Policymaking at the Federal, State, and Local Levels
November 21 - 23, 2024 | Gaylord | National Harbor, MD
As our 46th annual meeting, the 2024 APPAM Fall Research Conference will be a multi-disciplinary research conference attracting the highest quality research on a wide variety of important current and emerging policy and management issues. The conference is comprised of special events, panels, cross-cutting and single track roundtables, workshops, and poster presentations and is designed to encourage substantive interaction among participants.
Submissions are now closed.
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Important Dates to Remember
Submissions Open |
February 7 |
Submissions Close |
April 17 |
Accept/Reject Notifications Sent |
Late July 2024 |
2024 Fall Research Conference |
November 21-23 |
Proposal Submission Information
The following submission types will be solicited in the conference’s 15 policy areas:
Panel: Panels include a session organizer, chair, one to two discussants, and three to four papers. Panels with four papers are encouraged to have two discussants. Presenting authors may not serve as the chair or discussant on the same panel. Individuals may present on up to two panels throughout the conference, though they may serve as a chair or discussant unlimited times.
Poster: Poster submissions are single paper proposals that are presented in a poster format. Presenters will be asked to discuss their work and answer questions during one of two poster sessions.
Roundtable: Roundtables do not include papers, but rather feature speakers who will discuss a topic from varying perspectives and draw the audience into a discussion on the topic. Roundtable proposals should include up to four speakers plus a moderator. The moderator cannot also be a speaker in the same session.
Cross-Cutting Roundtable: New in 2024! Cross-cutting roundtables should involve various policy areas, interest topics, research methods, and/or fields. Roundtables should be interdisciplinary, timely, and broadly appealing to the diverse APPAM audience. Ideally, roundtable participants come from various backgrounds and sectors in order to provide unique perspectives. These roundtables will be reviewed by a special program committee and there will be one cross-cutting roundtable per timeslot this fall. View an example here.
Single Papers: Single papers are proposals that will later be combined with other single papers to be presented as cohesive panel sessions around a single topic.
Student Research: APPAM is pleased to once again accept student research paper submissions at the Fall Conference. Submitted research must have been conducted by a current student or recent graduate student. Student research submissions will be combined to form a cohesive panel with four student research papers, a chair, and up to two discussants. These sessions will take place throughout the conference.
Workshops: APPAM is seeking workshop proposals that will take place during regular conference programming over a traditional 90-minute or an extended 180-minute timeslot. Workshops should be interdisciplinary, hands-on and interactive, or focused on a special interest or skill training topic. Workshop proposals must include one moderator/facilitator and up to four speakers.
APPAM will open a separate Call for Proposals for Communities and Late-Breaking Roundtables later this year.
Here are a few helpful tips:
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Submissions that demonstrate diversity in terms of organizational affiliations, professional roles, race/ethnicity, content, author/participant backgrounds and/or ideology & methodology - through questionnaire answers - will be prioritized in the review process.
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Individuals may only serve as a presenting author on two panels throughout the conference, though they may serve in other roles unlimited times.
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Individuals may not serve as a chair or discussant for a panel on which they are also presenting a paper.
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The final phase of the acceptance process will specifically entail vetting submissions for the aforementioned types of diversity and multidisciplinary perspectives
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Fully formed panels have a higher acceptance rate. Single paper listings will be listed and updated weekly starting the week of February 13.
The APPAM Conference User Portal will be your access point for all your submissions and sessions you are part of for the 2024 APPAM Fall Research Conference. Please make sure that you use the same email address for all associated roles, such as presenting author, session chair, or moderator. With this portal, you can view and modify all your abstract submissions and associated roles in one place.
To view your submission or any that you are associated with, log into APPAM's User Gateway
2024 Program Committee Chairs
Crime, Justice, and Drugs |
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Barnard College |
Morgan Williams Jr. |
mcwillia@barnard.edu |
Northeastern University |
Matthew Ross |
mbross.econ@gmail.com |
Education |
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Temple University |
Sarah Cordes |
sarah.cordes@temple.edu |
Federal Trade Commission |
Michel Grosz |
mgrosz@ftc.gov |
University of Pennsylvania |
Sade Bonilla |
sadeb@upenn.edu |
Vanderbilt University |
Adela Soliz |
adela.r.soliz@vanderbilt.edu |
Employment and Training Programs |
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American Institutes for Research |
Christina Yancey |
cyancey@gmail.com |
The Urban Institute |
Ofronama Biu |
biuo955@newschool.edu |
Family and Child Policy |
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University of Michigan |
Katherine Michelmore |
kmichelm@umich.edu |
Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture |
Laura Tiehen |
laura.tiehen@usda.gov |
Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture |
Leslie Hodges |
leslie.hodges@usda.gov |
Health |
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Indiana University |
Alex Hollingsworth |
hollinal@indiana.edu |
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services |
Sandra Decker |
sandra.decker@ahrq.hhs.gov |
New York University |
Laura Wherry |
lrw8342@nyu.edu |
University of Virginia |
Sebastian Tello Trillo |
sebastian.tello@virginia.edu |
Housing, Community Development, and Urban Policy |
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Federal Housing Finance Agency |
Jonathan Spader |
jonathan.spader@fhfa.gov |
University of California Los Angeles |
Mike Lens |
mlens@ucla.edu |
Innovations in Science and Technology |
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Georgia Institute of Technology |
Travis Whetsell |
travis.whetsell@gatech.edu |
U.S. Census Bureau |
Joe Staudt |
joseph.staudt@census.gov |
Methods and Tools of Analysis |
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The Urban Institute |
Jonathan Schwabish |
jschwabish@urban.org |
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services |
Molly Dahl |
Molly.Dahl@cbo.gov |
National & Homeland Security and Crisis Management |
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University of Delaware |
Joe Trainor |
jtrainor@udel.edu |
University at Albany |
DeeDee Bennett Gayle |
dmbennett@albany.edu |
Natural Resource, Energy and Environmental Policy |
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
Jenna McGrath |
mcgrath12@llnl.gov |
Cleveland State University |
Michelle Graff |
m.graff66@csuohio.edu |
Politics |
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Emory University |
Zachary Peskowitz |
zachary.f.peskowitz@emory.edu |
University of Southern California |
Juliet Musso |
musso@usc.edu |
Population and Migration Issues |
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The Urban Institute |
Breno Braga |
BBraga@urban.org |
University of Texas, Dallas |
Camila Morales |
camila.morales@utdallas.edu |
Poverty and Income Policy |
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American Institutes for Research (AIR) |
Sudhanshu (Ashu) Handa |
shanda@email.unc.edu |
U.S. Department of Agriculture |
Michele Ver Ploeg (Shelly) |
sverploeg@gmail.com |
U.S. Department of Agriculture |
Michele Ver Ploeg (Shelly) |
michele.verploeg@usda.gov |
Public and Nonprofit Management and Finance |
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John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY |
Elaine Lu |
ylu@jjay.cuny.edu |
University at Albany, SUNY |
Stephen Holt |
sbholt@albany.edu |
Social Equity and Race |
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University of Washington |
Sebawit Bishu |
sbishu@uw.edu |
University of Toronto |
Prentiss Dantzler |
p.dantzler@utoronto.ca |
Questions?
Questions about the conference should continue to be directed to conferencesupport@appam.org.