After much negotiation, we are happy to announce that we are moving the Fall Conference from Nov 11 - 13, 2021 to Mar 27 - 29, 2022 at the JW Marriott in Austin TX. (1/7)
#2021APPAM
That’s a wrap! Thanks to the 2,600 attendees who presented nearly 1,000 research papers virtually. We missed seeing you IRL but we’ll see you in Austin next year for
#2021APPAM
! 🤞
Keep February 7th on your calendar! Submit a paper, panel or roundtable for APPAM's 2018 International Conference in Mexico City – submissions close first week of February. Find the submission instructions and the policy areas:
#APPAM18INTL
Congratulations to Dr.
@KiraboJackson
on being awarded the 2020 David N. Kershaw Award which seeks to honor persons who, before the age of 40, have made distinguished contributions to the field of public policy analysis and management.
#2019APPAM
is officially over. Time to take everything down. Thank you to all the attendees, exhibitors, volunteers, sponsors and everybody that made the 2019 Fall Research Conference in Denver, CO a success! Safe travels home, see you next year in Washington, DC
#2020APPAM
.
Get ready for a superlative swag experience at
#2023APPAM
! Doggie bag dispenser w/light for late night walks, APPAM Yeti's, hoodies, cooler bags, stickers, cutting boards, and more. Swing by the APPAM booth across from reg starting tomorrow and stock up.
Thank you for attending
#2023APPAM
! We hope you were able to present, network, learn something new or just enjoy your time with us. We'll see you in Maryland for
#2024APPAM
at the Gaylord National Harbor, November 21-23, 2024!
BREAKING!
@APPAM_DC
's Policy Council has made the decision to hold
#2020APPAM
Fall Conference virtually. This decision was reached after careful consideration of the state of the pandemic and with invaluable input from our members. Find out more:
Congrats to Thurston Domina, Deven Carlson, James Carter III, Matthew Lenard, Andrew McEachin, & Rachel Perera on receiving the Raymond Vernon Memorial Award! (Presented by
@Erdal_Tekin_
)
#2021APPAM
It’s a wrap
#2018APPAM
. Thank you to the 2,500 researchers who joined us this week in DC. We’ll see you in Denver next November for
#2019APPAM
. Deepest thanks to Matt Stagner from
@MathPolResearch
for staging the biggest and best conference yet!
#flatmatt
#2018APPAM
We are pleased to announce that the winners of the 2019 Raymond Vernon Memorial Award are
@daphnabassok
@Thomas_S_Dee
&
@LathamS12
for their
@JPAM_DC
article "The Effects of Accountability Incentives in Early Childhood Education"!
#2021APPAM
SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN!
Our Annual Fall Research Conference will be held in Austin, TX, on November 11-13, under the theme "The Power of Inclusion"! Find out information about the conference, submissions and more:
We are excited to announce the 2020 class of APPAM's Equity and Inclusion Fellowship. Check out the list, how the fellowship changed for the virtual
#2020APPAM
Conference and more.
Congrats to the 2021 Raymond Vernon Memorial Award winning authors of the paper "Kids on the Bus: The Academic Consequences of Diversity-Driven School Reassignments" featured in Vol. 40, Issue 4 of
@JPAM_DC
. Learn more about the award & read the paper:
Submit a paper, panel or roundtable for APPAM's 2018 International Conference in Mexico City! The program will explore the theme: Public Policy for Sustainable Metropolitan Development. Find the submission instructions and the policy areas:
#APPAM18INTL
#2018APPAM
First Place Poster Session Winner SEAN DARLING HAMMOND with "Making Intergroup Contact 'Work': Reducing Bias through Effective Workplace Diversity Programs."
Congratulations to our 1st Place Saturday Poster Sessions winner SIOBHAN M. O'KEEFE of
@UCDavisResearch
for "Baby's Gone: The Effects of Increased Sentencing Severity on Fertility and Family Formation."
Full circle moment! Lanikque Howard, DEI fellow from the inaugural 2016 year, is now the keynote speaker at the DEI lunch, celebrating the 2023 DEI cohort. Lanikque is the Director of Office of Community Services
@ACFHHS
@HHSGov
#2023APPAM
Congratulations to the 2023 Equity & Inclusion Fellowship recipients! We're excited to celebrate these Fellows at
#2023APPAM
in Atlanta this year! Check out all three cohorts here:
Oh hey Atlanta, nice to see you! Can't wait to see all 2,500+ APPAM'ers soon.
#2023APPAM
Word of caution: the glass elevator at the
@hyattregencyatl
is a doozy.
The Equity and Inclusion Fellowships are now open to applications! That's right, plural! We're introducing a new Fellowship, complementary to our Student one, the Young Professionals Fellowship! Deadline 5/31. Find out more information and eligibility:
Congrats to
@UofMaryland
PhD graduate, George Zuo, for being selected to receive APPAM's 2021 PhD Dissertation Award! Learn more about his accomplishments & the 4 honorable mentions:
APPAM invites researchers, analysts and policymakers to reflect on your work in public policy and urban development. Submit a paper, panel or roundtable for APPAM's 2018 International Conference in Mexico City!
#APPAM18INTL
The APPAM Executive Committee believes that the paper recently published by Larry Mead in Society (and now retracted) is racist and, therefore, deeply offensive.
Alright Austin, we’ve been waiting a looooong time to be here! We might be a *little* rusty with the in-person conference thing but we’ll middle through.
