Graduate Student Activities
at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies

Our graduate students were professionally active in 2004, earning an early start on their policy analysis careers. Jointly with faculty and on their own, they have published or have had accepted 13 scholarly papers and have another 3 under review. They presented 24 papers at professional conferences. For Ph.D.'s awarded, see the academic, degrees section of this report.

Scholarly Activities

Bulent Anil (Ph.D. in Economics)

received the Terry Duvernay Housing Georgia 2004 Conference Scholarship.

Kwaw S. Andam (Joint Ph.D. in Public Policy)

presented “Improving Water Management in Rural West Africa: The Rural Heritage Approach” (with Kwesi A. Andam and Samuel N. Odai) at the 5th International Conference of the International Academy of African Business and Development, Atlanta, Ga., April 7-10, 2004.

Shena Ashley (Joint Ph.D. in Public Policy)

presented "Engaging African Americans in Philanthropy: The Case of Metro Atlanta," (with David M. Van Slyke) at the 2004 Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action Conference, Los Angeles, Calif., November 18-20, 2004.

presented "The Diffusion Lens: What Counts as Success?" on the panel “Evaluation Implications of Different Process Lenses: Knowledge Utilization, Diffusion, Implementation, and Transfer” (with Judith Ottoson, Lawrence Green, Sarah Blake, Amy DeGroff, and Monica LaBelle) at the Annual Conference of the American Evaluation Association, Atlanta, Ga., November 3, 2004.

(with David M. Van Slyke and Janet Johnson). African American Philanthropy in Metro Atlanta, Report to the Community Foundation of Greater Atlanta, May 2004.

served on the Advisory Board for Community Foundation of Greater Atlanta Giving: A Shared Inheritance Philanthropy Study, February-December 2004.

presented on "Results from the African American Philanthropy Study" at the Association for Fundraising Professionals Meeting, Atlanta, Ga., October 19, 2004, and at the Interdenominational Theological Center, Atlanta, Ga., October 5, 2004.

participated in a Community Panel on "Faith Based Initiatives - The Facts" at the Interdenominational Theological Center, Atlanta, Ga., March 13, 2004.

served as Event Coordinator of the Banquet "On the Right Side of History: Lessons from Brown Seminar" for the Southeastern Network of African Americans in Philanthropy, Atlanta, Ga., October 19, 2004.

attended the 2004 APPAM Conference, Atlanta, Ga., October 28-30, 2004; and the 2004 Society for Social Studies of Science Conference, Paris, France, August 25-28, 2004.

received the 2004 Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action Emerging Scholars Award and the 2004 National Science Foundation/American Evaluation Association Conference Attendance Award.

served as guest lecturer, presenting "STATA Software tutorial" in PAUS 9111 Advanced Research Methods I, August 19, 2004; and "Faith-Based Initiatives" in PAUS 8233, Power, Faith and Civic Leadership, October 14, 2004.

Viviane M. Bastos (Ph.D. in Economics)

presented “Viés de Seleção, Retornos à Educação e Migração no Brasil” (with Eduardo P. Ribeiro) at the XXVI Meeting of the Brazilian Econometric Society (SBE), João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil, December 8, 2004.

Sarah Blake (Joint Ph.D. in Public Policy)

presented "Knowledge Utilization" on the panel “Evaluation Implications of Different Process Lenses: Knowledge Utilization, Diffusion, Implementation, and Transfer” (with Judith Ottoson, Lawrence Green, Shena Ashley, Amy DeGroff, and Monica LaBelle) at the Annual Conference of the American Evaluation Association, Atlanta, Ga., November 3, 2004.

Peter Bluestone (Ph.D. in Economics)

accepted a position as a Research Associate with the Fiscal Research Center at Georgia State University.

was an Urban Fellow Recipient, Georgia State University, November 2004.

