Ambassador Andrew Young and Professor Harvey Newman led faculty and friends in a conver­ sation on the important policies that have shaped Atlanta and Georgia State University at a pub­ lic forum in January. Topics centered on the vital policy decisions Young made as mayor and Georgia State’s impact on the surrounding city as an urban university.

Young and Newman revealed how many of the projects have joined the city of Atlanta and Georgia State in the past and how each of their roles changed during these partnerships. The discussion was moderated  by Andrea Young, executive director of the Andrew Young Foundation.

Professor Harvey Newman, left, moderator Andrea Young and Ambassador Andrew Young Price Partners on $4.8 Million Study of Philanthropy Georgia State University has partnered with the University of Chicago­ and other universities to establish a new Science of ­Philanthropy Initiative that will explore the underpinnings of philanthrop­ y. Funded by a generous $4.8 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation, the initiative joins research faculty in strategic partnerships with local and national nonprofits to learn more about the science behind charitable giving.

Michael Price, associate professor of economics in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, has joined a team of researchers that will lead studies seeking answers to the big questions about philanthropy: Why do people give? How do people give across the life cycle and across cultures, and how can philanthropy be increased?

“We expect our initiative to produce research that will give practitioners around the world a better understanding of the underlying motives for charitable giving. Our work will advance new strategies for soliciting gifts that will improve donors’ well-being and increase giving,” says Price. “Improved knowledge of the decisions that shape philanthropic giving can be applied by practitioners and policymakers interested in philanthropy and the private provision of public goods.”

The Science of Philanthropy Initiative will host an annual conference, speaker and webinar series, and a competitive small grants pro- gram. Researchers and scholars from the economics and psychology departments at the University of Chicago are collaborating on the program with those from Georgia State, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Brown University and the University of Minnesota.

Learn more about the Science of Philanthropy Initiative at www.spihub.org.

Andrew Young School of Policy Studies AYSPS NEWS | 5 Best in Nation for Minority Graduations

GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY, the No. 1 nonprofit insti- as they move through class sections together, and Keep HOPE tution in the nation for awarding bachelor’s degrees to African Alive, which provides students the opportunity to regain the American students, leads the country in graduating minorities HOPE scholarship through intensive workshops, partnered with a 17 percent one-year increase according to Diverse: Issues with early intervention and proactive academic advising have in Higher Education. all influenced student success.

The university surpassed Florida A&M and North Carolina Academic advisors have also begun using a new advising A&T University, presenting 1,262 bachelor’s degrees to African ­system that identifies struggling students before their grades Americans in 2012. In the last decade, Georgia State has raised falter – the first of its kind in the nation. its graduation rates by 29 percent. It has been appointed one of the “Top 100 Colleges for Hispanics Bachelor’s, Master’s and “Georgia State is committed to serving all students and Doctoral degrees” by The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education helping them reach their goals. With these new programs and is one of the top 50 institutions in the country for graduat- and resources, I am confident our students will attain ing Asian students. even higher levels of success,” says Timothy Renick, Georgia State’s associate provost for academic programs and chief Enrichment programs like the university’s Freshman Learning enrollment officer. Communities, which allow students to develop peer support

Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Enrollment by Race: Spring 2012

Undergraduate Graduate

0.3% 0.2% 6.4% 6.7% 7.2% 3.4% 1.9% 15.5%

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6 | AYSPS NEWS www.andrewyoungschool.org GHPC Joins RuSH to Improve Health Outcomes

Georgia, which ranks among the in order to address their health care medications work for patients and that top states for sickle cell disease, is one and resource needs.” GHPC has part- children’s immunizations are up to date, of seven states par­ticipating in a pilot nered with the Georgia Department and ensuring health promotion materials project with the U.S. Centers for Disease of Public Health, Sickle Cell Foundation go out to health providers for their Control and Prevention (CDC) and the of Georgia, Grady Health System, patients. The NIH also wants the RuSH National Institutes of Health (NIH) called ­Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta data to go to primary care physicians the ­Registry and Surveillance System for and Georgia Regents University and other specialists to ensure they have Hemoglobinopathies (RuSH). on this project. the correct information to meet health promotion and prevention guidelines.” Since 2010, the Georgia Health Policy Early research outcomes Center (GHPC) has joined others have enabled the team to ­collecting information for this project identify where to focus out- Early research outcomes have enabled to learn about the number of people reach efforts and will aid living with sickle cell and thalassemias, the development of educa- the team to identify where to focus members of the family of inherited tional materials for providers, outreach efforts and will aid the blood ­disorders known as hemoglobin- ­policymakers and legislators. development of educational materials for opathies. Research findings based on this data “may provide new ideas for Using the RuSH project as a providers, policymakers and legislators. drug therapies and can spur the devel- model, ­Snyder and colleagues opment of tests that can determine are now involved in collecting severity of diseases over the lifespan,” data for the CDC-funded Public Health Snyder says the NIH is planning to come according to the NIH. “Such data are Research, Epidemiology and Surveillance out with clinical treatment guidelines to essential for public health agencies to for Hemoglobinopathies (PHRESH) support medical subspecialists in jointly allocate adequate resources to meet ­project. Snyder co-directs the Georgia treating these patients as they age. the medical and social service needs PHRESH project with the Georgia of these patients.” Department of Public Health. Researchers on the RuSH project believe the data will be helpful to other “In this project we determined the “In PHRESH we are validating the states interested in developing similar annual incidence and prevalence of sickle ­methods used in RuSH to determine surveillance systems for sickle cell and cell disease and thalassemia in Georgia the prevalence of sickle cell disease,” thalassemia patients. Learn more about between 2004 and 2008,” says Angela explains Snyder. “We are assessing the RuSH project at www.cdc.gov/ Snyder, a GHPC research assistant pro- how the data can be used for developing ncbddd/hemoglobinopathies/index.html. fessor. “We also defined the demograph- health promotion materials, highlighting ics of those living with these disorders prevention awareness, determining what

Andrew Young School of Policy Studies REACHING OUT | 7 GHPC Evaluators Advance the State of Alzheimer’s Care Georgia has the fifth fastest-growing population of the disease – and their families – and the Georgia Health aged 60 and over, according to the Georgia Policy Center (GHPC) to evaluate these multiple interventions. Department of Human Services Division of GHPC research associates Elizabeth Fuller, Susan McLaren and Aging Services. Between 2010 and 2030, this Kristi Fuller are co-principal investigators on the evaluation of these projects: a clinical counseling program for people with population is expected to increase 66 percent early-stage Alzheimer’s disease, a driver assessment program, to 2,533,710 persons, and the count for those and a family support program called TCARE, or Tailored Care- giver Assessment and Referral. aged 85 and over is projected to nearly double. “Georgia has some innovative interventions that are the only The large spike in Georgia’s senior population is expected to programs of their kind in the country designed for persons with result in more cases of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, which early stage Alzheimer’s disease,” says Elizabeth Fuller. “It was will create a greater need for services such as transportation, exciting to be a part of evaluating these new programs.” health care and in-home support for the elderly. Currently, most programs address these diseases near the end of a per- Clinical Counseling son’s life; however, there is a growing need for programs that The clinical counseling program, developed by nationally recog- address these individuals’ needs early on. nized clinical social worker Robyn Yale, uses psychotherapeutic techniques to understand, prevent and relieve psychologically To this end, the Georgia Division of Aging Services (DAS) based distress or dysfunction. applied for and received two U.S. Administration on Aging grants: Alzheimer’s Disease Innovation and Dementia Capable The program was piloted in Atlanta and Augusta. Clinical Sustainable Service System Grant. DAS contracted with the ­counselors and social workers worked with 17 newly diagnosed Georgia Alzheimer’s Association to assist with programs participants who, in GHPC interviews, expressed “an extremely designed to improve services to persons in the early stages positive experience in the counseling program.” Participants

8 | REACHING OUT www.andrewyoungschool.org reported that this program helped them with their emotional adjustment and provided practical coping skills and resources such as memory aids and cognitive exercises.

“In the two years of interviews we conducted, every participant said that he or she would recommend the program to others,” says Fuller. “It seemed to really meet a need that people had right after diagnosis.”

Driving Assessment and TCARE In the first program, a sample of people with early-stage Alzheimer’s disease had their driving capacity evaluated to assess whether they met the cognitive and physical require- ments of driving. The evaluation included a written exam, From the left: Susan McLaren, Elizabeth Fuller and Kristi Fuller sign recognition, driver simulation, road test and vision exam.

“Through our interviews we found that almost half of the Financial decision-making is a major concern. Approximately ­participants ceased driving after the evaluation,” says McLaren. $2.9 billion was lost to this population in 2011 due to financial “Although the families were very supportive, it was hard for abuse and exploitation, according to a MetLife study. The some early-stage Alzheimer’s participants to face the reality Alzheimer’s Association-Georgia Chapter has partnered with of losing their independence.” the state’s Division of Aging Services, Adult Protective Services to pilot a screening instrument to better determine the financial The team also evaluated the state’s TCARE program to assess capacity of an individual with dementia. the well-being of caregivers. “Georgia has invested in cutting-edge programs and services to Based on a University of Wisconsin program, TCARE was assist people with dementia,” says Kristi Fuller. “Its work enables piloted with a sample of 51 caregivers in middle Georgia, those with the disease to be connected and engaged.” Augusta and Savannah through the Area Agencies on Aging and local Alzheimer’s Association chapters. Caregivers, mostly women caring for their mothers in their homes, received TCARE evaluations quarterly to adjust the resources they needed. Public Performance The National and Management ­Association of State “The study’s small sample size made it difficult to make defini- Personnel Executives tive conclusions on the effectiveness of the TCARE program,” Group’s Satisfaction named the Georgia says McLaren. “Our preliminary data suggest that TCARE was Studies Improve State Personnel most effective at lowering burdens like stress, depression and Administration infringement on other aspects of life.” Performance ­initiative, “Becoming a Great State to Evaluations Continue Serve,” its NASPE Eugene H. Rooney Innovative Program The GHPC is currently evaluating a telephone reassurance Winner at its annual awards luncheon July 2011. ­program, caregiver training and financial capacity screen- ing programs. The initiative’s program design was informed by statewide employee Workplace Satisfaction surveys conducted by the In the telephone reassurance program, a buddy-system Andrew Young School’s ­Public Performance and Management approach has been established to connect caregivers with Group. The goal was to increase employee satisfaction scores other ­caregivers and persons with dementia with like persons. by two points. The results: a year after the initiative’s kick-off, An inexpensive but effective approach, the program enables the average score had risen five points. peers to talk to each other. The Public Performance and Management Group is recog- Caregiver training, “Powerful Tools for Caregivers,” is a six-week nized for its expertise in measuring customer satisfaction, evidence-based course that provides caregivers resources and employee satisfaction and employee engagement. Its services strategies to better handle their unique challenges through are available to city and county governments as well as state improved self-care. agencies. For more information contact Professor Greg Streib, ­program director, at [email protected] or 404-413-0184. Go to http://www.ppmgsu.org/.

Andrew Young School of Policy Studies REACHING OUT | 9 Fiscal Research Center Hosts Forum ON SCHOOL FINANCE

A room packed with state and local policy­ makers, students and ­academicians attended the Fiscal Research Cen- ter’s November program, “Weathering the ­Perfect Storm: Options and Issues for the Future of School Finance in Georgia.” From the left, panelists Kelly McCutchen, Ryan Mahoney, Angela Palm and Herb Garrett Nationally recognized Andrew Young School education policy • Professor David Sjoquist on The presentations were followed by a and school finance scholars and their “Property Tax and Education: panel discussion on “Finance and School presentations included: Have We Reached the Limit?” District Challenges.” Panelists included the state’s top education policymakers • Professor Tim Sass on “Using • Associate Professor Eric Brunner including Herb Garrett, executive direc- Research to Help School Districts and Research Associate Nick Warner tor of the Georgia School Superinten- ­Facing Tough Choices” on “School Facility Funding in Georgia dents Association; Angela Palm, director and the ESPLOST” of policy and legislative services for the • Georgia House Appropriations Georgia School Boards Association; Kelly ­Committee Vice Chairman Tom McCutchen, president and chief execu- ­Dickson and Georgia House Budget tive officer of the Georgia Public Policy and Research Deputy Director Chris- Foundation; and Ryan Mahoney, vice tine Murdock on “The State Funding president of public policy for the Georgia Formulas: Issues and Options” Chamber of Commerce. • Assistant Dean Cynthia Searcy on the Presentations are available at “Impact of the Recession on School http://aysps.gsu.edu/frc/edu-fin. Attendees at the forum Revenues Across the State”

International Fiscal Policy Conference Honors Founding Dean Eminent fiscal policy scholars from all over the world gathered Presentations delved into issues such as the critical importance in Stone Mountain, Ga., last fall to honor Andrew Young School of administration in shaping outcomes; changes that have taken of Policy Studies founding dean Roy Bahl at the conference, place in tax performance and tax thinking; how new develop- “Taxation and Development: The Weakest Link” (Essays in Honor of Roy Bahl). Sponsored by the school’s International Center for Public Policy, par­ ticipants – many of whom are Bahl’s friends, colleagues and students – presented essays to provide the basis for an important book on taxation in developing countries. Roy Bahl, center front, and Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, to his right, AYSPS faculty and other conference participants

