American University
Department of Public Administration and Policy
Fall 2014 Research Seminar Series
August 28th
The implementation of a Congressional mandate to conduct a national baseline study on
violence against American Indian and Alaska Native women living in tribal communities in the
United States
Jane Palmer, Director, Community-Based Research Scholars Program, American
University
September 11th
Building a Global Civil Service: The Determinants of Bureaucrat Nationality in the United
Nations Secretariat
Ned Malone, Ph.D. Candidate, DPAP
September 18th
Exploring the Financial Disruption of Executive Turnover in Nonprofit Organizations
Mandi Stewart, Ph.D. Candidate, DPAP
September 25th
Administrative Burden: Learning, Psychological and Compliance Costs in Citizen-State
Interactions
Donald Moynihan, Professor of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin – Madison
October 9th
TBA
Amy Ellen Schwartz, Professor of Public Policy, Education, & Economics, NYU;
Director, NYU Institute for Education and Social Policy
October 23rd
TBA
Sean Nicholson-Crotty, Associate Professor, SPEA – Indiana University
November 20th
TBA
Jon Schwabish, Senior Researcher, Urban Institute
All seminars convene on Thursdays from noon to 1:00 p.m. in 305 Ward. Please feel free to
bring a bag lunch. Contact Seth Gershenson at gershens@american.edu with any questions.