Opportunity, Public Service, Recognition, Student Recognition, Research
Experiential learning is an integral component of our educational strategy at the Martin School. As such, the Master of Public Administration and Master of Public Policy programs both include a required course: Experiential Learning in Public Administration (PA 711).
Dr. Joseph Benitez, Associate Professor and health economist, was recently featured in a Washington Post article that examined the evolving political discourse surrounding the Affordable Care Act (ACA) during the Trump administration and its impact on low-income Americans.
Congratulations to Dr. Taha Hameduddin on being invited to a three year term (2024-2026) on the Editorial Board of Review of Public Personnel Administration (ROPPA)!
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Martin School researcher's longstanding commitment to advancing research, our own Dr. Rajeev Darolia has been working with Board on Higher Education and Workforce at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine from the summer of 2023 to today.
Dr. Iuliia Shybalkina and Dr. David Agrawal have been selected as the Principal Investigator and Co-Principal Investigator, respectively, for a UNITE General Pilot Grant focused on research titled "Race and Local Revenue Systems." This grant initiative is designed to provide support to projects that examine racial equity through the lens of humanities and humanistic social sciences. Their selection underscores the significance of their research in addressing the complex issues surrounding race and local revenue systems.
Rajeev Darolia, Ph.D., the Wendell H. Ford Professor of Public Policy and Economics at the University of Kentucky’s Martin School of Public Policy and Administration, has joined the U.S. Department of Education as a senior advisor in the Office of the Chief Economist for one year.
Senior faculty member, Dr. David Agrawal, was interviewed by WKYT on changes to Kentucky tax laws in 2022 and what those changes might mean for the state and citizenry.
From the article and video on the WKYT website:
MPA and Non-Profit Management Certificate student, Farid Al-Firdaus will present his non-profit research at the American Institute for Indonesian Studies (AIFIS)-Michigan State University conference