10 | REACHING OUT www.andrewyoungschool.org Standards Raise Student Olken’s research focuses Achievement?” at the Seventh on the political economy Noted Dan E. Sweat Lecture on of developing countries, Oct. 2. His presentation with a particular focus on explored the effectiveness corruption. He directs the of the more rigorous high Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Speakers school graduation require- Action Lab, commonly ments many states have known as J-PAL. A network adopted in response to lag- of 70 professors working in ging high school achievement. the area of randomized eval- uations in universities around Jacob is the Walter H. the globe, J-PAL’s mission is Visit Annenberg Professor of Edu- to reduce poverty by ensur- cation Policy at the Gerald R. ing that policy is based on Ford School of Public Policy, ­scientific evidence. Campus University of Michigan, and a faculty research fellow at the In Indonesia, Olken is Each semester the Andrew National Bureau of Economic involved in several random- Young School offers a full Research. His primary fields ized evaluations that seek ­roster of presentations by of interest are labor econom- to reduce corruption and ­visiting academic experts fully ics, program evaluation and improve targeting of pro- engaged in rigorous and rele- the economics of education. grams that provide local vant policy research. Last fall, In recent work, he has exam- ­public goods to villages. His faculty from the University ined school choice, education presentation focused on a of Michigan and the Massa- accountability programs, field experiment in 400 Indo- chusetts Institute of Technol- housing vouchers and teacher nesian villages that empirically ogy made presentations on promotion policies. tested whether ordeal mech- their latest research. anisms improve the targeting As principal investigator on of aid programs to the poor. Education Policy a recent research project Expert Explores evaluating teacher effective- Olken is associate editor of Student Achievement ness in Atlanta Public Schools, the Journal of Development National education policy along with Dean Mary Beth Economics. He holds a Ph.D. expert Brian Jacob presented Walker, Jacob examined in Economics from Harvard. Brian Jacob ”Does Raising Educational some of the test score data for investigations into CRCT cheating. He has served as a policy analyst in the New International Fiscal Policy Conference Honors Founding Dean York City Mayor’s Office and has taught middle school in ments in economic research techniques within the context East Harlem. Jacob holds a of international income taxation may affect how we respond Ph.D. in Public Policy from to challenges; and how to make property taxes and user the University of Chicago. charges more effective. MIT Field Economist Bahl, who has dedicated much of his career on the study Discusses Anti-Poverty and improvement of tax systems at both the national and Programs in Indonesia sub­national level in developing countries, rounded out Benjamin Olken, a professor the two-day conference by offering lessons learned about of economics at the Massa- ­strengthening ­revenue systems in developing countries. chusetts Institute of Technol- ogy, presented “How to Find Conference presentations and comments are available the Poor: Field Experiments as video clips at www.facebook.com/pages/International- on Targeting Anti-Poverty Benjamin Olken Center-for-Public-Policy/116735631679589?viewas=0&sk= Programs in Indonesia” on app_4949752878. Nov. 16.

Andrew Young School of Policy Studies REACHING OUT | 11 Fiscal Research Center Reports Now Available The Fiscal Research Center (FRC) has published new reports highlighting Georgia’s state and local tax structure, tax expenditures and their impact on state revenues, and the loss of premium and low-paying jobs. Georgia’s Taxes: Georgia’s Revenue and Georgia Tax Expenditure The Change in Jobs A Summary of Major Expenditure Portfolio in Report FY2014: The FRC Across Georgia’s Coun- State and Local Govern- Brief, 1989-2010 (FRC Policy has prepared this report ties: Distribution, Type, ment Taxes, 19th ­Edition Brief No. 254, January 2013): each of the last three years and Quality of Jobs (FRC [FRC Annual Publication A(19)]: According to this policy by request of the state’s Policy Brief No. 253, Decem- Written by professors Caro- brief written by Bourdeaux, Department of Audits and ber 2012): In this report, lyn Bourdeaux and Richard FRC Research Associate Accounts. It estimates what alumnus ­Zackary Hawley Hawkins and senior research Nicholas Warner and gradu- federal and state tax deduc- (Ph.D. in Economics ’12) associates Peter Bluestone ate students Sandy Zook and tions cost Georgia every updates information on the and Robert Buschman, this Sungman Jun, Georgia’s per year in lost tax revenue. distribution, type and quality manual ­delivers details on capita revenues and expendi- It also details tax credits, of jobs for every Georgia Georgia’s state and local tax tures have fallen from near exemptions and/or deduc- county and shows each coun- structure including tax rates, the middle to the bottom tions received by businesses ty’s total employment as a revenue production from compared to other states. and individual taxpayers that percent of the state’s total. taxes and tax rate compari- The state raised more per are present in all of Georgia’s It shows that over the last sons to eight other south- capita revenue and had more major taxes, and their values decade, Atlanta’s metropolitan- eastern states. It also includes capita direct expenditures so they can be tracked over area counties experienced an overview of important in FY2010 than in FY1989, time. Copies can be down- a loss in premium jobs while adjustments made in Geor- but these increases have loaded on the Governor’s adding mid-range jobs, and gia’s tax policy over time and not matched those in Office of Planning and Budget offers counts by county and key facts on the growth of other states. Also during site at http://goo.gl/laV5Q. industry. For example, the Georgia’s income and sales this period, Georgia’s real leading industries for job tax revenue production. per capita direct expendi- The personal income tax growth in the state include tures fell from No. 30 to educational ­services, health was first levied in Georgia FY2012 State General No. 48, nationally. care, public administration, in 1929 at a rate equal to Fund Tax Collections leisure and hospitality, and sci- one third the federal rate entific and technical services. Personal Income 50.4% As previous assessments of income taxation. The General Sales have shown, Georgia is current rate structure, The state of Georgia and Use 32.9% more dependent on core which includes six brackets appears to have lost a Motor Fuels 6.3% revenues than other states, ranging from one percent to ­significant share of its Corporate Income and in the recent recession, six percent, has remained ­premium jobs, while and License 3.7% it is these revenues that unchanged since 1955 … replacing some of these Insurance Premium 1.9% have taken a substantial The individual income tax jobs with mid-range jobs. Motor Vehicle hit. … The declining core License 1.9% collections equaled $7.7 … In general, the metro- revenues combined with politan area is increasing Tobacco 1.4% billion in FY2011 and already low non-core accounted for 50 percent its share of jobs in the Alcoholic Beverage 1.1% ­revenues have caused of Georgia’s revenues from state, but this is largely Property 0.4% Georgia’s ­revenue rank to taxation. In CY2011, 4.2 mil- because these counties Estate 0.0% drop to 47th in the nation lion individual returns were are just not declining Grand Total 100.0% in own source revenues. filed with the state. as fast in job losses.

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12 | POLICY RESEARCH www.andrewyoungschool.org Research on Georgia’s Tax System Suggests a New Approach

report by the Fiscal Research Center (FRC) suggests that Georgia legislators looking at any future state Conclusions A tax reform would do well to imitate the framework and Suggestions investors use to balance investment portfolios. As Georgia government officials In “Georgia’s Tax Portfolio: Present and Future” (FRC Report consider future tax changes, it No. 247, September 2012), economist Ray D. Nelson proposes is important to remember that Georgia policymakers consider items beyond current tax legislative decisions that adjust receipts when discussing adjustments to the state’s tax base the tax base or rates not only or rates. Lawmakers would do better if they designed the affect immediate tax receipts, state’s tax policy – its mix of sales and income taxes – to but also alter the long-term meet both short- and long-term goals, the report suggests. expected growth and volatility of revenue streams. In considering the characteristics of Georgia’s economy Georgia’s primary revenues are from income and sales taxes. and its current tax portfolio, the following findings suggest Income taxes add more growth and greater risk to the stream insights that might foster tax policy improvements. of tax revenues, while sales taxes are more predictable but also • Although Georgia and southeastern states have enjoyed grow more slowly. The state’s current tax portfolio uses each preferable growth and volatility combinations in the past, of these sources equally. recent history shows that the economies of Georgia and other southeastern states are growing more slowly with Recognizing the trade-off between economic growth and higher volatility than other states. ­volatility, Nelson suggests the state should select tax portfolios that balance these two objectives, which sometimes compete. • Like most other states, Georgia depends on a combina- tion of income and sales taxes. The income tax imparts “The Great Recession altered the frontier. Georgia’s tax port­ both high growth and risk to the stream of tax revenues. folio moved from a position of growth and stability to less Although sales taxes grow more slowly, they do have growth and more volatility,” says Nelson. “Our report discusses less uncertainty and volatility. Currently, Georgia’s tax how to move Georgia back into a stronger position with key portfolio combines the growth and volatility of these recommendations to expand the sales tax base and consider two tax sources equally. alternative revenue sources. • Because of the higher expected growth rate of personal “Adding food to the sales tax base will slightly decrease the income taxes, it should be expected that the importance growth rate of taxes after giving an initial infusion of tax reve- of personal income taxes as measured by their portfolio nue. In other words, tax revenues will grow from a new, higher percentage will continue to rise if no changes are made level, but at a slower rate,” he writes. Because food purchases to the tax structure. are fairly stable and consistent over the long run, adding them • Georgia’s economy gives it a favorable position in the into the sales tax base also increases predictable revenues. growth and volatility grid. Its tax portfolio, however, causes it to move to an inferior position relative to The report also predicts that personal income taxes, as mea- some of its bordering states. sured by portfolio percentage, will continue to rise in impor- tance if state legislators forego any changes to the tax structure. • Adding food to the sales tax base will slightly decrease the growth rate of taxes after giving an initial infusion Finally, in order to raise additional revenue, Georgia should of tax revenue. In other words, tax revenues will grow investigate the potential of taxing those services it does not from a new, higher level but at a slower rate. Because already tax. Doing so can create higher growth rates and of the stability of food purchases, this addition to the lower volatility. sales tax base will also cause revenues to be less volatile.

Download the report at http://goo.gl/zfp1j. • In order to raise additional revenue, Georgia might also want to investigate the potential higher growth rates and lower volatility inherent in any services not already taxed.

Andrew Young School of Policy Studies POLICY RESEARCH | 13 Studies Show Race and School Discipline have Long-Term Consequences Christine Roch

Christine Roch, left Report Examines Georgia’s ESPLOST Were state policy- 158 of the state’s 159 counties and have per pupil on school facilities; after, makers to allow represented as much as 80 percent of Georgia is now closer to the average. the use of Education the facility funding available to school Special Purpose ­districts. Local voters consider ESPLOSTs • Before the ESPLOST, long-term Local Option Sales a popular alternative to property taxes, debt per pupil in 1996 was approxi- Taxes, or ESPLOSTs, with 94 percent of local referenda pass- mately $3,900 in school districts out- to fund local operat- ing in the 16 years since this legislation side Georgia and $3,200 in the state. ing costs for schools, was approved. By 2008 this debt averaged nearly Eric Brunner ESPLOST revenue $8,000 per pupil outside Georgia could cover between Associate Professor Eric Brunner and and only $3,560 in Georgia. 17 and 31 percent Research Associate Nicholas Warner of these funds examine the ESPLOST in Georgia in • ESPLOST measures are popular. They according to a new FRC Report No. 250 and Policy Brief pass by similar margins regardless of Fiscal Research No. 250 and find: when an ESPLOST referendum is held. ­Center study. (See table at right.) • ESPLOSTs have helped improve capi- ESPLOSTs have tal investment in Georgia’s schools. • Districts have significantly different been implemented Prior to the ESPLOST, Georgia lagged sales tax bases, providing for significant Nicholas Warner at various times in other high-growth states in spending variation in revenues available through

14 | POLICY RESEARCH www.andrewyoungschool.org There are, Does race matter in In making the disciplinary decision, racial leads to a non- in general, school discipline? Associate match matters, Roch found, especially representative two types ­professor Christine Roch looked at between teachers and students. “Teach- government, ­student-teacher racial and ethnic ers see students of a different race as one that of school matches, called “representation” in more troublesome.” With a weaker does not punishments, school bureaucracy, and discovered match, students received “stigmatizing make ­policy Roch explains. race was a significant­factor in the sanctions,” such as OSS or expulsion; that benefits types of punishments ­students received. with a stronger match, schools more minority populations, which will likely She first reported this­finding in often give ISS, rehabilitative discipline lower the overall quality of democratic “Representative Bureaucracy and more likely to support continued student governance and reinforce persistent neg- Policy Tools: Ethnicity, Student Disci- learning and capacity building. ative constructions of some target popu- pline, and Representation in Public lations,” she said. “Everyone suffers.” Schools,” (Administration & ­Society, 2010), Roch also suggested that the choice of co-authored with David Pitts (American disciplinary tools can have far-reaching Roch recommended specific actions in University) and Ignacio Navarro (Califor- con­sequences beyond failure to com- this article to help mitigate the detrimen- nia State University – Monterey Bay). plete high school, because it affects tal effects of weaker matches on minor- experiences students may have later. ity students: “Use OSS and expulsions There are, in general, two types of “A larger cycle occurs,” she said. “Stu- as little as ­possible so we are not harm- school punishments, Roch explained. dents who received negative disciplinary ing specific groups based on our social “One type is going to be better for actions don’t look at government posi- stereotypes. Make teachers aware that ­students: in-school suspension (ISS) tively, don’t vote, and don’t become they have these biases sometimes; train and alternative schools. With these involved. The idea is that if you expel them to be aware and step back a little types, ­students keep on learning. With ­students, larger detrimental effects will when they are making decisions about the ­second type, out-of-school suspen- affect future relationships these students students and to question themselves as sion (OSS) for a year or expulsion, stu- will have with the government. to whether race is playing a role in their dents are removed from the school’s assessment of these students.” environment. This may be detrimental “A weaker match is particularly detri- to the student in the long run.” mental to minority students; minority She then wrote a follow-up article, non-involvement in government then “Differing Effects of Representative Bureaucracy in ­Charter Schools and ­Traditional Public Schools,” published in The American Review of Public Adminis- ESPLOSTs. In Georgia, for example, revenues could cover up to 21 percent tration (2012), that grew out of the first the top 10 percent of districts studied of operating funds. article. She found weaker effects for race raised $9,505 per student more than match in charter schools. “The social “School districts do continue to report the bottom 10 percent. These distribu- construction of students might be based substantial facility needs, particularly tional issues are primarily a function less on race and ethnicity and more on in the area of renovations and mainte- of the sales tax base and are not asso- the values inherent in the school,” she nance,” says Brunner, “so the shift to ciated with enrollment growth, median says. “The school mission, not race, is operations would represent a trade-off family income (i.e., poverty), or per- the student’s identity. The idea is that between competing priorities. Addition- centage of minority students. everyone is on the same team.” ally, the state would need to consider The report then discusses important how ESPLOSTs may increase disparity in Roch sees room for future studies issues to consider if the state’s elected school district ­funding across the state.” on the broader effects of the social officials were to allow school districts ­environment. “For example,” she says, Download copies of FRC Policy Report to use ESPLOSTs for operating funds. “if there is a lot of contact between No. 250 and Policy Brief No. 250 at For the average school district, ESPLOST racial groups, would people’s stereotypes http://aysps.gsu.edu/frc/7460. lessen? You would think so. Whether

ESPLOST Referenda Results by Election Year Status or not you have a teacher who matches YES VOTE TURNOUT you racially might not be as big a deal.” ELECTION YEAR STATUS COUNT PASS RATE PERCENTAGE PERCENTAGE Held During a General Election or Primary 69 92 .5% 64 .1% 40 .6% Find these articles at: http://arp.sagepub. Not Held During a General Election com/content/42/3/282.full.pdf+html and or Primary 493 94 .5% 68 .6% 12 .9% http://aas.sagepub.com/content/42/1/38.

