Engineering a global impact: Annica Wayman’s story of public service Annica Wayman, former division chief at the U.S. Agency for International Development and current associate dean in the College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, spoke with us about her time working in public service and the benefits a career in government can offer recent graduates as part of our “Academic Profiles in Public Service” blog series. Read More
Burt Barnow on walking the path from professor to policy advisor Burt Barnow, former director of the Office of Research and Evaluation at the Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration and a current professor of policy and economics at George Washington University, spoke with us about his time working in public service and the benefits a career in government can offer recent graduates. Read More
A former federal prosecutor at the Department of Justice discusses the value of a public service career David Grise, a retired federal prosecutor from the Justice Department and a current legal studies professor at Morehead State University, spoke with us about his 32-year career in the federal government. He recalls some of his best moments prosecuting cases, his decision to begin a career in public service and what kept him working in government for so long. Read More
Opportunity is calling: Professor Eileen Harrington looks back on a career in public service In a new blog series, we conducted a series of interviews with professors who have worked in the federal government as part of our ongoing efforts to inspire the next generation to consider a public service career. Our first blog post in the series features Eileen Harrington, former executive director of the Federal Trade Commission, who spoke about how her time as a public servant impacts her current work as an adjunct professor of political science. Read More
