Graduate Student Activities
at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies

Our graduate students were professionally active in 2003, earning an early start on their policy analysis careers. Jointly with faculty and on their own, they have published or have had accepted 19 scholarly papers and have another six under review. They presented 14 papers at professional conferences. For Ph.D.s awarded, see the academic, doctoral activities section of this report.

Scholarly Activities

Peter S. Bluestone (Ph.D. in Economics)

presented "Regional Environmental Quality and Metropolitan Statistical Area Government Fragmentation, Some Preliminary Results" at the Georgia Graduate Student Interdisciplinary Conference at the University of Georgia, Athens, Ga., April 5, 2003.

received the 2003 George Malanos Scholarship in Economics, which is given in honor of Dr. George Malanos, late professor of economics and first chair of the department, to the Ph.D. student selected by the faculty as best exemplifying a commitment to the exchange of ideas and the creation of a community of scholars.

was a finalist for the 2003 Stevens Fellowship in regional science. The Fellowship is administered on behalf of the North American Regional Science Council. The Fellowship is awarded in memory of Dr. Benjamin H. Stevens, an intellectual leader whose selfless devotion to graduate students as teacher, advisor, mentor, and friend continues to have a profound impact on the field of regional science.

Heather Coble (Ph.D. in Economics)

updated her Certified Cash Management to Certified Treasury Professional status in June 2003.

was selected as an instructor for the Association of Financial Professionals' certification course by Kennesaw State University.

presented topics on international cash management and on selecting a financial application at the Financial Management Conference of the South, Atlanta, Ga., June 3, 2003.

Amy DeGroff (Joint Ph.D. in Public Policy)

(with Paula Lantz, Leah Romano, and Kristie Keeton). "Case Management in Public Health Screening Programs: The Experience of the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program," Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, forthcoming.

is a recipient of a two-year training program to pursue doctoral studies at Georgia State University and the Georgia Institute of Technology from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Nevbahar Ertas (Joint Ph.D. in Public Policy)

(with Christine Roch) presented “The Limits of Interpersonal Influence: Market Mavens in Private and Local Public Goods Markets” at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Ill., April 3-6, 2003.

Craig S. Gordon (Ph.D. in Public Policy)

(with Gary T. Henry). "Driving Less for Better Air: Behavioral Impacts of a Public Information Campaign," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 45-64, 2003.

(with Gary T. Henry). "Can Competition Improve Educational Outcomes?: National Institute of Early Education Research," 2003.

presented "Parallel or Perpendicular: Testing the Homogeneity Assumption of Public Opinion" at the Southern Association of Public Opinion Research, Raleigh, N.C., October 3, 2003.

presented "The Effects of Competition on Child Development in Georgia's Pre-K Market" (with Gary T. Henry and Benjamin P. Scafadi, Jr.) at the American Education Finance Association, Orlando, Fla., March 28, 2003.

presented "Implementing the Pre-K Program and its Impact on the Early Childcare Market" for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service, Alexandria, Va., June 24, 2003.

presented "Georgia's Universal Pre-K: Findings and Policy Implications" (with Gary T. Henry and D.K. Rickman) at the Mini-Conference on Educational Evaluation, National Science Foundation and the American Evaluation Association, Reno, Nev., November 5, 2003.

(with Laura W. Henderson, D.K. Rickman, Monica Herk, E.A. Stone and K.F. DeVivo). "Final Evaluation Report, November 2001-October 2003," Atlanta, Ga., Georgia Department of Human Resources, Smart Start, and The United Way, 2003.

(with Gary T. Henry, Laura W. Henderson and Bentley Ponder). "Georgia Pre-K Longitudinal Study: Final Report 1996-2001 School Year," Atlanta, Ga.: Georgia Office of School Readiness, 2003.

(with Gary T. Henry, Laura W. Henderson, Bentley Ponder, Andrew Mashburn, and D.K. Rickman). "Report of the Findings from the Early Childhood Study: 2001-02," Atlanta, Ga., Georgia Office of School Readiness and the National Institute for Early Education Research, 2003.

