Global policy meets international trade for this Organizational Dynamics Programs entrepreneur

The competitive Perry World House's Graduate Associates Program invites graduate students from across the University of Pennsylvania to explore research and develop skills related to global policy. Graduate students chosen for the program share a keen interest in global affairs and a commitment to addressing pressing policy issues. This year, they are joined by Daniel B. Rosario-Paredes (MSOD ’26—expected), who goes by Rosario among his peers.

Ripple effects: Positive psychology cultivates meaningful connections through Wharton Circles

During the Master of Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) program, students work in small groups to partner with organizations from around the world and put their positive psychology expertise to work. Each service learning project studies the organization's structure, mission, and goals and develops an actionable plan to make an immediate impact and advance the mission.

John MacDonald

John MacDonald is a professor of criminology and sociology in the Department of Criminology at the University of Pennsylvania. His research focuses on policing strategies to reduce crime, racial, and ethnic disparities in policing, police use of force, community–police relations, and the impact of police reforms on officer behavior. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed research articles, 25 book chapters and research reports, and four edited books.

Anthony A. Braga

Anthony A. Braga is the Jerry Lee Professor of Criminology and the Director of the Crime and Justice Policy Lab in the Department of Criminology at the University of Pennsylvania. He collaborates with criminal justice, social service, and community-based organizations to produce high-impact scholarship, randomized field experiments, and policy advice on the prevention of crime at problem places, the control of gang violence, and reductions in access to firearms by criminals.

Heidi Boerstler

When Heidi Boerstler (Master of Philosophy in Liberal Arts ’26—expected) received the title of Professor Emeritus at the University of Colorado Denver Business School, where she teaches ethics and health law, she was ready to try something new. “I decided to go back and study things I’d never studied before,” she recalls. “I had always been so focused on raising my daughter, getting tenure, teaching, doing research and all.

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