Presentation details for the APPAM Fall Research Conference in Boston, Massachusetts, November 5-7, 2026

Thursday, November 5, 2026

The Public Workforce: Perceptions, Mobility, and Service Disparities

Chair: Calaia Jackson Franco

State Responsiveness to Citizen Engagement: Effectiveness of Information, Participation, and Social Media

Chair: Ojooluwa Ibiloye

Friday, November 6, 2026

Disaster Responses in the US States

Presenting Author: Ojooluwa Ibiloye, "Communicating Risk, Enabling Response: A Community-Engaged Study of Emergency Messaging in Delaware"

Governance Transitions, Network Dynamics, and Organizational Adaptation

Chair: Donatus Doe

New Evidence on Teacher Recruitment and Workforce Diversity

Chair: Calaia Jackson Franco

Administrative Burdens and Effectiveness of the Social Safety Net

Non-presenting authors: Sarah Bruch and Arun Chaudhary, "The Reluctant Social Insurance: Federalism and Unemployment Insurance, 1935-2024"

Saturday, November 7, 2026

Beyond “Money Matters”: How Policy Design Shapes the Distribution and Effectiveness of School Spending

Discussant, Amy Ellen Schwartz

State Policy Contexts and Inequality in Family Well-Being

Non-presenting author: Sarah Bruch, "Welfare Reform at 30: State Social Safety Net Regimes and Child Well-Being"

Evaluating Equity, Access, and Outcomes in Workforce and Technical Education

Chair: Calaia Jackson Franco

Measuring and Modeling Cross-State Variation in Social Policy for Children and Families

Organizer: Sarah Bruch

Presenter: Arun Chaudhary, "Devolution in the Details: Understanding State Social Safety Net Policy Responses in a Post-Welfare Reform Era"

Causes and Consequences of Excess Body Weight

Presenting Author: Amy Schwartz, "How Body Weight Shapes Academic Success"

The Design of School Funding Formulas: Distributional Consequences across Federal and State Policy

Chair, Discussant: Kenneth Shores

Poster Session Participants

Donatus Doe, "Analyzing Civic Intermediaries’ Strategies in the Implementation of Early Warning Systems in Education"

Arqam Tariq, "Role of Third-Parties and Intermediaries in Helping Local Governments Secure Intergovernmental Grants"

Awards & Recognition

2026 APPAM Equity & Inclusion Student Fellowship

Ojooluwa Ibiloye

2026 APPAM Spencer Scholars

Calaia Jackson Franco

APPAM Student Activities Committee

Calaia Jackson

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