Peer Reviewed Research

Evaluating Credibility, Legitimacy and Salience in a Participatory Modeling Project in the Food, Energy, Water Nexus

Environmental Science & Policy

2025

Jeffrey M. Bielicki and colleagues examine factors that should be considered in the assessment of participatory modeling projects.

Locked Down or Let Out After COVID-19: Political Systems and Global Incarceration

International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice

2026

Victor St. John examines whether the degree of democracy shapes carceral changes.

International Journal of Commerce and Contracting

2025

Trevor Brown and colleagues analyze global higher education contract management programs and suggest more balanced emphasis on technical, interpersonal and strategic competencies.

Impacts of Extreme Weather on Farmer Mental Health

Rural Sociology

2025

Shoshanah Inwood and colleagues examine how extreme weather driven by climate change contributes to rising stress and psychological distress among Midwest farmers, identifying key pathways linking climate impacts to farmer mental health challenges.

Energy Research & Social Science

2025

The research by Jeffrey M. Bielicki and colleagues. This research showed how intertwined disadvantages perpetuate or exacerbate distributive, recognition, restorative and procedural injustices in the EV transition.

Preventing Suicide in Jails: Examining Community, Facility, and Individual Differences

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.