Truman School of Government and Public Affairs

University of Missouri junior Taylor Cofield has been selected for the Harry S Truman Scholarship, a nationally-competitive award that supports students dedicated to public service. Selections for the Truman Scholarship are chosen on the basis of their academic success and leadership accomplishments, as well as their likelihood of becoming public service leaders. The Harry S.

From ABC17 News: COLUMBIA, Mo. - As the global community reacts to President Donald Trump’s strike against Syria this week, the United States is now investigating whether Russia took part in the most recent Syrian chemical weapons attack. University of Missouri political science professor Paul Wallace starts our conversation on "This Week" with some of the complications that could further complicate relations between Washington and Moscow.

The University of Missouri hosted The St. Louis Area Methods Meeting (SLAMM) in April.  The annual political science conference is normally hosted by Washington University in St. Louis, but MU political science professors Jay Dow and Laron Williams lobbied organizers to allow the Columbia campus to host the conference for 2017.

MU PhD Student Cody Drolc, discusses his research “Bad bureaucrats? The future of whistleblowing in a post-Snowden world” for In The Moment on South Dakota Public Radio:

http://listen.sdpb.org/post/moment-law-enforcement-and-emotional-intelligence.

Drolc was in South Dakota to present his paper at his alma mater, Black Hills State University:

 SPRINGFIELD, MO—Associate Professor James W. Endersby and Teaching Professor William T. Horner are the recipients of the Missouri Conference on History 2017 Book Award for their co-written book, Lloyd Gaines and the Fight to End Segregation (University of Missouri Press, 2016).

More here: https://coas.missouri.edu/news/two-mu-political-science-professors-win-book-award-missouri-conference-history

In a forthcoming article for Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, Jake Haselswerdt, assistant professor of public affairs and political science, finds that backlash against the Affordable Care Act and new beneficiaries contributed to increase in voter participation. 

Medicaid provides health insurance coverage to low-income children, pregnant women, the elderly, and people with disabilities to pay for their medical costs. Medicaid is the largest single health insurance provider serving over 68 million Americans, which is about 20 percent of the U.S.

New book on Missouri Constitution by Greg Casey and Justin Dyer

From W.W.Norton: Casey and Dyer place key sections of the Missouri Constitution in historical context, highlighting the relevance of those sections to current Missouri political issues, and use diagrams and tables to summarize key concepts.

Gov. Greitens signed Executive Order 17-09 on March 13, 2017, giving state employees within departments and agencies of the executive branch up to six weeks of parental leave following the birth or adoption of a child.  Primary caregivers who are qualified state employees may receive six weeks of paid family leave and secondary caregivers shall receive three weeks of paid family leave, at 100 percent of regular salary.