Andrew Young School of Policy Studies POLICY RESEARCH | 15 Does Universal Coverage Improve Health? The Massachusetts Experience Suggests It Does

UNIVERSAL HEALTH led to better overall self- CARE COVERAGE for assessed health with improve- all Americans can lead to ments in physical health, improved health according mental health, functional to new research by Depart- ­limitations, joint disorders ment of Economics Assistant and body mass index. Professor Charles Courte- manche and Georgia Health The paper has been released Policy Center Research as a National Bureau of ­Associate Daniela Zapata. ­Economic Research working paper and is a “fair and reasonable” contri- Courtemanche says that, under review for bution toward an employer publication in a health insurance plan or pay ­relative to the rest of the refereed journal. a state assessment.

United States, Massachusetts The Massachusetts Beginning in 2014, the federal has a lower uninsured rate model, comprised Patient Protection and of insurance Affordable Care Act (ACA) and fewer fiscal problems. ­market reforms, mandates that businesses mandates, subsi- with 50 or more employees and fewer fiscal problems. In looking at the success of dies and Medicaid expan- that don’t provide health care “When universal coverage the Massachusetts model, sions, made a concerted insurance will face penalties. was introduced in 2006, the authors conclude that effort to ensure health care ­Massachusetts’ uninsured the health effects of this insurance for those with The Massachusetts reform rate was 10 percent, and half reform were strongest among pre-existing conditions, those also provides subsidies and of the reform was financed women, minorities, near- too poor to afford health Medicaid expansions that by the federal government,” elderly adults and those with care and those who willingly help low- and middle-income he says. “By 2010, Massachu- low incomes, many of whom take risks, like young adults. households comply with the setts’ uninsured rate had were either uninsured or mandate. Massachusetts and been reduced to two per- had pre-existing conditions. Massachusetts law mandates the ACA share similar models cent. Nationally, the uninsured that adults be covered where health insurance is rate is 18 percent, with the In their working paper, “Does by health insurance and mandated to be free for chil- goal of reducing it to five per- Universal Coverage Improve employers provide health dren and families in poverty. cent in 10 years.” Health? The Massachusetts insurance. Since 2007, resi- Experience,” Courtemanche dents without adequate Courtemanche says that, To read the working paper, and Zapata find that Massa- ­coverage face a penalty. ­relative to the rest of the go to http://www.nber.org/ chusetts’ health care reform Employers with more than United States, Massachusetts papers/w17893. 10 employees must make has a lower uninsured rate

16 | POLICY RESEARCH www.andrewyoungschool.org Georgia’s Education Spending Declined 12 Percent theLast Two Recessions ducation spending in Georgia has declined about 12 percent from 2002 to 2011, at an average of nearly $1,200 per student according to Assistant Dean Cyn- thia Searcy, an education policy expert. This reduction Eresulted from a 25.1 percent real decline in state revenues and a 6.2 percent reduction in local revenues, which were partially offset by an increase in federal revenue during the same period.

Nearly 88 percent of the state’s school districts collected less revenue per pupil (adjusted for inflation) in 2011 than in 2002. Median annual declines in state aid to school districts of 4.7 per- cent from 2007 to 2011 compounded the declines from the 2001 recession.

In “Impact of the Recession on School Revenues across the State” (FRC Report No. 251), Searcy examines the changes in revenue sources for Georgia school districts from 2002 to 2011 and how individual districts responded. She also explores Cynthia Searcy whether and how the changes in per-pupil revenues and district responses vary by level of student poverty, minority status, Searcy notes that federal per-pupil revenues increased each ­location and changes in property values. recession in a pattern that aided districts with high proportions of students in poverty with larger funding increases compared “The underlying factor driving total per-pupil revenue reduc- to those districts with fewer students in poverty. However, the tions was a district’s ability to raise local revenue in the face of size of the federal share is so small – despite federal per-pupil state reductions,” she says. “Districts with the steepest declines revenues growing by 77.6 percent over this period, that it was in local property values have experienced larger reductions not enough to offset total per-pupil reductions. in per-pupil revenues as a result of constrained options for increasing local revenues.” Download the report at http://aysps.gsu.edu/frc/7460.

Andrew Young School of Policy Studies POLICY RESEARCH | 17 the cost of incentives, cost of servicing the facility and its employees, housing and education.

“A lot of local governments initially believe all growth is good growth and offer a lot of incentives to recruit million dollar plants,” she continues. “They do not plan appropriately. They need to think through the overall costs and bene- fits for facilities, employee salaries and relocation, as well as a community’s ­infrastructure such as housing, education and public services.”

Georgia is restricted in the types of incentives it provides. Before making Million Dollar Plants an incentive offer, the state assesses the company’s overall effects.

Are No Magic Bullet “Georgia uses a fiscal impact model to analyze a potential firm’s effect on public for Economic Development services, its continued funding of local development activities, and the cost of servicing employees and dealing with ­in-migrants,” says Patrick, who has pro­ Tax abatements, Patrick makes her case in her working fessional as well as academic knowledge financial incentives paper, “Identifying the Local Economic of this topic. Prior to joining the AYSPS, and public invest- Development Effects of Million Dollar she was vice president for research for ments are the pri- Facilities,” based on firms that relocated a public-private economic development mary economic and/or built new facilities between organization in Carroll County, Ga. development tools 1982 and 1993, predominantly in many local govern- the Southeast. “New firms should generate productivity ments use to lure spillovers that induce new economic Carlianne Patrick “million dollar “Firms like BMW and Mercedes relo- activity and fiscal surplus,” says Patrick. plants” to a community. Yet, do these cated to the Southeast because there “A net local government finance gain incentives provide a win-win situation was less union presence and labor was is then distributed through lower taxes for the plant and the community? Do cheaper,” says Patrick. “Plus, the South and/or better public services, which the benefits outweigh the costs associ- was a good place for both export and attracts new economic activity and ated with recruiting and servicing the domestic markets.” more economic development. company and its employees? Many local governments believe offering “There is no evidence that this activity “Million dollar plants are not the eco- new firms incentives automatically brings is happening for the average ‘winning’ nomic development magic bullet that positive spillovers such as more jobs, county in my sample,” she continues. state and local officials think they are,” ­better public services and lower taxes. “Overall, we’re just not seeing the says Assistant Professor of Economics employee growth, fiscal surplus and lower Carlianne Patrick. “There is little evi- “Existing firms benefit from enhanced tax rates as a result of these incentives. dence that successful attraction of a productivity when new firms come into ­million dollar plant actually induces the an area,” she says. “This was the case “We will continue to have sluggish desirable economic development out- for existing firms in the Greenville, S.C., job growth, and there will be more comes such as employment growth, area when BMW built a new manufac- ­pressure on state and local government new economic activity and fiscal surplus turing plant there in 1992. However, officials to create different strategies for the average local community.” the firm and any new economic activity for economic development.” induced by productivity spillovers do not appear to generate more local gov- Download a preliminary draft of ernment revenue than expenditures like the report at http://goo.gl/H5mVH.

18 | POLICY RESEARCH www.andrewyoungschool.org INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE: College Students’ Views and the Future

Millions of women suffer from abuse by an intimate partner every year. Some find strength to leave their abuser, but others expe- rience many barriers when attempting to escape their violent relationships. Past research suggests that how society responds to domestic violence incidents is related to the way individuals view the victims; however, not much has been done to examine views on those victims who remain with their abuser.

In “The Blameworthy Victim: Domestic Violence Myths & the Criminalization of Victimhood,” forthcoming in the Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, alumna Christina Policastro (Ph.D. in Criminal Justice and Criminology) and Professor Brian K. Payne reveal college students’ attitudes toward abused women. They examine whether students support common myths about abuse and if they view victims as blameworthy.

Some people believe domestic violence myths – the miscon- ceptions and false beliefs about intimate partner violence – such as the idea that domestic violence only includes physical abuse or that it is easy for victims to flee these unhealthy rela- tionships. Policastro, who co-authored the report while a doc- toral student, and Payne find that most people disagreed with domestic violence myths and did not approve of the punish- ment of victims.

Those who believed these myths support advocacy efforts for increased criminal justice penalties, implying that myths do, indeed, place criminal labels on victims. “Policies, such as reviewing domestic violence strategies to ensure they are based on accurate information, can reduce According to the study, four in 10 respondents believed that ­misconceptions about intimate partner violence,” says Payne. children should be taken away from mothers who remain in “The goal should be to prevent policies from turning victims violent relationships. One in five believed that women who are into offenders by placing criminal labels on them, and instead abused in front of their children should be criminally prosecuted creating the services and resources that will help them.” for exposing them to violence. He and Policastro also propose administering courses on “I was most surprised to learn that a moderate portion of the ­violence against women in colleges and universities. Their sample was in favor of holding mothers accountable criminally research reveals that exposure to victim experiences through for exposing their children to domestic abuse rather than such programs can change attitudes and force students to escaping the violent setting,” says Policastro. ­challenge their own biases.

The authors use the term “mythical cycle of violence” to illus- Policastro and Payne recommend using advocacy methods trate how domestic violence myths may indirectly contribute to dispel myths and effectively educate the public on domestic to violence. Generally, these myths encourage criminal labels violence to reduce any false impressions. A key strategy is which in turn limit effective services and responses, and may ­training human services professionals on proper knowledge ultimately promote continued victimization. and effective responses to the issue.

They suggest that addressing effective strategies to reduce “Although implementing mandatory training policies is not the myth promotion – the level at which a person believes these sole solution to reducing domestic violence incidents, accurate myths – among criminal justice professionals will help position understanding about domestic violence is needed for criminal them to break this cycle of violence. justice professionals to effectively serve victims,” says Payne.

Andrew Young School of Policy Studies POLICY RESEARCH | 19 FACULTY NEWS Publications Awards & Honors CRIMINAL JUSTICE Weisburd, D. & Joshua Hinkle . (2012). CRIMINAL JUSTICE The Importance of Randomized Experi- ments in Evaluating Crime Prevention. Erdal Tekin, Timothy Brezina and In B. C. Welsh and D. P. Farrington (Eds.), Gabriel Kuperminc (Georgia State) Josh Hinkle Cathy Liu The Oxford Handbook on Crime Prevention. were awarded a three-year, $466,673 New York, NY: Oxford ­University Press. grant from the U.S. Department of Erdal Tekin and Janet Currie (Prince- ­Justice’s Office of Justice Programs for a ton) were awarded a National Institutes Volkan Topalli, Timothy Brezina project titled “Future Selves, Motivational of Health R21 grant of $221,181 to study & Mindy Bernhardt (Ph.D. candidate). Capital, and Mentoring Towards College: the health consequences of the fore­ (2013). With God on My Side: The Para- Assessing the Impact of an Enhanced closure crisis. He and colleagues Marie doxical Relationship Between Religious Mentoring Program for At-Risk Youth.” Louise Schultz-Nielsen and Jane Greve Belief and Criminality Among Hardcore (Rockwool Foundation) were awarded Street Offenders. Theoretical Criminology, Josh Hinkle and Volkan Topalli approximately $108,000 from the Danish 17(1), 49-69. are co-principal investigators with Eliza- Council for Independent Research for beth Griffiths (Rutgers) and Kay Levine “Ramadan Exposure in Utero and Health ECONOMICS (Emory) on a three-year, $390,000 grant and Socio-economic Outcomes of ­Muslim Immigrants in Denmark: An from the National Science Foundation James C . Cox . (2012). Clocks and Analysis of Fetal Origins Hypothesis.” titled “Race, Place and Discretion in the Trees: Isomorphic Dutch Auctions and Handling of Drug-Free Zone Charges.” Centipede Games. Econometrica, 80(2), PUBLIC MANAGEMENT 883-903. Volkan Topalli was appointed associate AND POLICY editor of Bibliographies in Criminology Julie Hotchkiss, ­Robert Moore (Oxford University Press). & ­Fernando Rios-Avila (Ph.D. in Cathy Liu was awarded a Regional ­Economics). (2012). Assessing the Wel- Studies Association Early Career Grant fare Impact of Tax Reform: A Case Study ECONOMICS of $15,690 for “The Geographic Loca- of the 2001 U.S. Tax Cut. The Review tion and Mobility of Immigrant Entre­ of Income and Wealth, 58(2), 233-56. Jorge Martinez-Vazquez delivered preneurs in the U.S.” and is co-principal the prestigious Dr. Raja J. Chelliah investigator on a joint project titled Paula Stephan . (2012). The Other ­Memorial Lecture at the National “Immigrant Entrepreneurship and 1 Percent. Scientific American, 307, 50-1. ­Institute of Public Finance and Policy Agglomeration in High-Tech Industries in New Delhi, India, in November. in the U.S.” and funded with a $50,000 Resul Cesur (Ph.D. ’09) Sabia, J. & Erdal He presented “The Growth-Equity grant from the Kauffman Foundation. Tekin . (2013). The Psychological Costs of ­Tradeoff in Tax Policy Design: Evidence War: Military Combat and ­Mental Health. from a Large Panel of Countries.” John Clayton Thomas was appointed Journal of Health Economics, 32(1), 51-65. to the editorial board of Public Adminis- Carlianne Patrick was awarded tration Review (Wiley). the Regional Science Association PUBLIC MANAGEMENT ­Inter­national’s 2012 Dissertation Prize Bill Waugh was appointed to the AND POLICY for her research, “Essays in Economic ­editorial board of Administration & Growth and Development Policy.” Society (Sage). Cathy Liu . (2012). The Causes and Dynamics of Minority Entrepreneurial Felix Rioja was appointed to Brad Wright was named editor of the Entry. Journal of Developmental Entre­ the ­editorial board of the Journal of Journal of Public Administration Research preneurship, 17(1), 1-23. Financial Economic Policy (Emerald). and Theory (Oxford University Press). Cathy Liu & Wen Xie (M.P.P. candi- Paula Stephan was appointed date). Creativity and Inequality: The to the Board of Reviewing Editors Dual Path of China’s Urban Economy? of Science­ (AAAS). Growth and Change, forthcoming.

