Public Policy Practicums

Ali Naim Butt, Brandon Espana, Hassan Khurshid, Jonathan Teters, Yingchen Zhang View Report The current period of economic instability resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic has devastated the New Jersey economy and labor market, with negative impacts felt more harshly...

Jordan Gallagher, Chioma Nwankwo, Drew McClendon, James Kelly, Hyojeong Kim & Mathilde Roux View Report View Presentation In January 2020 Governor Murphy announced his Jobs NJ plan as part of the administration’s strategy to foster a stronger and fairer economy...

Matthew Camarda, Laraib Kamal, Kurt Lituma, Preethy Thangaraj, Yifan Ye View Report View Presentation The connection between housing and health is multifaceted and well-documented. As millions are forced indoors during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, the quality of...

Rebecca Glinn, Ryan Jeter, Monica Moir, Justin Ray, Breana Stevens View Report View Presentation In 2015, the New Jersey Coalition to End Homelessness partnered with the Anti-Poverty Network of New Jersey to create the Garden State Leaders Program. The Garden State...

Graduate students prepared a Healthy Homes Initiative for the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency. Focusing on the cities of Paterson and Newark, the team identified multiple mental and physical health issues that arise from inadequate housing.

Caitlyn Leiter-Mason, Stephanie McAlary, Bhavin Patel, Kyle Sullender & Manning Qiao View Report View Presentation In this report, we identify options for state administrative and legislative actions that New Jersey can pursue to improve on-demand workers’...

Insights from the Great Recession Alex Barree, Vineeta Kapahi, Rafay Kazmi, Benjamin Levy, Jeehye Min, and Emilia Piziak View Report Nearly a decade after the Great Recession, New Jersey (NJ) continues to feel the effects of a slow recovery. The Great Recession...

Expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit to Younger, Childless Workers in New Jersey Genesis Arteta, Rory Daly, Alyssa Howes, Fope idowu, Whitney Rosenbaum, Cayla Sekuler View Report The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is a refundable tax credit designed to be an...

Are you Experienced? An Assessment of Experiential Learning in NJ Xin Huang, Christopher Myles, Kellie Palomba, Daniyal Rahim, Vanessa Raymond View Report Experiential learning (EL) is pedagogical technique that provides students with the opportunity to apply concepts...

Millennials In New Jersey: Migratory Patterns and Public Opinion Jessica Brand, Evan Friscia, Alex Lleras, Anish Patel, Yasmin Robinson, Roshard Williams View Report Millennials are New Jersey’s newest adult generation. There have been some limited studies of this...