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Public Affairs and Policy Research Initiative

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The Public Affairs and Policy Research Initiative (PAPR) is a pilot program launched in September 2022 to bring together Colgate faculty and students from across the social sciences and beyond to address society鈥檚 most pressing challenges through rigorous engagement with public affairs and policy.聽

PAPR seeks to bridge academic theory and public practice. Because of the wide-ranging public implications of this work, the initiative will forge partnerships with external news agencies; showcase faculty research on the web; and publicly highlight those efforts in policy briefs, working papers, podcasts, and op-eds.聽

In its pilot phase, the initiative consists of two core components:聽

Research Support

This fund expands faculty and student research in areas related to public policy and public affairs. Colgate has an exceptionally strong core of faculty members who conduct high-impact and policy-relevant research, and PAPR intends to serve as a key source of support in that work. In its first two funding rounds as a pilot initiative, PAPR has already supported 16 faculty research projects. In the future, as a permanent endeavor with a dedicated research fund, PAPR will be able to broaden the scope and scale of policy research on campus and elevate P站视频 reputation as a center for outstanding scholarship in these important areas.

Public Facing Initiatives

This aspect of PAPR鈥檚 mandate will promote the work and activities of the initiative to the broader public as well as offer public-facing engagement with important problems in public affairs. This includes support for high-profile speakers, panels, and visiting scholars to campus. The initiative's webpage will serve as the clearinghouse for published media in various formats that connect to PAPR-supported research and programming.聽

Research in Motion

  • Modeling a 鈥楳odel Muslim Nation:鈥 Religion and U.S. Foreign Policy in Indonesia

Megan Abbas, Religion聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽

  • "Who is Allowed to Have an Abortion? Investigating Whether Racism, Sexism, and Classism Underpin Abortion Policy Attitudes and Exacerbate Racial and Gender Inequality"

Erin Cooley and William Cipolli, Psychological and Brain Sciences, with Jazmin Brown-Iannuzzi聽

  • 鈥淚ncreasing Vaccination Rates through Targeted Messaging: Understanding the Impact of Marginalization and Privilege on Vaccination Hesitancy鈥

Rachel Dinero and Erin Cooley, Psychological and Brain Sciences聽

  • "Madison County Resilience Project: Identifying Factors thatPromote Resilience and Well-being in Madison County"

Rachel Dinero and Lauren Philbrook, Psychological and Brain Sciences聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽

  • Studies on U.S. Solar Tax Credits聽

Isla Globus-Harris, Economics, with David Coyne聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽

  • 鈥淰isualizing the End of Public Housing: Lessons from Chicago鈥

Madeleine Hamlin, Geography

  • Study of New York State's "Climate Smart Communities" and "Clean Energy Communities" Programs

Christopher Henke and Andy Pattison, Environmental Studies

  • 鈥淎 Quantitative Framework To Evaluate Maritime Environmental Policy鈥

Richard Klotz and Rishi Sharma, Economics

  • 鈥淧olitical Effects of Caste in Senegal鈥

Dominika Koter, Political Science, with Leonardo Arriola and Martha Wilfahrt

  • "The Veteran Effect: How Military Experience Shapes Congressional Foreign and Defense Policy"聽

Danielle Lupton, Political Science聽聽

  • 鈥淧atriarchy and Prejudice: Feminist Attitudes and Confidence in the US military鈥

Danielle Lupton, Political Science, with Jessica Blankshain and Max Margules

  • 鈥淚ncreasing Financial Digitization and Inclusion in Emerging Economies: Evidence from

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Gary Murphy, Economics, with Gurgen Aslanyan and Naneh Hovanessian

  • "Job Choice as an Insurance Mechanism Against Wage Uncertainty"

Young Park, Economics聽聽聽聽聽聽

  • "A Social and Environmental History of Agrichemicals"

Heather Roller, History聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽

  • "Is There a 'Better' Authoritarianism? Achieving Better Development Outcomes in Egypt鈥檚 Authoritarian Regime"

Bruce Rutherford, Political Science聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽

  • "Fairness in College Admissions and School Choice"

Yang Song, Economics

Grant Funding

In addition to larger project funding, PAPR awards grants under $3,000 throughout the year.

Submit a grant proposal

PAPR Initiative Executive Advisory Committee

srosenfeld1
Sam Rosenfeld
Associate Professor of Political Science; Director, Public Affairs and Policy Research Initiative
120 Persson Hall
  • W 12:00pm - 1:00pm (338 Hall of the States, DC)
  • R 5:00pm - 7:00pm (Zoom)
mabbas
Megan Abbas
Associate Professor of Religion
301D Lawrence Hall
  • W 1:00pm - 4:00pm (301D Lawrence Hall)
abaptiste
April Baptiste
Associate Dean of the Faculty for Global and Local Initiatives; Professor of Environmental Studies and Africana and Latin American Studies
101L McGregory Hall
dbouk
Dan Bouk
Professor of History; Chair, Department of History
314 Alumni Hall
  • M 6:00pm - 7:00pm (314 Alumni Hall)
  • W 9:00am - 11:00am (314 Alumni Hall)
chenke
Christopher (Chris) Henke
Dir., Division of University Studies, Christian A. Johnson Chair in Liberal Arts Studies, Prof. of Sociology & Environmental St.
200 Lathrop Hall
  • T 3:30pm - 4:30pm (200 Lathrop Hall)
tmccay
Timothy (Tim) McCay
Gretchen Hoadley Burke 鈥81 Endowed Chair in Regional Studies; Dunham Beldon Jr. Professor of Biology and Environmental Studies
227 Ho Science Center
  • MW 12:30pm - 2:00pm (227 Ho Science Center)
inam
Illan Nam
Associate Professor of Political Science; Director, Lampert Institute
apattison
Andrew Pattison
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies
210 Ho Science Center
rsharma1
Rishi Sharma
Associate Professor of Economics
229A Persson Hall
  • TRF 10:30am - 11:30am (229A Persson Hall)
ysong
Yang Song
Associate Professor of Economics
220 Persson Hall
swoolley
Susan Woolley
Associate Professor of Educational Studies and LGBTQ Studies; Chair, Department of Educational Studies
  • T 9:45am - 11:15am (12 Persson Hall)
  • W 8:30am - 10:00am (12 Persson Hall)
dyamamoto
Daisaku (Dai) Yamamoto
Associate Professor of Geography and Asian Studies
309 Ho Science Center
  • TR 1:30pm - 2:30pm (309 Ho Science Center)
  • R 10:00am - 11:00am (309 Ho Science Center)