Social Justice, Advocacy and Civic Engagement

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.

Child Trends

2025

Victor St. John and colleagues present an evaluation study that examines the impacts of PREPARE Plus on fathers’ perceptions, behavioral intentions, behaviors, and knowledge related to parenting, relationships, financial stability, and recidivism.

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.

f the National Evaluation and Technical Assistance Center for the Education of Children and Youth Who Are Neglected, Delinquent, or At-risk (NDTAC)

2023

Victor St. John’s brief explains how homelessness affects students’ education and involvement in the criminal justice system, and how Title I, Part D coordinators can collaborate with McKinney-Vento program staff to better support these students.

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.

Finding our way through the fog: embedding social infrastructure in food system resilience

Agriculture and Human Values

2025

Shoshanah Inwood, Jill Clark and colleagues focus on the significance of social infrastructure for food system resilience by drawing on the insights and experiences from positions as emergency management practitioners and land-grant university social science food system researchers working with emergency management agencies, food system and food security organizations in this commentary.