BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — The National Academy of Public Administration today (Sept. 24) announced that 45 leaders in the field of public administration have been selected for the 2020 Class of Academy Fellows. Among them is Indiana University O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs Dean and Professor Siân Mooney, who joins an extensive list of O’Neill… Read more »
Entries by Leslie Wells
New dashboard will allow comparison of states’ COVID-related executive orders
It’s been more than six months since states first began quarantines due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, research from O’Neill IUPUI is shedding new light on the many executive orders enacted to mitigate the spread of the virus. O’Neill assistant professor Peter Federman, former O’Neill faculty member Cali Curley (now at the University of… Read more »
Marion County’s minority residents face barriers to home loans
Minority residents in the United States have historically been met with discriminatory lending practices. For example, redlining denied credit and other financial services to residents in nonwhite neighborhoods. New analysis from the IU Public Policy Institute finds inequities still exist when it comes to home loan lending. “Owning a home is one of the… Read more »
Grant to help study impact of COVID-19 on jail populations
ar Not long after 2020 began, COVID-19 began taking over headlines around the world. Cases of and deaths from COVID-19 were rising in the United States. Eric Grommon was following those headlines—but he also was watching something else. Grommon, an associate criminal justice professor at O’Neill IUPUI and the interim director of the Center… Read more »
Intergroup Dialogue: the difference between debate, discussion, and dialogue
By Tamra Wright, Lecturer and Intergroup Dialogue Facilitator, O’Neill IUPUI The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “people fail to get along because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don’t know each other; they don’t know each other because they have not communicated with each other.” To combat fear—an… Read more »