The fall 2012 CPPA Faculty Colloquium Series offers an exciting lineup of accomplished researchers who will speak on a diversity of topics that have significant policy implications. This semester’s speakers will talk about family care policies in the United States; global environmental policy initiatives; American housing policies and zoning regulations; and New Deal economic policies as they relate to the Connecticut River valley.
The talks are informal and often are about works-in-progress, with presenters providing a significant amount of time for audience discussion and feedback. All talks will be in Thompson 620, from noon to 1 p.m. They are open to the public and brown bag lunches are welcome.
Sept. 24: Joya Misra (sociology and public policy) Family Policies, Employment and Poverty among Partnered and Single Mothers Cross-Nationally (regarding research conducted with Stephanie Moller, Eiko Strader and Elizabeth Wemlinger)
Oct. 1: Gretchen Gano (public policy) Hearing and Heeding Citizen Voices in the Global Governance of Biodiversity
Nov. 5: Ellen Pader (regional planning) Household Definitions, Zoning and Discrimination: How Housing Policies can Prevent Us from Being our Sibling’s Keeper, Create Waste and Cause Hate
Dec. 3: Eve Vogel (geography) The New Deal vs. Yankee Independence: The Failure of Comprehensive Development on the Connecticut River and its Legacies for River Management