20 | FACULTY TODAY www.andrewyoungschool.org Presentations CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Volkan Topalli gave an invited address titled “Deterring the Athletes from ­Doping: A Criminological Perspective Kurt Schnier Debra Kibbe on Risk-Sensitivity, Deterrability and Paul Ferraro Karen Watkins Informal Sanctions” to the U.S. Anti- SOCIAL WORK Doping Agency at its annual research PUBLIC MANAGEMENT conference co-sponsored by the World AND POLICY Robin Hartinger-Saunders, Rine, Anti-Doping Agency and the U.S. Olym- C.M., Wieczorek, W. & Nochajski, T. pic Committee in Atlanta in October. Carolyn Bourdeaux presented (2012). Family Level Predictors of Victim- “A Briefing on Georgia’s Budget and ization and Offending Among Young Men: Barbara Warner, Kristin Swartz TABOR” to the Georgia Chapter of Rethinking the Role of Parents in Preven- (University of Louisville) and Shila the AARP and “A Briefing on Georgia’s tion and Intervention Models. Children Hawk-Tourtelot (Ph.D. student) Budget” to the Georgia Partnership for and Youth Services Review, 34, 2423-32. ­presented “Racial Homophily in Social Excellence in Education in Atlanta. Networks and Informal Social Control” Jan Ligon, Thyer, B. & Cobb, A. (2012). at the American Society of Criminology Dennis Young and Jesse Lecy Academic Affiliations of Social Work meetings in Chicago in November. ­presented “Defining the Universe of Journal Article Authors, 2004–2008. Social Enterprise: Competing Metaphors” ­Journal of Social Work Education, 48, 613-22. to the New York University-Stern ECONOMICS ­Conference on Social Entrepreneurship Jill Littrell & Lacasse, J. (2012). Con­ in New York City in November. troversies in Psychiatry and the DSM-5: Paul Ferraro organized a symposium The Relevance for Social Work. Families titled “The Causal Effects and Mecha- in Society, 93(4), 265-69. nisms of Protected Areas on Poverty” SOCIAL WORK and presented “Causal Mechanisms Fred Brooks presented “Analyzing Kelley, S.J., Whitley, D .M . & Campos, of Protected Areas on Poverty” at ACORN Through a Real Utopia Lens” P.E. (2013). African American Caregiving the ­Society for Conservation Biology at the American Sociological Association Grandmothers: Results of an Interven- ­Meetings in Oakland, Calif., in July. 107th Annual Meeting in Denver tion to Improve Health Indicators and in August. Health Promotion Behaviors. Journal of Carlianne Patrick presented ”What Family Nursing, 19, 53-73. do Million Dollar Facilities Really Do?” C.M. Rine and Robin Hartinger- at the 2012 annual meetings of the Saunders presented “An Integrated RESEARCH CENTERS North American Regional Science Approach to the Transfer of Learning in ­Association in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Child Welfare Curricula” at the Title IV-E James C . Cox (EXCEN), Kurt in November. She was also an invited National Roundtable Conference in Schnier, Vjollca Sadiraj et al. (2012). discussant in the Journal of Regional Galveston, Texas, in May. Risk Factors for 30-Day Hospital ­Science Special Session. ­Readmission Among General Surgery Terri Lewinson presented ”Support- Paula Stephan presented “The Impact Patients. Journal of the American College ing Undergraduate Research Through of Federal R&D” at the Office of Man- of Surgeons, 215(3), 322-30. ­University/Community Partnership” with agement and Budget in Washington, B.S.W. student Jamie Redding at the James E . Dills (GHPC). (2012). D.C., in September. She also presented National Association of Social Work ­Objectively Measuring Route-to-Park “How Economics Shapes Science” as Annual Conference in Atlanta in October. Walk­ability in Atlanta, Georgia. Environ- keynote speaker at the Health Research ment and Behavior, 44(6), 841-60. Alliance’s fall meeting in Bethesda, Md., Karen Watkins presented “Evidence- that month. Based Psychosocial Treatment With Older Debra Kibbe (GHPC) et al. (2012). Adults Who Have Diabetes” at the Atlanta Míranos! Look at Us, We Are Healthy! Regional Geriatric Education Center An Environmental Approach to Early ­Initiative Continuing Education session Childhood Obesity Prevention. Childhood on Older Adults with Diabetes in August. Obesity, 8(5), 429-39. continued on page 22

Andrew Young School of Policy Studies FACULTY TODAY | 21 Faculty News continued from page 21 On the Go RESEARCH CENTERS

Glenn Landers (GHPC) presented Mathieu Arp (OAA) has been pro- “On the Effects of Aging: Dual Eligible moted to assistant director of graduate Medicaid and Medicare Senior Issues, the admission and program administration. Federal Budget and Health Care Issues” before the 2012 Senate Aging Study Paul Ferraro (Econ) was the keynote Committee in Atlanta in October. speaker at the Consultative Group on in September. He is joined in the above International Agricultural Research’s “Sci- photo by Cosmin Goian (left), West James E . Dills (GHPC) presented ence Week” at the Word Agroforestry ­University’s Social Work department “Public Health Institutes: Building National Centre in Nairobi, Kenya, in September. chair, and Aledandru Neagoe, deputy Capacity for Health Impact Assessment” dean, Faculty of Sociology and Psychol- and Glenn Landers presented “Are Robert Friedmann (GILEE) was ogy (right). Money Follows the Person Program invited to participate in “Seminar 15” ­Participants Better Off? A Pre- Post- of the U.S. Army War College’s four-day Cathy Liu (PMAP) presented “From Analysis of Quality of Life” at the Ameri- Commandant’s National Security Program Cities to Suburbs: The Intrametropolitan can Public Health Association’s Annual for 355 high-ranking officers in Camp Location and Growth of Ethnic Enter- Meeting in San Francisco in October. Hill, Penn., in July 2012. In September he prises,” co-authored with alumnus chaired the session, “The Challenges of Samir Abdullahi (M.P.P. ’11) at the Susan McLaren (GHPC) presented Illegal Immigration for Law Enforcement,” Race, Ethnicity, and Place VI conference the poster, “Medical Legal Partnerships: at the 12th World Summit on Counter in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in October. How Evaluation Makes the Case for Terrorism, ICT-Herzliya, in Israel. ­Collaboration” at the American Evalua- Jamia Luckett (CJ&C) was awarded tion Association’s Annual Conference Jan Ligon (SSW) was a plenary speaker a Staff Scholarship fall semester 2012. in Minneapolis in October. for an international family conference She joined the Department of Criminal at West University in Timis¸oara, Romania, Justice and Criminology earlier last year New Career Services Staff Expands School’sthe Reach Catherine Johansson joined the Career means getting them more involved in Services & Student Life office this fall as panels, career fairs and doing informa- a career and employer relations special- tional interviews,” she explains. ist, a new position created to serve more Andrew Young School students. She notes that while the school has numerous relationships with public and The office offers resources to students nonprofit organizations, more new con- and alumni that help them develop career nections can be made. In addition, she and leadership skills. Johansson’s position is forging stronger connections with the is two-fold; she works externally with business community. “One of our biggest potential employers and internally with needs is private employers; my goal is students and alumni seeking guidance. to reach out and communicate with them better so students will have a On the employer side, Johansson is larger scope of opportunity,” she says. working to develop relationships the AYSPS already has with many employers The new position allows the Career Catherine Johansson and engage them more fully. “That ­Services office to be more proactive

22 | FACULTY TODAY www.andrewyoungschool.org as an administra- and the Universidad IberoAmericana Dennis Young (PMAP) chaired several tive specialist after in ­Mexico City in November. panels and delivered two papers at the holding positions 10th International Conference of the in Georgia State’s John Clayton International Society for Third Sector Office of Registra- Thomas (PMAP) Research in Siena, Italy, and served as tion and Compli- delivered invited faculty at the 3rd EMES International ance and the presentations Ph.D. Summer School in Trento, Italy, Jamia Luckett Department of titled “Citizen, in July 2012. In June 2012 he was a Applied Linguistics ­Customer, Partner: visiting faculty member at the IAE Paris & ESL. Luckett holds a B.A in Journalism Re-Thinking the Sorbonne Graduate Business School. from the University of Georgia. John C. Thomas Relationship Between the Pub- Vjollca Sadiraj (ECON) presented lic and Public Management” at the City Spotlight on “Paradoxes and Mechanisms for Choice ­University of Hong Kong and the 5th under Risk” at the 74th International International Conference on Public Man- the Georgia Atlantic Economic Conference in Mon- agement in the 21st Century: Opportu- International Law treal, Quebec, Canada, in October. nities and Challenges in Macau in October. Enforcement David Sjoquist (ECON) wrote Maggie Tolan (Dean’s Office) was Exchange (GILEE) the preface for A Primer on Property recently elected to sit on the board Tax: Administration and Policy (Wiley- for Camp Fire Georgia. Blackwell) edited by William McClusky, GILEE co-sponsored the Gary Cornia and Lawrence Walters. Sally Wallace (ECON) presented fourth annual Law Enforcement “Parental Incarceration and Child Food and ­Business Continuity Summit Erdal Tekin (ECON) gave the keynote Security” at the University of Venice, in Atlanta in September. About speech, “Efficiency and Equity Challenges Ca’Foscari on November 19 in Venice. 200 participants including corpo- in Public Child Care Provision,” at the She and Susan Laury traveled to Venice rate security, corporate counsels, Inter-American Conference on Social to conduct tax compliance experiments law enforcement, homeland Security organized by The World Bank with Michele Bernasconi of Ca’Foscari. ­security and public safety ­officials heard presentations on cyber- crime and cyber­terrorism issues and ­participated in a simulated live attack scenario in three differ- in placing students in internships. Johans- career services office led by Maggie ent breakout sessions facilitated son, while managing employer relations, Tolan,” says graduate student Kate Van by six national experts. is able to develop and post more intern- Camp (M.P.A.). “Since Dr. Tolan created ship opportunities. the center, it has continually expanded Additionally, GILEE hosted its its services and resources. Now she can 16th delegation of police leaders On the career side, Johansson provides spend more time engaging potential from Israel at its annual, intensive students more one-on-one career employers and networking to continue two-week anti-terrorism peer ­guidance in areas like resume and cover expanding the school’s reach.” training program in Georgia in letter reviews and career search support. October. The 15-member delega- She also leads workshops and special The goal for the office is to make tion participated in site visits and events that the office regularly offers. employers aware of Andrew Young professional public safety briefings ­students and the exceptional qualities at more than a dozen state and Johansson came to the AYSPS from the they have to offer. AYSPS students round local police departments and Georgia Aquarium, where she launched out the staff, gaining experience while ­public safety ­agencies, visited an internship program and managed aiding their peers. ­Lockheed Martin to view the more than 1,700 volunteers. She also C-130 and was welcomed by led professional development at Zoo “The idea is, when people need some- ­several mayors and other elected Atlanta. She holds a B.A. in Sociology one as an intern or have a job posting, officials. Several media posted and a master’s degree in teaching, both they will think of Georgia State and the visit, including the story, from the University of Virginia. the Andrew Young School, specifically,” “Officer Offering Advice,” on says Tolan. “Our students and alumni enjoy an WSB Channel 2 Action News. incredibly effective and personalized

Andrew Young School of Policy Studies FACULTY TODAY | 23 ADVANCES IN ADVISING: Office of Academic Assistance Expands

The Andrew Young School has expanded its Office of Academic Assistance (OAA) to better serve its population.

