FACULTY SEMINAR SERIES

Baruch College, School of Public Affairs Seminar Series is intended to promote research communications among researchers from Baruch College, other CUNY campuses, and greater research community. The Seminar usually runs on Wednesdays from 12:30pm to 2:00pm in Room 308 of 135 East 22nd Street, except otherwise announced dates and places. The Seminar is open to all who are interested. If you'd like to be updated by emails, please contact Professor Na Yin by email.

Fall 2009 Seminar Schedule

Organizers: Professor Karl Kronebusch, Professor Na Yin

Date	Speaker	Affiliation	Topic
Sep 9 Wed	Johannes Schoder	Univ. of Zurich, Socioeconomic Institute. Currently visiting Columbia Univ.	Specialization Gains in Health Care - Evidence from U.S. Cancer Survival Data. Click here to dowload presentation.
Sep 16 Wed	Talya Miron-Shatz	Princeton University, Center for Health and Wellbeing	(Mis)understanding Medical Information: Healthcare Professionals and Laymen Alike. Click here to view Talya's paper. Click here to dowload presentation.
Sep 23 Wed	Rachelle Brunn	NYU, Wagner School	Race, Class, Gender and Achievement at Selective Colleges and Universities. Click here to view Rachelle's paper.
Sep 30 Wed	Sanders Korenman	Baruch College, SPA	The Child (and Adult) Care Food Program (joint with Rachel Gordon and Robert Kaestner, UIC). Click here to dowload presentation.
Oct 7 Wed	Wim Vijverberg	CUNY Graduate Center	Investment Climate and the Rural Labor Market: The Rural Investment Climate Project. Click here to view Wim's paper.
Oct 14 Wed	Ingrid Gould Ellen	NYU, Wagner School	Crime and Urban Flight Revisited: The Effect of the 1990s Drop in Crime on Cities. Click here to view Ingrid's paper.
Oct 21 Wed	Gene Park	Baruch College, Weissman School	The Cost of Getting by on the Cheap: Public Spending in Japan
Oct 28 Wed	John Casey	Baruch College, SPA	Open Borders: Absurd Chimera or Inevitable Future Policy? Click here to view John's paper.
Oct 29 Thur	Douglas Mitchell	University of California, Graduate School of Education	The Policy and Politics of Alternative Teacher Certification: The California Case. Click here to view Douglas' paper.
Nov 11 Wed	Liz Gewirtzman, Helen Scharff and Joan Talbert	Baruch College, SPA	SAM Model. Click here to view SAM Evaluation report.Click here to view Executive Summary.Click here to view the first SAM Evaluation report.Click here to view paper on SAM's model and theory of change.
Nov 18 Wed	Tom Masterson	Levy Economics Institute of Bard College	What Progress Has Been Made in Alleviating Racial Economic Inequality? Click here to view Tom's paper.
Dec 2 Wed	Shoshanna Sofaer	Baruch College, SPA	Involving the Public in Assessing Health Quality Measures: Methods and Implications

Click here to view past seminars.