The road to completion for sixteen Public Policy and Administration’s students came through hard work, tears, and willing minds.  On December 9, 2016, the department proudly awarded five PhD degrees and eleven MPPA degrees.  The students receiving such honors concur with Jackson State University’s mission statement which states, “The University produces technologically advanced, diverse, ethical,...Read More

Anan M. Abu Hummour dreamed as a little girl of coming to America to get a degree.  On August 10, 2012 she arrived in Jackson, Mississippi to pursue a Ph.D. in Public Policy and Administration at Jackson State University.  This program was chosen “because I saw a real potential in this degree to prepare me...Read More

Dr. L. Frances P. Liddell, retired former Interim Chair and Associate Professor of Jackson State University’s Department of Public Policy and Administration was inducted as a National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) fellow on November 17 2016. The NAPA was created to help public sector leaders meet the important and varied management challenges of today and...Read More

Footsteps of a Soldier Colonel Jennifer Hicks-McGowan has earned her stripes by serving her country through the United State Army.  Her military career spans two and half decades of services.  She started her profession as a Second Lieutenant upon graduating from Sam Houston State University in Texas.  From her first step to her current step...Read More

                                                                                             Challenges in collaborative governance for coastal Restoration: Lessons from the Caernarvon River Diversion in Louisiana is a paper written by Dr. Jae-Young Ko, Jermesha Haywood, MPPA student; and Louisiana State University research team. The research paper analyzes stakeholders’ conflicts surrounding coastal restoration programs using a framework of collaborative planning, and suggests better ways in resolving conflicts,...Read More

Ms. Shelia Malone is a master’s student in the Department of Public Policy and Administration.  All masters’ students are required to do an internship and participate in Toastmaster.  This summer, Shelia elected to do her internship as a researcher at the University of California-Irvin.  Although she is a member of JSU PPAD Toastmasters Club #0142091,...Read More

Professor James Slack will join the inaugural Community Advisory Board (CAB) for Clinical and Population Health Research at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. According to the letter of invitation, “The CAB will be an essential partner in achieving our mission of improving the health of all Mississippians…. As well-informed advisors, CAB members will be routinely solicited...Read More

 The first day of the ENACT workshop ended with a three-hour dinner meeting (at Wheelock College) with the 15 ENACT Fellows and the ENACT staff. In their own way, and using their own experiences, each of the 15 Fellows – from 15 different universities in 15 different state capitals – remarkably discussed the importance of...Read More

Professor James D. Slack (Ph.D., Ph.D.) was selected as one of its inaugural Faculty Fellows in the Educational Network for Active Civic Transformation (ENACT) program at Brandeis University last Spring (https://www.jsums.edu/publicpolicy/2016/01/06/professor-slack-is-a-the-enact-faculty-fellow-this-summer/) The program is designed to be a strategic information hub to stimulate young people to acquire the types of personal interaction that will inspire them to adopt...Read More

Ms. Denita Jones, a PhD Candidate, was  elected as a Delegate for the Rankin County Democratic Party and Vice Chairman of the Rankin County Democratic Executive Committee on March 12, 2016.  Ms Jones was also elected as one of a team of Delegates to attend the Mississippi Democratic Party State Convention to be held May 21, 2016....Read More