trachtenberg school of public policy and public administration
student) at the Urban Affairs Association Annual Conference In
November, she will be on a panel on “Learning From the Web
During Elections” at the conference of the Association for
Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action
Jennifer Brinkerhoff
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Dr Jennifer Brinkerhoff has continued her outreach to policy
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Lorenzo and Stephanie Cellini with baby Gianna “Gia”.
tion and Capacity-Building” for Seminar on Peacebuilding: The
Role of Diasporas at the United Nations Institute for Training and
Dylan Conger
Research in New York; and in July, she gave a presentation on
Dr Dylan Conger has the following forthcoming publications:
“Diaspora Engagement” and participated in a discussion with the
“Explaining Race, Gender, and Poverty Disparities in Advanced
Office of Policy and Planning at the U S State Department
Course-Taking” with M C Long and P Iatarola in the Journal
of Policy Analysis and Management; “Why Are Men Falling
In May, Dr Brinkerhoff presented “Diasporas and Conflict
Behind? Explanations for the Gender Gap in College Outcomes”
Societies: Conflict Entrepreneurs, Competing Interests, or
(with M C Long) in The Annals of the American Academy of
Contributors to Stability and Development?” at an inter-
Political and Social Science; and “Using Statistics in Evaluation” (with
national workshop in Jerusalem, Israel The workshop was
K Newcomer) in The Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation
sponsored by The Leonard Davis Institute for International
Relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the RSAND/
Dr Conger was interviewed and quoted for her work on
GATI Research Group of The Center for Advanced Study of
immigrant students in Education Week, presented her research
International Development at Michigan State University Also
on high school course taking at the U S Department of Education
in May, as part of Dr Brinkerhoff’s service agenda, with support
Institute of Education Sciences Research Conference, and served
from GW CIBER, the GW Diaspora Research Program hosted a
as a discussant at The Brookings Institute/The George Washington
capacity building workshop for Coptic charities in diaspora She
Institute of Public Policy and Urban Institute annual conference
delivered the invited Keynote Speech and chaired the session on
on urban and regional policy Dr Conger received a grant from
“Diasporas and the Homeland ” In addition, Dr Brinkerhoff
The George Washington University Columbian College to extend
presented “Diaspora Organization Capacity Building: A Call
her work on language learners Lastly, and most importantly, she
and Agenda” at the International Conference on Diaspora for
welcomed home her daughter, Julienne, who is happy, healthy,
Development at The World Bank in Washington, D C in July
and beautiful
Stephanie Cellini
Dr Stephanie Cellini finished “The Value of School Facility
Investments: Evidence From a Dynamic Regression Discontinu-
ity Design,” with F Ferreira of the University of Pennsylvania and
J Rothstein of Princeton, forthcoming in the Quarterly Journal
of Economics She also published “Crowded Colleges and
College Crowd-Out: The Impact of Public Subsidies on the
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Two-Year College Market” in the American Economic Journal:
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Economic Policy and “Demography, Education, and the
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Guides to Business and Economics Most importantly, Dr Cellini
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and her husband, Lorenzo, welcomed their daughter Gianna
Dylan Conger’s daughters Julienne Ejigayehu “Eji” (on right)
Kathryn Cellini into the world on August 25, 2009 and Camille.
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