Improving International Health Policies: Joseph H. Cook
Decision research by Assistant Professor Joseph H. Cook and colleagues suggests that international vaccine policies could be made more effective.
Informing Climate Change Decisions: Ann Bostrom & Alison Cullen
Professor Ann Bostrom is working with students at the Evans School and internationally to investigate mental models of climate change and how they influence risk perceptions and decision-making. Bostrom and fellow researchers Travis Reynolds, Ph.D. student at the Evans School, and Daniel Read, Professor of Behavioral Economics at the University of Durham, England, wanted to know if mental models of global warming had changed over the last 15+ years.
Professor Alison Cullen and Evans School MPA alumnus Matt Markoff undertook a decision analysis of the impact of climate change on Pacific Northwest hydropower potential. This study was designed to help improve the Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s Portfolio Model, a long term multi-scenario simulation used to construct the lowest risk and lowest cost plan for the Pacific Northwest’s electricity supply.
Designing Better Policies to Alleviate Poverty: C. Leigh Anderson & Crystal Hall
Evans School Professor C. Leigh Anderson researches the relationship that poor agricultural communities in developing countries have to markets in order to design programmatic interventions that improve their livelihoods.
Evans School Assistant Professor Crystal C. Hall is applying psychology and behavioral economics to understand decisions to spend the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and how the implementation of the EITC could be improved to provide a more robust benefit to low-income EITC recipients.
Michael Kern to Lead Ruckelshaus Center
Michael Kern, a veteran of managing public policy issues and a graduate of the Evans School of Public Affairs, is the new director of the William D. Ruckelshaus Center, a joint project of the Evans School at the University of Washington and Washington State University Extension. The Ruckelshaus Center provides expertise to improve the quality and availability of voluntary collaborative approaches for policy development and multi-party dispute resolution.
Regional Transportation Funding Study Released
Evans School faculty and students have completed a study of the prospects for the finance of transportation systems in the Central Puget Sound Region. The report covers King, Snohomish, Pierce and Kitsap counties in the forthcoming fourteen year period (2009 to 2023). The study demonstrates clearly the challenges to financing transportation systems, especially in face of increasing transportation demand grounded in the region’s expected population and job growth.
Four Articles Published by Mark Long
Associate Professor Mark Long recently published four articles.
His article titled "Explaining Race, Poverty, and Gender Disparities in Advanced Course–Taking," with Dylan Conger and Patrice latarola was published in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management in 2009.
His article titled "Changes in Texas Universities' Applicant Pools after the Hopwood Decision," was written with Marta Tienda and published in Social Science Research in January 2010.
His article titled "Policy Transparency and College Enrollment: Did the Texas Top Percent Law Broaden Access to the Public Flagships?," was written with Marta Tienda and Victor Saenz and published in The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science in January 2010.
His article titled "Why Are Men Falling Behind? Explanations for the Gender Gap in College Outcomes," was written with Dylan Conger and published in The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science in January 2010.
The latter two articles were included in "Beyond Admissions: Rethinking College Opportunities and Outcomes," a special edition of The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, published in January 2010, edited by Professor Long and Professor Marta Tienda (Princeton).
UW College of Education and Evans School Receive $4.7 Million Grant
The Evans School and UW College of Education received a $4.7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences. The grant will fund Preparing Scholars for Rigorous Mixed-Method Studies of K-20 Education Policies and Programs: The Collaborative Researchers for Education Sciences Training (CREST) fellowship program. The CREST program aims to prepare a new generation of education policy scholars with William M. Zumeta serving as a co-investigator. The inaugural cohort of fellows includes Evans School Ph.D. student Kate Destler and two alums from the Master of Public Administration (MPA) program.
Mark C. Long Receives $60,000 Grant
Mark C. Long received a $60,000 grant from the Smith Richard Foundation for a research project titled "Why are Men Falling Behind? Explanations for the Gender Gap in College Enrollment and BA Completion” that will examine individual and institutional factors leading to lower rates of male enrollment in post-secondary institutions and completion of bachelor's degrees.
Human Services Policy Center Receives $230,000 Grant
The Human Services Policy Center, with principal investigator Richard Brandon, received a $230,627 grant from UNICEF to assist the organization with a combination of fiscal analysis and capacity development for agencies providing children in Bosnia and Herzegovina with health, education, and child protection services.
Cascade Executive Programs Receives $52,000 Grant
Cascade Executive Programs, with principal investigator Leslie Breitner, received a $52,320 grant from USAID to conduct an on-site assessment of short- and long- term counterpart program opportunities.
