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Dean's Report is a newsletter published by the School of Public Policy, highlighting the semester's distinguished lectures, conferences, student scholarship, faculty updates and new publications, Board of Visitors news, alumni notes, and other special events. The newsletter is authored by School of Public Policy students, staff, and alumni.

Current Issue

Volume 20 | Issue 1 | 2022

Featured Stories

Pepperdine School of Public Policy Celebrates 25 Years of Public Leadership
This year marks the 25th year of the Pepperdine School of Public Policy (SPP). The school was founded in 1997 following the launch of the Davenport Institute in 1996. SPP is built on a distinctive philosophy of preparing public leaders to use tools of analysis combined with their moral sense to affect real change.

Receives $10 Million Endowment to Launch New Edwin Meese III Institute for Liberty and the American Project
The first program of its kind at a major graduate policy school, the new Edwin Meese III Institute for Liberty and the American Project serves as the new academic home for scholarship, teaching, and events focused on connecting America’s founding principles and importance of faith to today’s national policy challenges.

Byron Johnson Named Distinguished Visiting Professor of Religious Studies and the Common Good
Byron Johnson, Distinguished Professor of the Social Sciences at Baylor University, joined the School of Public Policy faculty as Distinguished Visiting Professor of Religious Studies and the Common Good on April 1, 2022.

Kiron Skinner Named Taube Professor of International Relations and Politics at Pepperdine School Of Public Policy
International relations, US foreign policy, and political strategy expert Kiron Skinner will join the School of Public Policy’s faculty as the Taube Professor of International Relations and Politics.

Additional highlights:

  • Emily Milnes (MPP ’21) Named Director of Recruitment and Program Relations
  • SPP Welcomes Back Kevin Faulconer as Visiting Professor of Community Leadership and Government Innovation
  • Wilfred "Bill" McClay Leads Charles and Rosemary Licata Lecture: The Place of the Constitution in the Education of Citizens
  • Victor Davis Hanson Leads Augustus and Patricia Tagliaferri Dean’s Distinguished Lecture: Is There Hope For The “Dying Citizen?”
  • Wavemaker in Action: Alexandra Perez (’15, MPP ’18) Cofounds Mentoring Program Hispanics Forward
  • Michael Shires Releases Study on Economic Impact of the Westlands Water District on the Local and Regional Economy
  • SPP Partners With Zócalo, Berggruen Institute, and the Public Policy Institute of California
  • Washington, DC, Policy Scholars Program Returns to Pepperdine’s DC Campus


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