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Self-Reported ADHD Diagnosis Status Among Working-Age Adults in the United States
“Self-Reported ADHD Diagnosis Status Among Working-Age Adults in the United States: Evidence From the 2023 National Wellbeing Survey,” co-authored by Maxwell professors Andrew London, Shannon Monnat and Iliya Gutin, was published in the Journal of Attention Disorders.
See related: Education, Gender and Sex, Mental Health, Race & Ethnicity, Rural Issues, United States, Urban Issues
The Routledge Handbook of Feminist Anthropology
Shannon Novak, professor of anthropology, has contributed to “The Routledge Handbook of Feminist Anthropology” (Routledge, 2025). Her chapter, “Blood, mud, and mucking around with waste,” examines the materiality and logic of separation practices involved in the gendering of landscapes, bodies and subjectivities at a mother goddess (Mariamma) temple in the industrial outskirts of Toronto, Canada.
See related: Environment, Gender and Sex, India
Patchy Internalization: Transnational Migration and Local Buildings in the Bosnian Borderland
“Patchy Internalization: Transnational Migration and Local Buildings in the Bosnian Borderland,” authored by Associate Professor of Anthropology Azra Hromadžić, was published in Society.
See related: Europe, Infrastructure, Migration
Bankrolling the Belgrade Bandits? Civil Society, NGOs, and Foreign Aid Localization in Serbia
“Bankrolling the Belgrade Bandits? Civil Society, NGOs, and Foreign Aid Localization in Serbia,” authored by Catherine Herrold, associate professor of public administration and international affairs, was published in Public Administration and Development.
See related: Europe, International Affairs, Non-governmental Organizations, Social Justice
Collective Action, Trusted Messengers, and UNITE HERE's Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
“Fighting to Survive: Collective Action, Trusted Messengers, and UNITE HERE's Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic,” co-authored by Associate Professor of Sociology Gretchen Purser, was published in Labor Studies.
See related: COVID-19, Labor, United States
Bundled Payment Impacts Uptake of Prescribed Home Health Care
“Bundled Payment Impacts Uptake of Prescribed Home Health Care,” co-authored by Jun Li, assistant professor of public administration and international affairs, was published in the American Journal of Managed Care.
See related: Health Policy, Race & Ethnicity, United States
Civil Lawfare
“Civil Lawfare,” co-authored by Assistant Professor of Sociology Gabriela Kirk-Werner, was published in Social Problems.
See related: Crime & Violence, Disability, Economic Policy, Law, State & Local, United States
Claiming Citizenship: Race, Religion, and Political Mobilization among New Americans
Prema Kurien, professor of sociology, examines the political mobilization strategies of people of South Asian and Indian descent in the United States. She also traces how immigrants reshape the host society, both conforming to aspects of that society while also transforming it to meet their unique needs. (Oxford University Press, 2025)
See related: Asian-American, India, U.S. Immigration, United States
Salience in Email Recruitment
This Maxwell X Lab study uses a randomized controlled trial to examine which email format is the more salient option when recruiting for a teacher training program designed for diverse, underrepresented students. Published in the Journal of Behavioral Public Administration.
See related: Research Methods, United States
Mothering in the Time of Coronavirus
Amy Lutz, associate professor of sociology, and co-authors, two Maxwell alumni, focus on remote and essential workers in Central New York, exploring the evolving demands on mothers as well as public policies that may have hindered their ability to balance work and caregiving. Published by University of Massachusetts Press.
See related: COVID-19, Education, Gender and Sex, Parenting & Family