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"I've found that being willing to try new things, even if they involve risk, has made a big difference in my work."
Angel Padilla, MPA '13
Asha
Community Profile January 18, 2022
#Changemakers: Asha Rangappa ’96
President Joe Biden’s recent speech on voting rights signaled a commitment to helping preserve democracy, and today, Jan. 19, the Senate will debate and vote on legislation centered on voting rights protections. This issue is very much on the mind of Asha Rangappa ’96, a lawyer and CNN commentator. In this Q&A and bonus podcast, she discusses the necessary steps the U.S. must take to preserve democracy, including ensuring voting rights and building social trust. Rangappa is a senior lecturer and director of admissions at Yale University’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs. She teaches national security law and related courses. She graduated…
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Community Profile January 07, 2022
#PolicyProfile: Chang-Boong Lee MPA ‘22
I studied accounting at Universiti Malaya, thinking I’d run a company someday, but soon realized I had much more interest in public policy – after all, it shaped my family’s destiny so profoundly.
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Community Profile December 17, 2021
#PolicyProfile: Harrison Fuller MPA ‘23
Through my research and travel, I’ve learned that a lot of issues — lack of quality schools, health care, and access to playgrounds and learning spaces — all start with the economy.
Alisa Laufer MPA ‘23
Community Profile December 03, 2021
#PolicyProfile: Alisa Laufer MPA ‘23
I'm focusing more on how civilians are engaged in, and impacted, often unfairly, by conflict.
Pierina Sanchez
Community Profile December 03, 2021
#Changemakers: Pierina Sanchez MPA ’14
Pierina Sanchez MPA ’14 is the daughter of immigrants and a lifelong resident of the Bronx. She was recently elected to the New York City Council to represent District 14. Pierina Sanchez MPA ’14, a lifelong resident of the Bronx, was recently elected to the New York City Council to represent District 14. (Photo courtesy of Sanchez) Sanchez began her public service journey in 2007, and it propelled her into a career in public service and urban planning. She advocated to expand early education programs at Agenda for Children Tomorrow and helped immigrant families stabilize their status in the U.S. She spent two years working in the city council…
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Community Profile November 26, 2021
#PolicyProfile: Bing Lin, Ph.D. STEP
I wanted to get the real-world research and policy chops to play a more active role in the lives of my monkeys and coral reefs.
Choe
Community Profile November 19, 2021
#PolicyProfile: Elizabeth Choe, Director, Undergraduate Program Office
Being able to help students on any spectrum, and advance everyone on equal footing to help them through to graduation and beyond, is important.
Matt Fiorelli MPA ’22
Community Profile November 11, 2021
#PolicyProfile: Matt Fiorelli MPA ’22
Like many in the military, I have a deep appreciation for the opportunities and freedom afforded by our country, and I don't take those things for granted.
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Community Profile November 05, 2021
#PolicyProfile: Nicolas Choquette-Levy, Ph.D. Candidate, STEP
What drew me to Princeton was its great expertise on such a small campus.
Dennis McBride
Community Profile November 02, 2021
#Changemakers: Dennis McBride MPA ’80
Dennis McBride MPA '80 is the 17th mayor of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. Before becoming mayor, McBride served 10 years on the Wauwatosa Common Council and two terms as Council president. He also served as chair of the Council’s Financial Affairs Committee and the Transportation Affairs Committee. A lawyer by training, McBride served as a law clerk to a U.S. district judge and spent 24 years as a senior trial attorney and supervisory trial attorney for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. He also worked as a public relations manager for a Fortune 500 corporation. A native of Wauwatosa, he graduated from Tosa East and earned a journalism degree…
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Community Profile October 22, 2021
#PolicyProfile: Lynn Lee, Ph.D. Candidate, Security Studies
The service component of my research is what makes my experience different.
Lina Saud ’15
Community Profile October 20, 2021
Lina Saud ’15
Lina Saud ’15 is a Ph.D. candidate in social psychology at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Her work examines the ideological and identity-based motivations of majority and minority group members’ attitudes in a U.S. context. Lina’s dissertation compares white and Muslim Americans reactions to collective blame for violent attacks committed by in-group extremists. In this Q&A and bonus podcast episode, she discusses the joys, struggles, and even insecurities of being a graduate student, along with the creative process of synthesizing research. Saud also offers advice to women entering academia and reflects on her time at SPIA. …
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Community Profile October 18, 2021
#PolicyProfile: Travis Frederick, Ph.D. Security Studies
I’m working a dream job as a graduate fellow in the NASA HQ History Office where I investigate the collective memory of the Soviet space program in Russia and Ukraine.
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Community Profile September 24, 2021
#PolicyProfile: Baher Iskander MPA ’22
My faith compels me to live a life of service.
Fletcher M. Burton MPA ’88
Community Profile September 15, 2021
Fletcher M. Burton MPA ’88
A few days after Fletcher M. Burton graduated from the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, he joined the U.S. Foreign Service. A senior career member of the U.S. Foreign Service, he’s spent 25 years in the field, including postings in Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Germany, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, and Iraq. Burton is the ambassador and former head of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Over his career, he compiled extensive experience in the Balkans, especially in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo. He served as deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo, and as…