Peer Reviewed Research

The antecedents of conformity in an institutionalized federated system: The case of local united ways

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.

Gender, Work, and Organization

2024

Erynn Beaton and Maham Ali analyze a woman’s account of sexual harassment by a congressman, showing how power operates in complex ways and illustrating why current workplace practices remain ineffective.

Collections for the Public Good: A Case Study from Ohio

Diversity

2025

Daniel Kelley offer some answers as to why natural history collections, and specifically geological collections, are important and relevant to society today and to the future of humankind. Authors offer perspective on the ways that geological collections will continue to benefit society at large by providing some illustrative historical examples.

Public Administration Review

2025

Esra Gules-Guctas and colleagues demonstrate how algorithmic decision-making systems used in public benefits determinations can produce outcomes that fail to comply with legal requirements when statutory rules are improperly implemented in code, often due to flawed data, poor design choices, or inherent system limitations.

The Impact of Differential Treatment by Race and Ethnicity on Diet Quality

Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy

2025

Jill Clark and colleagues, using nationally representative data, find that the potential for differential treatment by race and ethnicity in the food retail environment is associated with lower nutritional quality of food acquisitions for Black and Hispanic households.

Implementation Science Communications

2024

Amanda Girth, Rebecca Smith and colleagues analyze the implementation of Sobriety Treatment and Recovery Teams (START), finding that collaboration strategies like leadership support, staff co-location, and third-party resource support influence program fidelity depending on local context.