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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A Vacancy Chain Model of Local Managers’ Career Advancement
Local Government Management and Policy
July 01, 2022
Associate Professor Hongtao Yi and Doctoral Student Catherine Chen were published in the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory for their study examining the career trajectories of local...
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“Active and Vital Resources”: A Thematic Analysis of Congressional Collection Policies
Information and Technology Management
July 01, 2022
Carly Dearborn, public policy archivist and assistant professor, published an analysis of collection development policy language in congressional and public policy archives
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Do Opioid Prescriptions Lead to Fatal Car Crashes?
June 27, 2022
Associate Professor Lauren Jones published a new study on the effects of Opioid prescriptions on fatal car crashes in the American Journal of Health Economics.
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Academic Achievement and Pandemic Recovery: Update from Fall Third Grade ELA Assessments
Education Policy
June 09, 2022
This report by Prof. Vladimir Kogan examines student performance on the Ohio fall 2021 third grade English language arts (ELA) assessment, covering the second cohort of third graders tested since the ...
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Violent Entanglements: The Pittman-Robertson Act, Firearms, and the Financing of Conservation
Environmental Policy and Management
June 09, 2022
This research, published in Conservation and Society, compares the four largest sources of revenue for state wildlife and conservation agencies and demonstrate the growing importance of Pittman-Robert...
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Commentary – The Bosnian Tinderbox: Is Putin Holding the Wick?
June 08, 2022
This commentary is intended as an addendum and recent update to the original research article published in World Affairs, “The High Representative in Bosnia-Herzegovina: The Unusual Institutional Arra...
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Governance Rules for Managing Smart City Information
Local Government Management and Policy
May 31, 2022
This research, published in Urban Governance, creates a new framework to identify how cities can select the appropriate governance rules to facilitate the political, financial, and operational sustain...
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One-year in: COVID-19 research at the international level in CORD-19 data
COVID-19
May 25, 2022
This research, published in Plos One, studies the difference in COVID-19 research internationally.