Journalists from broadcast, cable, print, and online sources turn to Bedrosian faculty and student researchers for their expertise, as resources to inform complex policy issues. Here are links to some of the pieces in which our faculty are quoted.
Citylab, from The Atlantic, took a look at a recent study by Bedrosian Faculty Affiliate Lisa Schweitzer. Her article, “Planning and Social Media: A Case Study of Public Transit and Stigma on Twitter,” published in the Journal of the American Planning Association won the journals best paper award for 2014. Read more…
Raphael Bostic spoke to Daniel Wood of the Christian Science Monitor about recent protests for police reform. “These past few months have coalesced an unprecedented amount of concern by community leaders, law enforcement, youth, and clergy alike to really come together, roll up the sleeves and come up with substantive, Read more…
by Justine Dodgen 2014-2015 Faculty Research Awards Announced The Bedrosian Center is pleased to announce the research projects that have been selected for Faculty Research Awards for the 2014-2015 academic year. Pam McCann, Assistant Professor at Price, received an award for a research project to develop a political bargaining theory that Read more…
Originally posted on the USC Price website, January 13, 2015 USC Price School of Public Policy professor Raphael Bostic has been elected to the board of directors for Freddie Mac, the government-sponsored mortgage finance company. Bostic, who also directs the Price School’s Bedrosian Center on Governance and the Public Enterprise, brings Read more…
Center Director, Raphael Bostic and Bedrosian Faculty Affiliates, Elizabeth Graddy, Pamela McCann, Juliet Musso, William Resh, and Christopher Weare among others, are presenting at this year’s Association for Public Policy Analysis and Managment (APPAM) Fall Conference in Albuquerque, NM this week. Raphael Bostic will be participating in the following roundtables: The Read more…
Arthur Acoca Acolin will be presenting a paper at the ACSP conference: Who Owns Boston’s and Philadelphia’s Chinatowns: Neighborhood Preservation and Changes in Two Ethnic Enclaves Abstract: This article describes changes in the patterns of property ownership in Philadelphia’s and Boston’s historic downtown Chinatowns over the last decade (2003-2013) and compares them to Read more…
Danielle Williams will be presenting at the APPAM Fall Research Conference: Evaluating the Academic and Behavioral Impact of “School in the Park.” Abstract: Arts enrichment programs that leverage existing community cultural institutions such as museums, zoos, and theaters have the potential to improve students’ educational experiences. This paper estimates the impact Read more…
Vincent Reina will be presenting a paper at the APPAM Fall Research Conference: Are They Protected? a National Analysis of What Happens to Subsidized Tenants When an Owner Opts out Abstract: The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) financed roughly 850,000 units of housing through the project-based Section 8 program. Read more…
Originally posted on the USC Price News, October 28, 2014 Frank Zerunyan and Dan Mazmanian enhance knowledge about new trends and emerging issues in governance USC Price School of Public Policy professors Frank Zerunyan and Dan Mazmanian traveled to Armenia to participate in a United Nations workshop titled “Developing Government Read more…
Our amazing faculty affiliate, Sherry Bebitch Jeffe will be livestreamed straight into your computers or mobile devices tomorrow night as part of KPCCs Props and Pints “ballot party.” This event, in Pasadena, has sold out. However, if you would like to be added to the wait list, please e-mail Liz Brown Read more…
Jacob Gaffney quotes our Director in a post for Housing Wire. Dr. Raphael Bostic has the longest title I’ve ever seen for one person. Bostic is the Judith and John Bedrosian Chair in Governance and the Public Enterprise at the Sol Price School of Public Policy at the University of Read more…
Elgar Companion to Sustainable Cities: Strategies, Methods and Outlook Edited by Daniel A. Mazmanian, Professor of Public Policy, Sol Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California and Hilda Blanco, Research Professor and Interim Director, Center for Sustainable Cities, Sol Price School of Public Policy University of Southern California, Read more…
Raphael Bostic is quoted in an article on housing policy in Market Watch.
