{"670926":{"#nid":"670926","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Premier Public Policy Conference to Feature a Strong Ivan Allen College Presence ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Association for Public Policy Analysis \u0026amp; Management (APPAM) is bringing its fall research conference to Atlanta, and Ivan Allen College faculty and students plan to make the most of the home-field advantage.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMore than two dozen Ivan Allen faculty members and Ph.D. students from three Schools will present papers, serve as panelists or panel chairs, or organize discussions.\u0026nbsp; Twenty-three School of Public Policy faculty members and students will take part in the three-day conference, which opens Nov. 9. Five faculty and students from the School of Economics are involved, as is one faculty member from the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAPPAM\u2019s fall research conference is widely regarded as the premier event for public policy scholars, so it\u2019s exciting to see how much of our research will be showcased, from clean-energy policy to child and maternal welfare and housing issues,\u201d said Cassidy R. Sugimoto, Tom and Marie Patton Chair in the School of Public Policy.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAssistant Professor Lindsey Rose Bullinger will be among the busiest, participating in four panels and chairing a fifth on, \u201c\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/appam.confex.com\/appam\/2023\/meetingapp.cgi\/Session\/18186\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EUncovering the Impact of Paid Family Leave on Gender Wage Gap, Parents and Firms\u003C\/a\u003E.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAssociate Professor Omar I. Asensio, will present three papers, chair one panel, serve as a panelist on another, and organize a session on \u201c\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/appam.confex.com\/appam\/2023\/meetingapp.cgi\/Session\/18715\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EInnovation for Low-Carbon Transformations: Patents, Power and Leveraging Networks\u003C\/a\u003E.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAdditionally, Professor Daniel Matisoff will receive APPAM\u2019s World Citizen Prize in Environmental Performance at the conference. The group \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/spp.gatech.edu\/news\/item\/670015\/public-policy-faculty-takes-home-major-appam-award-second-time-three-years\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Erecognized\u003C\/a\u003E Matisoff for his research that \u201cassesses pathways to achieve measurable but as-yet-unrealized gains in overall environmental performance.\u201d\u202fIt is the second time in three years that a Georgia Tech School of Public Policy faculty member has won the award.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOutside the School of Public Policy, Dylan Brewer of the School of Economics will organize the \u201c\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/appam.confex.com\/appam\/2023\/meetingapp.cgi\/Session\/18238\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EElectrification, Energy Efficiency, and the Energy Transition: Residential Energy Policies and Behavioral Responses\u003C\/a\u003E\u201d panel and present two papers. At the same time, his colleague, Daniel Dench, will co-present on one paper with Brewer and organize and chair a panel on \u201c\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/appam.confex.com\/appam\/2023\/meetingapp.cgi\/Session\/18592\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EE-Cig and Tobacco Policy Implications\u003C\/a\u003E.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELaura Taylor, chair of the School of Economics, will serve as a panelist on a \u201c\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/appam.confex.com\/appam\/2023\/meetingapp.cgi\/Session\/19065\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EFirst-Gen Researchers\u003C\/a\u003E\u201d session.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI\u2019m excited to see our faculty and students highlighting the intersections of economics and public policy at APPAM,\u201d Taylor said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAnjali Thomas, an associate professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, is also chairing a panel on \u201c\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/appam.confex.com\/appam\/2023\/meetingapp.cgi\/Session\/18792\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EPolitics and Policymaking in India\u003C\/a\u003E.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThey will be joined by several other faculty members from other Georgia Tech units, including the Georgia Tech Research Institute, the Institute for Data Engineering and Science, the Scheller College of Business, and the School of City and Regional Planning.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELast year, 16 School of Public Policy faculty members and students \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/spp.gatech.edu\/news\/item\/663434\/making-impression-appam\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eattended\u003C\/a\u003E APPAM\u2019s meeting in Washington.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMore than two dozen Ivan Allen faculty members and Ph.D. students from three Schools will present papers, serve as panelists or panel chairs, or organize discussions.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"More than two dozen Ivan Allen faculty members and Ph.D. students from three Schools will present papers, serve as panelists or panel chairs, or organize discussions."}],"uid":"34600","created_gmt":"2023-11-07 15:33:12","changed_gmt":"2023-11-07 15:40:51","author":"mpearson34","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-11-07T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-11-07T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"672294":{"id":"672294","type":"image","title":"Ivan Allen College will have nearly two dozen faculty and students involved in the upcoming APPAM Fall Research Conference.","body":"\u003Cp\u003EIvan Allen College will have nearly two dozen faculty and students involved in the upcoming APPAM Fall Research Conference.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1699371515","gmt_created":"2023-11-07 15:38:35","changed":"1699371515","gmt_changed":"2023-11-07 15:38:35","alt":"Stock image of people sitting down listening to a speaker at a podium.","file":{"fid":"255510","name":"AdobeStock_615038759 rs.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/11\/07\/AdobeStock_615038759%20rs.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/11\/07\/AdobeStock_615038759%20rs.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":338286,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/11\/07\/AdobeStock_615038759%20rs.jpg?itok=DiebNwrx"}}},"media_ids":["672294"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1282","name":"School of Economics"},{"id":"1289","name":"School of Public Policy"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mai\u0022\u003EMichael Pearson\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nIvan Allen College of Liberal Arts\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["michael.pearson@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}