The Pi Alpha Alpha is the National Honor Society for Public Affairs and Administration. The Pi Alpha Alpha Induction Ceremony was held at the JSU downtown campus on June 25, 2022. Twelve students (ten for PhD. and two for MPPA) were recognized and inducted. The Ph.D. students are Dr. LaTonya Curley, Dr. Keesha Davis, Dr. Kelsi...Read More

Dr. Lawren M. Long, who obtained her Ph.D. degree from the JSU Dept of Public Policy & Administration in the Spring of 2020, is now the Director of Eric Holder Public Policy Program, as well as an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Tougaloo College, Jackson, Mississippi. Her dissertation (topic: Evaluating the Impacts of the...Read More

Dr. Pamela M. Confer is on the Mississippi Today. Dr. Pamela Confer obtained her doctoral degree from the Dept. of Public Policy and Administration in the fall of 2020. She has appeared in the Mississippi Today, a major newspaper in State. Mr. Marshall Ramsey, Editor-At-Large, sits down with her for an episode of Mississippi Stories,...Read More

The JSU 2022 Spring Graduate Commencement was held on April 29, 2022. Dept. of Public Policy & Administration has produced five new Ph. D.s and four new MPPA degree holders: The new Ph.D. holders are as follows: Dr. Ibrahim Alhussayen (title: The impact of organizational culture on job performance: A study of the relationship between employees’...Read More

The PPAD students volunteered for the Great Canton Cleanup last Saturday morning (March 26). Students included Ashley Shelby, Clevette Woodbery, Mohammaed Aljoh, Jamar Deshazer, Shana Holloway, Raterius Shegog. and Daisy Carter. Professor Andre Hines served as a faculty advisor. They showed up and showed out. The PPAD volunteer group cleaned the largest area on highway...Read More

Mr. Eric D. Griffith has defended his doctoral dissertation (title: A Comparative Analysis of Municipal Income Tax in Birmingham, Louisville, and St. Louis: A Case Study of Possible Implementation in Jackson, MS) on March 23, 2022. The City of Jackson, MS, continues to have a population decline due to the migration to suburbs. As the population...Read More

Ms. Aundria D. Range has defended her dissertation on March 24, 2022 (Dissertation title: An Impact Analysis of the ACA on Chronic Health Conditions Among Young and Middle-Aged African Americans, 2007-2020). It is well documented that chronic health conditions disproportionately impact African Americans. They can affect the quality of life of individuals by way of...Read More

Mr. Courtlandt Fouche defended his dissertation on March 23, 2022. His dissertation (title: A Comparative Analysis of the Impact of Five Categories of State Expanded Spending on Diabetes, Heart Disease and Stroke among Blacks and Whites in Kentucky, Louisiana, and Mississippi From 2010-2019) has analyzed the impacts of Medicaid expansion among states with the expansion,...Read More

Annual conference-American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) is the annual conference for the public policy and public administration field.  ASPA 2022 was held in Jacksonville, FL, March 18-22. https://www.aspanet.org/…/Annual…/Annual-Conference.aspx Professor Gloria Billingsley gave two presentations (” Challenges to case management: An analysis of the collaborative governance framework among service providers in Atlanta, Georgia,”  and ”...Read More

Ms. Adrieme Walker has defended her doctoral dissertation (topic: An examination of the causes and impact of women’s underrepresentation and performance in the United States’ legislatures on public policies related to women and family issues (education, health, and law, crime, and family) on March 22, 2022. She has examined the law-making process at the federal...Read More