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Message from the Dean
Here we go! It’s that time again. Our 2018 cohort arrived today and we’re launching a new academic year. Our new students are becoming part of a school that is moving forward, building a new model for public policy graduate education.
Pardee RAND continues to add new courses (Modeling Complex Problems, Deep Engagement with Communities, Cyber Policy Through Hacking, Defense Against the Dark Art of Mass Manipulation Using New Media) and teach in new ways (our second year of policy design studios) — preparing our students to lead in the rapidly changing, often uncertain, “white water” world we live in.
Central to preparing for the future is recognizing the interconnected nature of the problems we are tackling, with states, communities, organizations, and people connecting with each other and around the globe. Fred Pardee is once again making it possible for the graduate school to integrate this global perspective into our courses, student and RAND faculty research, and our new Tech and Narrative Lab. Read more about his generous $3 million gift and Professor Krishna Kumar’s leadership of this global initiative below.
And, finally, join us in welcoming the 2018 cohort!
Susan Marquis
Dean
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A $3 million pledge from Frederick Pardee will expand the Pardee Initiative for Global Human Progress, integrate its efforts with the school's redesign, and help the school institutionalize a focus on global issues.
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New alum Claire O'Hanlon Cohort '13 created ControVersus as part of Pardee RAND's initial Tech Lab Pilot. The multiplayer card game helps people talk about politics and understand each other in a fun, nonjudgmental format. Her new website offers the game as a free download.
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Of the ten new electives available this year several have a tech focus, including Cyber Policy through Hacking, Intro to Blockchain Technology, and Defense Against the Dark Arts of Mass Manipulation Using New Media.
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For more than a decade, alum Kartika Palar Cohort '06 and professor Kathryn Derose have been working together to reduce food insecurity among people with HIV. Student Gabriela Armenta Cohort '15 recently joined them on a novel project in the Dominican Republic.
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Pardee RAND is excited to have a full-time Career Services advisor, Sandy Buchan. She comes to the School with lots of plans for engaging students and alumni, as well as a fascinating career background of her own.
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Gabriela Armenta Cohort '15: Assessing, Monitoring, and Evaluating Army Security Cooperation
A Framework for Implementation, a RAND research report
Sangita Baxi Cohort '17 and alum Eric Apaydin Cohort '11: "The Use of Technology in the Clinical Care of Depression: An Evidence Map," in The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
Erin Duffy Cohort '15 and alum Bradley Stein Cohort '97: "Impact of Medicaid Policy on the Oral Health of Publicly Insured Children," in the Maternal and Child Health Journal
Luke Irwin Cohort '16: "Downloadable Guns and Other 3-D Printing Security Threats," a commentary on FoxNews.com
Tim McDonald Cohort '16: "A Better Way to Think About Scooters," a commentary in the Los Angeles Times
John Speed Meyers Cohort '15: Is the USAF Flying Force Large Enough? Assessing Capacity Demands in Four Alternative Futures, a RAND research report
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When the RAND Graduate Institute opened its doors, Gregory Carter Cohort '70 was one of the first three students. Carter passed away in July.
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Congratulations
on your new job or career milestone
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Anne Boustead
Cohort '11
Anne is now an assistant professor in the School of Governance and Public Policy at the University of Arizona.
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Sarah Evans
Cohort '12
Sarah is now an assistant professor of operations research at the U.S. Air Force Academy.
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Jamie Gayton
Cohort '06
Jamie is now executive vice president of member operations at the Pentagon Federal Credit Union.
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Eric Gons
Cohort '05
Eric is now Principal at The Boston Consulting Group.
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Chris McLaren
Cohort '05
Chris is now a senior economist at the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy.
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Greg Midgette
Cohort '09
Greg is now a tenure-track assistant professor at the University of Maryland in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice Studies.
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Leslie Mullins
Cohort '12
Leslie is now director of performance and evaluation for the City and County of San Francisco, working in the Office of the Mayor.
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Samantha Ravich
Cohort '92
Samantha is now chair of the Transformative Cyber Innovation Lab at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and deputy chair of the White House Intelligence Advisory Board.
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David Schill
Cohort '06
David is now a Defense Foreign Liaison Officer at the Pentagon.
