Peer Reviewed Research

Isolation and Disparities in Jail Suicide Risk: Examining Community, Facility, and Individual Factors

Criminal Justice and Behavior

2025

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

Marginalized and overlooked? Minoritized groups and the adoption of new scientific ideas

Journal of Labor Economics

2025

Are Donor-Advised Funds Facilitating Opaque Giving to Politically Engaged Charities?

Nonprofit Policy Forum

2025

Public Administration Review

2025

Victor St. John, Gregory Wilson, Long Tran, and Lydia Applin investigate how administrative burden in college admissions affects individuals with criminal records, with attention to racial disparities.

Administration & Society

2023

Megan LePere-Schloop and colleagues show that political engagement, policy signaling, and competition help activate local voluntary action, as seen in the creation of community COVID-19 relief funds.

Nonprofit Management & Leadership

2024

Megan LePere-Schloop and colleagues find that middle-performing United Way organizations are most likely to adopt the national network’s community impact language, refining the theory of middle-status conformity within federated systems.

Economics of Education Review

2023

Stephane Lavertu and his colleague examine the No Child Left Behind district accountability system, finding that negative ratings prompted student disenrollment and personnel changes but did not lead to greater equity in school funding or governance.

Journal of Public Affairs Education

2024

Megan LePere-Schloop and her colleague analyze nearly a million journal citations to compare how public administration, public policy, and nonprofit studies integrate interdisciplinary knowledge, finding distinct patterns shaped by each field’s origins and practices.

Nonprofit Policy Foum

2024

Erynn Beaton and colleagues find that nonprofits serving disadvantaged populations use advocacy tactics at higher rates than other organizations, with effectiveness shaped by tactical repertoires, client participation, funding, and policy context.

The Yoke of Objectivity in Public Administration (and Beyond)

Perspectives on Public Management and Governance

2024

Erynn Beaton and colleagues challenges the idea of value-free objectivity in public administration research, arguing for greater reflexivity and responsibility to address impacts on marginalized groups and advance social equity.