The COMPA conference (Conference of Minority Public Administrators) has been the major conference for the PPAD over the years. The 2021 COMPA conference (Conference of Minority Public Administrators) will be held in a virtual format from Feb.25 – Feb.28, 2o21. https://compaspanet.org/2021-compa-conference As a component of the conference event, Dr. Frances PO. Liddell has organized a...Read More

Ms. Lawren Long had defended her doctoral dissertation on July 16, 2020. Her dissertation (topic: Evaluating the Impacts of the Health, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2020 (HHFKA) on Childhood Obesity) has analyzed the impacts of the federal registration on K-12 students’ obesity trends across the nation, employing the pre-post interrupted time series analysis.  Her analysis...Read More

Dr. Jae-Young Ko, PPAD Associate Professor and six students presented their research at the Annual Conference of Mississippi Political Science Association at Belhaven University in Jackson, Mississippi on February 9th and 10th, 2018.  Dr. Ko served as President of the Association for the 2017-2018 term. Mr. John Proctor (doctoral student) attended two roundtable sessions. Ms. Symone Bounds...Read More

The Conference of Minority Public Administrators (COMPA), 47th Annual Conference were held in Los Angeles, CA, Feb. 12-14, 2018. PPAD professors and student attended the 2018 COMPA conference.  The left picture (from left to right) shows Dr. Kristi Roberts-Lewis, who received her doctoral degree from our dept (PPAD), and she is currently VP of the COMPA,...Read More

Jackson State University’s (JSU) Department of Public Policy and Administration (PPAD) received a $171,600 grant to determine the level of effectiveness of the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Act (Section 2501; 2014) to remedy historical barriers to the success of socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, North Carolina, and Virginia.  Dr....Read More

With great sadness, the Department of Public Policy & Administration reports the passing of Ms. Shermika McGraw, a student of Jackson State University’s Master of Public Policy & Administration (MPPA) program.  Ms. McGraw was a victim of a tragic car accident last week in the City of Jackson, MS. Ms. McGraw graduated from Jackson State...Read More

Due Dates:  Summer 2017 due May 1, 2017; Fall 2017 due July 1, 2017; and Spring 2018 due October 12, 2017. Internship Applications must be typed and submitted to Dr. Ester W. Stokes on or before the due dates.  If applications are not submitted by the above dates, the students may be responsible for their...Read More

Alan Branson successfully defended his dissertation on ‘Determinants of payday lending and bank branch locations in Mississippi.’  Dr. Jae-Young Ko served as the committee chair. Branson came to Jackson State University in Fall 2011 determined to earn a Ph.D. in Public Policy and Administration. On February 28, 2017, this purpose came into focus when he effectively...Read More

The Department of Public Policy and Administration (PPAD) hosted the 2017 Annual Conference of the Mississippi Political Science Association (MSPSA) at the Jackson State University Downtown Campus, 101 West Capitol St. on February 10th and 11th, 2017.  Attending the event were political scientists, faculty, and undergraduate and graduate students from Belhaven University, Delta State University,...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