After the School of Social Work and the Department of Criminal Justice and Crimi- nology joined the school, From the left: Charisma Parker, Danielle Churchill, Jacqueline Pearce, Michelle Lacoss and Sandra Williams the OAA brought in two new undergraduate advisors, Georgia State University in incoming graduate program students before they reach Danielle Churchill and Sandra 2007, she spent five years applications throughout the out for help.” Williams, in February 2012. working in the university’s admissions process. “I make Charisma Parker, a graduate admissions and recruitment sure candidates have their In addition to its personnel admissions coordinator; departments. She recently applications completed and expansion, the university has Michelle Lacoss, an adminis- began pursuing a Master help them prepare for enroll- invested in new advisement trative specialist-curriculum; of Public Administration ment once admitted,” she says. software to better aid coun- and Jacqueline Pearce, a cus- degree with a concentration selors in evaluating students’ tomer service specialist, have in nonprofit management. “We are very excited to progress. They use these also joined the office. have everyone on board,” ­programs to look at markers Sandra Williams, who has says Director Williams. that assess such progress. The National Academic worked as an academic advi- The office also plans to intro- Advising Association recom- sor in higher education since ”I’m very excited about the duce new workshops and mends a student-to-advisor 2007, says her “passion is to recent growth of our office,” programs – such as test prep- ratio of 300:1. With the help others gain success in she continues. ”It allows us aration programs and time OAA’s expansion, its ratio is life by creating positive and to be more creative and management – and more in- now approximately 350:1, strong inner thinking.” She more engaged with students depth study abroad counseling. which OAA Director Shelly- holds a bachelor’s degree in and outreach.” Williams' Ann Williams considers much psychology from Clayton team can now provide more “I want the OAA to be a improved from its previous State University, a master’s proactive advising to ensure place students want to come, 700:1 ratio. “Our advisors degree in psychology from students are on track. “When not just a place they have now have more time to better the University of Phoenix the advisor-to-student ratio to come to when they’re in manage their student popula- and is working toward an was much higher, there was trouble. This office has never tion and provide significantly M.A. in Community Counsel- no way for a counselor to been about quantity advise- more assistance than was ing from Argosy University. check on students before ment – it’s about quality – previously available,” she says. they started falling off track. and now we’re going to be Parker worked as an enroll- Now, it’s not just about man- able to do that even better,” Churchill is familiar with ment services assistant in aging a huge student popula- she says. the AYSPS as an advisor Georgia State’s undergradu- tion. Advisors are able to and a student. After receiving ate admissions office until she intervene early and contact Visit the OAA website her B.A. in English from joined AYSPS. She manages at http://aysps.gsu.edu/oaa.

24 | FACULTY TODAY www.andrewyoungschool.org dynamics are central to ELPNO Assembles Nonprofit Nonprofit understanding the future of specific organizations and the Executives for Leadership Training Sector Expert nonprofit sector as a whole.

Keynotes Panelists Alicia Philipp of Annual Forum The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Inc., Dave McMurty of Habitat for Humanity International and Lester Salamon, who Joe A. Arnold of SunTrust ­pioneered the empirical study responded to the issues he of the nonprofit sector in raised in his presentation. the United States, presented “The State of Nonprofit Salamon has written more America” at the Andrew than 20 books on the topic, Young School’s Nonprofit two in their second and Issues Forum last fall. third editions: The State of Nonprofit America (Brookings, Salamon, a professor at 2012) and America’s Non- The Johns Hopkins University profit Sector: A Primer (The and director of the Johns ­Foundation Center, 2012). Eighteen nonprofit organization leaders from through- Hopkins Center for Civil out the Southeast participated in the sixth annual Executive Society, suggested that Amer- The forum was sponsored Leadership Program for Nonprofit Organizations (ELPNO) ica’s nonprofit organizations by The Foundation Center- in June 2012. This annual joint training effort, organized by the are caught in a force field Atlanta, Georgia Humanities Andrew Young School’s Nonprofit Studies Program, University buffeted by voluntarism, Council, Southeastern Coun- of Georgia’s Fanning Institute and Georgia Tech’s Institute for ­professionalism, civic activism cil of Foundations, United Leadership and Entrepreneurship, provides participants the and commercialism. He sug- Way of Metropolitan Atlanta, skills needed to manage their organizations ­during difficult gested that understanding Woodruff Arts ­Center, ­economic times. this force field and recogniz- Alston & Bird, LLP and the ing the factors shaping its Andrew Young School. The 2013 training was held June 9-14. Go to www.elpno.org/. Georgia State Expands University Advisement Center The University The new center, holding more than 60 academic advisors who represent every Georgia State ­college and undergraduate major, represents a structural change in academic advisement and Advisement expands the resources available to undergraduate students. Advisors use a cutting-edge, web- based advising system to track academic progress and indicate when interventions may be Center has moved ­necessary, with the goal of steering more students to successful completion of their degrees. to 25 Park Place Four advisors serve Andrew Young School undergraduates at the new center: in the former • Michael Charlton – freshmen SunTrust Bank • Berkley Arakawa – sophomores up to 42 hours building. • Qua-Aisa Blackman – sophomores and juniors with more than 42 hours • Fritz Kroncke – sophomores and juniors with more than 42 hours

For more information on how to seek academic assistance and how this critical service works to assist students in completing their degrees, go to http://advisement.gsu.edu/.

Andrew Young School of Policy Studies FACULTY TODAY | 25 AYSPS Welcomes Libby Kauss joined as a research associ- ate I. She works closely with the COE and the Money Follows the Person program. New Georgia Health Kauss comes to the GHPC from the Georgia Governor’s Office. She holds an M.S.W. from Policy Center Staff Georgia State University. Mohammad Khalaf joined the GHPC David Bolt is a research associate I and a after serving as a program manager for the member of the Center of Excellence in Child Child Education and Wellbeing Project in the and Adolescent Behavioral Health team, also Palestinian Territories. His work focuses on known as COE. He joined the center from chronic disease prevention, cancer and health the Multi-Agency Alliance for Children, where equity strategic planning, community health he worked as a care coordinator. Bolt holds needs assessment and health workforce analy- an M.S.W. with a concentration in community sis. He holds an M.P.H. from the University of North Carolina partnerships from Georgia State University and a B.S.W. with at Greensboro and a B.S. in Biology from Guilford College. a minor in Sociology from the University of Georgia. Astrid Prudent joined the Center of Excel- Robyn Bussey, a research associate II, comes lence team as the COE master trainer/coach to the center from Platt Health Management for High Fidelity Wraparound implementation. Consulting, Inc., where she worked as a senior She joins the GHPC with experience as a consultant on various health planning, research Wraparound supervisor and care coordinator. and regulatory projects. She holds a bachelor’s Prudent holds a Master of Community Coun- degree from Florida A&M University and an seling from Argosy University and a B.A. in M.B.A. and Master of Health Administration ­Psychology from the University of Central Florida. from Georgia State University. Michelle Rushing, a research associate II, Jimmy Dills is a research associate II. He conducts Health Impact Assessment projects, comes to the center from Nashville, where training and technical assistance and prepares he was the health impact assessment coordi- research on links between the built environ- nator for the Metro Public Health Depart- ment and human health, work she did previ- ment. ­Earlier he worked in the Centers for ously for the Georgia Department of Public Disease Control and Prevention’s Division Health, city and regional planners, and local of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity. public health districts. She holds an M.P.H. from Georgia State Dills holds an M.P.H. and a B.S. from Emory University and University and a B.A. in Anthropology from Cornell. a Master in Urban Planning from the University of Louisville. Cynthia Williams joined the COE team Sacha Gayle joined the staff as adminis- as a research associate II. She comes from trative assistant. She supports the senior the Public Citizen’s Health Research Group, ­administrative coordinator by working closely where she served as managing editor. Williams’ with ­student assistants and providing support work focuses on data analysis, data-driven to meeting logistics and special projects. quality improvement methods and report Gayle holds a Bachelor of Business Adminis­ ­writing. She holds an M.P.A. with a concentra- tration with a concentration in marketing tion in Program Evaluation and Policy Analysis from Georgia from Georgia State University. State ­University and a B.A. in English from Loyola University.

Cina Hartage joined the center as an Daniela Zapata, a research associate II, ­administrative assistant. She provides adminis- focuses her work on data analysis for children trative support for the Center of Excellence and adults with behavioral health needs. She and assists in meeting and event logistics. also supports the development of data-based ­Hartage worked in several departments quality improvement processes. Zapata holds at Georgia State before joining the COE. a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) and an M.S. in Economics from Universidad de Chile and UNCG.

26 | FACULTY TODAY www.andrewyoungschool.org On Bookshelves Now

The Oxford Handbook of State The Board Chair Handbook, Crime Types: A Text/Reader, and Local Government Finance 3rd edition Second Edition Robert D. Ebel and John E. Petersen, Eds. Mindy Wertheimer Dean A. Dabney

“Three pounds “The Board Chair “Blending original and an ounce or Handbook focuses text with research, two: That’s what my on helping board Crime Types: A Text/ kitchen scale tells chairs carry out their Reader provides a me the new book responsibilities for conceptually driven by Robert D. Ebel the good of the orga- examination of the and John E. Petersen nization. Whether you major types of mod- weighs. It was the last are a seasoned board ern crime: homicide major opus written by Petersen, a long- chair wanting to brush up and learn and assault; violent sex crimes; robbery, time Governing columnist, before his sud- something new, an incoming board chair ­burglary and property crime; public den death this past spring. And while it seeking knowledge and skills, or a person order crime; and crimes within complex may be hefty, The Oxford Handbook of considering the possibility of becoming organizations. The author, known for State and Local Government Finance is a board chair, you will find this book his publications as well as his scholarship, also packed with insights. It is a compen- user-friendly and practical. Chief execu- uses engaging original opening and con- dium of 35 essays by knowledgeable and tives, other management personnel who cluding chapters; extensive, in-depth thoughtful thinkers on a broad range of interact with the board chair (including introductions to the remaining chapters; subjects within the purview of state and operations officers, development direc- and headnotes to each article — all local finances. tors, financial officers, and marketing highlighting the text’s major themes, directors), and consultants who work ­findings and broader framework. This “Now, if one is looking for … must- with nonprofit organizations also will find innovative conceptual framework helps reads … then consider: Sally Wallace’s the guidance provided useful. students understand the behavioral, essay on ‘The Evolving Financial Architec- ­cognitive, cultural and social facets of ture of State and Local ­Governments.’ “This updated third edition offers new ­different types of crime. Twenty-five Sally examines state and local gover- material in every chapter with expanded selected readings from diverse voices nance through the prism – well, matrix sections on the board chair role and bring the concepts to life and provide – of the nation’s economic structure, the partnership with the chief execu- in-depth applications of the text’s mate- demographic composition and institu- tive. A new appendix outlines a leader- rial.” – Wolters Kluwer Law & Business tional arrangements in order to make ship development model for using this Aspen Publishers · 464 pp. ‘fiscal sense’ for a 21st century public ­handbook to create a peer-to-peer ISBN-13: 978-1454803164 ­sector.” – Penelope Lemov, “Dissecting learning community of board chairs.” State and Local Finances,” Governing.com – BoardSource BoardSource; Third Edition · 135 pp. Additional AYSPS contributors include: ISBN-13: 978-1586861322 • David L. Sjoquist and Rayna Stoycheva – “Local Revenue ­Diversification: User Charges, Stephan Addresses the National Postdoctoral Sales Taxes, and Income Taxes” Association 2013 Annual Meeting • Carolyn Bourdeaux and W. Bartley Professor Paula Stephan delivered the keynote address at the 11th Annual Meeting of ­Hildreth – “Pullback Management: the National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) in Charleston in March. Stephan’s speech State Budgeting under Fiscal Stress” emphasized how to enhance the current state of the postdoctoral experience and Oxford University Press, USA · 1,056 pp. how to make efficient use of training resources. ISBN-13: 978-0199765362 The NPA, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the postdoctor­ al experience, addresses national issues that confront the postdoctoral community. ­Policies proposed by the organization are being considered and adopted by federal agencies and research institutions throughout the United States.

Andrew Young School of Policy Studies FACULTY TODAY | 27 STUDENT NEWS

Jennifer R . Cruze (Ph.D. States for the Association in Criminal Justice & Crimi- of Boxing Commissions. nology) & Muftic, L. Policing Intimate Partner ­Violence in Glen Bosnia-Herzegovina. Violence Ishoy Against Women, forthcoming. (Ph.D. in • Criminal Andrew “Andy” ­Foster Justice (B.S. in Public ­Policy) was & Crimi­ named executive officer of nology) the California State Athletic received a 2012 Clendenin Commission in Los Angeles Fellowship from Kennesaw in October. Prior to joining State University. A Cobb the commission, Foster County police officer, Ishoy was executive director of holds an M.A. in Criminology Bhayu Purnomo (M.A. in Economics) and Mark Rider the Georgia Athletic and from the University of ­presented their paper, “Domestic and Foreign Shocks from Entertainment Commission West Georgia, where he the Indonesian Stock Market: Time Series Evidence,” at the and also regional director was inducted into the Sixth Southeastern International Development Economics Con- of the Southeastern United National Criminological ference at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta in December. Honor Society in 2011.

Jim Cox & Christina Policastro Danyang (Ph.D. in Criminal ­Justice) AYSPS Hosts KEI Event Li (Ph.D. in & Brian Payne . (2012). Economics). An Examination of Deviants (2012). and Deviance in the Durable Do I Care Medical Equipment Industry. if You Know Deviant Behavior, 34(3), I Betrayed You? Economics 191-207. Bulletin, 32(4), 2839-48. Vjollca Sadiraj & Juan Erdal Tekin presented Sun (Ph.D. in ­Economics). “Stand Your Ground Laws (2012). Efficiency in Alternat- and Homicides,” co-authored ing Offers ­Negotiations over with Chandler McClellan Gains and Losses. Economics (Ph.D. in Economics) at the ­Bulletin, 32(4), 2366-74. Economics of Crime Work- shop organized by the School Cathy Liu & Wen Xie of Economics at Erasmus (M.P.P.). Creativity and University, The Netherlands, Inequality: The Dual Path The Economic Institute (KEI) held a university-wide event in October. of China’s Urban Economy? titled “U.S. Foreign Policy Towards Asia in a Time of Transition” Growth and Change, forth- in October. A record 80 students participated in the event’s Donald E . Hunt (M.S. & coming. (NOTE: Xie is now Six Party Talk Simulation, representing delegates from the Ph.D. in Criminal ­Justice & a doctoral student at the United States, South Korea, North Korea, Japan, China and Criminology). ­Training in Law ­University of Chicago.) ­Russia working together on solving challenges in the region. Enforcement Accreditation Panel speakers Abraham M. Denmark from the National of Criminal ­Justice Agencies. Shila Hawk-Tourtelot Bureau of Asian Research, Anthony Kim from the Heritage In J. Albanese (Ed.), Encyclope- (Ph.D. in Criminal Justice Foundation and Nicholas Hemisevicz from the Korea Economic dia of Criminology and Criminal & Criminology) is the Institute also spoke to the students about U.S. foreign policy, ­Justice. New Jersey: Wiley- project manager for the and how to build careers. The event was coordinated by Blackwell, forthcoming. Atlanta Police Department Grace O, a ­clinical assistant professor in economics. ATLAS Project.

