Media "Hits"
at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies

Journalists from dozens of local, regional, national and international publications and broadcast outlets call on the Andrew Young School's faculty experts each week for information and commentary on breaking news stories and features. In 2006, researchers and data from the Andrew Young School were featured in nearly 200 stories. The college encourages its faculty – as employees of a taxpayer-funded research university – to make themselves and their work available to the public through these news outlets. The list below represents a sampling of the year's major media hits.

The Andrew Young School of Policy Studies' research study or report mentions: Our pre-k study was featured in "Leg up for young students; Pre-K program provides boost to learning, study says," Athens Banner-Herald, January 7, 2006, and in "Study shows Pre-K program key to successful early childhood education," The Signal, January 10, 2006. An arts study was mentioned in "Study says folks willing to pay taxes to fund arts," The San Diego Union-Tribune, April 16, 2006. Our research was cited in "Tax ploy ignores needs; Push to cut or reduce vehicle tax would rob areas of funds used for road improvements, other services," Atlanta Journal-Constitution, August 9, 2006; cited in "House GOP targets tag tax; Owners would save $500 million," Atlanta Journal-Constitution, August 7, 2006; featured in "Tax breaks cost Georgians billions each year," Atlanta Journal-Constitution, September 21, 2006; featured in "$36.4 billion a year: Cost of HIV/AIDS highlights racial and ethnic disparities," EurekAlert.org, an AAAS news service, September 22, 2006; and was cited in “TAD vote may be held in Flowery Branch,” AccessNorthGa.com, December 14, 2006.

Domestic Program's Educational Policy Group research was cited in "State Pre-K program expands by 1,600," The Story, August 10, 2006.

Experimental Economics Center's online lab EconPort was described in "Links: Economics Lab," Science, March 31, 2006. The EconPort web site www.econport.org was selected by Thomson Scientific for inclusion in Current Web Contents at scientific.thomson.com/products/csc/faq.

The Fiscal Research Center was mentioned in "Senior citizens get Georgia tax break," WSBTV.com, April 26, 2006. Fiscal Research Center reports were cited in "Big changes may come for state taxes," Atlanta Business Chronicle and MSNBC.com, June 18, 2006; "Lawmakers to kick off car tax debate," Gwinnett Daily Post, August 6, 2006; research was cited in "Talk of possible vehicle tax cut gets put in park," Atlanta Business Chronicle, August 4-10, 2006; the Op-Ed "Retirees can pay share: Excluding seniors from taxes on retirement income cuts into state budget, increases burden for others," Atlanta Journal-Constitution, September 18, 2006; the Op-Ed "Tab is too high on sales tax breaks," Atlanta Journal-Constitution, September 28, 2006; and in the editorial "Tax reform not the only piece of fiscal puzzle," Athens Banner-Herald, November 27, 2006.

Georgia Health Policy Center was mentioned in "Medicaid waiver will wait," Atlanta Business Chronicle, January 12, 2006; in "Group targets health care access," Quincy Herald-Whig (Quincy, Ill.), January 23, 2006; and was cited in Community Campus Partnerships for Health’s Partnership Matters, August 2006. Georgia Health Policy Center reports were mentioned in "Plan to help pay for uninsured is healthy for us all," The Gainesville Times, June 11, 2006; and in "Advocacy group addressing health care access woes," Quincy Herald-Whig, October 4, 2006.

Georgia Water Planning and Policy Center was the focus of "Lawmakers go to bat for water," Gwinnett Daily Post, January 19, 2006.

The Regional Atlanta Civic League was featured in "Regional Atlanta Civic League selects new CEO," The Story, and in "Civic League names CEO," Atlanta Journal-Constitution, July 13, 2006. RACL-Research Atlanta was mentioned in "Per Pupil Costs To Be Analyzed: Study to Review Atlanta in Depth," Atlanta Journal Constitution, January 19, 2006.

James Alm was quoted in "Lin lauds nation's new AMT plan at taxation conference," Taipei Times, January 2, 2006.

Roy Bahl and Sally Wallace were mentioned in "Unease about move to limit tax credit on losses," The Jamaica Observer, February 1, 2006. He was quoted in "Money is city's biggest worry; Government could go broke in a month," The Times-Picayune, April 16, 2006; and featured in "Minister opens workshop on fiscal decentralisation," Daily Times (Pakistan), September 19, 2006.

