On the Go: Faculty Today
at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies

James Alm (Economics), spent two weeks at the Department of Economics and Development Studies at Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, and worked with the Quality in Undergraduate Education (QUE) program, a World Bank-financed project aimed at improving education programs in Indonesia.

Roy Bahl (Dean) continued advisory work in India with the World Bank (June, September) and in The Sudan with the World Bank (August).

Jamie Boex (International Studies Program) traveled to Bangladesh in June and September to provide technical assistance in decentralization policy, to Tanzania in September to carry out the first stage of its Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers Study, and to Nepal in September to advise the government on decentralization issues.

Ron Cummings (Environmental Policy Program) initiated the Environmental Policy Program’s new Natural Resource Management degree and certificate program with fall semester classes taught via distance learning through its collaborative centers at Georgia State, Albany State and Georgia Southern Universities.

Fred Elsberry, long-time part-time instructor and Delta retiree will be teaching several undergraduate aviation courses as a visiting lecturer for PAUS.

Paul Ferraro (Environmental Policy Program), was an invited panel discussant at the Workshop on Integrated Ecosystem Management and Incentives for Biodiversity Conservation in Africa, organized by the World Bank and the World Bank Institute, July 2002.

Martha Martin, department administrative coordinator, retired after 23 years at GSU effective Sept. 30. A reception in her honor was held on September 24.

Jorge Martinez-Vazquez traveled to El Salvador for the World Bank (September), advised the government of Indonesia on decentralization issues for the World Bank (August) and traveled to Ukraine to review a new system of grants for the World Bank (June-July), and in Bogor, Indonesia, presented a workshop on intergovernmental transfers.

The MPA program received full 7-year accreditation by NASPAA.

John Matthews, formerly a graduate student in the Joint Ph.D. Program in Policy, has become a Research Associate in the Fiscal Research Program.

New faculty members have joined the Department of Economics: Visiting Assistant Professor Wasseem Mina from Georgia State University and Andre Jordaan from the University of Pretoria in South Africa.

The Georgia State University Faculty Awards Committee in April awarded Harvey Newman (PAUS) the 2002 Exceptional Service Award.

Lloyd Nigro (PAUS), served as the Public Administration Section Program Chair for the American Political Science Association National Conference in Boston in September.

Professor Michael Rushton (PAUS) has joined AYSPS as associate professor from the University of Regina, Canada, where, in addition to his academic duties, he was senior policy advisor to the Cabinet of the Government of Saskatchewan. He specializes in cultural economics and policy, and in governance of nonprofit organizations.

Sally Wallace and Dave Sjoquist are working with the Georgia Municipal Association on a project on municipal fiscal conditions.

Bill Waugh (PAUS) participated in the Partnership for Public Warning’s Workshop on the Homeland Security Advisory System at the National Emergency Training Center (FEMA) in Emmitsburg, Md., in June.