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Confronting Climate Coloniality: Decolonizing Pathways for Climate Justice

Farhana Sultana

Farhana Sultana, professor of geography and the environment, has edited and contributed to this collection, which exposes how legacies of colonialism, imperialism, and capitalism co-produce and exacerbate the climate crisis, create disproportionate impacts on those who contributed the least to climate change, and influence global and local responses. (Routledge, 2024).

October 8, 2024

See related: Climate Change, South Asia

Effects of Shrinking Population on Local Government and Housing Markets: Evidence from Japan

Shinya Inukai
This report, by Shinya Inukaiestimates the impacts of declining populations on municipalities and housing
markets using difference-in-differences models.
October 4, 2024

Riverine Citizenship: A Bosnian City in Love with the River

Azra Hromadžić

 In the book (Central European University Press, 2024), Azra Hromadžić, associate professor of anthropology, explores how residents of Bihać, a town in northwest Bosnia, mobilized to block construction of a hydroelectric dam on the Una River in 2015. 

October 1, 2024

See related: Europe, Sustainability, Water

Fringe Archaeology: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Past

Christopher DeCorse

In this book, Christopher DeCorse, Distinguished Professor and chair of anthropology, explores the intertwining of archaeology and popular culture, as well as depictions of archaeology in film and fiction. (Cognella Academic Publishing, 2024)

September 25, 2024

See related: Archaeology

Institutional fit and policy design in water governance: Nebraska's Natural Resources Districts

Tomás Olivier, Sechindra Vallury
This September 2024 Research to Practice Brief provides a summary of "Institutional fit and policy design in water governance: Nebraska's Natural Resources Districts," co-authored by Tomás Olivier and Sechindra Vallury in the Policy Studies Journal.
September 24, 2024

Kids in Limbo: War, Uncertainty, and the School Experiences of Ukrainian Refugee Students in Poland

Iwona B. Franczak, Amy C. Lutz

Findings by Amy Lutz, associate professor of sociology, and Ph.D. student Iwona B. Franczak, suggest changes to family and school routines caused by the war hindered academic performance and social–emotional well-being of some Ukrainian school-age refugees regardless of mothers' advantageous socio-economic backgrounds. Published in Sociological Forum.

September 23, 2024

See related: Conflict, Education, Europe, Refugees

Parity and Post-Reproductive Mortality Among US Black and White Women: Evidence From the Health and Retirement Study

Cheryl Elman, Angela M. O’Rand, Andrew S. London

Professor of Sociology Andrew London and co-authors examine non-Hispanic Black and White women, born 1920–1941, using zero-inflation methods to estimate infecundity risk and parity by race/ethnicity. Published in PLOS ONE.

September 23, 2024

If Harris, If Trump: UkraineWar Trajectories after November 5, 2024

Jeffrey Michaels, Michael John Williams
How might a new administration’s policy differ from Biden’s on Russia’s war against Ukraine? In an effort to think through the implications of the two possible election outcomes, the Carnegie-Maxwell Policy Planning Lab conducted a strategic-level political-military wargame during a three-day retreat in the Adirondack Mountains of New York.
September 20, 2024

Evidence-based Practices and US State Government Civil Servants: Current Use, Challenges, and Pathways Forward

Yuan (Daniel) Cheng, Leslie Thompson, Shuping Wang, Jules Marzec, Chengxin Xu, Weston Merrick, and Patrick Carter

This university-government-nonprofit collaborative research project aims to better understand how civil servants access and use evidence in their decision-making process. Published in Public Administration Review.

September 19, 2024

Public Health Measures Related to the Transmissibility of Suicide

Jane Pirkis, Jason Bantjes, Madelyn Gould, Thomas Niederkrotenthaler, Jo Robinson, Mark Sinyor, Michiko Ueda, Keith Hawton

In this paper, the fourth in a series on a public health approach to suicide prevention, Michiko Ueda-Ballmer and co-authors contend that the transmissibility of suicide must be considered when determining optimal ways to address it. Published in The Lancet Public Health.

