27 min
Faculty Spotlight with Dr. Alana Hackshaw - The University of Maryland School of Public Policy Alumni Board UMD School of Public Policy Alumni Board
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The University of Maryland School of Public Policy Alumni Board’s video and podcast series
interviews Dr. Hackshaw and is facilitated by alumni Delisha Thompson (UMD 18’).
This interview is part of a series focusing on Black faculty members with several themes: Black women in positions of leadership, progress from faculty perspectives, where the School of Public Policy (SPP) needs to move in the future, and trying to place the changes at SPP into a broader context for changes happening in academia nationwide.
Alana Hackshaw, PhD, is an associate clinical professor and serves as the School's Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer. Her courses focus on governance, social identity and the creation of public policy and leadership. Hackshaw’s professional experiences include work as a researcher and a consultant in the nonprofit community. Her work concentrated on analyzing policies that foster economic security, asset-building and entrepreneurship within the Black diaspora in the US.
Hackshaw holds a doctorate in political science from the University of Michigan and a BA in political science and history from the University of Rochester. Her research interests include the impact of racial equity plans on city governance, patterns of political incorporation among first and second-generation Black immigrants in the US and the impact of US immigration policy on immigrants of color in the US.
In this interview, we discussed:
Dr. Hackshaw’s origin story;
What it means to be a Black woman in a high leadership position in academia;
The state of DEI initiatives when she first joined the school; and
National trends for BIPOC academics in terms of challenging the current problematic structures that exist within in academia.
The interview was produced by Evan Papp (UMD SPP ‘11) of Empathy Media Lab. The views expressed do not represent official positions of the school or alumni network.
The University of Maryland School of Public Policy Alumni Board’s video and podcast series
interviews Dr. Hackshaw and is facilitated by alumni Delisha Thompson (UMD 18’).
This interview is part of a series focusing on Black faculty members with several themes: Black women in positions of leadership, progress from faculty perspectives, where the School of Public Policy (SPP) needs to move in the future, and trying to place the changes at SPP into a broader context for changes happening in academia nationwide.
Alana Hackshaw, PhD, is an associate clinical professor and serves as the School's Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer. Her courses focus on governance, social identity and the creation of public policy and leadership. Hackshaw’s professional experiences include work as a researcher and a consultant in the nonprofit community. Her work concentrated on analyzing policies that foster economic security, asset-building and entrepreneurship within the Black diaspora in the US.
Hackshaw holds a doctorate in political science from the University of Michigan and a BA in political science and history from the University of Rochester. Her research interests include the impact of racial equity plans on city governance, patterns of political incorporation among first and second-generation Black immigrants in the US and the impact of US immigration policy on immigrants of color in the US.
In this interview, we discussed:
Dr. Hackshaw’s origin story;
What it means to be a Black woman in a high leadership position in academia;
The state of DEI initiatives when she first joined the school; and
National trends for BIPOC academics in terms of challenging the current problematic structures that exist within in academia.
The interview was produced by Evan Papp (UMD SPP ‘11) of Empathy Media Lab. The views expressed do not represent official positions of the school or alumni network.
27 min