28 | STUDENTS TODAY www.andrewyoungschool.org Policy à Paris

Taking his interest • in policy “They patiently taught from •other organi- across the pond, student me new things,” says Cairl. zations such as Tim Cairl (M.P.P.) spent last He conducted research on European Parlia- spring in Paris as an intern French legislation regarding ment, the Assembly with the Economic Section data privacy and wrote National and the of the United States Embassy. cables on a variety of topics Organization for including the Euro crisis and Economic Cooper- Cairl, whose degree concen- advances in French technol- ation & Develop- tration is in planning and ogy. He says that some of ment (OECD). ­economic development, says his greatest experiences, Tim Cairl he is extremely interested however, occurred outside Back in Atlanta and in the public sector and of his assignments. in his final semester ­foreign service in particular. at Georgia State University, “I am exceptionally proud Approximately five months “In addition to the excellent Cairl is an intern with the of the quality and amount after he applied for an intern- quality and amount of work UPS Foundation. He was of work I completed at the ship with the State Depart- I was given, the embassy recently honored by the embassy, and I have been ment, he landed the foreign offered a variety of network- Andrew Young School as ­fortunate enough to make post-eligible position. ing opportunities. Interns are “Graduate Intern of the Year” great friends and colleagues also encouraged to attend for his internship with the who I hope to continue An excited Cairl arrived the multitude of lectures, State Department in addition ­communicating with through- in Paris on March 17 and ­presentations and confer- to receiving the UPS Founda- out my professional career,” went to work two days later. ences that Paris has to offer,” tion Fellowship. Cairl says. The Embassy is at Place he says. de la Concorde – situated Upon graduation, Cairl hopes For more information on ­picturesquely between Cairl attended lectures to have a job lined up with internships with the U.S. the Tuileries Garden of at several Paris universities the State Department. He Department of State, visit: the Louvre and the famed and corporate-based lec- will take the Foreign Service http://careers.state.gov/ Avenue des Champs-Élysées. tures with World Bank. “At exam this semester to get students#.UUEpP1fkdWI. From day one, says Cairl, these lectures, I was able to closer to his dream job as Or contact the Office of the staff made him feel present myself on behalf of an analyst in city planning Career Services & Student ­welcomed and assigned the embassy and talk to the or transportation policy. Life at 404-413-0069. him important projects. lecturers as well as attendees Expert Panel Addresses Sex Trafficking The Office of Career Services & Student Life hosted a “The most significant thing we’ve done is educating the fall panel discussion, “Human Trafficking – A Look at the public that these children are victims – they are not criminals,” ­Economics, ­Policies, Enforcement & Victims of the Industry,” said Unterman about the legislature’s involvement in the issue. to raise awareness about the economics and policies of the As senator, she has created an infrastructure for nonprofits sex ­trafficking industry, particularly in Atlanta. that are educating law enforcement and judges who have biases against prostitution. Featured panelists were Georgia Sen. Renee Unterman (R-Buford); Renea Anderson, a special agent of the Georgia Read more at The Signal: http://georgiastatesignal.com/ Bureau of Investigation Human Trafficking Unit; Maja Hasic, stopping-sexual-exploitation/. anti-human trafficking program director for Tapestri, Inc.; and Kaffie McCullough, deputy director of youthSpark.

Andrew Young School of Policy Studies STUDENTS TODAY | 29 FACILITATING AYSPS Students Aid Operation HOPE SummitHOPE November, Operation HOPE invited more Andrew Young School students Jeremiah Ojo (B. S. in Public than 1,000 delegates representing over Policy) and Clifford Nau (M.P.P.) played important roles in set- 30 countries to the HOPE Global Financial ting the stage for the summit. ­Dignity Summit in Atlanta. Joining co-chairs INAmbassador Andrew Young and John Hope Bryant and Ojo, at that time the executive assistant and developmental ­speakers such as Atlanta Federal Reserve Chair Dennis coordinator at Operation HOPE, served as the liaison between ­Lockhart, the delegates engaged in global conversations Bryant’s office and the organization’s other offices and port­ about viable, long-term, systemic and sustainable solutions folios around the world. He also served as the volunteer to economic and life problems as directed by the theme, and intern manager for the summit, recruiting approximately “Community, ­Character and Responsible Capitalism.” 50 volunteers for the day and 20 interns to help make advance preparations. He then served as Bryant’s and Young’s personal The summit marked the 20th anniversary of Operation HOPE assistant during the event. and the opening of the new HOPE Financial Dignity Center Atlanta. Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke provided the “My job was to make sure logistics were on point and every- ­keynote address. Highlights included a White House Panel thing went well, as planned,” recalls Ojo. on Jobs, a citywide Community Bus Tour, the grand opening of the HOPE Financial Dignity Center and a Global Dignity Ojo started his career in business and finance and previously Forum. Presenters included entrepreneur Russell Simmons, worked at SunTrust. He chose to attend the Andrew Young Benjamin Jealous of the NAACP, Bernice King of the King School after becoming more civically involved and meeting ­Center, and William Rogers of SunTrust Banks, Inc. ­professors Harvey Newman and Bruce Seaman. “Dr. Seaman’s presentations on the economics of the arts, entertainment and culture opened my eyes on how these economic engines drive the local community,” he says.

AYSPS to Award New “I chose public policy because I felt and continually feel that this degree program would equip me to become an effective Dissertation Fellowships and knowledgeable leader and enable me the social where- withal to create actionable change throughout the world. I am a social entrepreneur who has taken my background in finance The Dean’s Office has announced a new dissertation fellow- and business and fused my new-found knowledge of the public ship that will award approved students $2,000 for one year ­sector to create opportunities for others,” explains Ojo. to help alleviate some of their research costs. He was also fundamental in establishing the school’s close “Our doctoral students conduct research for their dissertations ­relationship with Operation HOPE. that can require expensive data sets or travel to collect data. These costs should not be a barrier to completing a timely Ojo worked with Maggie Tolan, director of graduate career and quality dissertation,” said Assistant Dean Cynthia Searcy. ­services, to develop the internship program with Operation HOPE, which then hired about 20 interns from Georgia State Awards are based on feasibility of the project, innovation/ University, most of whom were AYSPS students and members originality, and the potential scholarly contribution of the of the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance (NLA). ­dissertation. Annual submission deadlines are April 15, July 30 and Dec. 15. For more information, go to http://aysps. “Dr. Tolan talked to me about developing a program centered gsu.edu/fellowships. on developing specific skills that can be translated from the

30 | STUDENTS TODAY www.andrewyoungschool.org Jim Marton, 2nd from left, with Nabeel Muhammedi, Wande Ogunlusi, Dennis Lockhart, RCB intern and Gabrielle Arrington classroom to an internship or real work experience,” says Ojo. The intern program was a structured five-week project 2013 © Guy Greene Photography, extended to those individuals who wanted to learn how to Jeremiah Ojo, left, with Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke ­create, operationalize and execute community engagement projects and initiatives. Operation HOPE continues to sponsor What I get here is humility; the way he’s humble and always interns from the NLA and AYSPS. supportive. That pushes you to take risks, believe in yourself and reach your goal.” Nau’s involvement in Operation HOPE was inspired by a pre- sentation Ojo gave at an NLA meeting. It led to his work with Ojo thanks all of the interns and student volunteers who the organization’s Banking on our Future program and then helped during the summit. All were stand-outs, he says, including to an internship in project management at Operation HOPE. public policy majors Taylor Young Stanley, Alaina Reeves, Wande Nau, who is an economist with Haiti’s Ministry of Economy and ­Ogunlusi, Gabrielle Arrington, Nabeel Muhammedi, Alexis Butler­ Finance, came to the AYSPS as a Fulbright Scholar. During the and Autumn Ashton, and economics majors Sonia Amon-Tanoh summit, he served as an assistant to the bus moderator and and Morgan Sinclair, among others. was the main contact for all VIPs in attendance. By all accounts, the HOPE Global Financial Dignity Summit was Nau says his experience with Operation HOPE and Ojo will a great success. The Andrew Young School has many reasons to always be important to him. “I’ve learned a lot from Jeremiah. be proud of the contributions of its students.

International Scholars Choose the AYSPS

Georgia State University hosted three international scholars culture and democratic values and take leader- at the Andrew Young School this academic year as part of the ship roles in the nonprofit, private and govern- U.S. Department of State’s Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellow- ment sectors. Many maintain lasting relationships ship Program: Hovhannes Avetisyan from Armenia, Andrii with their American universities. ­Kruglashov from the Ukraine and Natalia Tsivadze from Georgia. The Muskie program is not Georgia State’s only The program, established by Congress in 1992 following the international scholar program. The Fulbright Program, ­dissolution of the Soviet Union, selects emerging leaders from which this year sponsored two students in the Andrew the 12 countries of the former Soviet Union and works to pro- Young School, is the U.S. ­government’s flagship international mote mutual understanding, help build democracy and foster exchange program sponsored by the Department of State. healthy economic and democratic growth. To date, it has identi- fied, trained and supported nearly 5,000 talented scholars. Georgia State University hosted 32 Fulbright- and Muskie- sponsored students on campus last fall, which is up from 25 Muskie Fellows develop a deeper understanding of U.S. values in 2011 and 20 in 2010. The students hail from countries such and gain skills and knowledge in fields they often cannot study as Syria, Mongolia, Malawi, Kyrgyzstan, Burma, Tunisia, Iraq in their home countries. Upon completing the program, Muskie and Afghanistan. alumni return home to share their understanding of American

Andrew Young School of Policy Studies STUDENTS TODAY | 31 Indonesia’s Next Policy Leaders After 18 months of intensive study in About three-quarters of the students School has developed his critical thinking Atlanta, 15 Indonesian graduate students were civil servants on leave from their skills on economic issues, which will have returned to their home country. posts in the Ministry of Finance in Indo- make his analyses more meaningful. Their last order of business before they nesia. The rest came to the program departed? Picking up their degrees from from academia, think tanks and provincial A similar short-term international pro- Georgia State University’s Andrew Young governments. The second wave of 15 gram supporting two cohorts of Indone- School of Policy Studies at the fall com- Indonesian students arrived on campus sian students started at Georgia State mencement ceremony. in July 2012. in 2002. One graduate of that program, Arti Adji-Kompas, stayed on to complete her doctorate before returning to her home country. She now runs the Indo- nesian side of the program as director of the economics program at Gadjah Mada. Also in 2002, Sri Mulyani Indrawati, for- merly Indonesia’s minister of finance and now managing director at the World Bank, was an Andrew Young School visit- ing scholar.

The Andrew Young School has been working on projects in Indonesia for more than a decade with the Ministry of Finance, the World Bank and USAID. The goal of this partnership, according to International Studies Program Direc- tor and Regents’ Professor of Economics Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, is to bolster the Indonesian Ministry of Finance with a critical mass of civil servants trained to do fiscal policy analysis.

Economics Department Chair and Students in the USAID Indonesian Masters Program get a bird’s-eye view of downtown ­Professor Sally Wallace has mentored Atlanta. Front row: Devi Bangun and Rhita Simorangkir. Back row: Khresna Satriyo, Aditya and taught students from both USAID- Hakim, Marthunis, Futu Faturay, Berry Sugarman, Bhayu Purnomo, Ilham Rahmansyah, funded dual-degree programs for Indo- Muhamad Fathurrohman, Rizky Rahman, Bahtiar Muslim, Munafsin Al Arif and Dedy Sunaryo nesian students and says the model has been a successful one. With two and a half years of advanced “The program provided me foundations studies behind them, these students have and a set of ideas on how to implement “There’s something to be gained by earned two master’s degrees in applied those foundations in policy issues back bringing a cohort of students that spend economics — one at home and one home,” says Marthunis Muhammad, who all this time together. Indonesia is a big abroad — and are ready to rejoin the rejoined the Provincial Development country, and many of these people did Indonesian workforce as leaders in the Planning Agency in Aceh upon his return. not know each other before they got next generation of fiscal policy experts. He was inspired by the U.S. presidential here,” Wallace says. “A lot of those folks campaign when “policy debates were are still working together, and they’ve This cohort is the first of two in a always in the air,” he says, to help initiate gone on to places like the World Bank. dual-degree program supported by the such dynamic debates back in Indonesia. It’s really had an impact on the policy and United States Agency for International ability to analyze policy in the country.” Development (USAID) Indonesia. The Wahyu Hidayat, who returned to his program between Gadjah Mada Univer- position as a researcher in the Fiscal Read more at http://aysps.gsu.edu/ sity, in central Java, and Georgia State ­Policy Office of the Ministry of Finance, isp/2984.html. was announced in 2010. says his time at the Andrew Young

32 | STUDENTS TODAY www.andrewyoungschool.org Student Wins Prestigious Economics Award Omicron Delta Epsilon (ODE), the international honor society for economics, announced Yongzheng Liu the winner of its Irving Fisher Article Award for 2011-2012. Liu, now on the faculty of the School of Finance and China Financial Policy Research Center at Renmin University of China in Beijing, was working towards his doctorate in economics at the Andrew Young School when the article was submitted.

The Irving Fisher Article Award is bestowed upon the best article submitted by a gradu- ate student or a recent recipient of a doctorate in economics, according to the ODE website. Liu’s article, ”Does Competition for Capital Discipline Governments? The Role of Fiscal Equalization,” was published in International Tax and Public Finance in March.

To download the article, go to http://goo.gl/XG9Em. Yongzheng Liu

Left: Khresna Satriyo, left, Futu Faturay, center, and Rizky Rahman New Criminal Below: Devi Bangun, left, and Justice Honor – Kathleen Poe Ross Dedy Sunaryo Society at AYSPS Bottom: Marthunis, left, Ilham Rahmansyah, center, and Munafsin The Department of Criminal Justice Al Arif and Criminology has organized a new Nu Tau chapter of Alpha Phi Sigma, the only criminal justice honor society certi- fied by the Association of College Honor Societies. This society honors and pro- motes academic excellence, community service and leadership in students.

