Arlington, Va., Nov. 19, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- American Institutes for Research (AIR) experts will participate in the 2024 Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management (APPAM) Fall Research Conference, being held November 21–23 at the Gaylord Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md. Each year, AIR experts join thousands of other APPAM conference attendees to share knowledge, disseminate research findings, and discuss emerging themes across a variety of policy topics.
Aligned with this year’s conference theme, Policymaking at the Federal, State, and Local Levels, AIR sessions will emphasize the important role that research, evidence, and technical assistance play in decision making at all levels of government. Presentations include a wide range of topics such as addressing school and residential segregation; leveraging administrative data for special education policy analysis; advancing equity and innovation in job training programs; strengthening reemployment services; fostering youth thriving; offering intelligent tutoring; examining the expansion of school choice policy; and more.
AIR is a Gold Sponsor and conference attendees can visit AIR’s Exhibit Booth (322) for more information about its evidence and opportunities. Recent graduates and active job seekers are encouraged to meet AIR staff at the APPAM Career and Ph.D. Program Fair, on Friday, November 22 from 1 to 3 p.m. in the First Floor Ballroom, Potomac CD.
Sessions featuring AIR experts and their work are listed below (all times are EST). Sessions can also be found on the APPAM conference website using the online searchable program.
Thursday, November 21, 2024
8:30–10:00 a.m.
Roundtable: Emerging Solutions to School and Residential Segregation: A Cross-Sector Conversation
Location: National Harbor 11, 2nd Floor (Ballroom Level), Gaylord National Harbor
AIR Organizer: Varsha Menon
AIR Moderator: Terris Ross
AIR Speaker: Megan Sambolt
Location: National Harbor 5, 2nd Floor (NH Conference Rooms), Gaylord National Harbor
AIR Presenters/Authors: Maura Shramko, Jake Sokolsky, and Kelly King
Location: National Harbor 10, 2nd Floor (Ballroom Level), Gaylord National Harbor
AIR Presenters/Authors: Allison Gilmour and Roddy Theobald
10:15–11:45 a.m.
Roundtable: Advancing Evidence, Equity, and Innovation in Job Training Programs
Location: Potomac 6, 1st Floor (Ballroom Level) Gaylord National Harbor
AIR Presenter: Christina Yancey
Location: Camellia 2, 1st Floor (Ballroom Level), Gaylord National Harbor
AIR Presenters/Authors: Jesse Levin, Tammy Kolbe, and Adam Hearn
Session: Food Policy in the United States
Potomac 5, 1st Floor (Ballroom Level), Gaylord National Harbor
AIR Chair: Melissa Scardaville
12:30-1:30 p.m.
Special Events, Membership & Awards Lunch: Policy Analysis and Management Under a Trump Administration
Location: Potomac CD (Ballroom Level), Gaylord National Harbor
AIR Speaker: Christina Yancey
1:45 – 3:15 p.m.
Location: Camellia 2, 1st Floor (Ballroom Level), Gaylord National Harbor
AIR Presenters/Authors: Dong Hoon Lee, Jesse Levin, Zeyu Xu, and Rachel Dao
3:30–5:00 p.m.
Location: Chesapeake 3, 1st Floor (Ballroom Level), Gaylord National Harbor
AIR Presenters/Authors: Emily Morton and Emma Dewil
Panel: Labor Markets, Safety Net Programs and Self Sufficiency
Location: Chesapeake 7, 1st Floor (Ballroom Level), Gaylord National Harbor
AIR Chair: Whitney Rostad
Friday, November 22, 2024
10:15 – 11:45 am
Location: National Harbor 8, 2nd Floor (Ballroom Level), Gaylord National Harbor
AIR Organizer: Siobhan Mills de la Rosa
AIR Chair: Christina Yancey
Location: Camellia 3, 1st Floor (Ballroom Level), Gaylord National Harbor
AIR Organizer: Maura Shramko
AIR Chair: Amy Syvertsen
AIR Discussant: Deborah Moroney
- Paper: Examining City Policy and Practices to Foster Youth Thriving - Elevating Youth Perspectives on Developmentally Supportive Environments: Qualitative Interviews with Youth in Detention in San Francisco
AIR Presenters/Authors: Maura Shramko, Keegan Giffels, and Candace Hester
- Paper: Examining City Policy and Practices to Foster Youth Thriving - Examining the Impact of San Francisco’s Youth Justice Services Towards Thriving and Equity: A Preliminary Investigation of Changes in Outcomes for Justice-Involved Youth
AIR Presenters/Authors: Candace Hester, Charlotte Chen, and Tanya Padgaonkar
- Paper: Examining City Policy and Practices to Foster Youth Thriving - An Implementation Evaluation of the San Francisco High School Partnerships Strategy: Promoting Thriving and Equity through Youth Workforce Development
AIR Presenters/Authors: Phomdaen Souvanna, Charrise Hollingsworth, and Tanya Padgaonkar
3:30–5:00 p.m.
