Research and Impact

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The Glenn College’s world-class faculty brings practical experience and an interdisciplinary approach to research, analysis and technical assistance. Collaborating across policy areas, and with public and private sector organizations, our work seeks to improve public governance and policymaking.

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Affiliated Research Centers
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Community supported agriculture plus nutrition education improves skills, self efficacy, and eating behaviors among low income caregivers but not their children: a randomized controlled trial
Social Policy
August 31, 2021
Despite the benefits of adequate fruit and vegetable (FV) intake, most individuals in the U.S. do not eat recommended amounts, with lower intake among individuals with lower socioeconomic status. Find...
Aerial view of flooded houses, properties in Dularge, Louisiana, on Sept. 24, 2005, from Hurricane Rita
Informational Determinants of Large-area Hurricane Evacuations
Environmental Policy and Management
August 30, 2021
This study, published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, presents an experimental design that overcomes the counterfactual problem present in all prior published experiments by re...
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How the COVID-19 Pandemic Affected Student Learning in Ohio
COVID-19, Education Policy
August 27, 2021
Analysis of Spring 2021 Ohio State Tests
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Ethnography: Tales of the Nonprofit Field
Nonprofit Management
August 17, 2021
This article, published in the International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, describes how nonprofits can use ethnography to enrich research.
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Essential, Fragile, and Invisible Community Food Infrastructure: The Role of Urban governments in the United States
Food Policy
August 01, 2021
This study, published in Food Policy, examines the role of subnational governments in community food infrastructures.    
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Fixes that Fail: A system archetype for examining racialized structures within the food system
Food Policy
August 01, 2021
This article, published in American Journal of Community Psychology, provided a narrative interpretive tool for unveiling complexity within the food system and interdependencies with racialized system...
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Beyond backyard chickens: A framework for understanding municipal urban agriculture policies in the United Statessin
Food Policy
August 01, 2021
This article, published in Food Policy, develops a framework to understand the landscape of municipal urban agriculture policy, focusing on authority, policy instruments, and topic areas.
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China’s Scholarship Shows Atypical Referencing Patterns
Information and Technology Management
July 09, 2021
This study, published by Scientometrics, analyzes reference pairs in articles to search for unexpected referencing combinations at the journal–journal level