Ms. Valarie Jackson defended her dissertation (title: Comparative Analysis of Nurse Staffing in Counties Most Affected by Vacancy and Turnover 2013-2017) on Oct. 18, 2019.   Her dissertation analyzed the current Registered Nurse (RN) staffing issue at hospitals in Mississippi. She also suggested her ideas on how to deal with challenges coming from the shortage of RN in...Read More

Ms. Keilani R, Vanish defended her dissertation (title: A Performance Evaluation Study of Public Historically Black Universities in Mississippi After the Ayers Settlement ) on Oct. 16, 2019. Her dissertation analyzed the impacts of financial resources coming through the Ayers Settlement on selected performance indicators of Alcorn State University, Jackson State University, and Mississippi Valley State...Read More

Mr. Kafond Wilder defended his dissertation (title: An Impact Analysis of Local Funding on Academic Achivement Amongst Mississippi K-12 Students) successfully on October 14, 2019. His dissertation analyzed the impacts of local funding on academic achivement amongst k-12 students in public schools in Mississippi, and suggeted ideas on how to secure more funding for the public education.  He...Read More

Ms Susie L. Calbert defended her dissertation (title: The Operational Definition of Sex Trafficking Among Sex Trafficking Intervention Agencies and Its Impact on Their Response to Commercial Sex Trafficking Victims) successfully on October 11, 2019. Her dissertation analyzed the current issues related to sex trafficking and proposed policy changes in protecting the victims. Professor Gloria Billingsley served as...Read More

An article on Ms. Daisy Carter, who obtained her MPPA (Master in Public Public and Administration) at JSU in 2014, is published for the Jackson Free Press Magazine (Sept. 18-Octr1, 2019; Vol. 18, No.2, p.5, http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2019/…/18/daisy-carter/). Currently she the executive director of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (MCADD) of the Central Mississippi Area....Read More

 Dr. Jason Pope, who otained his doctoral degree in Public Policy from the JSU Dept. of Public Policy & Administration in Spring 2017, is lately appointed as Associate Vice President for Physical Plant and Auxiliary Services at the Hinds Community College. He will have district-wide responsibilities for sustainablity, physical plant, auxiliary services, safety, transportation, warehouse,...Read More

 Sylvester Murray and Professor Monique White have joined the Dept. of Public Policy & Administration as visiting scholars ths fall. It is Professor Murray's second service for JSU. He came to JSU in the fall 2013 and served three years. Now he came back as visiting scholar.  He has been a national scholar and practitioner...Read More

The 2019 Spring Commencement was held at the Lee E. Williams Athletic and Assembly Center, on May 5, 2019. Three PPA (MPA) students – Ms. Jennifer Lee, Ms. Alexia Pickett, and Ms. Evelyn P. Thomas – received their degrees during the ceremony. Congratulations!!!               (In pic, from Left: Dr. Jae-Young Ko; Dept.Chair, Dr. Johnny...Read More

JSU College of Public Service held an award ceremony honoring graduating students on April 25, 2019. Since the 2018 summer, Dept of Public Policy and Administration has produced EIGHT PhDs and ELEVEN MPPAs (master degree). The invited students are as follows: Doctoral students: Dr. Shannon Anderson (summer 2018), Dr. Felicia Caples (summer 2018), Dr. Kelsi...Read More

The annual ASPA (American society of Public Administration) is THE annual academic event in the field of public administration.  The 2019 ASPA conference was held in Washington DC, March 8-12, 2019.  From the JSU Dept of Public Policy and Administration, (retired) professor Frances Liddell and Mr. Greg Ramsey, a doctoral student, attended the conference.  Professor Liddell...Read More