Past Events
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2005-2006 || 2004-2005 || 2003-2004
GWIPP Events - Academic Year 2005-2006
September 16, 2005 - Public Policy Luncheon Seminar
Caroline Tolbert - Kent State University
Direct Democracy and the Presidential Vote: Did Gay Marriage Elect George W. Bush?
September 15, 2005 - Publiv Policy Luncheon Seminar
Diana Pearce - The University of Washington
Reframing Poverty, Reframing Policy: Why the Measure Matters
GWIPP Events - Academic Year 2004-2005
April 22 , 2005 - Public Policy Luncheon Seminar
Anthony Bertelli - The University of Georgia
Signaling Positions: The Politics of Executive Influence on Congressional Roll-Call Voting
Click for the Paper from Bertelli's talk
April 21, 2005 - Public Policy Research Methods Workshop
Eric Lawrence - The George Washington University
Why, When, and How to use Logit and Probit
March 1, 2005 - Public Policy Luncheon Seminar
Mark Schneider - National Center for Education Research, Institute for Education Sciences
Do Charter Schools Add Value?
Click the links for Slides | Paper 1 | Paper 2 | Paper 3 | Paper 4 from Schneider's talk.
February 15, 2005 - Public Policy Luncheon Seminar
Frederick M. Hess - American Enterprise Institute
Common Sense School Reform
February 2, 2005 - Public Policy Luncheon Seminar
Brendon O'Connor - Griffith University, Australia
Twenty-first Century Welfare Dilemmas: Rights, Obligations, and Paternalism
February 1, 2005 - Public Policy Research Methods Workshop
Steven Balla - The George Washington University
Time Counts: Applying Event History Analysis to the Study of Public Policy
Slides from the Balla talk.
January 24, 2005 - Public Policy Luncheon Seminar
Christian Nelson - Metropolitan Institute @ Viriginia Tech
The Effect of Urban Containment on Racial Segregation and Housing Affordability
Slides from Nelson's talk, Paper from Nelson's talk.
December 7, 2004 - Public Policy Luncheon Seminar
Steven Glazerman - Mathematica Policy Research
The Effects of Teach for America on Students: Findings from a National Evaluation
Co-sponsored by GW Department of Economics
November 23, 2004 - Public Policy Luncheon Seminar
Lou Kushnick - University of Manchester
Racism in Post-Race Societies: US and UK
Co-sponsored by GW Department of Sociology
November 18, 2004 - Public Policy Luncheon Seminar
Bryan Jones - University of Texas
A Model of Choice for Public Policy
Co-sponsored by GW Department of Political Science
November 8, 2004 - Public Policy Luncheon Seminar
Alice Rivlin - Director, Greater Washington Research Program, Brookings Institution
The Uncertain Economic Future of the District of Columbia
November 2, 2004 - Public Policy Research Methods Workshop
Sudip Bose - Department of Statistics, GWU
Bayesian Inference: Why and How to Use Prior Information
October 20, 2004 - Public Policy Luncheon Seminar
Dr. William T. Bielby - Department of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania
Managerial Discretion, 'Subtle' Bias, and the Politics of Expertise: Litigating Statistical Proof of Employment Discrimination
October 12, 2004 - Public Policy Research Methods Workshop
Ivan Cheung - Department of Geography, GWU
GIS, Spatial Analysis, and Policy Research
October 8, 2004 - Public Policy Luncheon Seminar
John Gist - Associate Director of AARP's Public Policy Institute
Baby Boomers' Debt, Mortgage Refinancing, and Consumption of Housing Equity
September 22, 2004 - Public Policy Research Methods Workshop
Fred Joutz, Department of Economics
Time Series and other Dynamic Regression Models
GWIPP Events - Academic Year 2003-2004
April 27, 2004 - Public Policy Seminar Series
Sarah Binder, Department of Political Science, GWU & The Brookings Institution
Causes and Consequences of Legislative Gridlock
April 26, 2004 - Public Policy Research Methods Workshop
Kathy Newcomer, School of Public Policy and Public Affairs
Qualitative Methods
March 29, 2004 - Public Policy Research Methods Workshop
Langche Zeng, Department of Political Science, GWU
Graphical Methods, Social Network Analysis, and Structural Modeling
Slides from Zeng's talk, Paper from Zeng's talk.
March 26, 2004 - University Seminar hosted by Marcus Raskin
General William Y. Smith, Former deputy chief of staff of NATO & leading analyst on national security,
American Defense Strategies Since 9/11
March 4, 2004 - Public Policy Research Methods Workshop
Phil Wirtz, Department of Management Science, GWU
Heirarchical Linear Models (HLM)
Slides from Wirtz's talk., Audio version of Wirtz's talk.
March 3, 2004 - Public Policy Seminar Series
David Michaels , Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, GWU,
"Sound Science" or Sounds Like Science? The Current Debate over Science in Public Policy
February 10, 2004 - Public Policy Seminar Series
Greg Acs, The Urban Institute,
Should We Get Married in the Morning? A Profile of Cohabitating Couples with Children
January 29, 2004 – Public Policy Research Methods Workshop
Ralph Mueller, Department of Educational Leadership, GWU
Structural Equations Modelling
November 19, 2003 - Public Policy Seminar Series
Michael Jones-Correa, Cornell University
Race Riots in 20th Century Urban America
November 13, 2003 - Public Policy Research Methods Workshop
Andrew Bennett, Georgetown University
Qualitative Methods
Bennett paper
November 11, 2003 - Public Policy Seminar Series
Carol Foreman, Consumer Federation of America
"Americans and Food Biotechnology: Can This Relationship be Salvaged?"
November 7, 2003 - GW International Development Forum
Co-sponsored by: GW’s School of Public Policy and Public Administration, GW Center for the Study of Globalization, and GWIPP
Robert Aten, Deputy Chief Economist, Asia and Near East Region, U.S. Agency for International Development
Othello Gongar, former Minister of Education, Liberia ,
Aaron Williams, Vice President for International Business Development, Research Triangle Institute
Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development
November 4, 2003 - National Health Reform Seminar Series
Sponsored by: The School of Public Health and Health Services, Department of Health Policy; The School of Public Policy and Public Adminstration; and GWIPP
Ken Thorpe, Ph.D., Robert W. Woodruff Professor and Chair, Emory University,
Robert Reischauer, Ph.D., President, The Urban Institute,
Linda Bilheimer, Ph.D., Senior Program Officer, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
"Numbers Matter: Estimating the Cost and Coverage Impact of National Health Reform"
October 28, 2003 - Public Policy Research Methods Workshop
Dave Ribar, Department of Economics, GWU
Selection models
PowerPoint slides
October 9, 2003 - Public Policy Seminar Series
Dan Houser, George Mason University, Department of Economics
"Working for self and others: Experiments on the nature of Altruism"
September 25, 2003 - Public Policy Research Methods Workshop
Paul Wahlbeck, Department of Political Science, GWU
"Funding Research at the National Science foundation"
September 15, 2003 - Public Policy Seminar Series
Bruce Cain, UC Berkeley/Brookings Institution
"The Effects of Term Limits in the California Legislature"