Research and Impact

Megan LePere-Schloop uses a simultaneous qualitative mixed methods design to describe organizational paths to community leadership while considering field-level aspiration toward such change.

Amanda Girth and colleagues examine the implementation of Ohio Sobriety Treatment and Reducing Trauma (START), identifying seven cross-system collaboration strategies that strengthen staffing, service access, and case planning for families facing child maltreatment and parental substance use disorders.

Jill Davis and Russell Hassan study whether police officers motivated to protect existing social power hierarchies are more likely to resist organizational diversity and hold more negative views about women's suitability for law enforcement.

Jill K. Clark, along with her colleagues, investigates community members’ perceptions of their engagement with university researchers’ work in their neighborhoods, finding that perceptions are shaped not just by individual experiences but also by broader, enduring narratives that differ by neighborhood and racialized group, highlighting the importance of understanding historical relationships and setting clear expectations in community-engaged research.

Shahidul Hassan, along with his colleagues, examines how experiences of supervisor and coworker incivility influence public employees’ job satisfaction and prompt job search behavior, especially affecting employees of color more strongly.

Long Tran, Russell Hassan and Darwin Baluran examine how perceived racial discrimination relates to political and community civic engagement among people of Asian descent after COVID-19.

Jill Davis, Russell Hassan and colleagues examine higher rates of workforce incivility reports from policewomen versus policemen. Policewomen also report heightened emotional exhaustion and express a greater intention to leave their current positions than policemen.

Long Tran provides evidence of the importance of trust in a developing country.