Tuesday Policy Forum
A weekly brown bag gathering for the discussion of various policy issues, coordinated by Professors Robert Nelson and David Falk. The Forum is held on Tuesday, 12:15-1:30 p.m., in the MSPP Community Room, 1113 Van Munching Hall.
Fall 2008
September 16
Frederick M. Hess
“The Future of Educational Entrepreneurship”
September 23
Mann H. Hur
“The Role and Conduct of Policy Analysis in Korea : Promoting Economic Growth and the New Problem of Income Inequality”
September 30
Wallace Oates
"Ideas in the Policy Arena: The Case of Cap-and-Trade Systems"
October 7
Jack Meyer
"The Obama and McCain Health Reform Plans: Comparative Assessment and Prospects for Moving Toward Universal Coverage"
October 14
Kenneth Apfel,
Professor of the Practice;
Director, Management, Finance, and Leadership School of Public Policy, University of Maryland
October 21
Douglas J. Besharov, Professor, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland
October 28
James Gattuso, Heritage Foundation
November 4
School of Public Policy Presidential Election Day Seminar
November 11
School of Public Policy Election Post Mortem
November 18
Evan Kwerel, Office of Plans and Policy, Federal Communications Commission
November 25
No Forum
December 2
Open
December 9
David Luban, University Professor, Georgetown Law School
Spring 2008
February 5
James Gimpel
“Patchwork Nation: Researching the U.S. Electorate”
February 12
Laura Moore
"Graduate Student Employees and Adjunct Professors: The Case for Collective Bargaining"
February 26
John Walker
"Proliferation Pointers from the Past: Lessons from the UK Nuclear Weapons Programme 1952-1969"
March 4
Douglas M. Duncan
"Trends in Maryland Politics"
March 11
Rebecca M. Blank
"What's Happening in the Labor Market?"
March 25
Roundtable Free-for-all led by MSPP Faculty
"Election 2008 and Beyond: Where Are We Heading?"
April 1
Alan Ehrenhalt
“Myths and Realities of the Downtown Comeback”
April 8
William A. Galston
"The Politics of Polarization"
April 15
John Rauh
"The Case for Public Financing of Federal Elections"
April 22
Sarah Staszak
"The Politics of Judicial Retrenchment"
April 29
Carmen Reinhart
"Is the 2007 U.S. Sub-Prime Financial Crisis So Different? An International Historical Comparison"
2007 Speakers
September 11
Steve Teles
“The Campaign for Social Security Privatization: The Limits of Long-Term Conservative Strategy”
September 18
Suzanne M. Bianchi, Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology, University of Maryland
"Changing Rhythms of American Family Life"
September 25
Michael S. Greve, The John G. Searle Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
"Competition as a Constitutional Value: Controlling Regulation and Litigation in an Era of Big Government"
October 2
Zachary M. Schrag, Assistant Professor of History, George Mason University
"Thinking Big: Lessons from the Washington Metro"
October 9
Cory Alexander, Vice President for Government Relations, Fannie Mae
"A Window on Fannie Mae: New Challenges in U.S. Housing Policy"
October 16
Robert H. Nelson, Professor, Maryland School of Public Policy
"The Philippine Economic Mystery”
October 23
Stephen J. Rose, Principal, Rose Economic Consulting
"Number Games: The Declining Middle Class and Other Economic Myths"
October 30
NO Forum (Ambassador Dennis Ross will deliver the Saul Stern Lecture on
"Statecraft: And How to Restore America's Standing in the World")
November 6
Annette Lareau, Professor of Sociology, University of Maryland, College Park
"Managing Children's Activities: Implications for the Gender Division of Labor"
November 13
Liliokanaio Peaslee, PhD Candidate, Politics and Social Policy, Brandeis University
"Agents of Social Change: Police Engagement in Social Policy in Four New England Cities"
November 20
Gabriel Murillo, Professor of Political Science, University of Los Andes,
Bogotá, Colombia
"Deliberation for Civic Engagement in Latin America"
November 27
Mark Schmitt,
Senior Fellow, New America Foundation; Columnist, The American Prospect
“Policy Analysis Across Sectors: Think Tanks, Philanthropy, Government"
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