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University of California, Los Angeles
Luskin School of Public Affairs
TypePublic
Established1994[1]
Parent institution
University of California, Los Angeles
DeanGary M. Segura[2]
Academic staff
75[3]
Students567 (as of Fall 2016)[3]
Location
Los Angeles
,
CA
,
USA
Websiteluskin.ucla.edu

The UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs is the public affairs/public service graduate school at UCLA. The school consists of three departments—Public Policy, Social Welfare, and Urban Planning—offering two undergraduate minors, one undergraduate major, three master's degrees, and two doctoral degrees.[1] It was formerly known as the School of Public Policy and Social Research.

Departments and degrees

The Luskin School of Public Affairs offers degrees in the following concentrations:

Joint degree programs (J.D., MBA., Latin American Studies, Architecture and Urban Design, and Asian American Studies) are offered. Consult individual departments for more information.

The Luskin School of Public Affairs offers an undergraduate degree in Public Affairs

The following minors are offered for undergraduate UCLA students:

  • Public affairs
  • Urban and Regional Studies

Publications

  • Luskin Forum
  • Access Magazine
  • Blueprint
  • Critical Planning Journal

Research centers

The Luskin School of Public Affairs houses the following research centers:

  • Luskin Center for Innovation
  • The Ralph and Goldy Lewis Center
  • Institute of Transportation Studies
  • Center for Policy Research on Aging
  • Institute on Inequality and Democracy
  • The Latino Policy & Politics Initiative
  • The UCLA Voting Rights Project

Unique programs include a Social Justice Initiative, Senior Fellows program, Global Public Affairs, and the Graduate Food Studies Certificate program.[4].

The UCLA Voting Rights Project

The University of California, Los Angeles Voting Rights Project (UCLA VRP) was founded in August of 2019.[5] The UCLA VRP is affiliated with the UCLA Latino Politics & Policy Initiative and is housed within the Luskin School of Public Affairs.[6]

The UCLA VRP's Faculty Director is Dr. Matt Barreto, Ph.D, and the project's Director of Litigation is Chad W. Dunn.[7] The purpose of the UCLA VRP is to bring and support voting rights litigation and appeals, provide the Western United States with access to voting rights protections and resources, publish public policy research reports, and teach voting rights centered courses at UCLA for undergraduate, graduate, and law students.[5]

Notable work

The UCLA VRP is currently[when?] involved with the following: Higginson v. Poway, New York v. U.S. Dep't of Commerce, Texas L.U.L.A.C. v. Whitley, Harding v. Dallas County, Texas, and Veasey v. Perry (Abbott).[5]

References

  1. ^ a b [1]
  2. ^ [2]
  3. ^ a b [3]
  4. ^ "UCLA Food Studies Graduate Certificate Program | Community Health Sciences". chs.ph.ucla.edu.
  5. ^ a b c "The UCLA Voting Rights Project". UCLA LPPI.
  6. ^ "The UCLA Voting Rights Project". UCLA LPPI.
  7. ^ "UCLA Voting Rights Project (@ucla_vrp) | Twitter". twitter.com.

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