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Outreach
to Other Universities in the State1
at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies
The Andrew Young School works in collaboration with other Universities in the State of Georgia. These joint efforts span teaching, research and outreach.
Atlanta Outreach Consortium
is an inter-university collective working to bridge community outreach and service-learning programs at Georgia State University, Emory University, Georgia Institute of Technology and Clark Atlanta University.
The Department of Economics
and Morehouse College have an ongoing joint program of Economic Studies Abroad in South Africa, including South Africa's Evolving Political Economy. It is designed to give students a broad understanding of the workings of the South African economy, its infrastructure, environment and governance. The 2005 trip took place during the Maymester course.
Georgia State University
and the Georgia Institute of Technology offer a joint Ph.D. in Public Policy, in the School of Public Policy and the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies. The doctoral curriculum utilizes the strengths and faculty expertise of the two institutions.
The Neighborhood Collaborative
helped implement the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance and Earned Income Tax Credit project. The Neighborhood Collaborative took this project to the Atlanta Outreach Consortium (Clark-Atlanta University, Emory University, Georgia Institute of Technology and Georgia State University) and student volunteers from the four universities assisted with tax return preparation for low income Atlanta families.
met with prospective graduate students at Berry College in Rome, Ga., November 2005.
served as the Georgia State representative on the comprehensive exam committee for the Economic Development concentration in the joint Georgia Institute of Technology public policy Ph.D. program. Tasks included assisting with development of the economic development comprehensive exams in the fall and spring and grading them.
worked with the Carl Vinson Institute at University of Georgia faculty in the development of the training program for the Georgia legislative budget offices.
authored the "Feasibility Study on Comprehensive Contract Maintenance in GDOT" with Georgia Institute of Technology researchers.
has several grants in progress with the Georgia Tech Research Institute and with Georgia Institute of Technology schools of Public Policy and Civil & Environmental Engineering.
served as Member of Liliana Letteri’s Ph.D. dissertation committee in the Department of Biology at Georgia Institute of Technology, including designing and grading field examinations in Biology.
served as Principal Investigator of a grant that provided financial support to researchers at Georgia State, Georgia Southern University, Albany State University and Emory University.
supervised Emory University undergraduate student Samuel Cunningham in an independent research project in environmental economics and policy.
served as a member of the joint Emory University-Georgia State organizing committee for the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Economic Science Association, to be held in Atlanta.
wrote the paper “Neighborhood Dynamics and Price Effects of Superfund Site Clean-up,” with Douglas S. Noonan of Georgia Institute of Technology.
organized the conference session “Neighborhood Dynamics” at the Western Economics Association International Meetings with Douglas S. Noonan and Marco Castillo, both of Georgia Institute of Technology.
presented guest lectures on health policy and participatory monitoring and evaluation to Emory University’s School of Nursing MSN program.
collaborated with John O’Looney of the University of Georgia and Louis Kudon of the Georgia Division of Public Health on “Avoidable Hospitalizations: An Analysis for Potential Strategic Action and Change,” working paper, Georgia Health Policy Center, February 2005.
directs the Georgia Institute of Technology-Georgia State University joint Ph.D. program in public policy.
served as advisor to students in the Dual Degree Program, MS/MDiv, with Columbia Theological Seminary and the Interdenominational Theological Center.
taught a Joint Enrollment Course, PAUS 8233, “Power, Faith, and Civic Leadership,” with AYSPS, Columbia Theological Seminary and the Interdenominational Theological Center; taught the Columbia Theological Seminary courses I-241, “Alternative Context for Ministry: Atlanta,” in the Master of Divinity Degree Program, and I-615, “The Pastor as a Public Leader,” in the Doctor of Divinity Program.
served as Chair of the Dual Degree Committee at Columbia Theological Seminary and the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies.
served as Member of the Contextual Education Committee and Member of the Directors Circle in the Faith And The City Program at Columbia Theological Seminary.
participated in the Faculty Retreat at Columbia Theological Seminary, August 30-31, 2005.
presented on “Leading Congregations to Influence Education Policy” to the Faith and the City Inter-Seminary Student Retreat, Calvin Center, November 11-12, 2005.
led new students at Columbia Theological Seminary in three programs called “Introduction to Atlanta and Decatur,” July and August 2005.
served as Guest Lecturer to three classes at Columbia Theological Seminary on “The Role of the Pastor as a Public Leader.”
collaborated on research and a publication with Professor J. Edward Kellough of the Department of Public Administration, University of Georgia, on co-edited book, co-authored book, and co-authored journal article (all in print or forthcoming).
began organizing the International Conference of the Economic Science Association to be held in Atlanta on the Georgia State University campus in June 2006, with Charles Noussair (Emory University), Monica Capra (Emory University), Paul Ferraro, and Susan Laury.
co-authored three manuscripts with Elizabeth M. Jarry, a doctoral student in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at the University of Georgia.
co-authored a manuscript with J. Edward Kellough, a faculty member in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at the University of Georgia.
co-authored a manuscript with Vicky M. Wilkins, a faculty member in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at the University of Georgia.
assisted with the joint graduate program in Public Policy with Georgia Institute of Technology via his Econ 8100 course, grading comprehensive exams, and periodically met with Dr. Gregory Lewis and other administrators of the program.
worked on the Board of Regents Economic Impact Task Force dealing with all other major universities in the university system.
regularly attended seminars relating to innovation at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
is coauthoring a paper with Jerry Thursby at Emory University and Matt Higgens at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
was a grader on preliminary exams for the joint Ph.D. program in policy with Georgia Institute of Technology.
co-authored “Meta Analysis for Benefits Transfer: Theory and Practice,” with John Bergstrom, University of Georgia.
currently is collaborating with Kathy Kinlaw and Karen Trotochaud of the Ethics Center of Emory University on a qualitative research project on pediatric end-of-life care.
coauthored a paper with Carolyn Dehring, an assistant professor of real estate at the University of Georgia.
served as Chair of the Examination Committee for the Joint Georgia Institute of Technology-Georgia State Policy Ph.D. program.
served as dissertation committee member for Berrak Buyukkarabacak, a doctoral student at Emory University.
worked with Jeffrey Brudney, University of Georgia, and Maureen M. Brown, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, on a study of information technology needs in the public sector and the teaching of information technology skills in MPA programs.
taught Public Finance/Public Policy (6118 Pubp) for the Georgia Institute of Technology Master's of Public Policy program.
organized the Associated Faculty Group for the Nonprofit Program which includes faculty from Emory University and Morehouse College.
1. Names of the Georgia universities with which AYSPS collaborated are shown in italics.