Christopher Horne (Joint Ph.D. in Public Policy)

"Should Faith-based Organizations Apply for Government Funds? The Potential Impact on Giving and Volunteering," Social Work and Christianity, Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 64-74, 2003.

"Service Utilization Patterns of Survivors of Intra- and Extra-familial Homicides," Journal of Family Violence, Vol. 18, pp. 75-82, 2003.

(with David M. Van Slyke and Janet L. Johnson). "Attitudes Toward Public Funding for Faith-Based Organizations and the Potential Impact on Private Giving," Proceedings of the Spring Research Conference, The Roundtable on Religion and Social Welfare Policy, Washington, D.C., 2003.

(with David M. Van Slyke and John Clayton Thomas). "The Implications of Public Opinion for Public Managers: Charitable Choice and Faith-Based Organizations," Administration and Society, revise and resubmit.

(with David M. Van Slyke and Janet L. Johnson). "Do Charitable Donors Know Enough and Care Enough for Government Subsidies to Affect Private Giving to Nonprofit Organizations? Testing the Key Assumptions of the Crowding-out and Crowding-in Hypotheses," Nonprofit Voluntary Sector Quarterly, revise and resubmit.

(with David M. Van Slyke and Janet L. Johnson). "Charitable Choice Implementation: What Public Managers Should Know About Public Opinion and the Potential Impact of Government Funding on Private Giving," State and Local Government Review, under review.

Angela Blair Hutchinson (Joint Ph.D. in Public Policy)

served as referee for The Lancet and Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved.

(with G. Corbie-Smith, S. Thomas, S. Mohanan and C. del Rio). “Understanding the Patient’s Perspective on Routine and Rapid HIV Testing in an Urban Urgent Care Center,” AIDS Education and Prevention, forthcoming.

(with Don Des Jarlais, Cynthia Lyles, Nicole Crepaz and the TREND Group - Transparent Reporting of Evaluations with Non-randomized Designs). “Improving the Reporting Quality of Non-Randomized Evaluations of Behavioral and Public Health Interventions: The TREND Statement,” American Journal of Public Health, forthcoming.

(with others and the Task Force on Community Preventive Services). “Promoting Informed Decision Making About Cancer Screening In Communities and Health Care Systems,” American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Vol. 26, No. 1, pp. 67-80, 2004.

(with P.S. Corso, S.M. Teutsch, P.A. Briss, V. Carande-Kulis and J. Fielding). "Understanding and Using the Economic Evidence Provided in the Community Guide," chapter in The Guide to Community Preventive Services, forthcoming.

(with E.M. Foster). “The Effect of Medicaid Managed Care on Children with Mental Health and Substance Abuse Disorders,” Mental Health Services Research, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 39-54, 2003.

(with Paul G. Farnham) presented “Cost-Effectiveness of HIV Testing Strategies in the Emergency Care/Urgent Care Center Setting” at the 2003 National HIV Prevention Conference, Atlanta, Ga., July 2003.

(with Paul G. Farnham and A. Bostrom) presented “A Health Technology Assessment of HIV Testing Strategies in the Emergency Care/Urgent Care Center Setting” at the 2003 Society for Medical Decision Making Annual Meeting, Chicago, Ill., October 2003.

(with the HIV/AIDS Prevention Research Synthesis Team) presented “A Meta-Analytic Review of U.S. and International HIV Prevention Interventions on Sexual Risk Behaviors For Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM)” at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, San Francisco, Calif., November 2003.

Abdullah Khan (Ph.D. in Economics)

taught an undergraduate microeconomics course at Western Kentucky University, summer 2003.

compiled a data-base of "Centers of Excellence for Entrepreneurship Education, Research and Training" for the entrepreneurship center of Western Kentucky University.

Choi Ki-Whan (Ph.D. in Economics)

earned funding from the Korean American Scholarship Foundation in summer 2003.