Joshua Bornstein (M.P.A./Disaster Management Certificate)

(with W. Andrew Wilson). “Creating a Crisis Management Plan: Using the All Hazards Approach I” and “Creating a Crisis Management Plan: Using the All Hazards Approach II,” NetResults, the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, December 2004.

has been invited to present "Keep Your Institution on Track in Times of Crisis" (with W. Andrew Wilson) at the American College Personnel Association Annual Convention, Nashville, Tenn., April 2005.

Steven Buigut (Ph.D. in Economics)

(with Neven T. Valev). “Is the Proposed East African Monetary Union an Optimal Currency Area? A Structural Vector Autoregression,” World Development, under review.

"Seigniorage and the Proposed East African Community Monetary Union," African Finance Journal, revise and resubmit.

Dennis Keith Burns (Joint Ph.D. in Public Policy)

served as a Visiting Instructor at the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia, in October 2004. This trip was sponsored by the International Center for Democratic Governance at the University of Georgia (Athens), which provides instructors from American universities to several institutes in the Republic of Georgia and other former Soviet states.

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

presented "Implementation" on the panel “Evaluation Implications of Different Process Lenses: Knowledge Utilization, Diffusion, Implementation, and Transfer” (with Judith Ottoson, Lawrence Green, Sarah Blake, Shena Ashley, and Monica LaBelle) at the Annual Conference of the American Evaluation Association, Atlanta, Ga., November 3, 2004.

presented "A Yin for Case Study" and "Making a Case for 'Model of Influence' as a Program Theory" (with Mark Rivera, Judith Ottoson, Sara Hackley, and Cindy Clark) at the Annual Conference of the American Evaluation Association, Atlanta, Ga., November 5-6, 2004.

presented "The Model of Influence: Mapping Progress Toward National Objectives" (with Mark Rivera, Judith Ottoson, and Sara Hackley) at the Annual Conference of the Division of Diabetes Translation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chicago, Ill., May 12, 2004.

(with Mark Rivera, Judith Ottoson, and Sara Hackley). Diabetes Prevention and Control Programs: Final Case Study Report, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention through ORC Macro, 2004.

(with Paula Lantz, Kristie Keeton, and Leah Romano). "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, Vol. 10, No. 6, pp. 545-555, 2004.

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

was selected from a large group of applicants to attend the Summer 2004 National Longitudinal Surveys User Conference, a workshop sponsored by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Columbus, Ohio, August 3-6, 2004.

has been admitted to the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) Research Participation Programs at the Centers for Disease Control, administered by ORISE.

S. Nicole Fehrenbach (Joint Ph.D. in Public Policy)

(with Janet C.R. Kelly and Christie Vu). "Integration of Child Health Information Systems: Current State and Local Health Department Efforts," pp. S30–S35; (with Ellen L. Wild) "Assessing Organizational Readiness and Capacity for Developing an Integrated Child Health Information System," pp. S48-S51; and (with Ellen L. Wild, Terry M. Hastings, Ruth Gubernick, and David A. Ross) "Key Elements for Successful Integrated Health Information Systems: Lessons From the States," pp. S36-S47, Journal of Public Health Management & Practice, Issue 6 (Supplement), November 2004.

gave a pre-conference workshop presentation on "National Health Information Systems Initiatives and Current State Child Health Information System Integration Efforts" at the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs 2004 Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., February 29, 2004. The workshop received some of the top ratings from the conference participants.

presented "Integrating Child Health Information Systems: All Kids Count Survey Results" at the National Association for Public Health Information Technology 2004 Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Ga., May 27, 2004.

gave a poster presentation on "Recommendations for the Development of Child Health Information Systems to Meet Medical Care and Public Health Needs" at the Academy Health 2004 Annual Research Meeting, San Diego, Calif., June 6, 2004.

Odile Ferroussier-Davis (Joint Ph.D. in Public Policy)

presented "Integrating Evaluation into Project Implementation: The Binational Referral and Patient Management Pilot Project" (with Kayla Laserson and Maureen Wilce of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) and "Estimating the Cost Associated with the Management of Comorbidities Among Hospitalized TB Patients in Russia" (with Rostislav Mitrofanov of WHO Moscow) at the 35th International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease World Conference on Lung Health, Paris, France, October 28-November 1, 2004.

presented "Impact of Provider Type on the Outcome of TB Treatment in the United States" at the 2004 conference of the American Thoracic Society, Orlando, Fla., May 21-26, 2004.

