Faculty Spotlight: “I Was Born Questioning” News Batten’s Jeanine Braithwaite has retired after more than a decade of encouraging students to interrogate the status quo.
Alum in Action: The Data Beneath the Data News Batten alum Cameron Haddad (MPP ’20) takes a closer look at everything from health care in South Africa to children’s welfare in Tajikistan, with a core maxim in mind: Remember the people on the other side of the numbers.
Meet the 2021 Batten Finalists for the Presidential Management Fellows Program News One of the most prestigious programs for graduate students and alumni interested in public service, the fellowship affords recipients two years of experience and training at a federal agency.
A New Aid Program in Sudan Sheds Light on a Popular Policy Debate News In the latest edition of Batten Expert Chats, professor Jeanine Braithwaite discussed the Sudan Family Support Project, which will offer quasi-universal basic income to citizens of the African nation.
Respiratory Illness and Poverty in Senegal: A Conversation with Professor Braithwaite News Batten Professor of Public Policy Jeanine Braithwaite and PhD candidate Kamwoo Lee discuss poverty and upper respiratory infections in Senegal for the Center for Global Health's Global COVIDiaries.
Batten's Poverty Simulation Encourages Empathy News Last Saturday, Oct. 21, as many hit snooze on the alarm, students gathered at the University’s Slaughter Recreation Center to experience what it might be like to live in poverty.
Child and Orphan Poverty in Swaziland Research This report quantifies child and orphan poverty in the Kingdom of Swaziland during 2001 and 2010. Poverty is understood as consumption (monetary) poverty and not as multidimensional deprivation.