September 18, 2024

Tell Me How You Really Feel: Unpacking Sub-Dimensions of Citizen Satisfaction with Hospital Services

Ohbet Cheon, Minjung Kim, Nathan Favero

Minjung Kim, assistant professor of public administration and international affairs, and co-authors examine citizen satisfaction in the context of the U.S. healthcare system. Published in International Public Management Journal.

September 17, 2024

Stability and Volatility in the Contextual Predictors of Working-Age Mortality in the United States

Jennifer Karas Montez, Shannon M. Monnat, Emily E. Wiemers, Douglas A. Wolf, Xue Zhang

“Stability and Volatility in the Contextual Predictors of Working-Age Mortality in the United States,” co-authored by Maxwell faculty members Jennifer Karas Montez, Shannon Monnat, Emily Wiemers and Douglas Wolf, was published in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior.

September 17, 2024

On Uniform Confidence Intervals for the Tail Index and the Extreme Quantile

Yuya Sasaki, Yulong Wang

“On Uniform Confidence Intervals for the Tail Index and the Extreme Quantile,” co-authored by Associate Professor of Economics Yulong Wang, was published in the Journal of Econometrics.

September 16, 2024

See related: Research Methods

Estimation of Welfare Effects in Hedonic Difference-in-Differences: The Case in School Redistricting

Xiaozhou Ding, Christopher Bollinger, Michael Clark, and William Hoyt
This report, by William Hoyt, find significant differences in both the capitalization effects and welfare changes associated with the school redistricting.
September 13, 2024

Impact of Gardening on Refugee Mental Health, Community Building, and Economic Wellbeing in Central New York

Rashmi Gangamma, Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern, Bhavneet Walia, Shaelise Tor

Surveys and semi-structured interviews used to examine if gardening influences mental health, food security and economic well-being among resettled refugees.

September 11, 2024

Twenty-Four-Hour Central Hemodynamic Load in Adults With and Without a History of COVID-19

Andrew R Heckel, Danielle M Arcidiacono, Kailee A Coonan, Alaina C Glasgow, Jacob P DeBlois, Brooks B Gump, Joon Young Kim, Kevin S Heffernan

This study developed a new metric of CVD risk (related to artery age) that can be easily assessed in community-based (non-clinic) settings without need for advanced equipment or technical expertise and examined changes in blood pressure among U.S. adults in fall 2020 and spring 2021. 

September 11, 2024

Nudging Physical Activity in Early Adolescents with ADHD

Kevin Antshel, Andrew London, Scott Landes
This project develop uses both motivational interviewing and contingency management / external reinforcers as a way to address both intrinsic and extrinsic motivation to increase physical activity among adolescents with ADHD.
September 11, 2024

The Effects of Waiving WIC Physical Presence Requirements on Program Caseloads

W. Clay Fannin, Colleen Heflin, Leonard M. Lopoo

“The Effects of Waiving WIC Physical Presence Requirements on Program Caseloads,” co-authored by Maxwell professors Colleen Heflin and Leonard Lopoo, and Ph.D. student W. Clay Fannin, was published in Social Service Review.

September 11, 2024

Differences in Happiness and Perceived Meaning in Life between U.S. Working-Age Adults with versus without a Self-Care Disability

Nastassia Vaitsiakhovich, Scott D. Landes, and Shannon M. Monnat
This brief summarizes findings from a study that examined differences in happiness and perceived meaning in life between U.S. working-age adults (ages 18-64) with versus without a self-care disability (such as difficulty eating, using the toilet, or dressing without assistance) and the role social support plays in improving happiness and meaning in life.
September 10, 2024

New Evidence on the Underrepresentation of Asian Americans in Leadership Positions

Maria Zhu

“New Evidence on the Underrepresentation of Asian Americans in Leadership Positions,” authored by Assistant Professor of Economics Maria Zhu, was published in the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization.

September 10, 2024

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