The UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs (officially the UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin School of Public Affairs)[1] is the public affairs/public service graduate school at the University of California, Los Angeles. The school consists of three graduate departments—Public Policy, Social Welfare, and Urban Planning—and an undergraduate program in Public Affairs that began accepting students in 2018. In all, the school offers three undergraduate minors, the undergraduate major, three master's degrees, and two doctoral degrees.[citation needed]
UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin School of Public Affairs
Former name
School of Public Policy and Social Research (SPPSR)[1]
Joint degree programs (J.D., MBA., Latin American Studies, Architecture and Urban Design, and Asian American Studies) are offered. Consult individual departments for more information.
The following minors are offered for undergraduate UCLA students:
Public affairs
Urban and Regional Studies
Gerontology
Research centersedit
The Luskin School of Public Affairs houses the following research centers:
Luskin Center for Innovation
The Ralph and Goldy Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies
Institute of Transportation Studies
Center for Policy Research on Aging
Institute on Inequality and Democracy
The Latino Policy & Politics Initiative
The Center for Neighborhood Knowledge
Latin American Cities Initiative
UCLA Voting Rights Project
Unique programs include a Social Justice Initiative, Senior Fellows program, and Global Public Affairs.[3]
The UCLA Voting Rights Projectedit
The University of California, Los Angeles Voting Rights Project (UCLA VRP) was founded in August 2019.[4] The UCLA VRP is affiliated with the UCLA Latino Politics & Policy Initiative and is housed within the Luskin School of Public Affairs.[4]
The UCLA VRP's Faculty Director is Dr. Matt Barreto, Ph.D., and the project's Director of Litigation is Chad W. Dunn.[5] The purpose of the UCLA VRP is to bring and support voting rights litigation and appeals, provide the Western United States with access to voting rights protections and resources, publish public policy research reports, and teach voting rights centered courses at UCLA for undergraduate, graduate, and law students.[4]
Notable workedit
The UCLA VRP is currently[when?] involved with the following: Higginson v. Poway, New York v. U.S. Dep't of Commerce, Texas L.U.L.A.C. v. Whitley, Harding v. Dallas County, Texas, and Veasey v. Perry (Abbott).[4]
Referencesedit
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ucla, luskin, school, public, affairs, this, article, rely, excessively, sources, closely, associated, with, subject, potentially, preventing, article, from, being, verifiable, neutral, please, help, improve, replacing, them, with, more, appropriate, citations. This article may rely excessively on sources too closely associated with the subject potentially preventing the article from being verifiable and neutral Please help improve it by replacing them with more appropriate citations to reliable independent third party sources January 2020 Learn how and when to remove this message The UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs officially the UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin School of Public Affairs 1 is the public affairs public service graduate school at the University of California Los Angeles The school consists of three graduate departments Public Policy Social Welfare and Urban Planning and an undergraduate program in Public Affairs that began accepting students in 2018 In all the school offers three undergraduate minors the undergraduate major three master s degrees and two doctoral degrees citation needed UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin School of Public AffairsFormer nameSchool of Public Policy and Social Research SPPSR 1 TypePublicEstablished1994 citation needed Parent institutionUniversity of California Los AngelesDeanAnastasia Loukaitou Sideris 2 Academic staff75 citation needed Students567 as of Fall 2016 citation needed LocationLos Angeles California United StatesWebsiteluskin wbr ucla wbr edu It was formerly known as the UCLA School of Public Affairs until March 18 2011 when it was renamed after UCLA alumni Meyer and Renee Luskin 1 Contents 1 Departments and degrees 2 Research centers 3 The UCLA Voting Rights Project 3 1 Notable work 4 References 5 External linksDepartments and degrees editThe Luskin School of Public Affairs offers degrees in the following concentrations Public policy MPP Social welfare MSW PhD Urban planning MURP PhD Public affairs BA Joint degree programs J D MBA Latin American Studies Architecture and Urban Design and Asian American Studies are offered Consult individual departments for more information The following minors are offered for undergraduate UCLA students Public affairs Urban and Regional Studies GerontologyResearch centers editThe Luskin School of Public Affairs houses the following research centers Luskin Center for Innovation The Ralph and Goldy Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies Institute of Transportation Studies Center for Policy Research on Aging Institute on Inequality and Democracy The Latino Policy amp Politics Initiative The Center for Neighborhood Knowledge Latin American Cities Initiative UCLA Voting Rights Project Unique programs include a Social Justice Initiative Senior Fellows program and Global Public Affairs 3 The UCLA Voting Rights Project editThe University of California Los Angeles Voting Rights Project UCLA VRP was founded in August 2019 4 The UCLA VRP is affiliated with the UCLA Latino Politics amp Policy Initiative and is housed within the Luskin School of Public Affairs 4 The UCLA VRP s Faculty Director is Dr Matt Barreto Ph D and the project s Director of Litigation is Chad W Dunn 5 The purpose of the UCLA VRP is to bring and support voting rights litigation and appeals provide the Western United States with access to voting rights protections and resources publish public policy research reports and teach voting rights centered courses at UCLA for undergraduate graduate and law students 4 Notable work edit The UCLA VRP is currently when involved with the following Higginson v Poway New York v U S Dep t of Commerce Texas L U L A C v Whitley Harding v Dallas County Texas and Veasey v Perry Abbott 4 References edit a b c Communications UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs Retrieved 2022 11 04 About Anastasia Loukaitou Sideris UCLA Luskin 2015 11 12 Retrieved 2023 06 01 UCLA Food Studies Graduate Certificate Program Community Health Sciences chs ph ucla edu a b c d The UCLA Voting Rights Project UCLA LPPI UCLA Voting Rights Project ucla vrp Twitter twitter com External links editOfficial website 34 04 28 N 118 26 21 W 34 074420 N 118 439065 W 34 074420 118 439065 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs amp oldid 1218569714, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
