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Faculty Spotlight with Dr. Alana Hackshaw - The University of Maryland School of Public Policy Alumni Board
The University of Maryland School of Public Policy Alumni Board’s video and podcast series
interviews Dr. Hackshaw and is facilitated by alumni Delisha Thompson (UMD 18’).
This interview is part of a series focusing on Black faculty members with several themes: Black women in positions of leadership, progress from faculty perspectives, where the School of Public Policy (SPP) needs to move in the future, and trying to place the changes at SPP into a broader context for changes happening in academia nationwide.
Alana Hackshaw (https://spp.umd.edu/our-community/faculty-staff/alana-hackshaw), PhD, is an associate clinical professor and serves as the School's Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer. Her courses focus on governance, social identity and the creation of public policy and leadership. Hackshaw’s professional experiences include work as a researcher and a consultant in the nonprofit community. Her work concentrated on analyzing policies that foster economic security, asset-building and entrepreneurship within the Black diaspora in the US.
Hackshaw holds a doctorate in political science from the University of Michigan and a BA in political science and history from the University of Rochester. Her research interests include the impact of racial equity plans on city governance, patterns of political incorporation among first and second-generation Black immigrants in the US and the impact of US immigration policy on immigrants of color in the US.
In this interview, we discussed:
Dr. Hackshaw’s origin story;
What it means to be a Black woman in a high leadership position in academia;
The state of DEI initiatives when she first joined the school; and
National trends for BIPOC academics in terms of challenging the current problematic structures that exist within in academia.
The interview was produced by Evan Papp (UMD SPP ‘11) of Empathy Media Lab. The views expressed do not represent official positions of the school or alumni network.
19 Feb 2022
Black History Month - Faculty Spotlight: Brandi Slaughter & Ebonie Cooper-Jean - UMD SPP Alumni Board
The University of Maryland School of Public Policy Alumni Board's video and podcast series interviews new faculty Brandi Slaughter and Ebonie Cooper-Jean and is facilitated by alumni Delisha Thompson (UMD 18’).
Brandi Slaughter (https://spp.umd.edu/our-community/faculty-staff/brandi-slaughter) is the Associate Clinical Professor; Program Director, The Karabelle Pizzigati Fellows Initiative in Advocacy for Children, Youth and Families. Brandi brings a wealth of public policy experience to her roles at the University of Maryland having served nonprofits and government in advocacy and lobbying roles. Slaughter is an ordained clergy with the Church of God in Christ and has served in various ministry positions. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Morgan State University, and a Juris Doctor from Capital University with a concentration in Child and Family Law.
Ebonie Cooper Jean (https://spp.umd.edu/our-community/faculty-staff/ebonie-cooper-jean) is a lecturer and is connected to UMD’s Do Good Institute (https://dogood.umd.edu/). Ebonie is a trusted consultant and social entrepreneur, Ebonie is the Principal of Friends of Ebonie, LLC, and Executive Director + Founder of the Young, Black & Giving Back Institute (YBGB). For the past decade, Ebonie has used her research, thought-leadership, and expertise to inform national and local projects and speaking engagements related to nonprofit DEI, African American donor engagement, church ministry, partnership development, and fundraising strategies. In 2013 Ebonie released the groundbreaking research as an NYU scholar entitled: African American Millennials: Discovering the Next Generation of Black Philanthropy for the Effective Communication of Non-Profit Organizations. Findings from his report inform her career pedagogy: Engage, Enrich, & Empower.
In this interview, a few highlights we discussed:
The events that shaped and lead Brandio and Ebony into that policy/non-profit spaces;
How their HBCU's undergraduate education influences how they teach;
How they empower their students and community; and
How they perceive their role as black educators, and what impact they hope to make inside and outside the classroom.
The interview was produced by Evan Papp (UMD SPP ‘11) of Empathy Media Lab. The views expressed do not represent official positions of the school or alumni network.
17 May 2021
Robert C. Orr Dean of University of Maryland’s School of Public Policy - Policy Dialogues Ep.25
The University of Maryland School of Public Policy Alumni Board's video and podcast series called Policy Dialogues discusses current events through a policy lens.
Episode 25 interviews Robert C. Orr who serves as Dean of University of Maryland’s School of Public Policy (https://spp.umd.edu/our-community/faculty-staff/robert-c-orr). The discussion is hosted by Evan Papp (UMD SPP ‘11).
Dean Orr also serves as United Nations under secretary-general, and special advisor to the UN secretary-general on climate change. Dean Orr joined the United Nations from Harvard University where he served as the executive director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Kennedy School of Government. Prior to this, he served as director of the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, DC.
He has also served as United States ambassador to the United Nations and director of global affairs at the National Security Council, where he was responsible for peacekeeping and humanitarian affairs.
In this conversation, we discussed:
His background and how he first got interested in public policy;
The role of the United Nations;
His recent testimony before the House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Environment (https://spp.umd.edu/research-impact/publications/testimony-house-oversight-and-reform-subcommittee-environment).
The role of nuclear power in the future of clean energy; and
The future of the School of Public Policy.
You can follow Dean Orr’s work at: https://spp.umd.edu/ (https://spp.umd.edu/).
The views expressed do not represent official positions of the school or alumni network.
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