Research and Impact

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

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

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. 

Jeffrey M. Bielicki has co-authored a paper on capabilities and barriers to transitioning to electric vehicles. Based on over 70 interviews with residents of historically marginalized communities in Columbus, this research develops and applies a novel framework for how bottom-up capabilities to be able to participate in electrified mobility interact with top-down structural challenges.

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.

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.

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

Victor St. John, Tasha Perdue and colleagues examine predictors of drug- and opioid-related deaths among incarcerated individuals nationwide.