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The 150-plus faculty members and roughly 800 graduate students are responsible for research that is influential and innovative.

Much of that research is conducted within the School’s research centers and institutes, but much is also completed by individuals working within their disciplines, toward purely scholarly ends. Similarly, much of Maxwell’s research is externally funded, and yet, much leads to the published books and articles that mark the progress of concepts and ideas in the academy.
In a typical year, Maxwell faculty members publish dozens of books and monographs and hundreds of book chapters and journal articles. Their work provides up-to-date material for the classroom.

It is one of the great distinctions of the Maxwell School that an institution so widely praised for its professional programs is, in fact, a home for esteemed research and scholarship across so a wide range of disciplines.
Research News

Van Slyke paper on complex contracting published in PAR
"Complex Contracting: Management Challenges and Solutions," co-authored by David Van Slyke, was published in Public Administration Review. The authors present a framework that provides guidance on how managers can harness the upsides of complex contracting while avoiding its pitfalls.
6/28/2018

Taylor shows how Putin's mentality shapes Russian politics in new book
Brian Taylor, professor and chair of political science and scholar of Russian and comparative politics, is the author of The Code of Putinism (Oxford University Press, 2018), a new book about how Putin’s mentality shapes his country’s politics.
6/27/2018

Faculty, alumnus study on public health insurance, fertility published
"Pregnancy Medicaid Expansions and Fertility: Differentiating Between the Intensive and Extensive Margins," written by Sarah Hamersma, Len Lopoo, and Lincoln Groves '15 PhD (PA), was published in Population Research and Policy Review.
6/26/2018

Book provides ambitious data-based overview of Iran
Postrevolutionary Iran: A Political Handbook, co-authored by Maxwell School political scientist Mehrzad Boroujerdi, offers an unprecedented range of data about and descriptions of the political landscape of Iran since the nation’s 1979 revolution.
6/25/2018

Michelmore paper on EITC, household finances published in JPAM
"The Impact of the Earned Income Tax Credit on Household Finances," co-authored by Katherine Michelmore, was published in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. Michelmore and co-author Lauren E. Jones found that a $1,000 policy-induced increase in the average household EITC leads to a 3 percentage point increase in the likelihood of holding money in a savings or checking account.
6/14/2018

Orr's research cited in Al Jazeera article on Trump's space force
"Constructing Civilian-Soldiers: The Militarization of Inner Space," written by Jackie Orr was referenced in the Al Jazeera article "Trump's astronomically misguided 'space force'." Orr contends that the duties of the civilian-soldier extend to outer space, as well: that "final, fantastic frontier for the US military's imaginary and material battlefields."
6/13/2018

New book edited by Hromadžić, Care across Distance, published
Care across Distance (Berghahn Books, May 2018), co-edited by Azra Hromadžić, investigates how taken-for-granted roles are challenged, intergenerational relationships transformed, economic ties recalibrated, technological innovations utilized, and spiritual relations pursued and desired, and asks what it means to care at a distance and to age abroad.
6/12/2018

Econ faculty publish paper on food insecurity, Great Recession in AEA
"The Differential Incidence and Severity of Food Insecurity by Racial, Ethnic, and Immigrant Groups over the Great Recession in the United States," co-authored by Alfonso Flores-Lagunes, professor of economics, and Hugo Jales, assistant professor of economics, was published in American Economic Association Papers & Proceedings.
6/12/2018

Heflin study on impact of food program coverage gap published in AEPP
"Design Flaws: Consequences of the Coverage Gap in Food Programs for Children at Kindergarten Entry," co-authored by Colleen Heflin, was published in Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy. The authors examine the effects of the duration of the coverage gap between the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program and the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) on kindergarteners’ skills.
6/6/2018

Mitchell's book Revolting New York featured in CityLab article
Revolting New York: How 400 Years of Riot, Rebellion, Uprising, and Revolution Shaped a City, edited by Don Mitchell, was featured in the CityLab article "How Centuries of Protest Shaped New York City." Mitchell discusses how the nature of riots and rebellions has changed over the centuries and New York’s place within the history of protest.
6/1/2018

Sultana paper on academic integrity in higher ed published in ACME
"The false equivalence of academic freedom and free speech," written by Farhana Sultana, associate professor of geography, was published in ACME: An International Journal for Critical Geographies. Sultana addresses critical issues of the misuse of free speech in higher education and the increasing threats to academic freedom.
6/1/2018

Hamersma research on parental medicaid expansions published in CEP
"The Effect of Parental Medicaid Expansions on Children's Health Insurance Coverage," co-authored by Sarah Hamersma was published in Contemporary Economic Policy. The authors investigate the spillover effects of parental Medicaid expansions on child participation in Medicaid/State Children's Health Insurance Program.
5/31/2018

Engelhardt research cited in Fiscal Times article on Social Security
A paper on early Social Security co-authored by Gary Engelhardt was referenced in the Fiscal Times article "The Unintended Consequence of Letting Workers Take Social Security at Age 62." Engelhardt and his co-authors found that the introduction of the early retirement option lowered Social Security income by an average of 1.5 percent for male-headed retired households.
5/31/2018

PARCC scholars collaborate on new book on conflict
Louis Kriesberg, professor emeritus of sociology, and Catherine Gerard, director of the Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration (PARCC), edited a new book, Conflict and Collaboration: For Better or Worse, that was written mostly by Syracuse University faculty.
5/25/2018

