“La Follette’s interdisciplinary positioning at the university afforded me the opportunity to take courses in other departments that I would otherwise be unable to take.”
Alumni course recommendations
Alumni share courses most relevant and valuable to their policy interest areas and current careers.
Education: Elizabeth Janeczko, MPA ’19
“I use my La Follette training regularly. I regularly analyze large sets of data from thousands of students across the network.”
Social Policy, Family Wellbeing: Eleanor Pratt, MPA ’20
“I use the grounding and frameworks I learned at La Follette to help understand the broader context of my policy areas of interest. In particular, the ‘how’ behind the policymaking process.”
Health Policy, Community Economics: Shireen Ohadi-Hamadani, MPA ’20
“Public management, policy analysis, and CBA course work has been valuable in better executing the creation and implementation of our office’s policy and best practices.”
Education: Liliana Teniente Rodríguez, MPA ’23
“I learned a great deal about how to facilitate cross-collaboration and partnerships with staff, students, and faculty which has helped me in my current role.”
Healthy Policy, Healthcare Operations: Mitchell Running, MPA ’17
“What I took away from La Follette was not necessarily specific information or tools that were ‘plug and play’ in my career. Rather, La Follette prepared me for how to think.”
Nonprofit Management, Education: Ayal Weiner-Kaplow, MIPA ’20
“The nonprofit management skills I studied, more in a theoretical sense, help me greatly in applying them in practice.”