Truman School of Government and Public Affairs

Registration is open for the Ethics, Money & Politics Conference held on March 24, 2017.

It runs from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and is located in the Millennium Student Center Century Rooms at the University of Missouri -St. Louis Campus.

IPP analysts, Kristi Ressel and Zach Buckler, attended the 43rd Annual Legislative Day, held in the third floor Rotunda of the Capitol building in Jefferson City yesterday. It was an opportunity for members of the University of Missouri community to meet and greet legislators and showcase MU research and service projects which improve the lives of Missourians. The event was well attended and ran from 7:30 AM to 2:30 PM, kicking off with the MAA & MU Extension Legislator Breakfast.

Public opinion researchers depend on certain questions as essential public opinion barometers, like presidential job approval or Bud Roper’s right-direction/wrong-track measure. Perhaps no other question is as often used to determine what is foremost in the minds of the public than the open-ended “What do you think is the most important problem facing this country today?” Respondents offer their concerns in their own words, unaffected by potential bias introduced by limited lists of answers.

Assistant Professors Sheena Greitens (Political Science) and Harrison Kim (History) worked for more than a year to coordinate resources across campus and create the Institute for Korean Studies, which formally launched on February 9.

Professor Jay Dow has a new book, Electing the House, now available for pre-order.

More here: https://kansaspress.ku.edu/978-0-7006-2410-2.html

Lawmakers are considering the merits of Paid Family Leave for state workers in Missouri after a recent study by the Women’s Foundation and the Institute of Public Policy found that paid leave policies offer a  number of benefits aside from reducing reliance on public assistance in the year following a child’s birth.

Assistant Professor Michael Wahman gave a presentation of his recent research on LGBTIQ rights and international diplomacy in Africa, at the launch of a new unit on Gender, Sexuality & the Law at the Centre on Law and Social Transformation in Bergen, Norway.

Doctoral Candidate Kenneth Bryant Jr. has been selected by the MU Office of Graduate Studies to receive the 2016 Donald M. Suggs Dissertation Fellowship. Bryant was presented with the award on October 1st at the St. Louis American Salute to Excellence in Education Gala, which celebrates minority students, educators, business owners and leaders within St. Louis and the larger Missouri community.