Sultana paper on water justice published in Water International
"Water justice: why it matters and how to achieve it," written by Farhana Sultana, was published in Water International. Sultana analyzes the importance of "advancing knowledge and civic action in water justice as well as how to involve the general public in creating more equitable and inclusive water worlds."
5/25/2018

Lovely featured in Bloomberg article on impact of US tariffs on China
A policy brief written by Mary Lovely and Yang Liang was featured in the Bloomberg News article "Trump's China Tariffs Would Hit U.S. Firms More, Peterson Says." "Tariffs can diminish trade flows, but ideas are easily relocated," Lovely and Liang say. "American workers would bear the burden if high-value activity moves offshore due to the ill-conceived tariffs."
5/17/2018

Monnat research on deaths of despair cited in Atlantic article
Shannon Monnat's research on deaths of despair and support for Trump was referenced in the Atlantic article "The 9.9 Percent Is the New American Aristocracy." Monnat found that the Rust Belt counties that put the anti-government-health-care candidate over the top were those that lost the most people in recent years to deaths due to alcohol, drugs, and suicide.
5/16/2018

QDR's Annotation for Transparent Inquiry (ATI) Initiative
The Qualitative Data Repository (QDR) at the Maxwell School has partnered with Cambridge University Press and Hypothesis to pioneer a new approach to making qualitative and multi-method research more transparent. The Annotation for Transparent Inquiry (ATI) creates a digital overlay on top of articles on publisher web pages that connects specific passages of text to author-generated annotations.
5/14/2018

New research on PPPs by Van Slyke published in ARPA and LGS journals
"Citizen Attitudes Towards Public–Private Partnerships" and "Analysing managerial perceptions of when and how to structure public involvement in public-private partnerships," two new studies co-authored by David Van Slyke, were published in the American Review of Public Administration and in Local Government Studies, respectively.
5/11/2018

Karas Montez study on education–mortality association published in BSB
"Does the Functional Form of the Association Between Education and Mortality Differ by U.S. Region?," co-authored by Jennifer Karas Montez, was published in Biodemography and Social Biology. The study makes an important first step in documenting geographic heterogeneity in the education–mortality association using a meaningful demarcation of context.
5/10/2018

Castro paper on conflict in Sudan published in World Development
"Promoting natural resource conflict management in an illiberal setting: Experiences from Central Darfur, Sudan," written by Peter Castro was published in World Development. The article draws attention to ongoing conflict and insecurity in the Darfur region of Sudan, still one of the world’s largest humanitarian situations.
5/7/2018

Karas Montez awarded prestigious Carnegie Fellowship
Jennifer Karas Montez, the Gerald B. Cramer Faculty Scholar in Aging Studies, has been named a 2018 Andrew Carnegie Fellow, the most generous and prestigious fellowship in the social sciences and humanities. The fellowship will support Karas Montez's research on health disparities among U.S. states.
4/25/2018

Keck paper on assessing judicial empowerment published in Laws journal
Tom Keck, Michael O. Sawyer Chair of Constitutional Law and Politics, examines the free expression jurisprudence of the Supreme Court of Canada and the European Court of Human Rights in an effort to assess the political beneficiaries of judicial empowerment. His paper, "Assessing Judicial Empowerment," was published in Laws.
4/17/2018

Shanguhyia edits major tome on Africa’s modern history
Martin S. Shanguhyia co-edited a two-volume manual on African colonial and postcolonial history as part of the Palgrave Handbooks series.Written by more than 50 historians and scholars in African studies, The Palgrave Handbook of African Colonial and Postcolonial History focuses on African colonial and postcolonial history and the relation between the two eras.
4/9/2018

Popp paper on environmentally beneficial innovation published in REEP
David Popp and his co-authors present policy proposals that would support more innovation of the environmentally beneficial kind and less innovation of the environmentally harmful kind. Their policy brief "Encouraging Innovation that Protects Environmental Systems: Five Policy Proposals" was published in the Review of Environmental Economics and Policy.
4/6/2018

Sultana discusses gender and water in water security publication
Farhana Sultana, associate professor of geography and research director of environment at Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration (PARCC), published "Gender and Water in a Changing Climate: Challenges and Opportunities" in the book Water Security Across the Gender Divide (Springer 2018).
4/3/2018

Monnat study on factors associated with drug deaths published in AJPM
"Factors Associated With County-Level Differences in U.S. Drug-Related Mortality Rates," a study by Shannon Monnat, Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion, was published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. The study suggests that geography is far less important in explaining overdose deaths than job and family life.
3/27/2018

Silverstein discusses religiosity, grandparents in sociology journal
In "Linked Religious Lives Across Generational Time in Family Lineages: Grandparents as Agents of Transmission," a chapter in Social Networks and the Life Course, Merril Silverstein and co-author Vern L. Bengtson examine the extent to which religiosity is stable across generations, specifically in order to understand how grandparents influence the religious orientations of their grandchildren.
3/19/2018

Lopoo, London paper on household crowding featured by Urban Institute
"Household Crowding During Childhood and Long-Term Education Outcomes," written by Leonard Lopoo and Andrew London, was featured on How Housing Matters, an online resource of the Urban Institute.
3/14/2018

Thorson paper on fight against fake news published in Science
Emily Thorson, assistant professor of political science, is co-author of "The science of fake news," published in the journal Science. The authors call for a coordinated investigation into the underlying social, psychological and technological forces behind fake news to counteract the phenomenon's negative influence on society.
3/9/2018

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