Wanting Children: Family-Planning Policies and the Engineering of America’s Population
Leonard M. Lopoo, professor and chair of public administration and international affairs, has written Wanting Children: Family-Planning Policies and the Engineering of America’s Population (University of Chicago Press, 2026). The book traces how America’s first reproductive policies were shaped by eugenicists focused on limiting births among lower-income and minority populations.
See related: Government, Parenting & Family, United States
The “One Big Beautiful Bill” Will Deepen the Farm Crisis, Not Solve It
Policy Design Complexity and Policy Outputs: Theory and Methods
The article, co-authored by Saba Siddiki, professor of public administration and international affairs, and Maxwell Ph.D. students Brandon Charles and Nicholas Oesterling, was published in Policy Design and Practice.
See related: Government, Research Methods
Identifying Common Trend Determinants in Panel Data
Time Invariant Variables in the Mundlak and Hausman-Taylor Panel Data Models
Two Special Spatial Weight Matrices and Their Effects on Estimation and Testing in Spatial Regressions
Making US Food Pantries More Old-Age Friendly
The article, co-authored by University Professor Madonna Harrington Meyer and Ph.D. student Winston Scott, was published in the Journal of Aging and Social Change.
See related: Aging, Food Security, Nutrition, United States
Rising waters, falling taxes: The impact of Hurricane Sandy on property tax assessments in New York City
Co-authored by Yilin Hou, professor of public administration and international affairs, the study was published in the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management.
See related: Housing, Natural Disasters, New York City, State & Local, Taxation
Why the US Must Measure Food Insecurity in Old Age
The article, co-authored by Maxwell professors Madonna Harrington Meyer and Colleen Heflin, was published in The Milbank Quarterly.
See related: Aging, Food Security, Nutrition, U.S. Health Policy, United States
Hold Harmless for Whom? The Impact of COVID Era Policies on School Funding, Teachers, and Students
Regional Political Climate’s Moderating Role in the Association Between Political Conservatism and COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in the United States
See related: COVID-19, Political Parties, United States, Vaccines
Encouraging Naturalization: The Broader Effects of DACA on U.S. Immigration
Comparison of Self-Reported Survey and Wastewater-Based Epidemiology Measures of Cocaine Use on a College Campus
The study, co-authored by Dessa Bergen-Cico and David Larsen, both professors of public health, was published in PLOS One.
A Gap Analysis in Therapeutic Services for Birthing Individuals with Perinatal Mental Health Disorders
Published in Social Work in Public Health, the article was co-authored by Robert Rubinstein, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology; Sanda Lane, professor emerita of public health; and Brittany Kmush, associate professor of public health.
See related: Education, Maternal and Child Health, Mental Health, New York State
On the Legal-Theoretical Foundations of Property Taxation under State Ownership of Land
Who Should Be on Electronic Monitoring: Conceptualizations of Ideal Supervisees
The article, authored by Assistant Professor of Sociology Gabriela Kirk-Werner, was published in Punishment & Society.
See related: Crime & Violence, United States
Bright and Blurred Boundaries in the US Military: Experiences of Immigrants and Children of Immigrants
The study, co-authored by Professor of Sociology Amy Lutz and Ph.D. student Iwona Franczak, was publised in the Journal of International Migration and Integration.
See related: Defense & Security, U.S. Immigration, United States
Contemporary Land Transitions in the United States: Critical Questions of Concentration and (Re)Distribution
Co-authored by Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern, associate professor of geography and the environment, the article was published in Geography Compass.
See related: Agriculture, Rural Issues, United States