Category Archives: Public Policy & Administration
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Urban West Revisited — Book Signing
Urban West Revisited: Governing Cities in Uncertain Times is a revision of an acclaimed 1990s study, updated and colorfully illustrated with more than 200 photos and graphics. The softbound volume sells for $29.95 at sspa.boisestate.edu/publications/. The book also will be available for purchase at the Center on Main, 1020 W. Main St. in Boise, from 5:30-8 p.m. [...]
March 21, 2012Center on Main, Events, Public Policy & Administration, SSPA News & EventsComments Off -
Public Policy & Administration Brown Bag Colloquium
The next PPA brownbag colloquium will be at noon on Monday, April 2nd in the 1st floor conference room of the ERB (Room #1127). Greg Hill, chair of the Department of Public Policy and Administration, will be presenting on his research on immigration. Please bring your lunch and join us and learn about this timely [...]
March 8, 2012Events, Public Policy & AdministrationComments Off -
A Tale of Two Counties: How Clark County, Idaho and Clark County, Nevada Tell the Story of Counties in the Intermountain West
SSPA’s Speaker Series Dr. Stephanie Witt, Department of Public Policy & Administration Wednesday, April 18 12:40 to 1:30 p.m. ILC 315 View the Event Flyer Six hundred and eighty four miles of Interstate 15 separate Clark County, Idaho from Clark County, Nevada, but it some respects it might as well be a million miles. These two Clark counties [...]
February 24, 2012Brown Bag Series, Events, Public Policy & AdministrationComments Off -
Elite Interviewing: Canada-US Borderlands
Dr. Les Alm, Department of Public Policy & Administration, will speak at the next SSPA’s Speaker Series on Wednesday, February 29, from 12:40 to 1:30 p.m. in ILC 315. View the event flyer. The event is free and open to the public. This presentation discusses the process of interviewing from a study on the Canada-U.S. [...]
February 21, 2012Brown Bag Series, Canadian Studies, Events, Public Policy & AdministrationComments Off -
Connecting Science to Policy: The Issue of Climate Change
View the Event Flyer The Department of Public Policy and Administration is presenting a discussion panel addressing the following questions: Is climate change “real”? What policy changes should be made from science findings? Why do scientists and policy makers have a hard time communicating? What impacts does climate change science have on designing cities? Panelists [...]
February 13, 2012Events, Public Policy & AdministrationComments Off -
Do Undocumented Students Hinder Student Performance?
Dr. Gregory Hill, assistant professor and Chair of Public Policy & Administration, recently co-published “Managing Undocumented Students: Do Undocumented Students Hinder Student Performance?” with Daniel P. Hawes. Illegal immigration is a salient topic for policy makers and for local units of government who are responsible for implementing policies. One particularly relevant policy topic is to what extent undocumented students affect performance in [...]
January 17, 2012Public Policy & Administration, SSPA News & EventsComments Off -
Planning Discussion by Dr. Jaap Vos
Dr. Jaap Vos will be presenting on Florida Planning 2.0: Reframing, Research, Planning and Education. Dr. Jaap Vos, Associate Professor and Director of the School of Urban & Regional Planning, joined the Florida Atlantic University Faculty in 1995. He holds a Ph.D. in Regional Planning from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Master’s [...]
December 5, 2011Events, Political Science, Public Policy & AdministrationComments Off -
The Role of Science in Public Policymaking
Patrick Shea, former director of the Bureau of Land Management and an associate professor of biology at the University of Utah, will introduce the topic and its implications. He will be joined in the discussion by a panel of Boise State faculty members, including Les Alm, public policy and administration; John Freemuth, political science; George [...]
October 27, 2011Events, Public Policy & AdministrationComments Off -
Brown Bag Series: Exploring Public Participation Through Games, Surveys, & Focus Groups
View the Flyer Four SSPA faculty recently used a unique way to understand how, when, where, and why public officials and citizens collaborate with each other. Research participants were paid for their participation and teased with the promise of additional monies based on their decisions during the session. John Ziker (Anthropology), Brian Wampler (Political Science), [...]
