A team of ten MPA students spent the spring semester developing an evidence-based proposal to prevent substance misuse and improve stress management among CCNY students.
The team pitched the proposal this week to a panel of judges, among them Colin Powell School Dean Andrew Rich and Psychology Department Chair Robert Melara. The audience included MPA students, faculty members, and community partners.
In a tightly coordinated, 50-minute presentation, the team presented evidence gathered from interviews and surveys with more than 60 CCNY students showing the links between substance… Read More »
After graduating from the MPA Program in 2014, Nory Pouncil built a successful career as a communications director in Washington, D.C. – but something was missing. Nory decided to follow her inner voice, leave that career path, and start a project to help women live healthily and love themselves. Here Nory discusses her journey as the founder of The Get Unstuck Coaching Program.
Let me start with a quote from your website:
“I’ve been able to help women struggling from depression and anxiety overcome hurt, pain, disappointments, self-doubt and take control of their lives. The… Read More »
On April 30, the MPA Program hosted a workshop to help students learn how to use Linkedin to present themselves professionally, find career opportunities, and expand their professional networks.
The facilitator, Marcos Salazar, introduced the concept of personal branding and guided students as they created and shared elevator pitches. Salazar then taught the students how to write a compelling personal summary, present experience and education effectively, give and receive skills endorsements, search for and connect with other professionals, and manage privacy settings.… Read More »
How Explicit and Implicit Biases Can Hurt Workplace Diversity and What Public Managers Can Do About It
Dr. Adriana Espinosa, the scholar-in-residence at the MPA Program, outlines numerous studies showing how gender bias and racial bias influence hiring, promotion, and the psychological environment of the workplace - and what this means for aspiring public managers.
A diverse workplace fosters innovation, improves performance, and heightens creativity.
According to the National Academy of Sciences, a diverse workforce is vital for ensuring that organizations and nations remain globally competitive.
Nonetheless, women as well as Black and Hispanic individuals… Read More »
Innovation can become a meeting point between governments and society - Interview with Daniela de la Puente (MPA '18)
Daniela de la Puente joined the MPA Program as an international student from Peru. While earning her MPA, she interned at the Organization of American States (OAS) and the Permanent Mission of Peru to the United Nations. She currently works as a consultant for the Innóvate Perú program at the Ministry of Production and teaches Cultural Policy at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. In addition to her MPA degree from CCNY, she holds a Master's Degree in Cultural Management from the University of Barcelona. She has almost a decade of experience in the management of cultural… Read More »
New MPA Faculty Bring Firsthand Knowledge, Hands-on Experience into the Classroom
This spring, MPA students are taking a public budgeting course taught by a veteran analyst from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).
They are also developing critical thinking skills with an instructor who works as a global intelligence analyst, and they are learning strategic management from the co-founder of a social impact consulting firm.
The newest MPA faculty members bring a combination of stellar academic accomplishment and ample professional experience in government, the nonprofit… Read More »
Belkissa Doumbia did something remarkable during her time in the MPA Program: she used her Powell Graduate Fellowship to bring three NYC students of African descent to her home country of Côte d’Ivoire. The purpose was to see beyond media images of Africa, to perform community service, and to forge a deep connection beyond borders. The students dubbed it “The Trip of the Truth”. In this interview, Belkissa describes the project and its impact on the students, Cherika Ferguson of CCNY and Adela Jhonson and T’Erica Johnson of Bronx Regional High School.
Tell me about how… Read More »
On March 19, Belkissa Doumbia (MPA '18) and students Adela Jhonson and T’Erica Johnson presented a slideshow and panel discussion about their educational journey to Cote D'Ivoire.
Doumbia, a Cote D'Ivoire native, organized and led the trip last year as part of the Powell Graduate Fellowship, a year-long program for graduate students in the Powell School to develop leadership skills and address urgent public problems facing African American communities.
The purpose of the heritage trip was to give African American youth the opportunity to see the realities of an African… Read More »
We Are Giving a Voice to People Who Did Not Have a Voice Before. Interview with MPA Scholar-in-Residence, Part 2
Dr. Adriana Espinosa discusses how MPA students can create social change by integrating engaged, interdisciplinary research into their public service work.
We’ve been discussing gender disparities in STEM professions as well as microaggressions and workplace discrimination. What can we do to solve these problems? Should we focus on cultural change – changing individuals – or should we change institutions first?
Who’s in charge of the institutions? It’s people, ultimately, right? It’s all of us. If we from the start have a cultural shift, then the discriminatory institutional… Read More »
On March 5, the MPA Program hosted a workshop on how to use the NYC Open Data Portal to address public issues.
The instructor, data specialist Cassie Dewitt, introduced participants to the portal and guided them through the process of retrieving, downloading, and cleaning data sets. Dewitt then demonstrated how to use the built-in mapping tool to create a heat map and other visualizations to illustrate public problems.
The audience included more than 30 participants, among them MPA students as well as nonprofit professionals and other city residents.… Read More »
Last Updated: 09/13/2021 15:40