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Volume 10, Issue 1 - Spring 2024
Welcome to Humphrey Public Affairs Review Volume 10
HPAR_Digital_Pages.pdfLetter from the Editors- Jo Meloy and Melanie Leopold
We are pleased to present the tenth volume of the Humphrey Public Affairs Review (HPAR). HPAR is an important avenue for students at the Humphrey School of Public Affair to express their views and research important issues we are facing in public policy. We are excited to have the opportunity to showcase their work and lead them through the process.
One of former Vice President and our school’s namesake Hubert H. Humphrey’s most famous quotes is, “The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.” This quote inspired this issue of HPAR, as we saw a record number of submissions from students throughout the entire school. The communities built at the Humphrey School are reflected by our authors, editors, and readers.
Community is the greatest part of graduate school, and as many of us graduate this May, we know that the communities built at the Humphrey School will last with us for the rest of our lives. The community built here is more than just a professional network and will serve us for the rest of our personal and professional lives moving forward.
This year’s publication features a variety of topics and types of writing, including microsyllabi, policy papers, op-eds, and a book review. The topics range from community land trusts, to health care, to retirement age, to free speech in schools. There is even one piece that uses the West Wing to describe political theory. We feel this wide range of topics showcases the community at the Humphrey School and the variety of classes we take throughout graduate school. You can read all of these pieces and more on our website: humphreyreview.umn.edu.
We would like to thank all of the students who submitted their work to the HPAR this year; the editorial board for their time and dedication to editing the pieces; our faculty advisor, Asa Olson, for his knowledge and organizational skills as we made our way through this year’s process; and Dean Nisha Botchwey and the Humphrey School’s administration for supporting us financially and helping to support HPAR.
We hope these pieces will provoke your thoughts and allow you to reflect on the many issues facing our community and the world. Thank you.