O’Neill Professor Tom Stucky didn’t intend to work in academia. After earning his bachelor’s degree, he was focused on policing. “I was like many people who were interested in law enforcement in the early 90s,” he chuckles. While he says he originally wanted to pursue a career in the FBI, he shifted gears toward state… Read more »
Entries by Leslie Wells
O’Neill faculty head to South Korea for Public Management Research Conference
Three O’Neill Indianapolis faculty members are participating in this year’s Public Management Research Conference from the Public Management Research Association. The event takes place June 25–28 at Seoul National University in Seoul, South Korea. During the conference, 17 papers from O’Neill faculty and Ph.D. students from both the Indianapolis and Bloomington campuses will be presented… Read more »
Portraits of Resilience: Research project showcases risk and resiliency through art
As Andre Parnell strolled the streets of Indianapolis’ east side, camera in hand. He was searching for a moment—one that would capture the realities, risks, and resilience within his community. “The Far Eastside is more than where we’re from—it’s where we shape who we are,” Parnell explains. “Every street tells a story; every neighbor… Read more »
Environmental policy expert Janet McCabe joins O’Neill School
Written by: Leslie Wells, Rebecca Trimpe, and Nikki Livingston Janet McCabe, former deputy administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, is joining the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs to help prepare the next generation of leaders for service. That includes leading a course through O’Neill Indianapolis during the 2025–26 academic year. McCabe has… Read more »
O’Neill Indianapolis selects Rep. Cherrish Pryor for Distinguished Alumni Award
Listen to Rep. Pryor on the O’Neill Speaks podcast. As a little girl in Holly Springs, Mississippi, Cherrish Pryor remembers watching her grandmother work as she looked on from the window of her grandparents’ pickup truck. Her grandmother would walk to a house with a voter registration form in hand, talk to whoever opened the… Read more »