AYSPS Advisory Board Member J. Veronica Biggins was featured in "Governor Perdue announces Executive Appointments: State Redistricting Task Force," The Weekly, April 20, 2006.

H. Spencer Banzhaf was quoted and his research cited in "A Healthy Environment — Priceless," a story about the economic effects of pollution in India, Knowledge at W.P. Carey, September 13, 2006.

Carolyn Bourdeaux was quoted in “Ballot question mangles English, stirs confusion; Voters asked to OK tax districts,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, October 16, 2006; and her Tax Allocation District study was cited in “TAD vote may be held in Flowery Branch,” AccessNorthGa.com, December 14, 2006.

James C. Cox's work was cited in the “NetWatch” section of Science, Vol. 311, March 31, 2006.

Robert Eger's research was featured in "Study says new cities are feasible," The Citizen Newspapers — South Fulton, February 27, 2006. He was quoted in "Fulton sprouting cities north, south; Proposed cities would redraw map," Atlanta Journal-Constitution, April 3, 2006.

Paul G. Farnham's research was featured in "$36.4 billion a year: Cost of HIV/AIDS highlights racial and ethnic disparities," EurekAlert.org, an AAAS news service, September 22, 2006. His summary of the paper "The Economic Burden of HIV in the United States in the Era of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy: Evidence of Continuing Racial and Ethnic Differences," Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, was published in AIDS Clinical Care and reported on-line in Journal Watch: Medicine That Matters (from the publishers of the New England Journal of Medicine), December 4, 2006.

Paul J. Ferraro was quoted in "Officials pour into Perry in quest for better water," Houston Daily Journal (Perry, Ga.), August 9, 2006. He was interviewed by the Georgia State University Signal, Fall 2006.

Kenneth Heaghney was quoted in "Job picture gets a boost; Revision adds 60,000 to Ga. rolls," Atlanta Journal-Constitution, April 1, 2006; and in "Economic outlook: Georgia No. 1 in U.S.," Atlanta Business Chronicle (reprinted on MSNBC.com), July 16, 2006.

Gary T. Henry was interviewed in "Research Shows Recess is Needed," broadcast on WXIA-TV (NBC)'s 11Alive News, January 4, 2006. He was quoted in "Bill would channel schools' spending," Atlanta Journal-Constitution, January 9, 2006; "65 is a failing grade," Rome News-Tribune, January 24, 2006; "Kaine Preschool Initiative To Get State Study," Leesburg (Va.) Today, January 24, 2006; "Report: Georgia student tests are too easy; State works to revise standards for achievement," Atlanta Journal-Constitution, March 3, 2006; "Perdue's class-size plan carries unknown price tag," Atlanta Journal-Constitution, March 9, 2006; and in "Cap on class size passes; Schools must be ready in August," Atlanta Journal-Constitution, March 25, 2006. His research was mentioned in the op-ed "The real learning predictor," The Daily Pennsylvanian, April 7, 2006. He was quoted in "Argument over revenue windfall? It's election year," Atlanta Journal-Constitution, April 12, 2006; and in "Georgia's Preschool System Gets High Marks," Los Angeles Times, May 7, 2006. His Pre-K study was referenced in a story about Gov. Sonny Perdue expanding Georgia’s Pre-K Program, U.S. Fed News, August 4, 2006; and the study was noted in "More big government is not the answer," The Gainsville Times (Northern Virginia), December 20, 2006.

Julie L. Hotchkiss was featured in "Experts to discuss local, state developments at MUW event," The Commercial Dispatch (Columbus, MS), August 2, 2006. She consulted with Kirk Shinkle for a report in Investor's Business Daily (New York) for an article on what it means for the U.S. to be experiencing lower payroll growth, February 2006. She also consulted with Julie Forster, St. Paul Pioneer Press (Minnesota), about falling labor force participation rates and the experience of Minnesota, January 2006.

William M. Kahnweiler was interviewed by Money Magazine, February 2006; and quoted in “The best places to work in Georgia,” Georgia Trend magazine, November 2006. He authored the article "The 'DUH' factor," Baldwin County (Ala.) Press, November 2, 2006. He was interviewed for an article on how to re-invigorate one's career at mid-life by Revolutionhealth.com, an online resource covering men's health issues founded by Steve Case, former CEO of AOL, December 2006. He was interviewed by TheHRSpecialist.com, an online resource published by The National Institute of Business Management, for an article on how HR professionals in a one-person HR department can position themselves to work in large organizations, December 2006.

