January 2021
MPA Virtual Lunch & Learn
MPA Advisory Board member and UGA MPA alumna (2011) Tracie Sanchez will be joining us Wednesday, Jan. 27th at noon for our next Lunch & Learn Networking Event. Tracie works with the Georgia Department of Economic Development's Explore Georgia initiative, which promotes outdoor recreation and cultural events throughout the state. While she isn't currently advertising job openings, the GA Dept. of Economic Development has hired many of our graduates in recent years. Don't miss out on this chance to network…
Find out more »“National Intelligence and Foreign Policy in the Biden Administration: What to Expect”
Join the University of Georgia's School of Public and International Affairs for an evening with Regents Professor Emeritus Loch Johnson and 25-year veteran of the CIA and alumnus Fred Manget (AB '73) as they discuss national intelligence and foreign policy under the Biden Administration. The discussion will be moderated by UGA alumnus Brian Quinif (AB '06, MA '06). Register by January 25th: https://gail.uga.edu/events/spia/dr-loch-johnson-and-fred-manget-fireside-chat-2020
Find out more »February 2021
Keesha Middlemass (MA ’98, PhD ’04) Talk – “Convicted & Condemned: The Politics and Policies of Prisoner Reentry”
Dr. Middlemass will discuss her award-winning book, which examines prisoner reentry using multiple methods - ethnography and participant observations, interviews, focus groups, policy analysis, and archival research - to examine how public policies shape returning citizens' lives after they have served time in prison and how a felony conviction has created a sub-class of people who are socially disabled, which hinders reentry. This talk will be online via Zoom on Friday, February 12 from 2:30pm to 3:30pm. Please register…
Find out more »
