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U.S. News & World Report Ranks Evans School No. 2 in Public Affairs Among Public Universities

The Evans School of Public Policy & Governance now ranks second in graduate public affairs programs among public universities nationwide, according to U.S. News & World Report 2020 Best Graduate Schools.

On March 12, the U.S. News rankings named the Evans School fifth in public affairs overall, tied with University of Georgia. And, in an increase from 2019, six of our areas of concentration are now ranked in the top ten: Environmental Policy Management (#2), Nonprofit Management (#6), Public Management (#6), Public Finance and Budgeting (#7), Social Policy (#9), and Policy Analysis (#10).

“We are proud that our top-five ranking reflects the strength of our graduate programs, the effectiveness of our alumni, and the research productivity of our extraordinary faculty,” noted Professor and Dean Sandra Archibald. “Our school’s reputation continues to be strong. Having held a top-ten ranking concurrently for more than a decade, we are reminded that the impact we make is real.”

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Associate Professor Crystal Hall Celebrated in Black History Month Feature

Congratulations to Evans School of Public Policy and Governance Associate Professor Crystal Hall who was highlighted in a Society for Personality and Social Psychology feature celebrating the contributions of notable psychologists for Black History Month. The article is dedicated to those contemporary, distinguished, and advancing Black social and personality psychologists who are innovating, enhancing, and representing excellence in the field. Congratulations again, Associate Professor Hall!

The Daniel J. Evans School of Public Policy & Governance Joins Diversity Alliance to Support a More Diverse and Inclusive Faculty

The Daniel J. Evans School of Public Policy & Governance joins five other top schools of public affairs to launch the Public Affairs Diversity Alliance, a joint commitment to encourage, train, mentor, and promote scholars of public affairs and policy from underrepresented groups.

President Ana Mari Cauce Discusses Racial Inclusion and Equity with Evans School Students

On February 25, President Ana Mari Cauce visited the Evans School’s Race and Equity in Policy and Governance class (PUBPOL 572), an elective for first-year MPA students. In her interview with Associate Professor Crystal Hall, she highlighted the University of Washington’s institutional initiatives to promote racial equity, as well as her personal and professional path to leadership in that area. In a dynamic Q&A following the interview, students were interested in how President Cauce balances the institutional focus on racial equity with other types of diversity; her recommendations for combating impostor syndrome; and, how the UW creates accountability for the academic units to meet goals of racial inclusion and equity.

Thank you, President Cauce, for having an open dialogue with our students on such an important topic.

UW News Featured Two New Studies About Seattle’s Minimum Wage

UW News today featured two new studies today about Seattle’s minimum wage.

The first study is from Evans School co-authors Heather Hill and Scott Allard (“Responding to an Increased Minimum Wage: A Mixed Methods Study of Child Care Businesses during the Implementation of Seattle’s Minimum Wage Ordinance”), which was published in the December issue of Social Work and Society International Online Journal, “found that more than half of Seattle child care businesses were affected by increased labor costs as the policy increased to $13 per hour, and that the majority will be impacted as the policy increases to $15 per hour between 2019 and 2021.”

The second study featured today, from Evans School co-author Mark Long (“The Impact of a City-Level Minimum Wage Policy on Supermarket Food Prices by Food Quality Metrics: A Two-Year Follow Up Study”), was published last month in the online International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, overall found no significant evidence of price increases on local area supermarket food prices associated with the minimum wage ordinance.

Congrats to Professors Hill, Allard, and Long for these important bodies of research.

Read the full UW News article

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Professor Hill Elected to APPAM Policy Council

Professor Heather Hill was elected to the Policy Council of the Association of Policy Analysis and Management. The Policy Council is APPAM’s governing board and is responsible for setting policy and creating strategy for the Association. It currently consists of four elected cohorts serving staggered, four-year terms of office. This is a terrific honor and recognition of Hill’s research and leadership contributions to our field.

Congratulations, Professor Hill!

Ann Bostrom elected to Board of Directors for the American Association for the Advancement of Science

We are pleased to share that Ann Bostrom, Weyerhaeuser Endowed Professor in Environmental Policy, was elected to the board of directors of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Few organizations, if any, have situated themselves as well as AAAS to promote science as an endeavor of relevance and interest for all, and to advance the unique role of science as an unequaled source of information and innovation. As an elected member of the Board, I look forward to championing these efforts to democratize and advance science.

Ann Bostrom

Congratulations, Ann!

The AAAS seeks to “advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all people.” To fulfill this mission, the AAAS Board has set the following broad goals:

  • Enhance communication among scientists, engineers, and the public;
  • Promote and defend the integrity of science and its use;
  • Strengthen support for the science and technology enterprise;
  • Provide a voice for science on societal issues;
  • Promote the responsible use of science in public policy;
  • Strengthen and diversify the science and technology workforce;
  • Foster education in science and technology for everyone;
  • Increase public engagement with science and technology; and
  • Advance international cooperation in science.

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Senior Lecturer Erica Barnhart Featured in WalletHub Article on Volunteerism

Erica Barnhart, Senior Lecturer and Director of the Nancy Bell Evans Center for Nonprofits & Philanthropy, was recently featured in a WalletHub piece about volunteerism that asks the question, “Should you donate time or money?”

In the article, Barnhart speaks to the competing priorities young people must balance when considering whether or not to volunteer for a cause, as well as to the impact that volunteering can have in connecting people to the mission of an organization. Barnhart also lists one way that charitable organizations can retain volunteers over time.

Read Barnhart’s expert opinion here

Professor Mary Kay Gugerty’s Book named Best Nonprofit Book of the Year

The Alliance for Nonprofit Management yesterday presented the 2018 Terry McAdam Book Award to Professor Mary Kay Gugerty and her co-author for their recent book,  The Goldilocks Challenge: Right-Fit Evidence for the Social Sector (Oxford University Press, 2018).

Now in its 30th year, the Alliance’s Terry McAdam Book Award Committee reviews books published in the nonprofit sector; highlights the very best thinking in management, governance, and capacity building; and helps expose practitioners to new knowledge and approaches in the field. This year, after reviewing 21 nonprofit capacity-building books published in 2017 or 2018, the committee determined that The Goldilocks Challenge best exemplified the spirit of the award: research-to-practice principles; relevance to the whole nonprofit sector; persuasive reasoning; and readability.

From the Committee:  The Goldilocks Challenge is about measuring impact. Measuring impact: we all want to do it, know we have to do it…and are all too often frustrated by one-size-fits-all expectations of how to do it, expectations based on large nonprofits that represent so few of the organizations that most of us work with. The Goldilocks Challenge offers a solution: an impact measurement framework that helps organizations decide what elements they should monitor and measure. This framework is based on four principles, called the CART principles: Credible data; Actionable data; Responsible data; and Transportable data. Dive in to learn more about the CART principles and how you can immediately begin using them with the organizations you work with.

Congratulations, Professor Gugerty!