Bruce Kaufman was interviewed about the book Generation Debt by Anya Kamenetz, CNN News, April 16, 2006.

Glenn M. Landers was quoted in "Uninsured have few health care options," Athens Banner-Herald, February 6, 2006; "Area health 'net' fraying: As costs rise, services for uninsured strained," Athens Banner-Herald, February 26, 2006; and "Insurance 'Pool' Could Provide Fix for Uninsured," Atlanta Business Chronicle, March 3, 2006. His study on Georgia’s uninsured was cited in "Health fair saved her life," a story about a Clayton County health fair and county residents without insurance, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, August 17, 2006. He was quoted in "Improved SAT rank gives Perdue, Cox boost," Atlanta Journal-Constitution, August 30, 2006.

Susan Laury was quoted in "Civil rights projects attractive, not divisive to donors," Associated Press, published in The Macon Telegraph, December 10, 2006.

Gregory Lewis was quoted in "Gov. candidates face gay ‘litmus test’; Politicians in step with most Georgians against rights for gay couples," Southern Voice, June 16, 2006.

Jorge Martinez-Vazquez was quoted in "Get Rich by Paying Taxes: Why is Mexico giving away cash prizes and cars on a frenetic TV game show? It's all in the name of getting citizens to do their duty," Los Angeles Times, January 16, 2006.

Karen J. Minyard was quoted in "Experts say hospital sales are beneficial in Northeast Georgia," Athens Banner-Herald, January 22, 2006; and in “As the ranks of uninsured grow, groups look to fill the gap,” Fulton County Daily Report, September 8, 2006.

Harvey K. Newman was quoted in "Renaissance Walk Rises On Auburn," Atlanta Daily World, February 16, 2006; and in "Sandy Springs enforces window undressing," Atlanta Journal-Constitution, July 16, 2006. He was interviewed by Channel 11 Television News, July 19, 2006. He was quoted in "The riot: A brutal suppression of black hope," a cover story on the legacy of the Atlanta Race Riot, by John Sugg, Creative Loafing, September 13, 2006; and appeared on two half-hour television programs about the aftermath of the 1906 Atlanta race riot, hosted by former news anchor Steen Miles and with Dr. June Dobbs Butts, one of the daughters of John Wesley Dobbs, Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasters’ Faith And The City Forum, Channel 5 on Comcast, taped September 20, 2006, aired on September 27 and October 3, 2006. He was quoted in "What would Olympics really bring to Chicago?" Crain's Chicago Business, October 9, 2006 and in a weekly feature on “The Changing Face of Henry,” Henry County Times, November 22, 2006. He and Lewis Faulk, MS-UPS student, were featured in “Student, faculty member from School of Policy Studies among Torch of Peace award winners,” GSU Signal, December 12, 2006.

Joe Parko, retired PAUS professor, was quoted in “Carter defends new Mideast book,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, December 8, 2006.

Ragan Petrie's research was cited in "Beauty and the Fattened Wallet," New York Times, April 6, 2006.

Inas Rashad's research was featured in "Quitting Smoking? Not all the effects are healthy," GSU Signal, February 21, 2006; “Can retirement actually be bad for your health?” by Jay Bryan, Montreal Gazette, and in The Vancouver Sun, April 4, 2006; in the reprint of "The Economics of Obesity" (co-authored by Michael Grossman), Louisiana Council for Obesity Prevention and Management; and in “Georgia's Big Problem,” by Mary Anne Dunkin, Georgia Trend Magazine, November 2006.

Donald Ratajczak was quoted in "Economist: Strike would kill Delta," The Gainesville Times, March 8, 2006; "Jury still out on Campbell's legacy," Atlanta Journal-Constitution, March 12, 2006; and "Q&A on the News," Arizona Daily Star, May 31, 2006. He was mentioned in "Schneider National Inc. Recognizes 26 Carriers of the Year at Annual Conference," Layover.com Industry News, September 19, 2006. He was quoted in "Economist says aliens need to be legalized," Shelbyville Times-Gazette, September 30, 2006.

