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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.
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Maxwell faculty co-edit new book on intractable conflicts
Three Maxwell faculty members, Miriam Elman, Catherine Gerard, and Louis Kriesberg, and their colleague Galia Golan at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, have co-edited Overcoming Intractable Conflicts: New Approaches to Constructive Transformations, recently published by Rowman & Littlefield.
1/15/2020

Schwartz study on housing vouchers, academic performance published
"Housing policy is education policy,” says Amy Ellen Schwartz, co-author of a new study published in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management titled "Do Housing Vouchers Improve Academic Performance? Evidence from New York City." Schwartz discussed the study in the Chalkbeat article "Housing vouchers, like other anti-poverty programs, increase test scores, NYC study shows."
1/7/2020

Monnat study on opioids cited in CityLab article
A recent study co-authored by Shannon Monnat, Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion, was referenced in the CityLab article "The Changing Geography of the Opioid Crisis." The study found that the opioid crisis takes different forms in urban and rural America.
12/12/2019

Rothenberg examines impact of BRT on traffic congestion in VoxDev
Many cities around the world suffering from rising traffic congestion are turning to low-cost Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems but evidence from a recent study co-authored by Alexander Rothenberg suggests that BRT systems can actually worsen traffic congestion. The paper, "‘Second-best’ Bus Rapid Transit and traffic congestion in developing countries: Lessons from TransJakarta," was published by VoxDev.
12/10/2019

PPMG publishes symposium issue on Minnowbrook at 50
Perspectives on Public Management and Governance published a special symposium issue about Minnowbrook at 50, a conference hosted by the Maxwell School in August 2018. The issue includes a brief discussion about the Minnowbrook conferences and the set-up of Minnowbrook 50, and seven articles that are the result of the small group deliberations that took place at the conference.
12/5/2019

Yinger cited in Newsday article on real estate steering
Federal, state and local laws bar real estate agents from steering home buyers (guiding purchasers to communities based on race or ethnicity) yet national studies show the practice has grown increasingly common over the past three decades. John Yinger's research on this topic was cited in the Newsday article "Why Agents Steer."
11/26/2019

Armstrong and collaborators author paper, win grant for excavation
Douglas Armstrong, professor and chair of anthropology, co-authored “Where Strangers Met: Evidence for Early Commerce at LaSoye Point, Dominica,” published last month in the journal Antiquity. The article is based on preliminary research conducted during 2018 at the LaSoye Point archaeological site on the east coast of Dominica, funded by a Northwestern University Research Grant.
11/25/2019

Abdelaaty paper on refugees, guesthood in Turkey published in JRS
"The refusal to designate certain populations as asylum seekers or refugees enables Turkey to opt in or out of what might otherwise appear to be generally applicable, national-level policies," writes Lamis Abdelaaty, assistant professor of political science. Her article, "Refugees and Guesthood in Turkey," was published in the Journal of Refugee Studies.
11/15/2019

Michelmore examines EITC impact on housing affordability crisis in WIP
"Could expanding the earned income tax credit help fix the housing crisis?," co-authored by Katherine Michelmore, was published in Work in Progress. Michelmore and co-author Natasha Pilkauskasto found that while the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) did help make housing more affordable, expanding the EITC is unlikely to address the most extreme types of housing instability – homelessness or eviction.
11/13/2019

Armstrong, Singleton cited in Science article on Caribbean excavation
Doug Armstrong and Theresa Singleton, both professors of anthropology, were interviewed for the Science article "Caribbean excavation offers intimate look at the lives of enslaved Africans." They shared insight from their own research on plantation slavery in the Caribbean. Maxwell alum Mark Hauser '98 MA (Anth)/'01 PhD (Anth) was also mentioned in the article.
11/8/2019

Landes examines how interpersonal relationships affect human agency
"The inseparability of human agency and linked lives," co-authored by Scott Landes, was published in Advances in Life Course Research. The authors use the case study of a woman with an intellectual disability to challenge a common but problematic assumption in developmental theories and research: that “human agency” is limited to individuals who are “developmentally normal.”
11/6/2019

Heflin study links SNAP to lower risk of premature death for US adults
A new study published today in the journal Health Affairs by researchers from Syracuse University’s Maxwell School and the University of Kentucky reveals that participation in the national Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) reduces the risk of premature mortality among U.S. adults, including "deaths of despair."
11/4/2019

Rothenberg paper on intergroup contact, integration published in AER
"Unity in Diversity? How Intergroup Contact Can Foster Nation Building," co-authored by Alexander Rothenberg was published in American Economic Review. The authors use a population resettlement program in Indonesia to identify long-run effects of intergroup contact on national integration.
11/1/2019

Weschle paper on revolving door employment published in PSRM
"Campaign finance legislation and the supply-side of the revolving door," written by Simon Weschle, was published in Political Science Research and Methods. Weschle argues that one important institutional factor that shapes politicians' willingness to leave office for a private sector job is campaign finance legislation.
11/1/2019

Heflin article on Building Nebraska Families Program published in SSR
"Experimental Evidence of a Work Support Strategy That Is Effective for At-Risk Families: The Building Nebraska Families Program," co-authored by Colleen Heflin was published in Social Service Review. The authors examine the effects of an intensive life skills education and home visiting program, Building Nebraska Families (BNF), on the employment, earnings, and personal and family well-being of work-mandatory cash welfare recipients.
10/29/2019