October 12, 2011Anthropology, Brown Bag Series, Collaboration, Communication, Events, Political Science, Public Policy & AdministrationComments Off -
IBR Essay Contest Winners Announced
The Idaho Business Review has announced the finalists for the “What can you do?” essay contest that Public Policy and Administration conducted for the Philanthropy issue of the Idaho Business Review. IBR will publish the first place essay in their November issue and anticipate posting the 2nd and 3rd place essays online. Students addressed this [...]
November 4, 2010Public Policy & Administration, SSPA News & Events, Student NewsComments Off -
Elizabeth Lokey Aldrich – Public Policy & Administration
Elizabeth Lokey Aldrich has been awarded an International Renewable Resources Institute of Mexico grant titled “Activities that Advance Methane Recovery and Use as a Clean Energy Source” in partnership with the company Camco. The project will entail a feasibility study of the economic viability of aggregating small-scale anaerobic digesters in Central Mexico for the purposes [...]
October 29, 2010Public Policy & Administration, SSPA News & EventsComments Off -
Stephanie Witt – Public Policy & Administration
Podcasts and Videos from the Public Policy Center directed by Stephanie Witt were accessed 1607 times since being posted last September. The most popular item in the suite of white papers and other materials available at the center was the short training on how to facilitate a focus group meeting.
October 29, 2010Public Policy & Administration, Public Policy Center, SSPA News & EventsComments Off -
Elizabeth Fredericksen – Public Policy & Administration
The Department of Public Policy partnered with the Idaho Business Review and Idaho Philanthropy Magazine in the inaugural year of an essay contest for students about community improvement and leadership. Winning essays will be published in the Idaho Philanthropy Magazine. Elizabeth Fredericksen of the Department of Public Policy and Administration partnered with Tedd McDonald of [...]
October 28, 2010Public Policy & Administration, SSPA News & EventsComments Off -
Elizabeth Aldrich – Public Policy & Administration
Elizabeth Aldrich presented on greenhouse gas markets at the Idaho Council on Industry and the Environment’s “Practical Paths 2010: Understanding the Science and Politics of Climate Change” on Tuesday September 28th in Boise. PUBADMIN “Energy in the West” class instructed by Elizabeth Aldrich toured the Bennett Mountain Power Plant and the John Deere wind farm [...]
October 27, 2010Public Policy & Administration, SSPA News & EventsComments Off -
Susan Mason – Public Policy & Administration
Dr. Susan Mason was interviewed by the Idaho Business Review on the Master’s of Community and Regional Planning. Advanced copies are available of her article: “Can Community Design Build Trust? A Comparative Study of Design Factors in Boise, Idaho Neighborhoods” Cities: The International Journal of Urban Policy and Planning. Advance Access published August 3, 2010 [...]
October 27, 2010Public Policy & Administration, SSPA News & EventsComments Off -
John Freemuth – Public Policy
John Freemuth, Senior Fellow Andrus Center for Public Policy, Boise State University, presented on the role of science in making public policy, “Practical Paths 2010: Understanding the Science and Politics of Climate Change”, September 2010, Boise.
October 27, 2010Public Policy & Administration, SSPA News & EventsComments Off -
Les Alm – Public Policy & Administration
Dr. Les Alm recently attended the Executive Council Meeting of the Western Social Science Association in Salt Lake City.
October 26, 2010Public Policy & Administration, SSPA News & EventsComments Off -
Suzanne McCorkle – Public Policy & Administration
Suzanne McCorkle talked to the Idaho Mediation Association on “Mediator Ethics” at their Luncheon Series in September and completed training to become a Conflict Dynamic Profile Certified administrator.
October 25, 2010Public Policy & Administration, SSPA News & EventsComments Off -
Public Policy & Administration
The Community and Regional Planning Graduate Certificate program co-sponsored the September 29, Designing for Water Conservation conference which was held at Boise State’s Center on Main. This was the first in a series of mini-conferences we are co-sponsoring.
October 22, 2010Center on Main, Public Policy & Administration, SSPA News & EventsComments Off -
Greg Hill – Public Policy & Administration
Dr. Hill’s expertise in immigration was accessed by radio stations in Houston and Portland. He also was quoted in the Economist.
October 20, 2010Public Policy & Administration, SSPA News & EventsComments Off