Conference in Public and Environmental Affairs

The Paul H. O’Neill Conference in Public and Environmental Affairs: May 12-13, 2022

About the conference

We invited proposals for research presentations from doctoral alumni of the O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs for this conference. Presentations are organized into thematic concurrent sessions including public management, public finance, environmental policy, policy analysis, environmental science, etc.

Conference attendees include alumni, faculty, and current doctoral students of the Public Affairs, Public Policy, and Environmental Science doctoral programs in what aims to become an annual tradition of alumni conferences.

Questions?

Contact Justin Ross

Schedule

The conference will convene the morning of Thursday, May 12, and conclude on the afternoon of Friday, May 13.

It will be held at the O'Neill School, 1315 E. Tenth Street, Bloomington, Indiana, 47405 in room PV169.

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Welcome 9:00-9:10 AM	Siân Mooney, Dean of the Paul H. O’Neill School
Session I 9:10-10:40 AM	Qun Wang, Ph.D.’20 (Beth Gazley/Jim Perry), Assistant Professor, University of Toledo “Where Did the Money Go? Corporate giving in China” Lang “Kate” Yang, Ph.D.’17 (Justin Ross), Assistant Professor, George Washington University “School District Borrowing and Capital Spending: The Effectiveness of State Credit Enhancement” Renzo de la Riva Aguero, Ph.D.’22 (Jennifer Brass), Assistant Professor, University of Connecticut “Too Complex to Deliver? Administrative Capacity, Governance, and Waste Management in Peruvian Municipalities”
Session II 10:55 AM-12:15PM	Luke Spreen, Ph.D.’17 (Brad Heim), Assistant Professor, University of Maryland “Industrial Automation and Local Public Goods” Ricardo A. Bello-Gomez, Ph.D.’20 (Claudia Avellaneda), Assistant Professor, Texas Tech University “Service Provision Effects of Job Positions’ (In)stability under Political Patronage” Ruth Winecoff, Ph.D.’22 (Craig Johnson), Assistant Professor, University of Rutgers New Brunswick “Do Intermediary Networks Help Reduce Government Borrowing Costs? Evidence from Nationwide Data.”
Lunch Break 12:15-2:45 PM
Session III 2:45-3:35 PM	Temirlan Moldogazı, Ph.D.’12 (Craig Johnson), Associate Professor and Director of Global Partnerships, School of Public Policy, The Pennsylvania State University “Urban Financial Resilience and Policy Learning: From Financial Crisis to the Pandemic” Patrick Hibbard, Ph.D.’21 (Matt Baggetta/Sean Nicholson-Crotty), Postdoctoral Fellow, Oregon Social Learning Center “Recovery Support Services for High-Risk Individuals with OUD: The Initiative for Justice and Emerging Adult Populations.”
Session IV 3:50-5:10 PM	Elizabeth Baldwin, Ph.D.’15 (Michael McGuire), Associate Professor, University of Arizona “Burning Down the House: How Natural Disasters Affect Support for Environmental Policy” Yulianti Abbas, Ph.D.’17 (Craig Johnson), Assistant Professor, Universitas Indonesia “Fiscal Decentralization and Local Government Finance in Indonesia” Ashley Bradford, Ph.D.’23 (Kosali Simon), PhD Student, Indiana University “Criminal Activity Nuisance Ordinances and Drug Mortality”
Happy Hour @ Irish Lion 5:30-6:45 PM

Session V 8:40-10:40 AM	Sarah Larson, Ph.D.’14 (Justin Ross), Assistant Professor, University of Central Florida “Police Budgeting Strategies: What Still Works?” Megan Darnley, Ph.D.’22 (Amanda Rutherford), Director of Program Evaluation for Learn Fresh, Harvard University “Conflict Between Agency Specific and Collective Goals: The Case of School Resource Officers.” John Stavick, Ph.D.’23 (Justin Ross), PhD Student, Indiana University “Preservation of Institutional Knowledge and Performance: Evidence from State Health Departments and COVID Vaccination Campaigns” Shannon Conley, Ph.D.’24 (Amanda Rutherford), PhD Student, Indiana University “Blood is Thicker Than Water: The Role of Identity and Government Trust on the Decision to Self-Regulate”
Session VI 10:55 AM- 12:15 PM	Tatyana Guzman, Ph.D.’13 (Maureen Pirog), Associate Professor, Cleveland State University Natalia Ermasova, Ph.D.’12 (John Mikesell), Associate Professor, Governors State University “Municipal Fiscal Stress, Bankruptcies, and other Financial Emergencies” Sian Mughan, Ph.D.’19 (Justin Ross), Assistant Professor, Arizona State University “Cross Border Effects of Marijuana Legalization: An Application to Asset Forfeiture” Breck Wightman, Ph.D.’22 (Amanda Rutherford), Assistant Professor, Brigham Young University “Outsiderness in Executive Succession: Institutional, Industrial, or Sectoral?”
Lunch Break 12:15-2:15 PM
Session VII 2:15-4:00 PM	Felipe Lozano Rojas, Ph.D.’20 (Justin Ross/Maureen Pirog), Assistant Professor, University of Georgia “Did Municipal Liquidity Facility Bring Calm to the Municipal Bond Market? Danyao Li, Ph.D.’22 (Sean Nicholson-Crotty), Assistant Professor, University of Southern California “Critical Mass Condition of Majority Behavioral Change in Representative Bureaucracy: A Nonparametric Exploration” Ting-An-Xu “Crystal” Liu, Ph.D.’23 (Sergio Fernandez), PhD Student, Indiana University “Trust-Performance Link: Evidence from Both Democratic and Authoritarian Regimes”

Paul H. O’Neill
School of Public and Environmental Affairs

Conference in Public and Environmental Affairs

The Paul H. O’Neill Conference in Public and Environmental Affairs: May 12-13, 2022

About the conference

Questions?

Schedule

Additional links and resources

Conference in Public and Environmental Affairs

The Paul H. O’Neill Conference in Public and Environmental Affairs: May 12-13, 2022

About the conference

Questions?

Schedule

Thursday, May 12

Friday, May 13

Paul H. O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs resources and social media channels

Additional links and resources