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The Pardee RAND Graduate School Alumni Newsletter — Winter 2019 | Web version
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Message from the Dean
Leadership.
When considering Ph.D. programs, leadership is not often the first characteristic that comes to mind. Reading this issue of Findings may result in changed expectations about what a Ph.D. program could and should be.
Pardee RAND alumni are building new medical schools. Making policy in the U.S. Army, Department of Energy, and on Hawaii's public utilities. Changing ideas about foreign policy. And getting people to think hard on issues ranging from love to the future of U.S. global leadership.
And our students, alumni, faculty, and staff are leading at a national level at APPAM (the Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management), while Pardee RAND is showing the way with a whole new model for public policy graduate education.
Read on and see if you agree that this Ph.D. program has leadership in its DNA.
Lead on!
Susan
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When it comes to APPAM, the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Pardee RAND punches far above its weight. Four members of the Pardee RAND community — students Lauren Davis Cohort '15 and Rachel Perera '16 (pictured, with Associate Dean Rachel Swanger), and alumni Alison Jacknowitz '99 and Michael Shires '90 — now hold leadership roles in the organization. More »
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"As a catch-all term," Dean Susan Marquis wrote in the January 2019 issue of RAND Review, "‘public policy’ stands for every major issue facing the nation and the world, from international terrorism to income inequality to underperforming schools. How we train the next generation of policy experts will help determine how effective we are in addressing those issues." More »
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Professors Laura Bogart and Kathryn Pitkin Derose offered a new course this quarter in preparation for the "Policy in Action" stream of the school's redesign. Students held in-depth discussions with guest lecturers about the issues and methods involved in conducting community-based, participatory, and community-engaged research across different disciplines and fields. More »
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Does having access to easily intelligible localized air quality data afford better policy and personal decisions? A Tech and Narrative Lab project funded by the Cazier Initiative has brought together a team of Pardee RAND students, faculty, and RAND staff to try to answer that question.
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In anticipation of Pardee RAND's 50th anniversary in 2020, a major fundraising campaign, and the official launch of the school's redesigned curriculum, Pardee RAND has an exciting — and excited — new team in the Development Office: Sylvia Dsouza, Reuben Ayala, Breanne Williamson, and Cece Forrester.
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Gabriela Armenta Cohort '15, with alum Mahal Woldetsadik Cohort '13: "Challenges to the Integration of Syrian Refugees," in the International Journal of Population Studies
Ellie Bartels Cohort '15: Conceptual Design for a Multiplayer Security Force Assistance Strategy Game, a RAND research report
Erin Duffy Cohort '15: "Association Between Type of Health Insurance and Children's Oral Health," in the Journal of Public Health Dentistry
Dung Huynh Cohort '16: "Vietnam's Defense Policy of 'No' Quietly Saves Room for 'Yes'," in The Diplomat
Lisa Jonsson Cohort '14, with Prof. Aimee Curtright: Energy Efficiency as a Tool for Preservation of Affordable Rental Housing, a RAND research report, and also a related commentary in The Energy Collective, both with support from the Cazier Initiative
Heejin Kim Cohort '18, with Prof. Rafiq Dossani: Engagement with North Korea: Small Steps May Matter More Than Big Ones, in RealClearWorld
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Alum Grace Carter Cohort '70 — one of our first graduates, and a mentor of many later students — passed away last fall. More »
Two other members of the Pardee RAND family — professor Melinda Moore and long-time supporter Harold Brown — passed away in January. (RAA login required.)
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Our "Foodie in Chief" Dean Marquis loves grabbing a meal with alumni (and off-site students) when she travels. In this quarter alone, she's hosted events in Palo Alto and Berkeley, CA, and in Washington, D.C.
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Congratulations
on your new job or career milestone
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David Apgar
Cohort '80
David is founder of the Shareholder Democracy Network.
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Jay Griffin
Cohort '04
Jay is now chair of the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission.
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Samantha Ravich
Cohort '92
Samantha is now a member of the Department of Energy's Secretary of Energy Advisory Board.
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Anna-Marie Vilamovska
Cohort '05
Anna-Marie is now executive director of the Bulgarian Outsourcing Association.
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Casey Wardynski
Cohort '97
Casey is now assistant secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs.
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Mikhail Zaydman
Cohort '12
Mikhail is now a senior data scientist at Microsoft.
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Katya Fonkych Cohort '00 and Jack Zwanziger Cohort '83: "The California Competitive Model: How Has It Fared, And What's Next?" in Health Affairs
Phoenix Do Cohort '00: "Triple jeopardy: the joint impact of racial segregation and neighborhood poverty on the mental health of black Americans," in the journal Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
Jeremy Ghez Cohort '06: Etats-Unis: Déclin improbable, rebond impossible, a new book published by VA Media Group
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Dan Han
Cohort '13
Dissertation: The Impact of the 340B Drug Pricing Program on Critical Access Hospitals. She is a visiting graduate student/post-doctoral fellow at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health.
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Christina Steiner
Cohort '09
Dissertation: Promotion, Turnover, and Satisfaction in the Army Civilian Workforce: An Analysis of Features of Occupation Ladders and Employee Perspectives of the Work Environment.
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Gabriel Weinberger
Cohort '13
Dissertation: Criminal Justice System and More Lenient Drug Policy: Three Case Studies on California's Changes to How Its Criminal Justice System Addresses Drug Use. He is a senior research associate with The Bail Project and an adjunct researcher at RAND.
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Students, faculty, staff and alumni gathered for a fun evening in December to celebrate the holidays (and end of exams). Photos »
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Pardee RAND welcomed the Wall Street Journal's Michael Phillips as a distinguished visitor this quarter. Students, faculty, and RAND staff had ample opportunities to interact with and learn from him.
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