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| Michael J. Rich, Director | ||
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Michael J. Rich is associate professor of political science and director of the Office of University-Community Partnerships at Emory University. He is the author of Federal Policymaking and the Poor (Princeton University Press, 1993), and several publications on federalism and a variety of urban public policy topics, including community development, housing and homelessness, crime, and economic development. His current research focuses on community building and collaborative approaches to poverty reduction, neighborhood revitalization strategies, and welfare reform, particularly concerning issues relating to the accessibility of low-income households to job opportunities and related support services. | |
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joining the faculty at Emory, Dr. Rich was an assistant professor of political
science and public policy at Brown University where he also served as
director of the Policy Analysis Laboratory at the A. Alfred Taubman Center
for Public Policy and American Institutions. From 1992-1994 he served
as the first executive director of The Providence Plan, a nonprofit strategic
planning organization created by the city of Providence and the State
of Rhode Island and assisted by a consortium of area colleges and universities,
to direct the revitalization of Rhode Island's capital city.
Dr. Rich received his PhD in political science from Northwestern University and has held research appointments at the Brookings Institution and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. |
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| Sam Marie Engle, Senior Program Associate | ||
| Ms. Engle has devoted her career to building community through informed debate and action. Prior to joining Emory, she served as Division Chief of Government Services at the Atlanta Regional Commission. As associate director of Research Atlanta, she developed televised forums on local public policy issues, one of which earned a regional Emmy award nomination. Her research on public education reform was honored in 2000 by the Governmental Research Association. Her research interests include public education policy, civic engagement, growth and community development. | ||
| A Leadership Atlanta class of 2001 alumna, she is an Outstanding Atlanta 2001 award recipient. She is Vice President-Program of the League of Women Voters of Atlanta-Fulton County, is a trustee of the Governmental Research Association and serves on a number of other boards and community project committees. She holds degrees in urban studies/nonprofit administration (MS) from Georgia State University, health sciences (MHS) from the University of Florida, and economics and political science (BA) from Emory. | ||
| Kristina Baade, Program Assistant | ||
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Program Assistant Kristina
Baade coordinates the administrative activities for the Office of University-Community
Partnerships. She is the first line of contact for those seeking assistance
or information from the office and its staff.
Prior to joining the OUCP, Kristina worked as an administrative assistant for the Task Force for Child Survival and Development, a non-profit organization that gives technical support to a variety of programs exploring ways to improve the lives of children, locally and internationally. |
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| Originally from Port Jefferson, New York, Kristina received her Bachelors degree in Russian Language at the State University of New York at Albany. A resident of Atlanta for the past 11 years, she has been an active community member through her interest in environmental issues, cycling, and education. Currently, Kristina is involved in the Atlanta Bicycle Campaign, working to create a cleaner, healthier community by promoting safe bicycle use and other forms of alternative transportation in the metro-Atlanta region. | ||
| Michael Leo Owens, Visiting Assistant Professor | ||
| Michael Leo Owens is visiting assistant professor of political science and scholar in residence at the Office of University-Community Partnerships. His teaching and research interests are urban politics and policy, community development, nonprofit organization theory, and religion and public policy. His work has appeared in the Journal of Urban Affairs, New England Journal of Public Policy, and Western Journal of Black Studies. | 
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| Aside from
assisting the OUCP in developing new projects for the office that bring
research, teaching, and service to bear on important public problems,
Owens is preparing a book-length manuscript on community development corporations
(CDCs). Specifically, he is examining the political origins of black church-associated
CDCs and the political roles they play in the redevelopment of urban neighborhoods.
He is also a scholar for the Public Influences of African American Churches
Project, funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts and based at Morehouse College.
Dr. Owens received his Ph.D. in political science from the State University of New York-Albany and has held appointments at the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government, New York State Temporary Commission on Constitutional Revision, and the New York State Senate. In 2000, Sage Publications and the Urban Affairs Association awarded him their annual Young Scholar Award. |
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