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Standard evaluations of teaching suffer from known biases highlighted in Inside Higher Ed.
November 27, 2020Professor Rebecca Kreitzer’s research shows that standard evaluations don’t measure teaching well and can be biased against already marginalized faculty. “This research is some of the work I’m most proud of because it has such direct policy relevance. In this paper, we make 6 policy recommendations on how to improve SETs that are easy to implement and have the potential to make a big impact for a lot of people,” she said.
Professor Ben Meier publishes Foundations of Global Health and Human Rights
November 26, 2020Hanna Huffstetler, Tamira Daniely, Hannah Rice, and Nikky Soni worked with Professor Meier on the piece which examines health and human rights through the lens of the current pandemic. From the publication: “The COVID-19 pandemic has provided an important opportunity to cultivate a practice of human rights advocacy, but these skills will serve us beyond the current moment and remain important for the rest of our lives.”
Graduate student Elc Estrera selected for Equity & Inclusion Fellowship
November 25, 2020The Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) awarded the prestigious fellowship to just 20 students this year, with the goal of introducing recipients to the world of public policy and APPAM and foster a lifelong affiliation and engagement with both.
Recent Public Policy graduate Sarah Mackenzie awarded Rhodes Scholarship
November 23, 2020A very warm congratulations to Sarah, who plans to study for a MPhil in Social Policy and Intervention at Oxford
Professor MacKay answers tough questions about pandemic ethics.
September 25, 2020In an interview with UNC’s “The Well,” Professor MacKay addresses the politicized issue of mask wearing from an ethical standpoint.
Recent alums deliver press conference on the Impact of COVID 19 on North Carolina
July 20, 2020A group of recent graduates analyzed current data and presented their findings at a Zoom press conference with support from UNC Public Policy. A recording of the conference and detailed data are linked on this website.
Graduate student Dillan Bono-Lunn publishes “Hungry Children: The Increasing Demand for Free and Reduced Price Lunch in North Carolina
July 18, 2020Bono-Lunn and Carolina Demography colleague Rebecca Tippett take a look at unfortunate recent trends in NC school children qualifying for the program.
Professor Ben Meier publishes Foundations of Global Health and Human Rights
July 16, 2020The book, published under the Oxford University Press, systematically examines the impact of human rights across public health challenges.
Professor Cassandra Davis publishes more work on COVID-19 and first-generation college students.
July 10, 2020Professor Davis and her collaborators discuss the urgent need to identify the unique needs of first-generation college goers as the pandemic continues to cause major disruptions.
Professor Steve Hemelt publishes about the move to online education on Brookings
July 8, 2020Professor Hemelt and his co-author examine why the move to online instruction won’t reduce college costs.
Professor Carmen Gutierrez’s research is highlighted on “This Week Tonight” with John Oliver
July 7, 2020Professor Gutierrez’s article Jury Pool Underrepresentation in the Modern Era: Evidence from Federal Courts is sited (at about 2:20) on Oliver’s August 16th show shedding light on the discriminatory practices of jury selection.
Professor Doug MacKay publishes in the journal of Philosophy and Public Affairs
July 6, 2020Professor MacKay examines the ethics of randomized controlled tests in policy making.
Professor Cassandra Davis to lead a COVID-19 research team
July 5, 2020Among the many issues faced by students due to the pandemic, Professor Davis focuses on college persistence in first-generation college students.
Professor Douglas MacKay and PhD student Katherine Saylor participated in research examining “controlled human infection” studies
July 4, 2020The research team recently published on the ethics of using humans to accelerate the development of a vaccine to prevent COVID-19 in Science. The article develops an ethical framework to evaluate the justifiability of such studies, which involve the deliberate exposure of healthy volunteers to the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Professor Ben Meier interviewed for Focus Carolina
June 20, 2020Professor Meier discusses his research into the spread of the novel coronavirus and the role of public policy during the pandemic.