IESP Summer Seminar Series
Tuesdays, June 9 – August 4, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Payne Room
Pless Hall, 32 Washington Place
June 9, 2015
Meryle Weinstein (IESP/Steinhardt) & Emilyn Whitesell (IESP/Mathematica): Rolling Out
and Scaling Up: What Happens When a New Program is No Longer New?
Agustina Laurito (IESP/Wagner) & Amy Ellen Schwartz (IESP/Syracuse): Crime on the
Street Where You Live: The Impact of Violent Neighborhoods on Academic Performance
June 16, 2015
Sarah Cordes (IESP/Temple): Do Vouchers Improve Academic Performance? Evidence from
New York City
June 23, 2015
Michael Chavez-Reilly (IESP): The Role of Internships, Coops and Apprenticeships in College
to Work Transition
Michah Rothbart (IESP/Wagner): Competing for Students: The Impact of Increased School
Choice on Budgets
July 7, 2015
Thad Calabrese (Wagner): Leveling the Field: the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 and Tax-Exempt
Borrowing by Nonprofit Colleges and Universities
July 14, 2015
Sean Corcoran (IESP/Steinhardt): Leveling the Playing Field for High School Choice in New
York City
Amy Ellen Schwartz (IESP/Syracuse) & Michele Leardo (IESP): Let Them Eat Lunch: The
Impact of Universal Free Meals on Meal Participation and Obesity
July 21, 2015
Meryle Weinstein (IESP/Steinhardt) & Michele Leardo (IESP): Characteristics of the School
Food Environment and Relationship with Student Weight
Agustina Laurito (IESP/Wagner): Too Far From Home? Natural Disasters in the Country of
Origin and the Academic Performance of Immigrant Students in New York City
August 4, 2015
Maria Fernanda Rosales Rueda (UC Irvine): Can Policy Interventions Mitigate Early
Disadvantage? Evidence from Bundled Shocks in Colombia
Menbere Shiferaw (IESP/Wagner) & Leanna Stiefel (IESP/Wagner): Who Feels Included in
Inclusive Schools?
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