Briana Woodard, SPA/MS ’19, has always wanted to work for the federal government. After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in sociology and criminal justice, she enrolled in SPA to study justice and public policy.
Each December, we ask the SPA community for predictions for the coming year. This year, we asked the SPA Faculty to weigh in.
number 14 among 285 public affairs schools
by U.S. News & World Report's 2020 Public Affairs Graduate School Rankings
number 3 for Public Management and Leadership, up from #6
by U.S. News & World Report's 2020 Public Affairs Graduate Schools Rankings
number 5 for International Global Policy & Administration
by U.S. News & World Report's 2020 Public Affairs Graduate School Rankings
Government & Politics ·
Nearly one-third of likely women voters report increased political involvement since 2016, according to the national Gender on the Ballot poll.
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Communications ·
The events capped off a nonstop week of reporting for 24 AU students enrolled in Presidential Primaries, a course offered every four years by SOC and SPA. Now in its fourth cycle, the class featured a new twist this year: South Carolina.
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Research ·
With international focus on the outbreak of the coronavirus, a study by a group of scholars, including SPA Associate Professor Thomas Zeitzoff, points to lessons from public health campaigns conducted during previous outbreaks.
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