Officials should pay more attention to whether various policies are accomplishing desirable and efficient goals, experts said. Benefits from the popular mortgage-interest deduction, for example, skew toward higher-income households, critics note.
“[It’s] an expenditure that is not actually accomplishing a social benefit, so we have to change that,” said Raphael Bostic, a professor at the University of Southern California and former assistant secretary for policy development and research at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Dr Shui Yan Tang gave a presentation, titled “Comparative Institutional Analysis and Public Management Research in China,” at a public management conference in Fudan University in Shanghai, July 19-20, 2014. The presentation examined public management research from a comparative institutional analysis perspective. It focused on several general principles for designing Read more…
Janet and Bob Denhardt’s Public Administration Review (PAR) article, “The New Public Service: Serving Rather than Steering”(2000) was selected this spring as one of the 75 most influential out of the more than 3500 articles appearing in the journal since its inception in 1940. Based on this honor, they were Read more…
Summit on July 16 gathers local, state and federal stakeholders to highlight efforts to help veterans after their service Unite for Veterans is an event that will bring together key city, state and federal officials; business leaders; and community stakeholders to highlight best practices in employment and housing to provide Read more…
Professor David Sloane recently took a whirlwind tour of Seoul, giving several presentations, seminars, and meeting with alumni and new USC Price students along the way. June 18th Lecture: Planning Los Angeles at Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea Tour: New administrative city of Korea, Sejong City Host: Professor Byeongsoo Kang June Read more…
Richard Green will join a Zócalo Public Square panel moderated by Lauren Schuker Blum, Contributor, Wall Street Journal on July 31st to answer the burning question “Can Anyone Afford to Live in L.A. Anymore?” Zócalo will endeavor to answer why Los Angeles is so expensive and whether anything can be done about the Read more…
Raphael Bostic will participate in the upcoming Unite for Veterans summit presented by United Way of Greater Los Angeles, USC Price School of Public Policy, Federal Reserve Bank, and City of Los Angeles. The summit will feature panel discussions with prominent experts dedicated to veteran support services and programs and include a keynote Read more…
We’re pleased to announce that beginning July 1, 2014, and ending December 31, 2017, Eduardo Tinoco will serve on the Board of Directors for the Paralyzed Veterans of America Research Foundation. The Paralyzed Veterans Research Foundation is devoted to putting grant money toward projects that will advance understanding and treatment of spinal cord injury and disease. Read more…
Originally published on the USC Price Website June 13, 2014 From Price staff reports The USC Bedrosian Center on Governance and the Public Enterprise – housed at the Price School of Public Policy – on June 12 signed a memorandum of understanding with the League of California Cities Latino Caucus Read more…
Bedrosian Faculty member Sherry Jeffe’s newest post is up on the Reuters‘ blog The Great Debate: Why Hillary Clinton needs to follow a California dream By Sherry Bebitch Jeffe and Douglas Jeffe JUNE 11, 2014 Given the historic enmity between California Governor Jerry Brown and former President Bill Clinton, it is Read more…
Our faculty affiliate Eduardo Tinoco will speak about Veteran Services at USC today, at USC’s Council of Academic Advisors Conference at Taper Hall at 10:30 am. Join him if you are able! Here is information on the session: Student Veteran Services @ USC Presenter: Eduardo Tinoco | USC Libraries Location: Read more…
In a recent letter to the Price Community Dean Knott announced that Dr. Geraldine Knatz has been appointed as Professor of the Practice of Policy and Engineering, in a dual appointment at the USC Price School and the Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Dean Knott said this Read more…
Bedrosian Faculty Affiliate, and former Director, Dan Mazmanian discussed the “Fix it with Six” ballot measure in an article in The Sacramento Bee: Via The Sacramento Bee By Jim Miller Published: Saturday, May. 3, 2014 – 12:00 am Last Modified: Sunday, May. 4, 2014 – 10:44 am No one gives Read more…