Sue A. Frank (Joint Ph.D. in Public Policy)

(with Gregory B. Lewis). “Government Employees: Working Hard or Hardly Working?” American Review of Public Administration, Vol. 34, pp. 36-51, March 2004.

Gyusuck Geon (Ph.D. in Economics)

(with Geoffrey K. Turnbull). “Local Government Internal Structure, External Constraints and the Median Voter Hypothesis,” Review of Economics and Statistics, under review.

(with Geoffrey K. Turnbull). “The Effect of Home Rule on Local Government Behavior: Is There No Rule Like Home Rule?” Public Choice, under review.

Hai (David) Guo (Joint Ph.D. in Public Policy)

presented “Financing Infrastructure: Fixed Price v. Price Index Contracts” (with Robert Eger III) at the Association for Budgeting and Financial Management Annual Conference, Chicago, Ill., October 2004.

Andrew Haas (M.P.A.)

(with Robert Eger III). "Bond Ratings" and "Bond Defaults," entries in Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, Marcel Dekker Inc., forthcoming.

Zhenhua Hu (Joint Ph.D. in Public Policy)

(with Gregory B. Lewis). “Information Technology Workers in the Federal Service: More than a Quiet Crisis?” Review of Public Personnel Administration, forthcoming.

presented “Using Survival Analysis to Estimate Working Number Rate in Cellular Surveys” (with Charlotte Steeh) at the Joint Statistical Meeting (JSM), sponsored by the American Statistical Association, Toronto, Canada, August 9, 2004.

Wes Irvin (M.S.-UPS)

(with Atef Ghobrial). "Combating Air Terrorism: Some Implications to the Aviation Industry," Journal of Air Transport, Vol. 9, No. 3, October 2004.

Jungbu Kim (Joint Ph.D. in Public Policy)

presented "Bases of Knowledge Claims Surrounding the Controversy on Advanced Technology Program" at the RVM (Research Value Mapping) Conference at Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Ga., March 26, 2004.

presented "Bureaucratic Maximization and R&D Programs: A Case Study on the 21st Century Frontier R&D Program of Korea" at the Association of Budgeting and Financial Management’s 16th Annual Conference, Chicago, Ill., October 7-9, 2004.

Ikuho Kochi (Ph.D. in Economics)

(with Bryan Hubbell and Randall Kramer). “An Empirical Bayes Approach to Combining and Comparing Estimates on the Value of a Statistical Life for Environmental Policy Analysis,” Environmental and Resource Economics, forthcoming.

John Matthews (Joint Ph.D. in Public Policy)

(with Carolyn Bourdeaux). "Georgia’s Redevelopment Powers Law: A Policy Guide to the Evaluation and Use of Tax Allocation Districts," Research Atlanta Report, November 2004.

served as Visiting Lecturer in the class "City Planning for Budget and Financial Management," Graduate School of City Planning, Georgia Institute of Technology, Fall 2004.

has been invited to present “An Examination of the Influence of Neighborhood Layout on Rate and Types of Crime in Atlanta, Georgia” (with William J. Smith) at the International Space Syntax Symposium, Delft, Holland, June 13-17, 2005.

Mercy Mvundura (Ph.D. in Economics)

attended the "Early Childhood Longitudinal Study - Kindergarten Class of 1998-1999" Database Training Seminar, Washington D.C., July 6-9, 2004.

attended the "National Longitudinal Survey, User Workshop on Demography" Database Training Seminar at Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, August 3-9, 2004.

Ignacio Navarro (Joint Ph.D. in Public Policy)

(with Gregory Streib and Mark Rivera). “Performance on the ICMA Applied Knowledge Assessment: Trends and Patterns,” The Municipal Yearbook, forthcoming.

