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La Follette School hosts Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management's 2006 fall research conference
The La Follette School hosted the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Managements fall 2006 research conference, November 2-4, at the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Monona Terrace Convention Center in Madison. La Follette School faculty, alumni and a student gave presentations. A number of La Follette School alumni and friends attended the conference, as did current students. Donations from alumni and friends enabled the school to fund registration fees for students. The conference set an attendance record for APPAMs meetings held outside Washington, D.C., and compliments abounded. The opening night reception that La Follette hosted in the Capitol rotunda attracted 600 guests, by far the largest ever held for APPAM. Perhaps the best compliment came from the frequent inquiries about when (not if) APPAM would return to Madison.
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All photos by Bob Rashid
La Follette School professor John Witte leads a roundtable discussion about school choice in Milwaukee. |
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2005 La Follette School alumni Natalie Walleser, left, and Hilary Shager visit at the APPAM conference. Walleser works for the Wisconsin Legislative Audit Bureau. Shager is a research assistant with the Wisconsin Center for Education Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is working on her Ph.D. in public policy. | ||||||
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On behalf of APPAM, President David Weimer receives a commendation from Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle, presented by Department of Workforce Development Secretary Roberta Gassman. | ||||||
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Barry Delin, a 1993 grad, talks with Associate Director Karen Holden. Delin is a senior scientist with the Stout Vocational Rehabilitation Institute at University of Wisconsin-Stout. He presented a paper at APPAM on disability and employment. He and Holden are collaborating with scholars at La Follette and the Institute for Research on Poverty to plan evaluations of regional initiatives in Wisconsin to improve employment outcomes for those with serious disabilities. | ||||||
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Carissa De Cramer and Ryan Baumtrog are two of the 35 or so La Follette School students who attended APPAM. Donations from La Follette School alumni and friends helped the school pay for student registration fees. De Cramer is an international public affairs student, while Baumtrog is focusing his studies on domestic policy analysis. | ||||||
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First-year La Follette student Jake Miller, right, is a student status examiner in the School of Business' Undergraduate Programs Office at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Miller's studies at La Follette focus on macroeconomic and social policy. | ||||||
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La Follette students Matthew Steinberg, left, and Deven Carlson convene. Steinberg presented a paper on "Accountability and Supplemental Education Services: Market Assumptions and Emerging Policy Issues." | ||||||
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La Follette School professor David Weimer gives the presidential address, titled "Medical Governance: Are We Ready to Prescribe?" | ||||||
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Mark Cassell, left, talks with La Follette professor Andrew Reschovsky. Cassell, who graduated with a master's in public affairs in 1992, went on to earn a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is now an associate professor at Kent State University. He presented the paper "Racing the the Bottom at Different Speeds: the Redistribution Consequences of Intra-State Competition on Ohio's Enterprise Zone Program," co-authored with Robert Turner. | ||||||
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Second-year student Nina Carlson listens to a speaker. Interested in housing policy and in family and work policy, she plans to work for the State of Wisconsin after she graduates in May. | ||||||
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La Follette School faculty members Karen Holden, second from right, and Pamela Herd, right, presented at a panel on gender, race and class in retirement. Holden discussed her paper "Employment and Economic Security in Retirement: How Changes in Employment Have Altered Retirement-Related Economic Risks for Women." Herd's paper was "Older Women and Public Pension Systems: What Can the U.S. Learn from Other Countries." | ||||||
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La Follette School student Sam Hall takes notes during an Institute for Research on Poverty panel discussion. Hall is focusing his academics on social and poverty policy. | ||||||
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