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Brad Stein
Cohort '97
Brad is now director of the RAND Opioid Policy Tools and Information Center (OPTIC), a new research center supported by a $7.2 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
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Bonnie Triezenberg
Cohort '14
Bonnie is now an adjunct professor of systems engineering in the Frank R. Seaver College of
Science and Engineering at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, in addition to being a senior engineer at RAND.
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Jodi Liu Cohort '12 was the lead author, along with student Jamie Ryan Cohort '17 and professors Chapin White, Sarah Nowak, and Christine Eibner, on Estimating the Effects of a Single-Payer Proposal in New York State, a RAND research brief, as well as a full-length RAND report.
Liu further summarized the report in "Potential Benefits for Most New Yorkers but No Free Lunch: Tough Decisions for Single-Payer Health Care in New York," a commentary in the New York Daily News.
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Kamiljon Akramov Cohort '01: "Central Asia: Steps toward Cooperation" in the International Food Policy Research Institute's 2018 Global Food Policy Report
John Caloyeras Cohort '09: "Understanding Waste in Health Care: Perceptions of Frontline Physicians Regarding Time Use and Appropriateness of Care They and Others Provide," in The Permanente Journal
Jack Clift Cohort '06: "Funding breastfeeding promotion in developing countries," in the Results for Development (R4D) Blog
Arkadipta Ghosh Cohort '03: "The Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative: Effects On Spending, Quality, Patients, And Physicians," in the journal Health Affairs
Qian Gu Cohort '04: "Tailored Strategies to Enhance Survey Response among Proxies of Deceased Patients," in the journal Health Services Research
Hong Kan Cohort '97: "Factors associated with physicians’ prescriptions for rheumatoid arthritis drugs not filled by patients," in the journal Arthritis Research & Therapy
Maren Leed Cohort '95 participated in a video-recorded panel discussion on "Innovation and The Marine Air-Ground Task Force," part of the CSIS Maritime Security Dialogue series
Silvia Montoya Cohort '06 authored a series of commentaries on elements of the UN's Sustainable Development Goal of quality education, including "Meet SDG 4 Data: Measuring Youth and Adult Literacy and Numeracy," for the Global Partnership for Education
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Maya Buenaventura
Cohort '14
Dissertation: Treatment Not Custody: Process and Impact Evaluation of the Santa Monica Homeless Community Court.
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Bill Gelfeld
Cohort '14
Dissertation: Preventing Deviations from Presidential Term Limits in Low- and Middle-Income Democracies. Bill is a professor at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito in Ecuador.
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Prodyumna Goutam
Cohort '13
Dissertation: Three Essays on Economic Growth and Human Welfare. Prodyumna is an associate research economist at Precision Health Economics in Oakland, CA.
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John Hamm
Cohort '15
Dissertation: Improving the Air Force Medical Service's Expeditionary Medical Support System: A Simulation Approach: Analysis of Mass-Casualty Combat and Disaster Relief Scenarios. John is now an operations research analyst with the Air Force Office of Test and Evaluations.
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Haijing (Crystal) Huang
Cohort '13
Dissertation: Improving Health Decisions and Outcomes for Chronic Diseases: The Impact of Incentives and Information. Crystal is an economist with the international development organization IDinsight.
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Eduardo Marquez-Peña
Cohort '12
Dissertation: Harmonizing Discretionary Policy Choice with Fiscal Rule Making: Mexico after Fiscal and Energy Sector Reforms.
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Claire O'Hanlon
Cohort '13
Dissertation: Accumulation, Autonomy, and Expectations: Three Essays on the Impact of U.S. Health Care Industry Consolidation. Claire is a postdoctoral fellow in health services research and development with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Mahlet (Mahal) Woldetsadik
Cohort '13
Dissertation: Long-term Effects of Wartime Sexual Violence on Women and Families: The Case of Northern Uganda. Mahal is a prevention effectiveness fellow at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Several research seminars, a ping-pong tournament, lunches, and cultural outings were among the highlights of the Brown Faculty Chair residencies by professors Kathryn Derose, Sebastian Linnemayr, and Andrew Parker.
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At its sixth annual Faculty Leaders Program, the School welcomed 14 faculty members from colleges and universities serving diverse student populations. More »
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If you're attending the 40th anniversary APPAM Fall Research Conference in Washington, D.C. November 8–10, join us at a reception for students, faculty, and alumni. Details will be emailed in October.
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