Panel: Measurement of Poverty and Material Hardship
Location: Chesapeake 7, 1st floor (Ballroom Level), Gaylord National Harbor
AIR Chair: Sudhanshu (Ashu) Handa
5:00–6:30 p.m.
Poster Papers: Friday Poster Reception
Location: Potomac AB, 1st Floor (Ballroom Level), Gaylord National Harbor
- Has the Shift to Center-Based Child Care Led to Increased Inequality?
AIR Presenter/Author: Nathan Burroughs
- Piloting Intelligent Tutoring Systems to Scale up Sectoral Training Programs and Improve Learners’ Career Outcomes
AIR Presenters/Authors: Whitney Cade, Samia Amin, Cecilia Xuning Zhang, and Alex Bishop
Saturday, November 23, 2024
8:30–10:00 am
Location: National Harbor 14 (NH Level), Gaylord National Harbor
AIR Presenter/Author: Roddy Theobald
Location: Magnolia 1 (Ballroom Level), Gaylord National Harbor
AIR Presenters/Authors: Michael Garet, Laura Stein, Ryan Eisner, Kathleen Jones, Matthew Farmer, and Sara Mitrano
Location: Chesapeake 5, 1st Floor (Ballroom Level), Gaylord National Harbor
AIR Presenters/Authors: Justin Luu, Drew Atchison, and Kerstin Carlson Le Floch
8:30–11:45 a.m.
Workshop: Natural Language Processing for Text Analysis
Location: National Harbor 2, 2nd Floor (Ballroom Level), Gaylord National Harbor
AIR Organizer: Ruhan Circi
AIR Moderator: Burhan Ogut
AIR Presenters/Authors: Adam Hearn, Karen Yi, and Bhashithe Abeysinghe
10:15–11:45 a.m.
Location: Chesapeake 3, 1st Floor (Ballroom Level), Gaylord National Harbor
AIR Presenter/ Author: Megan Austin
Session: Policies Affecting Adolescents and Young Adults
Location: Potomac 5, 1st Floor (Ballroom Level), Gaylord National Harbor
AIR Discussant: Caitlin Dawkins
- Paper: Policies Affecting Adolescents and Young Adults - Intimate Relationship Quality and Violence during Adolescence and Early Adulthood in the Malawi Social Cash Transfer Program
AIR Presenter/Author: Sudhanshu (Ashu) Handa
Student Research Paper: Issues in Public School Finance and Policy - The Feasibility of Collecting School Pension Data: Evaluation of Data from the Pilot School Pension Survey
Location: Potomac 4, 1st Floor (Ballroom Level), Gaylord National Harbor
AIR Presenters/Authors: Lei Zhou and Emily Isenberg
1:45–3:15 p.m.
Location: Potomac D, 1st Floor (Ballroom Level), Gaylord National Harbor
AIR Presenters/Authors: Ian Callen, Elise Dizon-Ross, Dan Goldhaber, and Emily Morton
Location: National Harbor 6, 2nd Floor (Ballroom Level), Gaylord National Harbor
AIR Presenters/Authors: Ben Backes, James Cowan, Dan Goldhaber, Roddy Theobald
Location: National Harbor 14, 2nd Floor (Ballroom Level), Gaylord National Harbor
AIR Presenter/Author: Elise Dizon-Ross
3:30–5:00 p.m.
Location: Potomac C, 1st Floor (Ballroom Level), Gaylord National Harbor
AIR Presenters/Authors: Dan Goldhaber, Elise Dizon-Ross, Anna McDonald, Emily Morton, and Alejandra Salazar
About AIR
Established in 1946, with headquarters in Washington, D.C., the American Institutes for Research (AIR) is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit institution that conducts behavioral and social science research and delivers technical assistance both domestically and internationally in the areas of health, education and the workforce. AIR's work is driven by its mission to generate and use rigorous evidence that contributes to a better, more equitable world. With headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, AIR has offices across the U.S. and abroad. For more information, visit www.air.org.