Georgia State’s Nu Tau chapter also offers many benefits: • Recognition for academic achievement • Leadership and networking opportunities • Access to ­members-only ΑΦΣ scholarships ΑΦΣ and awards • Ability to attend conferences • Career development and job opportunities

Alpha Phi Sigma is affiliated with the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, an international criminal justice member association with which most AYSPS ­criminal justice faculty are affiliated.

To learn more, visit www.alphaphisigma. org or contact faculty sponsors Leah Daigle at [email protected] or Cyntoria Johnson at [email protected].

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Tayo the National Institute of Ire- Workers – Georgia Chapter Alemayehu Muzu (M.A. Adeyefa land, Galway, under Professor in December. She came to in ­Economics (B.S. in Public Jeffrey Minear, Counselor to the NASW from the Georgia ’07), an Policy ’12) Supreme Court Chief Justice Department of Community account is corporate John G. Roberts. www.linked Health, where she was dep- and project engagement in.com/in/emglynn/. uty director of the Medicaid manager for manager Division. Ivy is also a part- Ethiopian for the HandsOn Network, Dana Gordon (B.S.W. ’12) time instructor at the AYSPS. Airlines, Points of Light in Atlanta. teaches in the Atlanta Public lives in ­Lilburn, Ga. alexm@ [email protected] Schools through the Teach Larry ethiopianairlines.com for America program. She Lucas Gabrielle Arring­ton writes: We are focused on (M.P.A. ’00, Rebecca Serna (M.S. (B.S. in Public closing the achievement gap, B.S. in Urban in Urban Studies ’07), execu- ­Policy ’12) is and my education helped me Studies ’97) tive director of the Atlanta a UPS Fellow to have prior knowledge of the is the city Bicycle Coalition, was named with Opera- issues that urban students deal planner for the Alliance for Biking and tion HOPE. with and how to react produc- Auburn, Ga. He writes that Walking’s Advocate of the A develop- tively to certain experiences. two years after obtaining his Year at the 2013 National ment associ- M.P.A., he retired as senior Bike Summit in Washington, ate, she assists the organization Stephan Holland (M.P.P. planner from the City of D.C., in March. in the areas of donor relations ’12) is community partner- Atlanta ­Planning Department and fundraising campaigns for ships coordinator, Silver and went to East Point, Ga., Josh Stephens (M.P.P. ’11) Operation HOPE markets Corps Member, at Hands where he served as planning is a legislative ­policy analyst in more than 273 U.S. cities, on Atlanta. As a Silver Corps director from 2002 to 2005. for the Pro­fessional Associa- Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Member, he completed a He writes: Although, I had tion of Georgia Educators in Morocco and the United 10-month, 1,700 hour service 18 years of experience with Atlanta. [email protected] Arab Emirates. www.linkedin. commitment working on the City of Atlanta, the gradu- com/in/garrington/ ­volunteer coordination, ate degree complemented Monique Thomas recruitment and manage- this background to allow me (B.S. in Criminal Justice ’12) Jenny Evans (B.S. in Public ment. Holland_stephan@ to pursue high-level adminis­ has joined the Seneca Policy ’11) entered Georgia hotmail.com trative positions. Center in Oakland, Calif., State ­University’s College of as a support counselor. Law upon graduation. Catherine Ivy, LCWS Alison Moran (M.P.A. ’11) [email protected] (M.S.W.) and chair of the is an advancement officer Erin Glynn (B.A. in Eco- School of Social Work’s for the CDC Foundation Brandon nomics ’06) is in her second ­Advisory Board, was named in Atlanta. Tisdale year of law school in Boston. executive director of the (B.S. in Last summer she studied at National Association of Social Eric Morrisey (B.A. ­Criminal in Economics ’05) is a public ­Justice ’12) health program specialist received The AYSPS would like to share your news, too! at the U.S. Centers for Dis- his diploma ease Control and Prevention. and GBI Special Agent Cre- Please complete the alumni survey at Since graduating, he has dentials upon completing aysps.gsu.edu/alumni/survey. ­collaborated on the CDC’s the Special Agent Candidate ­publication, “A National Course at the Georgia Public And don’t forget to “Like” us ­Strategic Plan for Public Safety Training Center in Health Preparedness and ­Forsyth, Ga. He was then on Facebook! Response” (September 2012). assigned to the GBI’s Regional Office in Conyers and is detached to the Social ­Security Fraud Unit.

34 | ALUMNI TODAY www.andrewyoungschool.org Thompson Provides Clean Water, Coffee and Hope inNicaragua

Alumnus Jon Thompson (M .S .W . ’02) is director The company is tracking health indicators with the intent to of corporate social responsibility for Guacalito de la Isla, replicate and expand, he says. “If we can keep things simple and ­Nicaragua’s largest resort. As such, he oversees the company’s show impact, I don’t see why we can’t put water filters in every community investments in education, environment, health and household in Nicaragua. Nico Agua will change the paradigm culture. In his “spare” time, he runs an alphabet soup of non- in Nicaragua, Central America and beyond.” profits he has established that include a water filter project, community recycling program, youth sportsplex, organic coffee Other core programs include Parque Deportivo, a sports park farm, sustainable tourism program, sustainable building projects used for promoting youth development, sports, community and English classes for locals. events and English language courses, and Turismo Sostenible, a sustainable tourism program that partners with universities. “I’m overworked, but I love every second of it,” he says. “Hundreds of young tourists have volunteered their time, Thompson established Comunidad Connect in San Juan del Sur ­gaining life-changing experiences,” says Thompson. At Finca Java, in 2006 as an umbrella organization for his programs Campo a 250-acre organic coffee farm and eco-lodge in the northern Verde, Parque Deportivo and Turismo Sostenible, which gener- mountains of Nicaragua, the tourists learn about organic agricul- ate all revenue necessary to ensuring its financial sustainability. ture, the community, surrounding farms, water filters and inter- vention projects. Nico Agua, the organization’s flagship environmental initiative, flows out of Campo Verde, its original environmental aware- “They work alongside their Nicaraguan hosts, building bus stops ness, outreach and recycling program. and trash cans, painting murals, planting school gardens, learning Spanish and Nicaraguan culture, and teaching everything from “The vast majority of water in Nicaragua is contaminated,” says English to soccer,” says Thompson. Thompson. “Most Nicaraguans get their water from shallow wells that offer little filtration, and they are often built close “Our students learn lessons that veer from the traditional to latrines. Agro chemicals, fertilizers and insecticides seep into model of supply and demand, loss and profit, to look at social the water table, getting into the drinking water.” As a result, impact and how business affects community, becoming an people suffer from chronic cases of diarrhea, kidney infections, ­incubator of innovation,” he says. “The Nicaraguan experience dehydration and even death. changes students a lot more than it changes the communities where they work.” Nico Agua offers families who complete 16 hours of commu- nity service credits towards a Filtron, a low-tech water filter Thompson is now working on a new program, Farmers to 40, proven to nearly eliminate cases of diarrhea in the rural areas that will offer quality Nicaraguan coffee to Atlanta consumers where it has been used. It also conducts three monthly visits while returning 40 percent of the retail price back to the farmers. and an annual follow-up visit, where families are trained on how to use the filter and improve hygiene. “We find we enjoy the work so much that it ceases to become work,” he says. “It becomes a way of life.” “About 600 families now benefit from clean water every day,” Thompson says. “It’s not rocket science. It’s just water filters.” Learn more at www.comunidadconnect.org.

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Andrew Young School of Policy Studies GSU Names Thomas Distinguished Alumna Georgia award, describing her as a great credit Award and was named one of the State Univer- to her alma mater. 100 most influential Atlantans by the sity named Atlanta Business Chronicle. At Georgia Geri Thomas “I’ve known Geri since she was an State, she is a member of the board (B.S. ’85) a undergraduate student,” says Newman. of advisors for the J. Mack Robinson Distinguished “Geri was working at the bank … and ­College of Business. Alumna at its an internship requirement fulfilled in the annual Alumni Human Resources Department moved A member of the State of Georgia Association her on the path to becoming director ­Personnel Board for more than 14 years, Distinguished of the bank. Thomas serves on boards for The Carter Alumni Center, the Buckhead Coalition, the Awards “Her story is typical of so many students Atlanta Committee for Progress, Leader- ­banquet in at the university, who work their way ship Atlanta and the Metro Atlanta October. through school, taking advantage of Chamber of Commerce, where she is the network of businesses, government a member of the executive committee. Thomas has been with Bank of America agencies and nonprofit organizations She is also a trustee of the Woodruff and its predecessors for 42 years and is in Atlanta. What set Geri Thomas apart Arts Center and a member of the Exec- senior vice president of global diversity is the single-minded dedication and utive Leadership Council. and inclusion, Atlanta market president focus she brought to her studies and and state president of Georgia. She her career,” he continues. “I was proud to be her professor,” says began working with consumer banking Newman. “In my classes, Geri showed support during her freshman year at Thomas has long been a leader in Atlan- qualities that made me know she was Clark College (now Clark Atlanta Uni- ta’s public and charitable community. destined for special accomplishments versity), progressing through a number in life. As I have watched her progress The YWCA of Greater Atlanta inducted of human resources leadership roles. since she graduated, I have continued Thomas into its Academy of Achievers. to take pride in her promotions and in Professor Harvey Newman, her former She has received the Atlanta Business her success.” teacher, nominated Thomas for the League’s 2010 Millennium Pacesetter

Families, friends and faculty of the Andrew Young School’s fall 2012 and spring 2013 graduates AYSPS filled the Rialto Theater to celebrate their milestones. Thef­ eatured speaker December 16, Congratulates 2012, was alumnus Michael Pritchard (B.S. in Criminal Justice), senior vice president of global security for Hunt Consolidated, Inc., and a former agent for the U.S. Secret Service. On May 13, Its 2012/2013 ­Catherine Ivy, executive director of the National Association of Social Workers-Georgia Chap- Graduates ter, addressed the new graduates and their families at the 2013 Spring Recognition Ceremony.

“There’s a difference between a dream and a fantasy,” said Pritchard, after describing the events surround- ing the assassination of President John F. Kennedy that drove him to pursue a college education and fulfill his childhood dream of being a “secret service man.” He eventually protected six United States presidents.

Ivy, also a part-time instructor in the School of Social Work, spoke to the students about their potential and future impact on their communities and the world. “We come to campus with a desire to learn more so we can do more,” she said. “Today, we are not ushering you out, but are launching you out to carry on the Andrew Young School mission. We are optimistic you can transfer your ideas into action.”

“Georgia State University has given you the opportunity to meet your dream,” Pritchard advised the new graduates. “Share your dream, and do not let anyone squash that dream no matter how well-meaning they are.”

To download photos and more, go to http://aysps.gsu.edu/news/ays-celebrates-spring-2013-graduating- class and tap the “Past Ceremonies” tab on the left.

36 | ALUMNI TODAY www.andrewyoungschool.org Congratulations to Our 2012 Distinguished Alumni Economist Artidiatun “Arti” Adji and Judge Gale Buckner were named Andrew Young School’s ­Distinguished Alumni in April 2012. The award was created the prior year to celebrate alumni who exemplify the school’s standards of excellence and have made significant contributions to the academy, the public sector, business or the nonprofit sector and to the larger community.

Artidiatun “Arti” Adji, L. Gale Buckner, B.S. ’81 Ph.D. ’06 Judge Buckner illustrates the Upon completing her doctorate impact that Georgia State Uni­ from the Andrew Young School, versity alumni make in their field Adji was appointed researcher after graduation. She was recently and international collaboration appointed to lead Georgia’s coordinator for the Center for ­Murray County Magistrate Court Economics and Public Policy while serving as commissioner ­Studies (CEPPS) at the Universitas of Georgia’s Department of Gadjah Mada (UGM) in Indonesia, ­Juvenile Justice. Before joining the where she served as a lecturer commission, she served a seven- in the Department of Economics year term on the Georgia State at the Faculty of Economics and Board of Pardons and Paroles. Artidiatun "Arti" Adji Business. In 2008 Adji was pro- L. Gale Buckner moted to vice director of CEPPS, Buckner has led the Criminal and in 2009 she became vice director for academic and direc- ­Justice Coordinating Council, an agency that manages federal tor of the Economics Program and Master of Science Doctor- grant money for criminal justice projects in Georgia. She ate Program at UGM. worked almost two decades for the Georgia Bureau of Investi- gation, where she was the Assistant Special Agent in Charge Adji teaches and conducts sponsored research and capacity of the public corruption/fraud squad, the Drug Enforcement development activities and has served on several graduate and Section and the Metro-Atlanta Field Office. Later, she became undergraduate accreditation committees for her department. GBI’s personnel director and ultimately the director of legislative With these duties, she still manages to keep up a steady pipe- and intergovernmental affairs, where she spearheaded the suc- line of research in peer-reviewed journals and book chapters, cessful congressional passage of the Paul Coverdell National occasionally with AYSPS faculty. She is recognized at her Forensic Sciences Improvement Act. ­university as a true rainmaker for research funding for the steady stream of externally funded research projects she brings Buckner serves on several professional and civic boards and in every year. associations, including that of the Andrew Young School’s ­Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange (GILEE). A consultant for the World Bank since 2008, Adji also regularly She is a tireless and effective public servant who has been designs and delivers capacity building programs for a wide ­recognized for her contributions by professional associations. ­spectrum of government officials and public organizations in Indonesia. Buckner began her career as a sergeant in the Chatsworth Police Department, where she was named Officer of the Year Adji gives back to the AYSPS by creating and supporting joint in 1979. She holds a B.S. in Urban Life from Georgia State capacity building activities and training programs with the Inter- ­University and an M.P.A. from Brenau University. She also national Center for Public Policy. In 2009 and 2012 she brought attended the FBI National Academy and was a GILEE delegate Papuan and Sumatran local government officials to campus to Israel in 2003. for fiscal decentralization training programs. Also noteworthy is her role in helping the AYSPS secure the $3 million Indonesia Master’s Program with USAID and her leadership of the pro- gram at the Universitas Gadjah Mada.

