Every day millions of Americans make a Target run. SPA Alumna Irene Quarshie ensures that everything on their shopping lists—from clothes to furniture to paper plates—meets the retail giant's standards for product safety, quality assurance, and responsible sourcing. "I love the scope of my job," says Quarshie, who oversees about 400 employees around the globe. Read More »
Faculty
SPA Assistant Professor Taryn Morrissey's work centers on examining and improving public policies for vulnerable children. Ongoing research examines the social determinants of food insecurity and obesity, and the impacts of neighborhood poverty and family instability on children's development. She is one of the authors of the book, Cradle to Kindergarten: A New Plan to Combat Inequality.
17 books published by SPA faculty in 2015-16
100 published academic journal articles written by SPA faculty in 2015-16
5,000 plus SPA media mentions in 2015-16
On Campus
As part of the effort to foster a culture of inquiry and collaboration that drives effective Federal workforce policy, for the second year in a row, SPA co-hosted the OPM Research Summit.
On Campus
Devontae Torriente SPA/BA ’18, has been named the inaugural recipient of the Kevin Joseph Sutherland Memorial Scholarship.
Kimberly Cowell-Meyers, SPA assistant professor, wrote in a Washington Post op-ed that the U.K. election may have a destabilizing effect on Northern Ireland.
Chris Edelson, SPA assistant professor, appeared on
VOA News to discuss former FBI Director James Comey's Capitol Hill testimony.
Paul Bledsoe, adjunct professorial lecturer in SPA's Center for Environmental Policy, spoke to
The Economist about the United States' exit from the Paris Climate Agreement.
