AYSPS Personnel Changes
at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies

Corliss Anderson left her position as Administrative Assistant in the Dean's office, moving to the central university public relations office.

Kwadjo Boaitey joined the Office of Community Outreach and Partnerships as Program Associate/VISTA Volunteer in January 2001.

Grant Black received his Ph.D. in Economics from Georgia State University and was promoted to research associate.

Jamie Boex was hired as an Assistant Research Professor with the Department of Economics in August 2001. Previously, Jamie was a Senior Research Associate with the International Studies Program.

Arthur Brooks resigned from his joint appointment as Assistant Professor of Public Administration & Urban Studies and Economics, and is now Associate Professor of Public Administration at Syracuse University.

Marguerite Bryan joined the Applied Research Center as graduate research assistant, focusing on educational policy and program evaluation.

Cynthia Carter has joined the Health Policy Center as an Administrative Assistant.

Rick Charles, who was Visiting Assistant Professor in 2000, was hired as Associate Professor in Public Administration and Urban Studies. He received his Ph.D. from Georgia State University, and his research interests are in aviation policy, specifically in international operations, environmental issues, safety and security, land-use, and privatization.

Bettye Davis was promoted from Microcomputer Software Technical Specialist II in the Dean's office to Administrative Specialist-Academic in the Office of Academic Assistance.

Jennifer Edwards resigned as Director, Children's Health Evaluations, Georgia Health Policy Center and Adjunct Assistant Professor in Public Administration and Urban Studies, and is now Director of Health Policy, Research, and Evaluation at The Commonwealth Fund in New York City.

Paul Ferraro joined the Department of Economics and Environmental Policy Program as Assistant Professor. He received his Ph.D. from Cornell University, and his research interests include natural resource and environmental economics, international and domestic environmental policy, and experimental economics.

Ronni French joined the Dean's office as Director of Development.

Shelby Frost joined the Department of Economics as Visiting Assistant Professor. Her research interests include natural resources/environmental economics, public economics, and mathematical economics.

Kate Gardner has joined the Health Policy Center as a Research Associate.

Elsa Gebremedhin joined the Dean's office as Administrative Coordinator.

Darrick Hamilton will join the faculty in the Department of Economics as an Assistant Professor of Economics.  He received his doctorate from the Department of Economics at the University of North Carolina.  He is currently completing a 2-year Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow for the Program on Poverty, the Underclass, and Public Policy at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where he is examining the relationship between earnings and socioeconomic status.  He has just received a prestigious 2-year Robert Wood Johnson fellowship to continue his study of poverty and discrimination, a fellowship that Dr. Hamilton will take at Yale University.  He plans to move to Atlanta at the end of this 2-year fellowship.

Gary Henry, Director of the Applied Research Center, spent a year sabbatical at the Packard Foundation in California to research, write and deepen his knowledge in education and evaluation.

Monica Herk joined the Health Policy Center as Director of Children's Health and Policy Initiatives in November. Dr. Herk comes to us with nine years of child policy and advocacy experience in Georgia, and has worked on issues related to social policy in Georgia since 1992.  Most recently she served as the Executive Director of Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies of Georgia, a non-profit organization devoted to promoting maternal and child health.  Prior to that, Dr. Herk ran her own consulting firm, Community Partners, which provided public policy consulting to a variety of government and non-profit organizations.  Dr. Herk has also worked for the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget under Governor Zell Miller and for the Georgia School-Age Care Association.  She earned her Ph.D. and Masters of Public Affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public Policy at Princeton University. 

John Hogan retired as Professor of Finance and Economics, and has since been named Professor Emeritus.

Sri Mulyani Indrawati, the director of LPEM (Faculty of Economics) at the University of Indonesia in Jakarta, served as a visiting faculty member this year.

Frances James joined the International Studies Program as the Program Coordinator for the Indonesian Masters in Economics Program.

Joye Jay joined the Office of Community Outreach and Partnerships as Partnership Associate/VISTA Volunteer in August 2001.

Janet Johnson joined the Nonprofit Studies Program as a Senior Fellow.

Larry Johnson left The Atlanta Project in Spring 2001.

James Ledbetter resigned as Director of the Health Policy Center to become Director of the Carl Vincent Institute of Government, University of Georgia.

Deon Locklin was promoted to Director of the Program for Rehabilitation Leadership, effective January 1, 2002.

Jon Mansfield was promoted to Associate Professor of Economics in January 2001. He received his Ph.D. from Georgia State University, and his research interests include macroeconomics, federal reserve, monetary policy and the banking system, international finance and exchange rates, and the economics of e-commerce.

Bernette McColley joined the Health Policy Center as an Administrative Coordinator.

Karen Minyard was named as Interim Executive Director of the Health Policy Center.

Robert Moore was appointed as Associate Dean.

Mark Morrison joined the Environmental Policy Program as Visiting Professor from Charles Sturt University in New South Wales, Australia, in December.  Dr. Morrison's expertise in water policy, and environmental conservation and valuation, will help develop the Program's research agenda for the North Georgia Metropolitan Water Planning and Policy Center.

Lloyd Nigro was named as Chair of Public Administration and Urban Studies.

Judith Ottoson was named as Acting Director, Applied Research Center, during Gary Henry's one-year sabbatical.

Vatsala Kapur Pathy left the Health Policy Center to become a Program Officer at the CDC Foundation.

David Rein has joined the Health Policy Center as a Research Associate.

Mark Rider served as visiting professor with the International Studies Program, assisting with international projects, proposal writing and research.

Aaronette Seaton left the Health Policy Center.

Bess Shepherd, long-time student assistant in the Dean's Office, left to begin an internship in her field of geology.

Charlotte Steeh, Applied Research Center survey director, was promoted to Associate Professor of Public Administration and Urban Studies.

Paula Stephan stepped down from her position as Associate Dean. She continues as Professor of Economics, focusing on research sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the Mellon Foundation.

James E. Stephens left the Program for Rehabilitation Leadership after 23 years of service, to take the position of Associate Director for Governmental Training at the Carl Vinson Institute, University of Georgia, January 1, 2002.

Laura Taylor received tenure and promotion to Associate Professor of Economics.

Erdal Tekin joined the Department of Economics as Assistant Professor. He received his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and his research interests include labor economics, health economics, and applied econometrics.

John Thomas stepped down from his position as Chair, Public Administration and Urban Studies.

Russ Toal, named director of the Georgia Cancer Coalition in May by Governor Roy Barnes, has joined the Andrew Young School as Distinguished Fellow in Health Policy. He continues as member of the AYSPS Board of Advisors.

Geoffrey Turnbull joined the Department of Economics as Professor, coming from Louisiana State University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and his research interests include urban and real estate economics and public finance.

Arthur Turner moved in his position as Microcomputer Software Technical Specialist II from the Dean's office to the Fiscal Research Program.

Lauren Waits left the Health Policy Center to join ChoicePoint.