Andrew Young School ALUMNI TODAY | 37 Andrew Young School of Policy Studies Georgia State Shares a Century with Alumnus Ralph Moor

DOWNTOWN’S HIGHEST BUILDINGS are the Hurt, Candler and Healey buildings. Short brick office buildings fill Woodruff Park. Electric trolley tracks run from downtown to the suburbs of Inman Park, Virginia Highland, West End and out to Marietta, and there are no interstates or MARTA rail. Broad •Street and Auburn Avenue are the centers of thriving, yet separate, retail and entertainment districts for the city’s white and black communities. A bustling Union Station spews pedestrians onto Marietta and Peachtree streets. The Great Depression shadows all. Upon graduating, Moor was awarded a graduate scholarship This is the downtown Atlanta freshman Ralph Moor and taught typing, shorthand and commerce courses saw 80 years ago while riding the streetcar from his home under Sparks. on ­Marietta Square to the Georgia Tech Evening School of Commerce. Certain by 1939 that he would be drafted into the Army, Moor toured upstate New York and Canada and saw the Moor, like Georgia State, is celebrating his 100th birthday. New York World’s Fair. He says this trip fostered his interest in personnel administration. Although disinclined to acknowledge it, his intentional journey as a public servant – which found him in the employ of a Moor was commissioned in 1940 and became a casualty world-famous general, a powerful Georgia senator, university ­correspondent for the War Department in Washington, D.C., presidents and several Georgia governors – is a model for and stationed briefly at General Douglas MacArthur’s Pacific ­students today. Head ­quarters in Manila. He later joined the Army Reserves and retired a ­Brigadier General. Moor graduated in 1937 with a bachelor of science degree and a major in commerce. “Business courses were my interest, While in D.C., Moor worked towards a Master of Arts in and the Evening School was my only choice,” he says during ­Personnel Administration at George Washington University. an interview in the well-appointed library of his Buckhead “I expected one day to be the state director of personnel,” senior living facility, the fire beside his motorized chair crackling he says. and popping. A fraternity brother whose twin worked for Sen. Richard Working as a secretary at the B. Mifflin Hood Brick Company ­Russell helped advance his goal, introducing Moor to the during the day, he attended classes at night. ­senator. He served as Russell’s executive secretary from 1946 to 1948, earning his degree in 1947. President George Sparks, Moor remembers, often walked the halls, greeting students and encouraging them in their Moor returned to Georgia at the invitation of South Georgia ­studies. “He was interested in where his students came from, College’s President Will Smith, another friend from Evening and would take us along to assist him on his trips. We’d drive ­College. Hired as an academic dean, he taught economics and to Board of Regents meetings in Milledgeville or Valdosta or developed a course in personal finance for two years. He then other places, and I’d record the motions.” served with the U.S. Office of Education.

38 | ALUMNI TODAY www.andrewyoungschool.org When Moor was called to lead Georgia’s Office of Personnel Management, the law establish- Alumna Wins ing the Georgia Merit System had been in effect nearly a decade. Commissioner Moor Commission brought a heightened level of professionalism to the state’s Seat employment practices, directing the design and implementation of the human resources tools necessary to implement the new system. Before he retired Moor circa 1930s in 1975, Moor also helped establish the state’s retirement system.

Through the last 80 years, Ralph Moor has served Georgia and Lisa Cupid (J.D./M.P.A. ’12) was elected to fill the District 4 the United States as a scribe, a teacher, a leader and a friend. seat on the Cobb County Commission in November. Her win A hundred years from today, his leadership in the sectors he makes her the only democrat serving Cobb and created a most loved – personnel and personal finance – will continue female majority on the commission. to serve as a model for effective public service. Cupid, who won her primary with a 76 percent majority vote, says the time was right for change in her district. “Our area had been falling behind the rest of Cobb County for quite some time. The differences between South Cobb and the rest of Cobb are seen in its upkeep and the quality of development Poverty Proofing it attracts.” She decided to run for office after not seeing significant district Future Generations improvements despite trying to address concerns by serving as her homeowners’ association president, working through Alumnus Ralph Moor (’37) has spent his last three decades ­various nonprofits and speaking at county meetings. ­lecturing• at Georgia’s high schools and colleges, working to “poverty proof” students by improving their understanding “The more I got involved, the more apparent it became that of personal finance. At Georgia State, he established an there was a disconnect with what the community wanted and ­endowment to further the teaching of personal economics. what county leadership was doing,” Cupid says.

”The desperate financial conditions of many people – She expects her M.P.A./J.D. from Georgia State to help her. ­bankruptcies, crime, homelessness, repossessions – have “Having both degrees puts me in a position to think critically, been matters of much concern to me in recent years,” he yet be open minded when looking at the issues rather than told the Georgia State University Foundation. To teach others viewing them from one paradigm,” Cupid says. how to avoid these circumstances, he has helped establish courses in personal economics. Cupid took office in January. In her first year, she is focusing on improving the appearance of District 4 through code enforce- Economics professor Paula Stephan has taught classes in ment and low-cost rehabilitation efforts, such as streetscaping. ­managing credit card debt to more than 3,000 students in Georgia State’s Freshmen Learning Communities. She says “The district’s appearance does not reflect the people here and the courses supported by Moor have encouraged students scares economic development away,” she says. “Appearance is to think more carefully about debt. important to create an environment that will improve the num- ber of jobs in the area.” “We know that debt is one of the biggest reasons students drop out of college,” she says. “We think that in some sense, Cupid completed her advanced degrees as a part-time student students who have attended these classes really appreciate and received the College of Law’s David Maleski Scholarship. how expensive credit card debt can be, and how it can alter She is married to Craig Cupid (J.D. ‘09), and they have two sons. their prospects. Mr. Moor’s contributions have helped a lot of students.” http://law.gsu.edu/news/8319.html

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Andrew Young School of Policy Studies Andrew Young’s investment in scholarship Young Fellows carry on family mission to shape public policy here and abroad

As Georgia State University celebrated pursuing the Ph.D. in public policy, Lorenzo Almada, recently named the the 80th birthday of civil rights leader ­economics and criminal justice. first Jean Childs Young Fellow, said the Andrew Young in 2012, his family’s ­values funding was critical in his study of health and mission continued to help guide The funding is part of the Young family’s economics. His career goal is to bring and fund students pursuing advanced commitment to help train people to awareness and understanding to issues, degrees in the School of Policy Studies work in the United States and the world. such as obesity, that impact the health named for him. Georgia State’s location in downtown of children and adults in the United Atlanta gives students a historic vantage States, especially those with limited Reflecting his life and reach, the various point to study what Young calls “Atlanta’s means. He is working on identifying fellowships connected to the Young fairness formula”: “That we could go incentives that will help people make ­family include: ­forward if we all went forward together. healthier choices. We’ve always been able to package ideas • The Jean Childs Young Fellowship, to include everyone, and I think that’s “I aspire to be able to compare myself for academic expenses of public the key to the city’s success. to Jean Childs Young. She was an incredi- policy ­graduate students and a ble woman who accomplished a great ­biannual ­lecture in her name. Jean, “Hopefully the world will see some of deal,” Almada said. “Many of our interests who passed away in 1994, was Young’s the things that we’ve made work here, are aligned, such as the concern for chil- wife. Her fellowship is endowed and they [our students] will go back dren’s welfare and passion for education. through a $500,000 gift from Charles to their countries and help make good She was very active in her community Loudermilk, the founder and CEO of things happen there,” he said. and worked hard to improve people’s Aaron Rents and a former campaign lives and end disparity and suffering. manager for Young. The fellowships are having that impact I would be thrilled to achieve even half already, according to the graduate stu- of what she did.” • The Carolyn McClain Young Fellow- dents who currently benefit from them. ship, to attract and support graduate Carolyn McClain Young Fellow Emefa students who are “leaders of tomor- “Emmy” Sewordor served as a bank row” from countries in the Caribbean, economist on the Caribbean island of on the ­African continent or in nations St. Kitts. She observed how technical with emerging economies. Carolyn issues kept her region from meeting is married to Young, who set up the ­fiscal challenges and chose Georgia State fund in 1999. University for a Ph.D. in Public Policy with an emphasis on public budgeting “I aspire to be able to compare myself to Jean and finance. Her previous education Childs Young. She was an incredible woman included a master’s degree in economics who accomplished a great deal.… I would be from the University of British Columbia and an honors bachelor of science thrilled to achieve even half of what she did.” degree in mathematics and economics LORENZO ALMADA from the University of Toronto.

• The Andrew Young Fellowship, in “I intend to return to the Caribbean ­combination with a graduate research to work with our governments assistantship, provides an annual sti- and then someday to serve with the pend and tuition waiver for students Lorenzo Almada

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Curtis recalled the impact of meeting as a few plum spots in the U.S. News Young at an event crowded with VIPs: and World Report national rankings. Last year, the school broke into the top 25, “Upon introducing myself and informing the nonprofit management program him I was an Andrew Young Fellow, was ranked No. 12, and the public Ambassador Young’s eyes lit up and finance program was rated No. 4 – he proceeded to speak with me for the a remarkable feat for a school that next 10 minutes about my interests and didn’t exist two decades ago. his vision for the Andrew Young School,” Curtis said. “Having grown up in Atlanta, “We have sort of taken [Andrew I have always been Young’s] life and work as the touchstone “I intend to return to the aware of the impact for our mission as a school,” says Profes- Caribbean to work with he has made on this sor Harvey Newman, former chair of our governments and city and the world, the department of public management and it was great to and policy. “He’s much more than just then someday to serve meet him in person. a ‘name over the door’ – he’s been very with the United Nations.” active in helping to shape the school.” EMEFA "EMMY" SEWORDOR “While I never Emefa "Emmy" Sewordor ­witnessed the overt ­racism and violence that drove United Nations,” said Sewordor, who is Ambassador Young to enter politics, co-funded through a Fulbright Scholar- I have had the opportunity to see first- ship. She expects to finish in 2015. hand the problems caused by unemploy- ment, ­poverty and disease both here in Andrew Young Fellow Mark Curtis the United States and abroad. Andrew is a native Atlantan pursuing a Ph.D. in Young responded to the problems he Economics in the envi- ronmental, labor and I have had the opportunity to see firsthand the problems caused by ­public policy fields. His unemployment, ­poverty and disease both here in the United States goal is to help create and abroad. Andrew Young responded to the problems he saw by ­policy-relevant research that will help to inform entering politics. My response was to study how these problems are public dialogue, rational alleviated or exacerbated by the policies that we implement.” debate and informed MARK CURTIS decision making on such issues as the benefits and costs of saw by entering politics. My response ­environmental regulation, employer was to study how these problems are Mark Curtis ­mandates and government spending. alleviated or exacerbated by the policies After Curtis finished his master’s degree that we implement.” — Story written in 2012 by former at Duke, the Young Fellowship was a GSU Foundation writer Michelle deciding factor in choosing GSU over The Andrew Young School of Policy Hiskey and Kathleen Poe Ross several offers. Studies has carved out a niche of ­influence and excellence, as well

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Mauldin Joins AYSPS Advisory Board The Andrew “I came from a family of college-educated “A lot of people do not realize that Young School hard workers who were always involved the hip-hop community has a caring welcomes Judy in the community,” says Mauldin, a native and social conscience,” says Mauldin, Mauldin, chair of Silver Spring, Md. “I remember my whose motivation for founding HH4H of the Fulton mom packing us up with a lot of food to was prompted by a Washington Post County Arts go to Washington, D.C., to feed people. article that negatively portrayed the Council, as its As a young child, I thought we were just industry during the 9/11 disaster. “For newest advisory having lunch with some people in the example, when 9/11 happened, Jay Z board member. park. I didn’t realize they were homeless.” had just released a new album, of which Passionate about using the arts and he donated a significant portion of the hip-hop music to empower youth After attending the University of Mary- ­proceeds to assist 9/11 victims and their and build communities, Mauldin brings land, Mauldin worked for The Washing- families. Sean Combs wrote a check for more than 25 years of experience as ton Post Companies and LEGI-SLATE, $1 million to the American Red Cross.” a dynamic and creative professional, Inc., an online federal legislative and ­philanthropist, humanitarian, and brand ­regulatory tracking system for lobbyists, In 2005 she launched The Business of development and marketing specialist. state legislatures, labor unions, trade Entertainment, an alternative education associations and embassies. program at Emory University in part­ “Judy’s passionate commitment as a nership with Communities in Schools. champion for youth empowerment, “I was taking everything in like a It was selected in 2011 by the Interna- ­educational issues and capacity building sponge,” says Mauldin, who in less than tional Council of Caring Communities/ in the community are genuine and two months at LEGI-SLATE rose from UN-HABITAT, a United Nations agency ­infectious,” says Dean Mary Beth Walker. ­temporary receptionist to director of that acknowledges socially and economi- “Her experience complements our training and in two years became one cal sustainable projects, for inclusion in school’s contribution to shaping policy of four national regional managers. “Music as a Global Resource,” a project for real people with real problems.” that uses music as a development tool In 2001 Mauldin, along with Michael to address social and economic issues. Mauldin is no stranger to Georgia State Mauldin and Jermaine Dupri Mauldin, University. In 2005 she served as a field ­co-founded Hip Hop 4 Humanity “My purpose in life is unfolding,” says supervisor for the MSW Field Education (HH4H), a nonprofit educational and Mauldin. “I’m on a mission; there’s Collaborative and later was asked to join health initiative for at-risk youth world- no stopping me. I’m saving the world the board of advisors for the School of wide that uses hip-hop as a conscious one child at a time.” Social Work. way to educate and inspire.