#2021APPAM
The upside of going virtual is that you can check out any session afterwards, since it’s being recorded. You won’t have a chance to ask a question (or, you know, “more of a statement than a question” like some do) but it’s still great to have less of an issue with your choice!
In 2021 APPAM has two Equity and Inclusion Fellowships (Student & Young Professional), with the deadline (5/31) coming up! It is truly a fantastic opportunity for networking & mentorship! Find out all the info and apply here:
Sure,
#2020APPAM
is remote, but you're going to have extra child-care expenses anyway. So, APPAM is very proud to continue providing dependent care grants for conference registrants. More info and application:
Congratulations to
@UWLaFollette
professor, David Weimer, on receiving the inaugural Policy Field Distinguished Contribution Award! Read up on his many contributions to the policy field:
Join us in Denver November 7-9! Today, we began accepting submissions for panels, posters, roundtables, single papers, and super sessions at
#2019APPAM
- our Fall Research Conference in Denver, Colorado. Review our expectations at the link and submit!
#2020APPAM
is TOMORROW so if you're joining us for what promises to be a fantastic three (virtual) days of scholarship and networking, be sure to join our Slack. Your peers are already there!
REMINDER: Single Paper Listings for
#2023APPAM
are updated every Tuesday! If you want your paper featured in next week's update, make sure to send it in by Monday!
APPAM is pleased to be offering Dependent Care Grant to registered attendees at the
#2019APPAM
Fall Research Conference to help alleviate additional care costs associated with attending the event.
For more information visit
#2020APPAM
registration is now open! We are going virtual this year, which means reduced rates as well. Our full online program is also now available, along with virtual conference activities, including mentoring, positions in policy and student sessions
The 2020 Equity and Inclusion Fellowship application is now open! Are you a graduate student from an under-represented background and would be available to attend
#2020APPAM
? You should apply! More info:
The 2018 Equity & Inclusion Fellowship will support the travel and participation of up to 40 students from underrepresented backgrounds at the 2018 Fall Research Conference. This program is introduces recipients to public policy and APPAM.
#2018APPAM
We are launching our new Positions in Policy program at the
#2019APPAM
Fall Research Conference to bring together job seekers and employers who will both be attending the conference. To join the program visit
#2020APPAM
's theme is "Research Across the Policy Lifecycle: Formulation, Implementation, Evaluation and Back Again." We're looking at it more in-depth. Today Program Committee member
@AM_Headley
talks racial equity:
APPAM is proud to announce a new Podcast, spearheaded by the Student Activities Committee, focusing not so much on the research, but the people behind it with an informal chat, much like you would have over coffee. Find out more about "Let's Grab A Coffee"
Don't forget! The deadline for out TWO (!!!) Equity and Inclusion Fellowships (Student & Young Professional) is 5/31 and that is coming soon! Find out all the info and apply here:
This morning some
#2019APPAM
attendees, including
@APPAM_DC
President
@stagner_m
, got up bright and early to get some exercise in, with our Fun Run. Missed out? Don’t worry, we have different Wellness Sessions every morning.
Last month we announced the new members of the APPAM Policy Council and Executive Committee. Now, we're introducing you to them one by one, with a more in-depth interview. Today, Dr. Lisa Gennetian (
@Gen_Pov
) of
@DukeSanford
And in First Place for the Thursday night Poster Session is
@marlous_de
, Claire Barrington and Gustavo Angeles from
@UNC
with “The Role of Coping Strategies and the Social Cash Transfer Program on Individual’s Well-Being in Malawi”. Congrats to all the winners!
#2019APPAM
We're excited to host a Career and PhD Program Fair this fall at
#2023APPAM
to connect employers & schools to students in public policy! Interested in hosting a PhD program or Employer table? Reg this year is free - sign up by 9/29. Learn more:
#2018APPAM
Second Place Poster Session Winner MIA BIRD with "California's Proposition 47: How Did This Reduction in Penalties for Lower-level Drug and Property Offenses Affect Incarceration Levels and Recidivism Rates?"
Are you joining us for
#2020APPAM
? Your personalized password was sent yesterday in the "Know Before You Go" email. It might have gone to your spam folder, so double-check! Reminder, passwords are important, as they are the only way to join the Zoom room!
The Wonk,
@APPAM_DC
’s podcast, just did a live recording of an episode at the
#2019APPAM
booth, featuring former and current Policy Council Student Members,
@morar
and
@laurenherbdavis
, interviewed by podcast host
@BritKeegan
. Keep an eye out for this episode soon.
We usually don't do this for our Fall Conference, but we're making an exception! Extending the deadline for submissions until Sunday 4/11 at 11:59PM Pacific! You have the weekend to get your work ready for our reviewers for
#2021APPAM
. APPLY NOW
Meet Bruvis the construction dog! He’s very friendly and is hard at work helping to get our conference hotel in tip-top shape. If you see him around say hi and give him a pet!
The first sessions of the first day of
#2020APPAM
have begun! Don't forget to click Join Now on the Online Program, and use your personalized password to join the sessions!
Camila Morales presents a study on the effect of refugee students on academic achievement of non-refugee public school students in Georgia. According to her research there is a positive statistically significant effect on math test scores for students but not for English scores
We wanted to reschedule the conference, rather than just cancel it and go virtual, because we think it is vitally important to meet in person. (2/7)
#2021APPAM
AWARD DEADLINE: Monday (7/12) is the last day to apply for the PhD Dissertation Award that seeks to recognize emergent scholars in public policy and management. Don't wait to apply!