American University
Department of Public Administration and Policy
Spring 2012 Research Seminar Series
February 8th
Successful Grant Writing
Jon Gould, Director, Washington Institute for Public and International Affairs Research
February 22nd
Guided by Stars to a Healthy Diet: Evaluating a Nutritional Information Program
Ilya Rahkovsky, Research Economist, USDA – ERS
March 7th
The Impact of School District Tax and Expenditure Limitations (TELs) on States' Education; Spending
after the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB)
Mike Hayes, Ph.D. Student, DPAP
March 21st
Short-term Subsidies, Lasting Adoption? Habit Formation in Point-of-Use Water Purification in Kenya
Vivian Hoffman, Assistant Professor, AREC, University of Maryland
March 28th
The Evolution and Impact of the Stop TB Partnership: Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Global Network
to Eradicate Tuberculosis
Katy Quissell, Ph.D. Student, DPAP
April 11th
Determinants of Access to Medicines at the Household Level: Evidence from Twelve Sub-Saharan African
Countries
Tamara Hafner, Assistant Professor, DPAP
April 18th
The Impact of Foundation Activity on Fundraising and Administrative Expenses in Local Nonprofit
Markets
Lewis Faulk, Assistant Professor, DPAP
April 25th
Interpreting the City from the Bottom Up: The Cleveland Homeless Oral History Project
Dan Kerr, Assistant Professor of History, American University