INGRID GOULD ELLEN, New York University
I am honored to be considered as a candidate for the APPAM Policy Council. I have been a regular participant in the APPAM Fall Conference for many years, have served on the conference Program Committee, and am currently serving on the Dissertation Award Committee. I am also a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. Through these various roles, I have always regarded APPAM as playing a unique role in promoting rigorous, multi-disciplinary research on policy-relevant topics and in fostering constructive dialogue and debate between practitioners and researchers. And I would welcome the opportunity to help APPAM continue to fulfill its mission by joining the Policy Council. I am currently an Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy at New York University's Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. Much of my research is driven by an interest in understanding how various public policies and investments (especially investments in subsidized housing) affect the development of neighborhoods and the well-being of their residents. I have also studied how public policies shape levels of racial and economic segregation in housing and schools and how those levels of segregation in turn affect individual outcomes. My most recent work considers how supportive housing developments affect surrounding property values, how housing subsidies influence children's educational outcomes, and how reductions in crime shape patterns of urban growth. It is very important to me that my research holds relevance for policymakers. Before I received my Ph.D. in public policy from Harvard, I worked as a policy analyst at the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development, received an MPP degree from the Kennedy School, and then worked as an analyst at Abt Associates evaluating federal housing programs. While in academia, I continue to work closely with local policymakers, serving for instance, on several task forces and advisory committees for New York City agencies. I also co-direct NYU’s Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy, which aims to provide the city’s housing community with critical data and analysis and to promote frank discussion and debate on key land use and housing issues through convening public conferences and events.