AYSPS Personnel Changes
at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies

Health policy specialist and Economics Department Professor Jay Bae took a position in February with pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and Company in Indianapolis, Ind.

Grant Black moved to Indiana University-South Bend, as Assistant Professor of Economics, Director of the Center for Economic Education, and Director of the Bureau of Business and Economic Research.

Kathryn Black resigned from TAP to attend graduate school in Wisconsin.

Karlease Bradford accepted a promotion to Business Manager for Domestic Programs of the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies in February 2004.

Linda Dayce-Caban accepted a position with a senior citizen service provider in DeKalb County.

NTT Visiting Lecturer John Cascone joined PAUS department faculty in 2004.

Rebecca S. Curtis left the Program for Rehabilitation Leadership in September, to begin a new position as Assistant Professor at Auburn University.

Shelena Davis completed her year of service at the Neighborhood Collaborative as a Vista volunteer in November 2004.

Huiping Du returned to the Neighborhood Collaborative as a Graduate Research Assistant.

Kelly Edmiston moved in 2004 to the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City as Senior Economist in the Community Affairs Department.

Kenneth Ekeogu joined the Neighborhood Collaborative as Coordinator and Office Manager for the Senior Volunteer Programs.

Alan Essig left the Fiscal Research Center to accept the position of executive director at the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute.

Kehli Faulkner completed her work as a Learn and Serve student with the Neighborhood Collaborative, but continues working as a volunteer.

Sally Fowler transferred from the PAUS Department into a position as an academic advisor in the Office of Academic Assistance, March 1, 2004.

Julie Hotchkiss, Associate Professor of Economics, has been recommended for promotion to Professor.

Doris Jackson, previously a Vista Member with the Neighborhood Collaborative, has accepted a position with a senior citizen service provider in DeKalb County.

Minnie Ford Jenkins joined the Neighborhood Collaborative as a coordinator for the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program working in DeKalb County.

Shannon L. Jones was hired as Publications Specialist for the Dean's Office.

Douglas J. Krupka was hired by the Economics Department as an Assistant Professor of Economics after graduating from the University of Chicago in June 2004. His primary interests are in Labor and Urban Economics.

Maxine Kwofie, a recent PAUS graduate, was hired as a Training Specialist for the Program for Rehabilitation Leadership.

Anthony J. Langton worked with the Program for Rehabilitation Leadership as a Research Associate during 2004.

NTT Visiting Lecturer Lyle Letteer left PAUS in 2004.

Andrew Mashburn left Domestic Programs to accept a post-doctoral position at the University of Virginia.

Callie Meyer resigned from TAP in June 2004 to return to graduate school in San Diego. She became a part time employee after completing her year of VISTA service in November 2003.

Elfriede Morris joined the Neighborhood Collaborative as part time receptionist funded through the Senior Employment Program.

Bonnie Naugle completed two years as a Web graduate research assistant in the Dean's Office, and consulted part-time to edit the 2004 Annual Report.

Judith Ottoson, Associate Professor of Public Administration and Urban Studies, resigned from the school in Summer 2004.

Konstantin Pahev is a visiting professor from the Center for the Study of Democracy in Sofia, Bulgaria, from October 2004 to March 2005, under the Fulbright Senior Scholarship Program.

Bentley D. Ponder left Domestic Programs to be an Education Research and Evaluation Specialist at Bright From the Start: Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning.

Inas Rashad was hired as Assistant Professor by the Economics Department from the CUNY Graduate Center, New York, in August 2004. Rashad's current research is centered around the rapid acceleration in the obesity rate in the United States and in finding causes and solutions for the epidemic.

Dana K. Rickman is the project manager for the Georgia Early Childhood Study.

Jose Felix Sanz Sanz is a visiting professor from the Universidad Complutense, from September 2004 until March 2005.

Kenneth Slade joined the Neighborhood Collaborative as a coordinator for the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program working in Clayton County.

David Van Slyke resigned from the Department of Public Administration in Summer 2004, and is now Assistant Professor of Public Administration at Syracuse University, N.Y.

Marene Straub joined the Neighborhood Collaborative as a coordinator for the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program working in Gwinnett County.

Yu Su joined the Neighborhood Collaborative as a Graduate Research Assistant.

Jeanie Thomas returned to the Fiscal Research Center in June 2004 after serving as Policy Advisor in Governor Sonny Perdue’s administration for his initial year and a half in office.

Benno Torgler was a visiting professor with the International Studies Program from the University of Basel, Switzerland, through August 2004.