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Meet DFP Fall Fellow, Matthias Lopez, University of the Pacific

Political Science Now

Immigration Policies Impact on Immigrants’ Mental Health,” a prospectus for utilizing a VR simulation of an immigration raid to understand if this experience alters a participant’s attitudes toward immigration policy. Please join us in congratulating the 2024-2025 class of fellows.

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The Election of FDR and the Immediate Response to the Great Depression

ACRE

This one-day lesson plan was developed in Spring 2024 by Dr. Marcus Witcher and covers the 1932 election, the transition of power from the Hoover to FDR administration, and early economic policies designed to combat the Great Depression.

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Meet 2024 RBSI Scholar, Natalia Adams, Wake Forest University

Political Science Now

She is primarily interested in understanding how policy affects marginalized communities both in the United States and abroad. See all 2024 RBSI Scholars. The post Meet 2024 RBSI Scholar, Natalia Adams, Wake Forest University appeared first on. Learn more about the Ralph Bunche Summer Institute (RBSI).

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Parents are quitting jobs, passing on raises — to qualify for child care

The Hechinger Report

The program has never been funded at the level that it needs to be to be able to meet the need, said Rachel Wilensky, a senior policy analyst at the Center for Law and Social Policy. In early 2024, Funes and her son moved out of a shelter and into their own apartment. I think of it as a whack-a-mole problem.

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Lael Keiser Receives the 2024 John Gaus Award

Political Science Now

Lael Keiser will deliver the Gaus Lecture on Friday, September 6, 2024 at 6:30pm EDT as part of the APSA Annual Meeting. Citation from the Award Committee: Professor Keiser has made an extraordinary impact on the study of policy implementation and the administration of public programs. Thomas of the University of Washington.