Mark Rider was quoted and his research featured in "Tax break for wealthy benefits all, says Chamber; The House is to consider today a reduction in the income-tax rate for the wealthiest Rhode Islanders," The Providence Journal, May 3, 2006.

Felix Rioja was quoted in "Study: Educating Hispanic immigrants pays dividends," Atlanta Journal-Constitution, March 11, 2006. He was interviewed for a story on the federal immigration reform bill and Latino growth in the south, CNN en Español, March 24, 2006; interviewed on immigration reform, WSB Channel 2 Atlanta, April 10, 2006.

Bruce A. Seaman's 2000 Super Bowl study was cited in "Detroit will miss Bears fans," Chicago Tribune, January 16, 2006. His economic impact study on the Peachtree Road Race was cited in "Road race not always a big winner for roadside businesses," Atlanta Journal-Constitution, July 4, 2006.

David L. Sjoquist was quoted in "Legislators push cut in industry energy tax: Democrats contend citizens get little aid," Atlanta Journal-Constitution, March 6, 2006; in the op-ed "Negative assessment: A cap on property taxes sounds like a winning idea, but it would put too big a dent in counties' coffers," Atlanta Journal-Constitution, March 8, 2006; "The $640 million question," Savannah Morning News, May 20, 2006; "Big changes may come for state taxes," Atlanta Business Chronicle and MSNBC.com, June 18, 2006; "Talk of possible vehicle tax cut gets put in park," Atlanta Business Chronicle, August 4-10, 2006, and his research was cited in "Legislators sort through tax schemes to raise cash," The Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville, Fla.), November 27, 2006.

Paula E. Stephan was featured in "New members appointed to National Advisory General Medical Sciences Council," NIH News, January 26, 2006.

Gregory Streib was quoted in "Georgia State aviation students fight to keep program out of mothballs," Atlanta Journal-Constitution, January 28, 2006; and in "Georgia State students fight to keep aero-program alive," Aero-News Network, January 29, 2006. He was featured in "Is business better at getting things done? Q&A with GSU's Greg Streib," Atlanta Journal-Constitution, June 4, 2006.

Laura O. Taylor's research on the economic benefits of contamination removal in the Great Lakes region with John Braden (University of Illinois) was profiled, National Public Radio affiliate WILL (Ill.), October 12, 2006.

Erdal Tekin was quoted in "Child-care subsidies help single mothers climb the corporate ladder," GSU Signal, January 31, 2006. His research was featured in a Richard Morin column on "The Ugly Face of Crime," The Washington Post, February 17, 2006; "Study: Ugly People More Likely to Commit Crimes," CBS-4 Denver, February 23, 2006; "Ugly people more likely to commit crimes, study shows," The Daily Free Press (Boston University), February 28, 2006; The St. Louis Dispatch, March 1, 2006; and "Study puts the "ugly" in criminal ways," The Plain Dealer, March 7, 2006. He conducted live interviews about his research on “Ugly Criminals” on Lars Larson National Radio Show and Philadelphia WHPT Radio. This research was also profiled in an editorial, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, March 13, 2006; and in “Ugly Criminals and Yanni,” Steve Rose’s Neighborhood Watch Report editorial, March 14, 2006. He conducted a live interview at Neil Cavuto's show at FOX Cable News, April 2006. Tekin was also profiled on Arizona Public Radio, CBS-4 Denver TV Station, radio stations from San Francisco, San Antonio, Philadelphia, Dublin, Ireland, and international media such as BBC News, Bild of Germany, Sabah, Milliyet, and Posta of Turkey, Turkish Times, Turkish Forbes, MTV Canada, and RTL Aktuell. His research was also mentioned in the Swedish Newspaper Sydsvenskan; and was featured in "Ugly crimes fit the profile," TriCity Herald (Washington), April 2, 2006; and in the San Francisco Chronicle and Forbes Magazine. He was interviewed for the documentary film "America the Beautiful," May 2006.

John C. Thomas was quoted and his research for the city of Chattanooga was featured in "Study On Citizen Views On City Government Urges New Measures," The Chattanoogan, March 27, 2006; and in “TampaGov Referenced as a Model for Chattanooga,” Tampagov.net, July 19, 2006.

