SPP Brown Bag Seminars – Spring 2013

February 13
SPP Brown Bag Seminar
“Restoring a True Safety Net”
Speakers: David Armor, Professor Emeritus of Public Policy; and Sonia Sousa
noon – 1:00pm
Arlington Campus, Founders Hall, Room 317
Seating is limited
Contact: David Armor, darmor@gmu.edu

February 20
SPP Brown Bag Seminar
“Demographics, Attainment Rates, and the Future Supply of College Graduates”
Speakers: Art Hauptman
noon – 1:00pm
Arlington Campus, Founders Hall, Room 317
Seating is limited
Contact: David Armor, darmor@gmu.edu

February 27
SPP Brown Bag Seminar
“EU Policy Making on Cybercrime and Child Protection”
Speakers: Cesar Alonso-Iriarte, European Union Fellow
noon – 1:00pm
Arlington Campus, Founders Hall, Room 317
Seating is limited
Contact: David Armor, darmor@gmu.edu

March 20
SPP Brown Bag Seminar
Discussion on the Ebel & Petersen book on State and Local Govt. Finance
Speakers: Siona Listokin, Assistant Professor; Robert Ebel; and Ha Vu
noon – 1:00pm
Arlington Campus, Founders Hall, Room 118
Seating is limited
Contact: David Armor, darmor@gmu.edu

March 27
SPP Brown Bag Seminar
“Agent-based Modeling as a Tool for Policy Analysis”
Introduction by Hilton Root
Speakers: Qing Tian, Assistant Professor, Computational Social Science
noon – 1:00pm
Arlington Campus, Founders Hall, Room 317
Seating is limited
Contact: David Armor, darmor@gmu.edu

April 10
SPP Brown Bag Seminar
“Legislative Transparency and the Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress”
Speakers: Anne Washington, Assistant Professor of Public Policy
Introduction by Ann Baker
noon – 1:00pm
Arlington Campus, Founders Hall, Room 317
Seating is limited
Contact: David Armor, darmor@gmu.edu

April 17
SPP Brown Bag Seminar
“Public-private partnership policy”
Speaker: Jonathan Gifford, Associate Dean for Research; Director, Transportation Policy, Operations and Logistics, Masters Program
noon – 1:00pm
Arlington Campus, Founders Hall, Room 317
Seating is limited
Contact: David Armor, darmor@gmu.edu

May 1
SPP Brown Bag Seminar
“Estimating the Price Elasticities of Demand for Illicit Drugs”
Speaker: Todd Olmstead, Associate Professor of Public Policy
noon – 1:00pm
Arlington Campus, Founders Hall, Room 317
Seating is limited
Contact: David Armor, darmor@gmu.edu