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the San Francisco Mayor’s Office of Economic and Workforce
Development (OEWD) and then was hired by OEWD. For
a period of time, Ms. Havens juggled her responsibilities as
teacher with her responsibilities as a part-time OEWD employee,
while continuing in the MPA Program. Her successes in
her community-focused work built on volunteer experiences
she had with neighborhood watch and community planning.
Despite these commitments, Ms. Havens also excelled in the
MPA Program, with a near-perfect GPA and while working to
foster a sense of team and community among her classmates
by organizing study groups for classes, contributing to highquality group presentations, and engaging in thoughtful class
discussions.
Robin Havens
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Adam Sharma
Research Honoree
Adam Sharma completed his research project on the topic,
Identifying Determinants of Patient’s Likelihood of No-Shows.
With this excellent project, he entered the SF State competition
of the CSU Student Research Competition and won 1st place
in the Public Administration, Business and Economics section.
He also won 1st place in the Public Administration, Business
and Economics section at the Statewide CSU Student Research
Competition.
Faculty Honors
PI Name
Sponsor or Org.
Shea, Jennifer
SF State University
Presidential Award
Center on Philanthropy at
Indiana University
PI, Advancing Knowledge Project:
Research on Human Service
Nonprofits (Co-PI, Janey Wang)
Data Visualization for the Public
Sector
PI, Advancing Knowledge Project:
Research on Human Service
Nonprofits (Co-PI, Jennifer Shea)
PI, Public Financing Options: Trends
and Future Prospects in Lon g-Term
Financing
Stowers, Genie
Wang, Janey
IBM Center for the Business
of Government
Center on Philanthropy at
Indiana University
California Debt and
Investment Advisory
Commission
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Award Title
Grant or
Honor
2012. Pre-tenure
sabbatical to
conduct
community
resilience research
$24,991
2011 -2013
$20,000
2012
$24,991
2011
$30,553
2010