This course will focus on the fundamentals for designing and using a performance management framework in the public sector, specifically in the U.S. at the federal, state, local, and nonprofit levels. It will provide a working understanding of how to develop and apply "useful measures that are used" - a simple statement that is devilishly difficult to actually do, but is fundamental for every public manager to be successful.

A lot of policy work is contingent on who gets to leverage, correct, or tell the story of the past. This course will push students to think about the historical context of policy work. We will learn a variety of ways of studying past policies using historical methods and discuss in detail the politics of how we remember (and forget) policies. This course will focus on both polices with obvious historical context (like confederate memorials or reparations), and examples where the past is less obvious (like privacy and social media).

This course covers the unique challenges and prospective solutions associated with humanitarian logistics in emergency mitigation and preparedness, disaster response, and recovery. The course overviews the similarities and the differences between commercial supply chains and humanitarian relief chains, introduces performance metrics, and provides tools for the analysis and design of supply chains for humanitarian critical needs products, as well as for the coordination and learning of humanitarian organizations.

A seminar in which students will read, present, and discuss research papers on recent and advanced topics in Information Retrieval (IR). Students are expected to read up to two papers per week. For one or more sessions in the semester, students are expected to make summary presentations and lead discussion of the papers. Students should have taken COMPSCI 646, Information Retrieval, or a comparable course. This seminar assumes prior knowledge of fundamental information retrieval concepts.

A seminar in which students will read, present, and discuss research papers on recent and advanced topics in Information Retrieval (IR). Students are expected to read up to two papers per week. For one or more sessions in the semester, students are expected to make summary presentations and lead discussion of the papers. Students should have taken COMPSCI 646, Information Retrieval, or a comparable course. This seminar assumes prior knowledge of fundamental information retrieval concepts.