Monnat study on fatal opioid overdoses published in Rural Sociology
"The Opioid Hydra: Understanding Overdose Mortality Epidemics and Syndemics Across the Rural‐Urban Continuum," co-authored by Shannon Monnat, was published in Rural Sociology. The authors found that prescription‐related epidemic counties have been "left behind" the rest of the nation while heroin and opioid syndemic counties tend to be more urban, ethnically diverse, and in general more economically secure.
10/29/2019

Faulkner explores 19th century approaches to marriage in new book
Unfaithful: Love, Adultery, and Marriage Reform in Nineteenth-Century America, a new book by Carol Faulkner, was published in September by the University of Pennsylvania Press. Faulkner traces how social reformers between 1830 and 1880 shifted notions of adultery and marriage away from patriarchal, legal frameworks, reconceptualizing marriage as a voluntary relationship focused on love and individual choice.
10/23/2019

Popp paper on low-carbon technologies published by Brookings
"Despite progress made over the past decade, further innovation is necessary to achieve deep decarbonization of the U.S. economy," writes David Popp. In his article, "Promoting innovation for low-carbon technologies," published by the Brookings Institution, Popp explains how to use various policy instruments that have different effects depending on the type of technology, the stage of development, and the sector of the economy.
10/23/2019

New book co-edited by Sultana assesses water governance and justice
Farhana Sultana, associate professor of geography, co-edited Water Politics: Governance, Justice, and the Right to Water (Routledge, 2019) with Alex Loftus, a reader in political ecology at King’s College, London. The volume builds on their previous book, The Right to Water (Routledge, 2012).
10/16/2019

Silverstein to study religion, prosocial values among millennials
The degree to which religion is decoupled from prosocial goals and spirituality in contemporary young adults is one of many research questions to be addressed in the project “Spirituality and Prosocial Values in the Absence of Religion Among Millennials and Their Families.” This study, led by Professor Merril Silverstein, is made possible by a $2,898,748 award from the John Templeton Foundation.
10/14/2019

Sociologists Montez and Monnat earn NIH grants
Jennifer Karas Montez and Shannon Monnat lead research teams that were recently awarded R24 grants from the National Institute on Aging, a division of the National Institutes of Health. NIA’s overall, five-year funding for the two projects is anticipated to be approximately $1.9M and $1.7M, respectively, to be shared across the multiple institutions involved in the projects.
10/11/2019

Siddiki projects awarded NSF and USDA funding
Saba Siddiki, associate professor of public administration and international affairs, has been awarded two grants for projects beginning this fall. One will support the work of the Institutional Grammar Research Initiative (IGRI), and one will support work on urban food action plans to advance human well-being and health, environment, and equity goals.
10/3/2019

Tenth Decade Fund supports new scholarly projects
The Maxwell School’s Tenth Decade Project will provide start-up funding for four new scholarly endeavors beginning this fall. These new projects will join five original projects funded at the time of the Tenth Decade Project’s inception.
10/2/2019

Monmonier reflects on the history of cartography in new book
Mark Monmonier, Distinguished Professor of Geography, recently wrote Connections and Content: Reflections on Networks and the History of Cartography, published in early September by ESRI Press. In the book, he discusses networks as a potential unifying concept in creating, understanding, and using maps.
10/1/2019

Hammond paper on working with archive materials published in Area
"Papering, arranging, and depositing: Learning from working with an Istanbul archive," written by Timur Hammond, was published in Area. Hammond identifies the practices of papering, arranging, and depositing and seeks to provide a model for other scholars interested in using the materialities of archives as a way to reconstruct their contexts of use and transformation.
9/9/2019

Elizabeth Cohen evaluates the concept of citizenship in new book
The Maxwell School is proud to announce the publication of Citizenship, a new book by Elizabeth F. Cohen and Maxwell alumnus Cyril Ghosh ’05 MA (PSc)/’08 PhD (PSc), associate professor of political science at Wagner College. Citizenship is an introduction to the concept of citizenship and an evaluation of the idea’s continuing relevance in the 21st century.
9/6/2019

Hammond explores architectural interventions in Taksim Square Istanbul
"The politics of perspective: subjects, exhibits, and spectacle in Taksim Square, Istanbul," written by Assistant Professor of Geography Timur Hammond, was published in Urban Geography. Hammond examines some of the architectural transformations that have reshaped Istanbul’s Taksim Square following Turkey’s July 2016 coup attempt.
8/30/2019

Hou paper wins joint best research award
Yilin Hou, professor of public administration and international affairs, won a joint best research award from the Deng Ziji Foundation and the Journal of Trade and Finance Economics in China for a co-authored paper published in the journal in 2017. The award is named after a distinguished late public finance economist in China, life-long professor at Xiamen University
8/22/2019

Kriesberg publishes article on populism, peace, security in America
"Interactions among Populism, Peace, and Security in Contemporary America," written by Louis Kriesberg, was published in Sicherheit und Frieden (Security and Peace), the leading German journal for peace research and security policy. Kriesberg examines major aspects of the complex relations among the diverse meanings of the three concepts, giving particular attention to populism.
8/22/2019

Michelmore study on impact of EITC on housing published in Demography
Katherine Michelmore, assistant professor of public administration and international affairs, and co-author Natasha Pilkauskas found that increases in the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) lead to more stable housing and less crowding for single mothers. Their study, "The Effect of the Earned Income Tax Credit on Housing and Living Arrangements," was published in Demography.
8/15/2019

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