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Credit: Kimberly Acer and TheMassachusetts Daily Collegian

December 2013

In This IssueFive College Faculty SeminarAccepting Applications

Wellspring Featured in FederalReserve Magazine

"Orange is the New Black"Event Ends Residency Series

Participatory Research Classto Hold Springfield Reception

Nonprofit ProgramManagement Presents Client­Based Reports

GIS Students Present PosterSession

Misra Wades into FLOTUSFeminism Debate

Mednicoff Delivers Paper atAfro­Middle East Conference

Bushouse Convenes Sessionsat Global Nonprofit Conference

Fountain Presents at UrbanForum

Vicarelli Delivers Son

Alumni Updates

Events

Thursday, Dec. 12, 5:30 to8:30 p.m.Springfield FuturescapeCity Tour Final Exhibit A reception highlightingSpringfield's participation in anational public engagementproject and the related workfrom students in ParticipatoryVisual and Digital ResearchMethods.UMass Design Center, 3 ElmSt., Springfield

Tuesday, Jan. 14Washington, D.C., AlumniHappy Hour Watch your inbox for moredetails. Time and location TBD Monday, Jan. 27, 12:15 p.m.International Partnershipand the Unexpected U.S.­

News & Updates

Apply Now for Five College Faculty Seminar on BridgingLiberal Arts and Professional EducationFive College faculty members are invited toapply to participate in the 2014­15 BridgingFaculty Seminar. The goal of this seminaris to support faculty to develop teachingstrategies that help students connecttheoretical and conceptual material to realworld environments. These connections serve as bridges between liberalarts education and professional environments. Participants will develop orsubstantially revise a course so that the content prepares students forprofessional education or careers. This seminar is part of the Five CollegePublic Policy Initiative's Curriculum Bridging Project, directed by AssociateProfessor Brenda Bushouse (political science and public policy) and isfunded by Five Colleges, Inc., and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.Application deadline Dec. 15. More information.

Springfield Economic Development Project Featured inFederal Reserve Magazine

The Wellspring Collaborative, the innovativeSpringfield economic development co­directed bylecturer Fred Rose (public policy), is featured in themost recent issue of Communities & Banking, aquarterly publication put out by the Federal Reserve

Bank of Boston. The article highlights how Wellspring is tapping into thepurchasing power of local anchor institutions such as hospitals and collegesin order to create cooperatively owned for­profit companies that employ localresidents.

"Orange is the New Black" Event Highlights Prison ReformIssues, Concludes Residency SeriesLast month the Center for Public Policy andAdministration (CPPA) co­hosted aconversation between Piper Kerman, authorof Orange is the New Black: My Year in aWomen's Prison, and Tina Reynolds, thefinal Five College Social Justice Practitioner­in­Residence. In front of a packedauditorium at the Commonwealth HonorsCollege, the women talked about theirexperiences in prison; working to reform theUnited States' criminal justice system; andthe new Netflix series based on Kerman'smemoir.

Students

Participatory Research Class to Host ReceptionShowcasing FindingsStudents in the Participatory Visual and Digital Research in Community­Based Learning course will contribute to a reception on Thursday, Dec. 12,highlighting the results from their hands­on work in Springfield, Mass., thissemester. The course, taught by Associate Professor Krista Harper(anthropology and public policy) and lecturer Gretchen Gano (public policy),

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Brazilian Rapprochement Amherst College ProfessorJavier Corrales (politicalscience) talks about his recentresearch in the first CPPAFaculty Colloquium of thespring semester.Thompson 620

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was part of a national public engagement projectcalled Futurescape City Tours. Residents fromSpringfield and five other cities across the countryexplored how new technologies might change publicspaces and services in the near future. The projectwas funded by the National Science Foundation, andthe UMass course was made possible thanks to theScience, Technology and Society Initiative and theLoka Institute for Science and Technology at Arizona

State University. The reception is free and open to the public. UMass DesignCenter, 3 Elm St., Springfield, 5:30­8:30 p.m.

Nonprofit Program Management Class Presents FinalReports to Clients Public policy graduate students this weekpresented their findings from the hands­onconsulting projects they conducted thissemester in Nonprofit ProgramManagement, taught by AssociateProfessor Brenda Bushouse (politicalscience and public policy). The 13 studentconsultants conducted in­depth analysis offour local nonprofit organizations' programofferings, revenue sources and leadershipstructure. For the final presentations, the teams explained their processesand recommendations to representatives from Amherst Ballet, Clinical &Support Options, Montague Catholic Social Ministries and the NortheastSustainable Energy Association.