Tom Wade, Director of Program Development in PPM, was featured in "Tom Wade to Leave GTA for Georgia State University," TechLINKS.com, August 11, 2006, and in "GTA leader leaving for GSU," Atlanta Business Chronicle, August 11, 2006.

Mary Beth Walker's research was featured in "Tax breaks cost Georgians billions each year," Atlanta Journal-Constitution, September 21, 2006; and William "Joey" Smith (formerly of the Fiscal Research Center) were cited in "A Costly Break? Businesses, consumers get $10 billion in exemptions each year in Georgia. That means you pay more in sales tax," Atlanta Journal-Constitution, September 21, 2006.

Sally Wallace was quoted in “March of the ‘Fair Tax’ sheep: Primary election ballot questions measure nothing but ignorance,” Creative Loafing, July 27, 2006. See also Roy Bahl.

William L. Waugh, Jr. was quoted in "Georgia reports lack of ways to evacuate special needs residents," Associated Press, published in The Ledger-Enquirer (Columbus, Ga.), May 9, 2006. He was interviewed by the Los Angeles Times concerning the potential use of risk analysis technologies by insurance companies to encourage hazard mitigation in communities with significant risk of hurricanes, earthquakes, and/or other disasters, July 21, 2006. His research was mentioned in “Lessons from Katrina: Sick, elderly, disabled need help in getting out,” Asbury Park Press, July 24, 2006. He was interviewed concerning the new Homeland Security degree program at Savannah State University and the AYSPS disaster management graduate program, WSB Radio, September 22, 2006; on the lack of progress in encouraging risk reduction in housing, such as the Institute for Business and Home Safety's "fortified homes" program, Los Angeles Times, September 22, 2006; and on the threat of terrorism at sporting events, ESPN, October 19, 2006.

Andrew Young was featured in "In speech, ex-envoy keys on poverty," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, January 7, 2006. He and Graham Leonard wrote the op-ed "Obstacles facing Arab world can be cleared through education," Atlanta Journal-Constitution, January 10, 2006. He was interviewed in "Remembrances: Andrew Young remembers Coretta Scott King," NPR's All Things Considered, January 31, 2006. He was quoted in "Coretta Scott King dies at 78" and "The Legacy of Coretta Scott King," NPR's Morning Edition and News & Notes with Ed Gordon, January 31, 2006; in several stories announcing the death of Coretta Scott King, The Oxford Press, NBC's Today Show, Associated Press, MSNBC, Radio New Zealand, The Guardian U.K., WBIR-TV News, Tuscaloosa News, Arab American News (Mich.), Sierra Times, and North County Times, January 31, 2006; and he attended the funeral of Coretta Scott King, reported in The Citizen (Fayetteville), Ireland Online, Voice of America, Civil Rights.org, Amsterdam News (Baltimore), and WJXT-TV, February 7, 2006. He was featured in "Andrew Young to head group defending Wal-Mart," The Oxford Press and Minneapolis Star Tribune, February 27, 2006; "VMI (Virginia Military Institute) to present humanitarian award to Andrew Young," and in "Young urges cadets to dream big," The Rockbridge Weekly, March 15 and March 24, 2006; and he was quoted in "Milstein gift seeks cure for antibiotic-resistant TB and malaria," Medical Research News, June 5, 2006. He was featured in "Andrew Young says the U.S. has neglected security in Africa," WTVM News 9 (Columbus, Ga.) and AccessNorthGa.com, June 12, 2006. He was quoted in "Atlantans assemble bid for King papers," Chicago Tribune; in "Atlanta Mayor, Young Hope To Bring King Papers To Atlanta," ABC News 4 (Charleston, S.C.), June 19, 2006; in "MLK papers reveal the man: The last-minute purchase of Martin Luther King Jr.'s papers by an Atlanta coalition offers the public the chance to look into King's psyche in a new way for the first time," Miami Herald, June 26, 2006; and in "Atlanta leaders get glimpse of King papers; Awed Atlantans view papers they helped save," Atlanta Journal-Constitution, June 30, 2006.

Dennis R. Young was quoted in "Goodwill Hunting Goes Upscale," Hartford (CT) Courant, August 17, 2006; and in "Government relies on nonprofits," The Utica Observer-Dispatch, November 24, 2006.