Pratik Mhatre (Joint Ph.D. in Public Policy)

presented a research paper titled "Impact of Organizational Capability in Developing Internet-based Solutions on Perceived Website Effectiveness" at the SouthEastern Conference of Public Administration (SeCoPA), Savannah, Ga., October 14, 2003. Co-authors are Dr. Sanjay Pandey (Rutgers University) and Dr. Eric Welch (Univ. of Illinois, Chicago).

Suneeta Mishra (MS in HRD)

assisted Verna Willis with the Action Learning project at Worldspan, Atlanta, Ga., and the Instructional design project at Nextel, Atlanta, Ga.

Gonzalo Ordonez-Matamoros (Joint Ph.D. in Public Policy)

presented "Looking under the Lamp Post: Towards Impact and Outcome Indicators for Biotechnology" (with Susan Cozzens and Isabel Bortagaray) at the Workshop on Methodologies for Constructing Indicators in Biotechnology and Food Technology, Bogotá, Colombia, November 24-25, 2003.

presented "U.S. Perception Toward Science: Does Modern Science do More Harm than Good? The Intervening Role of Education and Scientific Literacy" at the Science & Technology Policy Programs Meeting, at George Mason University in Arlington, Va., July 7-8, 2003.

Olga Pavlova (Ph.D. in Economics)

(with Julie L. Hotchkiss) presented "The Impact of 9/11 on Hours of Work in the U.S." at the Southern Economic Association, San Antonio, Texas, November 21-23, 2003.

Pablo Saavedra (Joint Ph.D. in Public Policy)

(with Barry Bozeman). "The 'Gradient Effect' in Federal Laboratory-Industry Technology Transfer Partnerships," Policy Studies Journal, May 2004.

Toshihiro Uchida (Ph.D. in Economics)

won the prestigious Joseph L. Fisher Award from Resources for the Future for his dissertation on voluntary approaches to environmental protection. Only three of these honors were awarded this year in an international competition.

received the Southern Economic Association Graduate Student Award and was invited to a Graduate Student Session to present his paper, “The Adoption of Environmental Management Systems and their Effect on the Environment: Evidence from Japanese Manufacturers,” at the Southern Economic Association Conference, San Antonio, Texas, November 21-23, 2003.

presented “Voluntary Approaches to Pollution Control: Evaluating Japan’s New Pollutant Release and Transfer Register” at the Southern Economic Association Conference, San Antonio, Texas, November 21-23, 2003.

(with Paul J. Ferraro and Jon M. Conrad). “Price Premiums for Eco-friendly Commodities: Are ‘Green’ Markets the Best Way to Protect Endangered Ecosystems?” Environmental and Resource Economics, under review.

(with Paul J. Ferraro). “The Adoption of Environmental Management Systems and their Effect on the Environment: Evidence from Japanese Manufacturers,” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, under review.

(with Paul J. Ferraro). “Voluntary Approaches to Pollution Control: Evaluating Japan’s New Pollutant Release and Transfer Register,” Economics Letters, under review.

Angelino Viceisza (Ph.D. in Economics)

served as discussant for "Mas lat mainta," a live call-in radio program discussing ideas presented in the article “Kòrsou, n'unda bo tesoro ta?” Curaçao, July 2003.

“Kòrsou, n’unda bo tesoro ta?” article discussing the self-fulfilling prophecies of Curaçao macroeconomics, Curaçao local associated press, June 2003.

(under supervision of Robert G. King) completed and presented the working paper, “On Convergence Concepts,” Boston University, May 2003.

“The Culture of Fear,” article in book, Valdemar Marcha and Paul Verweel (eds.), January 2003.

(with Daniel C. Weiner) “Lecture Notes on Real Analysis, Introduction to Analysis I-MA 511” and “Lecture Notes on Real Analysis, Introduction to Analysis II-MA 512,” Boston University, forthcoming.