Unless otherwise noted, all seminars are held in the Parrington Hall Forum (3rd floor) from 12:30-1:30 p.m. with a question and answer session immediately following the presentation from 1:30-2:00.
Upcoming Seminars
Monday, March 29: Shalini Vajjhala, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of International Affairs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: "Global Environmental Engagement." Learn more
Monday, April 5: Laura Evans, Assistant Professor of Public Affairs, Evans School of Public Affairs, University of Washington: "Quiet, Yet Ever-Constant Advocacy: American Indian Tribal Governments and Federal Indian Policy." Learn more
Wednesday, April 14: Ed Blakely, Professor of Urban Policy at the United States Studies Centre in Sydney, Australia: "Responding to Regional Crisis: Implications for Research and Practice." This seminar will be held 11 a.m. to 12 noon with additional questions and answers from 12 to 12:30 p.m. Learn more
Monday, April 19: Charles Clotfelter, Professor of Public Policy Studies, Economics, and Law, Duke University: "Entertainment and the Mission of the University." (seminar jointly sponsored with the Department of Economics and the Intercollegiate Athletic Leadership Program.) Learn more
Monday, May 3: Joe Cook (presenter), Assistant Professor of Public Affairs; Mary Kay Gugerty, Associate Professor of Public Affairs; Yuta Masuda, Ph.D. Student; and Marla Smith-Nilsson: "Measuring Time Used by Water-Carriers and Households in Rural Ethiopia." Learn more
Monday, May 10: Crystal Hall, Assistant Professor of Public Affairs, Evans School of Public Affairs, University of Washington (seminar jointly sponsored with the West Coast Poverty Center) Learn more
Monday, May 24: George Loewenstein, Herbert A. Simon Professor of Economics and Psychology, Department of Social and Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University: “Behavioral Economics and Conflicts of Interest.” (seminar jointly sponsored with the Department of Economics) Learn more
Past Seminars
Wednesday, March 3: Richard Brandon, Director of the Evans School's Human Services Policy Center: “Estimating the economic value of early care and education: from analysis to policy impact.” *This brownbag research seminar will be held from 12:00-1:00 p.m. with additional questions and answers from 1:00-1:30 p.m. Learn more
Monday, March 8: Craig Thomas, Associate Professor of Public Affairs: "Political Bias in Performance Management Systems: A Multi-Agency Analysis of OMB’s Program Assessment Rating Tool." Learn more
Monday, February 1: Nicole Esparza, Assistant Professor of Policy, Planning, and Development, University of Southern California: “Skid Rows or Suburban Services: How the Spatial Concentration of Antipoverty Nonprofits Can Explain Sector Size.” (seminar jointly sponsored with the West Coast Poverty Center) Learn more
Monday, February 8: Marieka Klawitter, Associate Professor of Public Affairs: “Multilevel Analysis of the Effects of Antidiscrimination Policies on Earnings by Sexual Orientation.” Learn more
Monday, January 11, 2010: Colleen Chrisinger, Ph.D. Candidate, Evans School of Public Affairs, University of Washington: “Earnings Growth Among Workforce Development Participants: Evidence from Washington State." Learn more
Monday, November 30, 2009: Joaquín Herranz, Jr., Assistant Professor of Public Affairs, Evans School of Public Affairs, University of Washington: "The Logic Model as a Tool for Developing a Network Performance Measurement System." Learn more
Monday, November 9, 2009: Ann Markusen, Professor of Planning and Public Policy, Director of Project on Regional and Industrial Economics, University of Minnesota: “Native American Artists: Routes out of Personal and Community Poverty.” (seminar jointly sponsored with the West Coast Poverty Center) Learn more