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Message from the Dean
Welcome! Our newest students, Cohort '17, have arrived. Twenty-three students from the United States, China, Ethiopia, Israel, India, Mexico, Pakistan, Poland, and South Korea walked through our doors this fall. What they found were not only the challenges of policy analysis, microeconomics, econometrics, and social and behavioral sciences, but the promises and potential of our emerging curriculum. Policy design studios are developing new tools to address complex policy problems and applying these to issues of homelessness. Our technology lab pilot encouraged students to use technology to improve civil discourse. And our very own Pardee RANDroid is making it possible for our offsite faculty to join in classroom debates. Exciting changes for tackling critical issues.
You can learn more learn more about these real-world, hands-on, initial implementations of the redesigned Pardee RAND in this issue of Findings. It is not, of course, just about the technology. It’s also about thinking through and gaining understanding of policy problems by putting ideas on "paper" — electronic or otherwise. You can see what the Pardee RAND community is thinking about by reading about the new Pardee Times, a student-driven newspaper, or my forthcoming book I Am Not A Tractor! We’re asking hard questions and offering up some new solutions. Join us and get reading!
Happy New Year!
Susan
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A key element within the blueprint of Pardee RAND for 2020 is the development of a technology lab. Nine students participated in a pilot exploring how technology can improve civil discourse. Their experience will also help inform design efforts for a full-scale lab. More »
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Rolling down the halls of the school, the new Pardee RAND robot, nicknamed Pardee RANDroid, can cause quite the stir. At just over five feet tall, the robot gives its remote users a visibility and presence far surpassing a videoconferencing screen. More »
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Pardee RAND students launched a new student publication last year that is written, edited, operated, and distributed entirely by students. Pardee Times has published three editions since February 2017. More »
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In I Am Not a Tractor!, Dean Susan Marquis celebrates the courage of Florida farmworkers and community leaders who transformed one of the worst agricultural situations in the United States into one of the best. More »
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With students from across the United States and around the world—including China, Ethiopia, Israel, India, Mexico, Pakistan, Poland, and South Korea—our new cohort represents a wide range of research interests and diverse experiences. Check out their online bios and learn more about these future policy leaders. More »
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Diana Gehlhaus Carew Cohort '15: Strategic Planning and the U.S. Air Force: Characteristics of Success, a RAND report
Amanda Edelman and Therese Jones, both Cohort '13: "The Promise of Community Citizen Science," a RAND research perspective
Bilyana Lilly Cohort '16: "Joint Military Exercises Distract from Complex Russia-Belarus Relationship," in The National Interest
Ashley Muchow Cohort '13 and Maya Buenaventura Cohort '14: Investing Early: Taking Stock of Outcomes and Economic Returns from Early Childhood Programs, a RAND report
Claire E. O'Hanlon Cohort '13 and Melody Harvey Cohort '12: "Doing More with Less: Lessons from Cuba’s Healthcare System," in the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs
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Congratulations
on your new job or career milestone
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Denise Quigley
Cohort '91
Denise is now a health policy researcher at RAND.
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Mark Schuster
Cohort '91
Mark is now the founding dean and CEO of the Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine.
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Farrukh Suvankulov
Cohort '05
Farrukh is now a regional director at Bank of Canada in Calgary, AB.
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Jim Vernon
Cohort '84
Jim is now chair of the Business, Information Technology, Education, and Manufacturing department at Front Range Community College in Colorado.
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Anna-Marie Vilamovska
Cohort '05
Anna-Marie is now executive director and founder of Working Ideas in Sofia, Bulgaria.
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Xiaohui "Joe" Zhuo
Cohort '04
Joe is now director of Global Evidence and Value Development Strategy lead at Merck KGaA in Darmstadt, Germany.
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Research, Commentary & Interviews
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“Mr Vollaard's study has blown the lid off the sealed world of Dutch herring.” — The Economist, citing research by Ben Vollaard (cohort '00)
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Tad Daley Cohort '86: "Let's Give Planetary Patriotism a Try," in TruthDig.
David Groves Cohort '01: The Enemy of Good: Estimating the Cost of Waiting for Nearly Perfect Automated Vehicles, a RAND report. Groves was interviewed about the report by San Francisco's KTVU.
Jodi Liu Cohort '12 and student Jakub Hlavka Cohort '14: Assessing the Preparedness of the U.S. Health Care System Infrastructure for an Alzheimer's Treatment, a RAND report.
Scott Pace Cohort '85: "Q&A: Plotting U.S. Space Policy with White House Adviser Scott Pace," in Scientific American.
Lu Shi Cohort '03 and Chaoling Feng Cohort '09: "Does Awareness of the Affordable Care Act Reduce Adverse Selection? A Study of the Long-term Uninsured in South Carolina," in INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing.
Ben Vollaard Cohort '00 had some unusual research featured in "Netherlands fishmongers accuse herring-tasters of erring," in The Economist.
Brian Weatherford Cohort '04: "Review of the California Competes Tax Credit," a Legislative Analyst's Office report. Weatherford was interviewed about the report on Capital Public Radio.
Michele Zanini Cohort '96: "What We Learned About Bureaucracy from 7,000 HBR Readers," in Harvard Business Review.
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Eric Apaydin
Cohort '11
Dissertation: Physician Professional Satisfaction, Job Role and Income in the United States.
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Olena Bogdan
Cohort '12
Dissertation: Regional Economic Growth and International Capital Flows: The Case of Ukraine.
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Andrew Cady
Cohort '14
Dissertation: Using the National Training Center Instrumentation System to Aid Simulation Based Acquisition. Andrew is now working in the Air Mobility Command Studies and Analysis Directorate, United States Air Force.
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John Caloyeras
Cohort '09
Dissertation: Three essays on value in health care: workplace wellness program return on investment, effectiveness of monetary penalties for tobacco cessation non-participation, and physician perceptions of their use of time and appropriateness of care provided. John is now director of Global Health Economics at Amgen.
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Ervant Maksabedian
Cohort '12
Dissertation: Increasing Access to Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorders: Estimating Costs, Supply, and the Effects of Insurance Expansions. Ervant is now a health economics manager at Amgen.
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Bonnie Triezenberg
Cohort '14
Dissertation: Deterring Space War: An exploratory analysis incorporating prospect theory into a game theoretic model of space warfare. Bonnie is now a senior engineer at RAND.
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Stefan Zavislan
Cohort '14
Dissertation: Finding the Force of the Future. Stefan is now a policy analyst with the United States Air Force.
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Alumni, students and faculty converged on Chicago for APPAM's 39th annual fall research conference November 2–4. The theme of the conference was Measurement Matters: Better Data for Better Decisions. More »
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One Night with RAND, a November fundraising event, paid tribute to the achievements of Pardee RAND faculty member Natalie W. Crawford and longtime Pardee RAND supporters Donald B. and Susan F. Rice. More »
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