Presentation details for the APPAM Annual Research Conference in Seattle, Washington, November 13-15, 2025

Thursday, November 13, 2025

Beyond Heterogeneity: Methodological Challenges and Opportunities in Researching Policy at the Nexus of Race and Place

8:30-10:00 a.m.

Grand Hyatt Seattle, 1st Floor/Lobby Level, EA Amphitheater

Session Type: Panel

Chair: Calaia Samara Ellice Jackson

Neighborhood Contexts and Educational Opportunity: Exploring Local Determinants of Student Success

8:30-10:00 a.m.

Hyatt Regency Seattle, 5th Floor, Room 505 - Queets

Session Type: Panel

Chair: Amy Ellen Schwartz

Childcare, Work, and Wellbeing: Novel Evidence on Early Investments and Economic Mobility

10:15-11:45 a.m.

Hyatt Regency Seattle, 6th Floor, Room 606 - Twisp

Session Type: Student Research Panel

Individual Presentation: Bilal Raza

Testing and Retention

10:15-11:45 a.m.

Hyatt Regency Seattle, 5th Floor, Room 506 - Samish

Session Type: Paper Panel

Presenting Author: Kenneth Shores

Membership & Awards Lunch: The Future of the U.S. Department of Education: Reform, Reinvention, or Retrenchment?

*RSVP required

November 13, 12:00-1:30 p.m.

Hyatt Regency Seattle, 5th Floor, Room 510 - Elwha Ballroom

Session Type: Special Event

Speaker: Amy Ellen Schwartz

Governing AI – Structures, Ethics, and Public Administration

1:45 to 3:15 p.m.

Hyatt Regency Seattle, 5th Floor, Room 503 - Duckabush

Session Type: Paper Panel

Discussant: Nazia Malik

Insights on Street-Level Bureaucracy

3:30-5:00 p.m.

Hyatt Regency Seattle, 6th Floor, Room 604 - Skykomish

Session Type: Paper Panel

Discussant: Donatus Doe

Intersecting Inequities: Discrimination, Policy, and Health in Underrepresented Communities

3:30-5:00 p.m.

Hyatt Regency Seattle, 7th Floor, Room 709 - Stillaguamish

Session Type: Panel

Chair: Ojooluwa Ibiloye

Organizer: Yunru Lu

Discussant: Calaia Samara Ellice Jackson

Individual Presentation: Yunru Lu

Presenting Author: Lauren Strickland & Benedicta Agyare-Aggrey

AI Adoption in Public Management and Leadership

November 13, 3:30-5:00 p.m.

Grand Hyatt Seattle, 1st Floor/Lobby Level, EA Amphitheater

Session Type: Panel

Chair: Gregory Dobler

Organizer: Gregory Dobler

State Politics and School Finance

Thursday, November 13, 3:30 to 5:00 p.m.

Hyatt Regency Seattle, 7th Floor, Room 705 - Palouse

Session Type: Panel

Presenting Author: Kenneth Shores

Friday, November 14, 2025

Test-Optional Admissions Policies and Other Trends in Selective College Admissions

8:30-10:00 a.m.

Hyatt Regency Seattle, 5th Floor, Room 506 - Samish

Session Type: Panel

Non-Presenting Co-Author: Dominique Baker

Co-Authoring 101

8:30-10:00 a.m.

Hyatt Regency Seattle, 6th Floor, Room: 602 - Nooksack

Session Type: Professional Development Resources

Speaker: Gregory Dobler

AI, Power, and Political Narratives

10:15 to 11:45 a.m.

Hyatt Regency Seattle, 7th Floor, Room 707 - Snoqualmie

Session Type: Paper Panel

Discussant: Nazia Malik

Universal Free School Meals Policies: Impact on Child Health and Well-being

10:15-11:45 a.m.

Hyatt Regency Seattle, 6th Floor, Room 601 - Hoh

Session Type: Panel

Presenting Author: John Oluwadero

Career & PhD Program Fair

1:00-3:00 p.m.

Hyatt Regency Seattle, 5th Floor, Room 510 - Elwha Ballroom A

Session Type: Special Event

PhD Programs: Biden School, College of Education & Human Development

AI and Educational Innovation Ecosystems

1:45 to 3:15 p.m.

