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Recent Publications

The Role of Industrial Diversity in Economic Resilience: An Empirical Examination Across 35 Years
Urban Studies
2016

This study explores the relationship between industry diversity and economic resilience over time.

Foundations of Public Administration
2016

This book, written by Jos C.N. Raadschelders and Richard J. Stillman II provides academics and students with a rich supply of knowledge on the scope, methods, and theoretical foundations of public administration.

The Influence of Learning Activity on Low-Skilled Workers’ Skill Improvement in the South Korean Manufacturing Industry
Human Resources Development International
2015

Professor Joshua Hawley explores how low-skilled worker’s learning activity influences skill improvement.

The Agrifood System Policy Agenda and Research Domain
Journal of Rural Studies
2015

Professor Jill Clark evaluates the emergence of agrifood system policy in the U.S. and suggests future evaluative policy research and comparative analysis with other domains of food policy research.

A Balancing Act: Disproportionate Sampling of Organic Foods
Journal of Food Products Marketing
2015

Professor Neal Hooker demonstrates that there is little statistical difference, and even a net gain in predictive power, when using a balanced sample to test factors that influence a firm’s decision to market organic food.

Effects of Government Spending on Research Workforce Development: Evidence from Biomedical Postdoctoral Researchers
PLOS 1
2015

Professor Joshua Hawley examines the effects of government spending on postdoctoral researchers’ (postdocs) productivity in biomedical sciences, the largest population of postdocs in the US.

Commodifying Conservation
Contexts
2015

Assistant Professor Christopher Rea examines conservation banks that price the priceless and change how we protect natural resources.

Comparative Civil Service Systems in the 21st Century
2015

This book, written in part by Jos Raadschelders, describes how civil service systems have been subject to intense scrutiny and their roles brought into question.