GIS Students Present Semester's ProjectsLast week students in Introduction to GeographicInformation Systems, taught by AssociateProfessor Charles Schweik (environmentalconservation and public policy), presented their finalprojects during a public poster session in theIntegrated Sciences Building. Five CPPA studentsparticipated in the day­long affair. The projectsanalyzed geographical data having to do witheverything from managing invasive water chestnutsin western Massachusetts to examining a proposedstudent housing unit in North Amherst.

Faculty

Misra Wades into Debate About FLOTUS FeminismProfessor Joya Misra (sociology and public policy)was quoted in a recent Politico article that weighed inon an ongoing debate about Michelle Obama'sfeminist credentials. Critics of the first lady claim thatMichelle Obama's work on childhood health andnutrition issues suggests she is not committed toclassic feminist issues such as the equal access toeducation and career advancement. But Misra andothers place the first lady's policy work within acontext that explains how much our nationundervalues caregiving and motherhood.

Mednicoff Delivers Paper at Afro­Middle East CentreConference

Last month Assistant Professor David Mednicoff(public policy) delivered a paper at a conferenceconvened by the Afro­Middle East Centre in Pretoria,South Africa. The conference, titled "In WhoseInterests: Exploring Middle East Involvement inAfrica," was the first major event in Africa to engageleading African, Middle Eastern and Westernresearchers in interdisciplinary policy analysis of thegrowth and nature of the role of the Middle East inAfrican societies. Mednicoff's paper, researched with

help from Joanna Springer (MPPA '14), looked at the relation of Qatar to

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sub­Saharan African economics and governments.

Bushouse Convenes Sessions at International NonprofitConferenceAssociate Professor Brenda Bushouse (politicalscience and public policy) helped organize, andpresented multiple sessions during, last month'sannual conference of the Association for Researchon Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action(ARNOVA). She co­organized a panel of papersexploring Elinor and Vincent Ostrom's contributions tothe study of nonprofit organizations and voluntaryaction, co­chaired a panel titled "Building a Career inAcademia," and presented in a session aboutintegrating community­based education into the classroom. In her capacityas president of the Theories, Issues and Boundaries section of ARNOVA,Bushouse co­organized an array of colloquies and section activities.ARNOVA is an international association that connects scholars, teachersand practice leaders interested in research on nonprofit organizations,voluntary action, philanthropy and civil society.

Fountain Presents at Urban ForumEarlier this month Professor Jane Fountain (politicalscience and public policy) participated in a panelduring the 2013 Urban Forum at the University ofIllinois at Chicago. During the session, titled "TuningIn: How can Technology Help Unite the Governmentwith its People?" Fountain presented a white paperexploring how technology can and is affectinggovernment services and the public's engagement inthe political process. The Urban Forum is an annualgathering that aims to advance the dialogue about the

future of urban communities.

Welcoming Vicarelli's SonCongratulations to Assistant Professor Marta Vicarelli (economics and publicpolicy), who delivered her son, Elio, on Oct. 28. Welcome to the newestmember of CPPA's family!

Alumni

Save the Date: Jan. 14 CPPA alumni in the Washington, D.C., area are invited to a happy hour andnetworking opportunity on Tuesday, Jan. 14. Time and location TBD. Watchyour inbox for more details!

Josh Geyer (MPPA '10) has spent the last two years working as the projectmanager overseeing the construction of a collaborative website by the U.S.departments of Housing and Urban Development and Transportation. TheLocation Affordability Portal launched in November and provides data andresources that should "help consumers, policymakers and developers makemore informed decisions about where to live, work and invest." Alan Dallmann (MPPA '13) recently began a new job as the agencyresource coordinator at the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts. Krista Solie (MPPA '13) is now a management analyst for the City of SanAntonio, working on the Pre­K for SA initiative that aims to provide high­quality pre­kindergarten for all of the city's four­year­olds. CPPA wants to hear from you! Update your information through our AlumniUpdate Form or drop us a line at kcolon@pubpol.umass.edu.

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