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Recent Publications

Managing Public Sector Contracts: Market Frictions and Human Resources Solutions
Elements in Public and Nonprofit Administration
2026

Dean Trevor Brown and colleagues present a framework for analyzing the complexities of contracting.

Locked Down or Let Out After COVID-19: Political Systems and Global Incarceration
International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice
2026

Victor St. John examines whether the degree of democracy shapes carceral changes.

Resilience in Reentry: An Implementation and Impact Evaluation of the Social Resilience Model in the PREPARE Program in New York City
Child Trends
2025

Victor St. John and colleagues present an evaluation study that examines the impacts of PREPARE Plus on fathers’ perceptions, behavioral intentions, behaviors, and knowledge related to parenting, relationships, financial stability, and recidivism. 

Just Transition to Electric Vehicles in Disadvantaged Communities: Integrating Transportation, Energy, Environmental, and Climate Justice
Energy Research & Social Science
2025

The research by Jeffrey M. Bielicki and colleagues. This research showed how intertwined disadvantages perpetuate or exacerbate distributive, recognition, restorative and procedural injustices in the EV transition.

The Leaky Pipeline: Assessing the College Outcomes of Ohio’s High-Achieving Low-Income Students
Thomas B. Fordham Institute
2025

This report examines Ohio’s public-school pipeline to college, particularly for high-achieving low-income students, and identifies the characteristics of districts and high schools that are most effective at getting these students into four-year colleges and universities.

Evaluating Credibility, Legitimacy and Salience in a Participatory Modeling Project in the Food, Energy, Water Nexus
Environmental Science & Policy
2025

Jeffrey M. Bielicki and colleagues examine factors that should be considered in the assessment of participatory modeling projects.

Impacts of Extreme Weather on Farmer Mental Health
Rural Sociology
2025

Shoshanah Inwood and colleagues examine how extreme weather driven by climate change contributes to rising stress and psychological distress among Midwest farmers, identifying key pathways linking climate impacts to farmer mental health challenges.

Preventing Suicide in Jails: Examining Community, Facility, and Individual Differences
Criminal Justice and Behavior
2025

Victor St. John and colleagues examine how individual, facility, and community factors intersect to shape suicide fatalities in U.S. jails.