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For Hannah Gabelnick ’26, landing a position at the Office of Women’s Health at the New Jersey Department of Health is a dream first job out of college.Gabelnick, who studied public and international affairs and minored in journalism, focused her two years of coursework at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs on maternal health: She participated in a junior-year Policy Task Force on advancing birth equity in New Jersey and wrote her senior thesis on a new regulation in New Jersey that will make it easier for pregnant and postpartum women with substance-use disorder to access treatment.Now, as a Garden State Fellow with SPIA in NJ,…

If a massive earthquake were to strike a region, most people would think about the immediate ecological, economic, and humanitarian devastation.But Florencia Torche wonders about something different: How will this moment shape the outcomes of children who have not yet been born?The question reflects a broader research agenda for Torche, the Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Sociology and International Affairs at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs: Understanding how inequality extends across generations and how early-life experiences — from natural disasters to hate crimes — can influence health, development, and opportunity long…

Princeton SPIA Faculty Share Their Favorite Summer Books, Shows, and PodcastsJulian Zelizer, Kim Lane Scheppele, and Anastasia Mann provide their recommended media to splurge on during the summer months.

Nineteen undergraduate students hailing from universities across the United States attended the annual Junior Summer Institute (JSI) at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs this summer. Over the course of seven weeks, the students — from institutions including Howard University, University of Mississippi, and Bowdoin College — sampled academic and social life at Princeton SPIA to better understand what it takes to pursue a career in public service.Now in its fifth decade, JSI offers a pathway for rising college seniors from underrepresented communities to develop the skills they will need for graduate study and careers in public…