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Race, Class and Diversity

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  • Faculty Research

    Learning from Diversity: A Comparison of Non-Profit and For-Profit Organizations Foldy, E.G.

    Non-profit and for-profit organizations are both engaging with the opportunities and challenges of a demographically diverse workforce. However, their different missions, structures and constituencies can result in varied approaches to addressing difference. This paper, based on broader dissertation research, compares the intentions and experiences of two small organizations, a for-profit and a non-profit, both of which reemphasize inclusion as a guiding principle.

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    However, they manifest these principles in very different ways, with divergent implications for their employees' experiences at work.


  • Capstone: In the Field

    State Sentencing Policies and Recidivism Among Drug Offenders Released in 1994 (2011)
    Faculty: Tod Mijanovich
    Team: Michael Deurlein, Catherine Lee, Chanelle Pearson, Alexander Vaisman

    The New York State Rockefeller Drug Law of 1973 became the model for harsh sen­tencing policies for nearly all states in the country. Although the “war on drugs” and the “war on crime” sought to address vio­lent criminal activity, the changes in policy and the emphasis on mandatory prison sentences have mostly resulted in the mass imprisonment of low­risk, nonviolent drug offenders who are often young Black and Latino men.

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    The drastic increase in the number of people sentenced to prison for drug­related offenses has caused prison over­crowding, ballooning state expenses, and an influx of drug offenders returning to communities. While existing research on recidivism has focused on individual characteristics of offenders, very little is known about the state or neighborhood­level context to which offenders return. For this study the Capstone team examined the impact of state­level policy factors, such as indeterminate and determinate sentencing, on recidivism among drug offenders released in 1994.

  • Alumni in Action

    Muende MuekeMuende Mueke Regional Advisor, UN Regional Directors’ Team for Eastern and Southern Africa

    Growing up in Kenya, Mwende Caroline Mueke (MPA ’01) felt a strong pull toward public service. Early in her professional career, she worked for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Eastern Africa. In that job it became clear to her that the challenges in her field were more complicated than she had imagined, with refugee camps staying open for decades. To strengthen her education in international public affairs, she enrolled in Wagner’s international program, which focuses on developing countries.

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    There were several factors that shaped Mwende’s experience at Wagner. Her advisor challenged her to compare the theories she learned in her classes with the practices she saw on the ground with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Mwende’s Capstone project focused on decentralization and local governance in Sub-Saharan Africa – an area that had particular relevance to Mwende’s personal career interests. Also while at Wagner, Mwende helped organize the Oprah Winfrey Scholars program, which brings two African women each year to NYU Wagner to study public policy and management. “For me,” Mwende says, “as an African woman, doing something to support other African women further their education in public administration (a much needed skill in Africa) was an important effort worth contributing to.” The experience that Mwende gained at Wagner led to a full-time job after graduating as a program specialist at UNDP. Currently, she is a regional coordination advisor in the Management and Coordination Unit of the UN Regional Directors’ Team for Eastern and Southern Africa, based in Johannesburg. In her free time, Mwende developed an interest in community service and became a founding member of a community-based organization supporting AIDS orphans in Kenya. Mwende looks forward to eventually returning to Kenya in the near future. “I want to use my academic credentials and development experience to work for my country’s public service commission,” she says.