Baker Blog
Follow us on the Baker Blog as we cover all things Baker School, from what is happening in public policy to first-hand experiences from students in our programs, along with resources for academics and career development.
-
Jessica Sargent Helps Students Find Common Ground
Dr. Jessica Sargent recently completed her first year at the Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs and is already making an impact. Sargent is a teaching professor who received the inaugural Baker School Undergraduate Excellence in Teaching Award, an honor based on student nominations. The recognition reflects the connections she built with students,…
-
Bridging Research and Reality in Nonprofit Leadership
Tara Kolar Bryan did not set out to become a professor. She started her career in nonprofit fundraising, working in corporate and foundation giving.
-
Claire McCarthy: Building a Career in Public Service Through the Baker School
As a sophomore at the Baker School, Claire McCarthy is already exploring how policy decisions shape communities and impact people’s daily lives.
-
From Classroom to Capitol: Makayla Paris’s Legislative Experience
Makayla Paris is not just studying policy, she is already inside the process, working where Tennessee’s biggest decisions are made.
-
Jaxon McQueary: Investing in Community and Leadership
Sophomore Jaxon McQueary is helping shape how Baker students support one another.
-
Solving Public Problems, One Budget at a Time
Before he was teaching public finance at the Baker School, Assistant Professor John Stavick was watching policy decisions unfold in real time, and seeing the results firsthand.
-
Gabriel Karatantcheva: Building Systems That Respond in Crisis
Originally from Bulgaria, graduate student Gabriel Karatantcheva has long been aware of how systems shape people’s lives.
-
Louie Perry: Bridging Policy and Global Dialogue
Well before Illinois native Louie Perry set foot in the Howard H. Baker Jr. School of Public Policy and Public Affairs, he had already stepped into the world of politics.
-
Listening First: Madison Lackey’s Journey From Community Conversations to Policy Research
Graduate student, Madison Lackey, found herself sitting across from community leaders in the Cumberland Gap region listening to effects of industrial decline.
-
Half a World Away, Familiar Challenges
Director of the Center for National Security and Foreign Affairs, Krista Wiegand, spent three weeks at Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University the Philippines as a Fulbright Specialist.