Truman School of Government and Public Affairs

PhD candidate Christal Hamilton is gearing up to start an exciting post-doc opportunity with Columbia University this August.

Truman School Assistant Professor Dr. Oded Gurantz has been selected to serve as an academic affiliate to the Office of Evaluation Sciences, housed within the U.S. General Services Administration.

IPP analyst, Zach Buckler, and Graduate Research Assistant, Chastity Haxton, have developed two new briefs looking into recent issues of equity and pandemics as they pertain to community resilience.

The briefs provide additional resources to understand the resilience tools offered on the Building Regional Resilience Website and how they relate to issues of equity and pandemics. 

Last week, Wendy Doyle, CEO of United We, spoke at a forum entitled “Access to Opportunity: Creating a Level Playing Field for Entrepreneurship,” an opportunity for women to share experiences on entrepreneurship.

Legacy lives on at Mizzou

Retired Political Science professor, Marvin Llewellyn Rogers, 88, died April 21, 2021, at his home in Columbia, MO, wi

Policy Analyst Kristi Ressel recently attended the Rural Health Workforce Conference hosted by the Missouri Rural Health Association in partnership with the Missouri University School of Medicine and the Health Resource Services Administration (HRSA). The conference offered an opportunity to network with partner agencies and organizations working to improve the health of rural Missourians.

In April, the Consortium of University Public Service Organizations or CUPSO held their annual conference entitled "Public Service a Timeless Commitment in Times of Change".  First organized in 1979 as the Southern Consortium of University Public Service Organizations, CUPSO supports university-based public service institutes in their efforts to assist state and local governments on a range of contemporary issues and challenges.

On April 30, the department held our annual awards reception online via Zoom, honoring our undergraduate and graduate student scholarship winners.

Undergraduate Awards