{"id":2221,"date":"2016-04-12T21:39:16","date_gmt":"2016-04-12T21:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/publicpolicy\/?p=2221"},"modified":"2016-04-12T21:51:00","modified_gmt":"2016-04-12T21:51:00","slug":"latest-publications-from-ppad-faculty-and-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/publicpolicy\/2016\/04\/12\/latest-publications-from-ppad-faculty-and-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest publications from PPAD Faculty and Students"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tResearch papers from a group of PPAD students and faculty member are published for the latest issue of Online Journal of Rural and Urban Research <\/strong>(theme: Economic Development in Distressed Communities, vol.6, no.1 (2016). Click on the title of the paper for downloading.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tMr. Ryan Brown<\/span><\/strong> <\/span><\/span>(MPPA in 2015; 1st in the top row pic) and <\/span>Professor Jae-Young Ko<\/strong> <\/span>(2nd in the top row pic) conducted a correlation study in explaining the poverty issue in Mississippi (title: A correlation analysis of poverty with race, education, and economic well-being in Mississippi, and policy alternatives<\/a>).  Mr. Alan Branson <\/strong>(PhD; 3rd in the top row pic), <\/span>Ms. LaTonya Curley<\/strong> <\/span>(PhD; 4th in the top pic), <\/span>Ms. Jennifer Hicks-McGowan<\/strong> <\/span>(PhD; now shown in pic), and <\/span>Mr. Christopher Roby<\/strong> <\/span>(PhD; 1st in the second row pic) worked on payday lending practices in the Metro-Jackson area (title: An assessment of payday lending practices in the Metro-Jackson area, Mississippi, and potential policy responses<\/a>) <\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t Mr. John Proctor<\/strong> <\/span>(PhD; 2nd in the second row pic) and <\/span>professor Jae-Young K<\/strong>o analyzed roles of local NGO in resolving food desert issue using a case study of community garden (title: Food insecurity in the South: A case study of food desert identification and community-based solution in Hattiesburg, Mississippi<\/a>). <\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tMr. James Thompson<\/span><\/strong> <\/span><\/span>(MPPA in 2015; 3rd in the second row pic) and <\/span>professor Jae-Young Ko<\/strong> <\/span>analyzed the policy factors in green job creations through a comparative study (title: A comparative assessment of green economy growth among five State capital cities and policy recommendations in the United States<\/a>). <\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tMs. Sheryl Bacon<\/span><\/strong> <\/span><\/span>(PhD; 4th in the second row pic) explored her idea on utilizing teacher loan forgiveness programs in reducing student loans, while enhancing human capital in depressed communities (title: Human capital enhancement in depressed communities by utilizing teacher loan forgiveness programs in Mississippi<\/a>).<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tMr. Cedric Coates<\/span><\/strong> <\/span><\/b><\/span>(MPPA; last in pic) suggested his ideas of financing infrastructure projects for the City of Jackson, MS (title: Challenges in securing financial resources on aging infrastructure in Jackson, Mississippi<\/a>).<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tFinally, <\/span>Professor Jae-Young Ko<\/strong>, with professor John Day at LSU, advocated utilizing ecosystem services as a way to improve the EPA regulation compliance without causing significant financing burdens to economically depressed local communities (title: Complying the EPA regulation of wastewater treatment utilizing ecosystem services of natural wetlands as a component of wastewater treatment system in economically depressed communities in Mississippi<\/a>) <\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tCongratulations, Job well-done!!!<\/span><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe publications are based on their presentations for the <\/span>JSU Public Policy Student Symposium<\/strong>. The symposium is designed to 1) increase students' independent research skills, 2) enhance students' skills of public communications in a professional setting, and 3) encourage students to improve their writing skills.  The event has been held at a final week of each semester since fall 2013. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Research papers from a group of PPAD students and faculty member are published for the latest issue of Online Journal of Rural and Urban Research (theme: Economic Development in Distressed Communities, vol.6, no.1 (2016). Click on the title of the paper for downloading. Mr. Ryan Brown (MPPA in 2015; 1st in the top row pic) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":232,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/publicpolicy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2221"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/publicpolicy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/publicpolicy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/publicpolicy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/232"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/publicpolicy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2221"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/publicpolicy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2225,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/publicpolicy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2221\/revisions\/2225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/publicpolicy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/publicpolicy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/publicpolicy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}