Grand Hyatt Seattle, 1st Floor/Lobby Level, EA Amphitheater

Session Type: Paper Panel

Chair: Nazia Malik

The U.S. Tax and Transfer System and Black-White Inequality in Poverty Reduction: Decentralized Policy, Racialized Disparities

 1:45 to 3:15 p.m.

Grand Hyatt Seattle, 1st Floor/Lobby Level, Princess 

Session Type: Paper Panel

Non-Presenting Author: Sarah Bruch

Suicide and Mental Health Inequities in the U.S.: Evidence from Policy, Place, and Practice

3:30-5:00 p.m.

Hyatt Regency Seattle, 5th Floor, Room 509 - Tolt

Session Type: Panel

Discussant: Calaia Samara Ellice Jackson

Development, Redistribution and Policy in Comparative Perspective

3:30 to 5:00 p.m.

Hyatt Regency Seattle, 7th Floor, Room 701 – Clallum

Session Type: Paper Panel

Discussant: Donatus Doe

SNAP Work Requirements and Their Impact on Health and Financial Well-Being Outcomes

3:30-5:00 p.m.

Hyatt Regency Seattle, 6th Floor, Room 606 – Twisp

Session Type: Student Research Panel

Individual Presentation: Anxhela Beluli

Friday Poster Reception

5:00 to 6:30 p.m.

Hyatt Regency Seattle, 7th Floor, Room 710 - Regency Ballroom

Session Type: Posters

#50 John Oluwadero

#147 Kejda Llana

#151 Ojooluwa Ibiloye

Saturday, November 15, 2025

Grassroots Governance, Collaboration, Practitioner Discretion

8:30-10:00 a.m.

Hyatt Regency Seattle, 7th Floor, Room 709 - Stillaguamish

Session Type: Paper Panel

Chair: Monica Doraida Mesa-Alvarez

Individual Presentation: Monica Doraida Mesa-Alvarez, Presenting Author

How to Be a Good Reviewer

10:15-11:45 a.m.

Hyatt Regency Seattle, 6th Floor, Room 602 - Nooksack

Session Type: Professional Development Resources

Moderator: Calaia Samara Ellice Jackson

Organizer: Calaia Samara Ellice Jackson

Speaker: Joseph E. Trainor

Testing the Boundaries of Administrative Burden

10:15-11:45 a.m.

Hyatt Regency Seattle, 6th Floor, 608 - Wynochee

Minority and Immigrant Entrepreneurship

Session Type: Paper Panel

Chair: Benedicta Agyare-Aggrey

Session Type: Panel

Saturday Poster Luncheon

12:00-1:30 p.m.

Hyatt Regency Seattle, 7th Floor, Room 710 - Regency Ballroom

Session Type: Posters

#2 Donatus Doe

#13 Kejda Llana

#60 Calaia Samara Ellice Jackson

#61 Monica Doraida Mesa-Alvarez

#99 Arqam Tariq, Faisal Saeed Cheema, Troy Mix

#131 Ojooluwa Ibiloye

Adaptation to Environmental Effects? Win-Win, Win-Lose, or Lose-Lose?

3:30-5:00 p.m.

Hyatt Regency Seattle, 6th Floor, Room 606 - Twisp

Session Type: Student Research Panel

Chair: Idowu Kunlere

Discussant: Idowu Kunlere

School Resource Allocation

3:30- 5:00 p.m.

Hyatt Regency Seattle, 5th Floor, Room 503 - Duckabush

Session Type: Paper Panel

Discussant: Kenneth Shores

Regulating the Environment in China and the US: Complexity, Monitoring, and Frameworks

3:30-5:00 p.m.

Hyatt Regency Seattle, 5th Floor, Room 508 – Tahuya

Session Type: Paper Panel

Individual Presentation: Presenting Author Kalim Shah; Non-Presenting Author Aditi Chaturvedi

Enforcement and Beyond: Child Support Policy and Families with Limited Incomes

3:30- 5:00 p.m.

Hyatt Regency Seattle, 7th Floor, Room 706 – Pilchuck

Session Type: Panel

Chair: Calaia Samara Ellice Jackson

Awards:

2025 APPAM Equity & Inclusion Student Fellowship

Benedicta Agyare-Aggrey

Kejda Llana

2025 APPAM Equity and Inclusion Young Professional Fellowship

Hojung Lee

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