(with Gregory Streib). “Citizen Demand for Interactive E-Government: The Case of Georgia Consumer Services,” American Review of Public Administration, revise and resubmit.

Monica Oliver (Joint Ph.D. in Public Policy)

presented "Transfer" on the panel “Evaluation Implications of Different Process Lenses: Knowledge Utilization, Diffusion, Implementation, and Transfer” (with Judith Ottoson, Lawrence Green, Sarah Blake, Shena Ashley, and Amy DeGroff) at the Annual Conference of the American Evaluation Association, Atlanta, Ga., November 3, 2004.

Monica Ospina (Ph.D. in Economics)

presented “Measuring the Effectiveness of Listing Under the U.S. Endangered Species Act” (with Paul J. Ferraro) at the 12th Annual CAMP Resources Workshop, Wilmington, N.C., August 2004.

Olga Pavlova (Ph.D. in Economics)

(with Julie L. Hotchkiss). “The Impact of 9/11 on Hours of Work in the United States,” Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Working Paper #2004-16, Social Science Quarterly, under review.

presented “Effect of Labor Policies on Gender Wage Differentials: Case of Ukraine and Lithuania,” served as a discussant in two sessions, and served as a chair of “Wage and Labor Outcomes – International Evidence” at the Southern Economic Association Annual Meetings, New Orleans, La., November 21-23, 2004.

received a dissertation grant from Georgia State University for $1000.

David Rein (Joint Ph.D. in Public Policy)

accepted a position at the Research Triangle Institute in Atlanta, Ga.

Kathleen Sobush (M.S.-UPS/Public Health Certificate)

presented on "Obesity/Overweight" and "The Built Environment" to the Georgia Collaborative Task Force for the Prevention of Obesity and Chronic Diseases at the Timber Ridge Conference Center, Mableton, Ga., June 29, 2004.

accepted an invitation to join the Georgia Collaborative Task Force for the Prevention of Obesity and Chronic Diseases.

Albert Sumell (Ph.D. in Economics)

(with Paula Stephan, Grant Black, and James Adams). “Firm Placements of New Ph.D.'s: Implications for Knowledge Transfer,” chapter in Role of Labour Mobility and Informal Networks for Knowledge Transfer, Dirk Fornahl, Christian Zellner and David Audretsch (eds.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004.

(with Paula Stephan, Grant Black, and James Adams). “Doctoral Education and Economic Development: The Flow of New Ph.D.'s to Industry,” Economic Development Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 151-167, 2004.

(with Shiferaw Gurmu, Paula Stephan and Grant Black). “Who’s Patenting in the University? Evidence from a Survey of Doctorate Recipients,” Economics of Innovation and New Technology, revise and resubmit.

Bayar Tumennasan (Ph.D. in Economics)

(with Roy Bahl). "How Should Revenues from Natural Resources be shared in Indonesia," Oil, Gas and Energy Law Intelligence, Vol. 2, No. 3, July 2004; and also included as a chapter in Reforming Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations and the Rebuilding of Indonesia - The 'Big Bang' Program and its Economic Consequences, James Alm, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, and Sri Mulyani Indrawati (eds.), Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, U.K. - Northampton, Mass., 2004.

Angelino Viceisza (Ph.D. in Economics)

(with Daniel C. Weiner). Lecture Notes Introduction to Analysis I-II (MA 511) and Lecture Notes Introduction to Analysis I-II (MA 512), available online, August 2004.

(with Geoffrey K. Turnbull). Lectures and Exercises in Microeconomics, published online, forthcoming.

Wesley W. Waugh (Joint Ph.D. in Public Policy)

(with William L. Waugh, Jr.). “Phenomenology and Public Administration,” International Journal of Organizational Theory and Behavior, Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 405-431, Fall 2004.

Mohammad Yunus (Ph.D. in Economics)

(with Shiferaw Gurmu). “An Empirical Analysis of Tobacco Consumption in a Developing Economy,” International Academy of African Business and Development Proceedings, Gerry N. Muuka (ed.), Vol. 5, 2004.