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Parenting in Privilege or Peril: How Social Inequality Enables or Derails the American Dream

February 17, 2022

Amy Lutz, associate professor of sociology at the Maxwell School, is the co-author of a new book, "Parenting in Privilege or Peril: How Social Inequality Enables or Derails the American Dream" (Teachers College Press, 2021). The book examines how social contexts and culture affect parenting decisions.

See related: Inequality, Parenting & Family

Perceived access to PrEP as a critical step in engagement: A qualitative analysis and discrete choice experiment among young men who have sex with men

January 26, 2022

Andrew London and John McPeak assess preferences for and barriers to PrEP access in the U.S. in a study published in PLoS One.

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Cultural Anthropology Studies of Conflict

January 20, 2022

The chapter, "Cultural Anthropology Studies of Conflict," was co-authored by Maxwell alum Fethi Keles '08 M.A. (Anth)/'14 Ph.D. (Anth).

Conceptualising Policy Design in the Policy Process

January 10, 2022

In this article, Saba Siddiki, associate professor of public administration and international affairs, and her co-author discuss how scholars guided by different orientations to studying policy design are addressing and measuring common policy design concepts and themes, and offer future research opportunities.

The impact of heat on kidney stone presentations in South Carolina under two climate change scenarios

January 10, 2022

In his paper published in Nature, Ethan Coffel, assistant professor of geography and the environment, looks at the impact of heat on kidney stone presentations under two climate change scenarios.

See related: Climate Change, Health Policy

The Creole Archipelago: Race and Borders in the Colonial Caribbean

December 18, 2021

In her new book, "The Creole Archipelago: Race and Borders in the Colonial Caribbean" (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2021), Tessa Murphy, assistant professor of history, traces how generations of Indigenous Kalinagos, free and enslaved Africans and settlers from a variety of European nations used maritime routes to forge connections that spanned the eastern Caribbean.

The impact of pork-barrel capital funding in schools: Evidence from participatory budgeting in NYC

December 16, 2021

Michah Rothbart examines the impact of pork-barrel capital funding in New York City schools in a study published in Public Budgeting & Finance.

See related: Economic Policy

‘It’s history in the making all around us’: examining COVID-19 through the lenses of HIV and epidemic history

December 2, 2021

"'It’s history in the making all around us': examining COVID-19 through the lenses of HIV and epidemic history," co-authored by Professor Andrew London, was published in Culture, Health & Sexuality. The study aims to determine how men living in the USA make sense of COVID-19 in the light of their collective knowledge and/or memories of the HIV pandemic, and provides evidence regarding the social organization of a contemporary pandemic and how individuals perceive and guard against risk, assign responsibility for virus transmission and acquisition, and navigate the threat of a potentially deadly infection.

See related: COVID-19, Health Policy

Impacts of Property Tax Levy on Housing Price and Rent: Theoretical Models and Simulation with Insights on the Timing of China Adopting the Property Tax

December 2, 2021

Professor Yilin Hou examines the impact of property tax levy (RPT) on China’s housing price in article published in China Finance and Economic Review.

See related: China

The Effect of EITC Exposure in Childhood on Marriage and Early Childbearing

December 1, 2021

Katherine Michelmore and Len Lopoo examine the effect of Earned Income Tax Credit exposure in childhood on marriage and early childbearing.

See related: Marriage

Limited contracts, limited quality? effects of adjunct instructors on student outcomes

December 1, 2021

In an article published in Economics of Education Review, Assistant Professor of Economics Maria Zhu examines the effects of adjunct professors on student outcomes.

The Platform Economy and the Smart City: Technology and the Transformation of Urban Policy

November 29, 2021

In his new book, “The Platform Economy and the Smart City: Technology and the Transformation of Urban Policy” (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2021), Maxwell School faculty member Austin Zwick explores the intersection between urban planning and technological change.

See related: Infrastructure

The Pursuit of Salvation. Community, Space, and Discipline in Early Medieval Monasticism

November 12, 2021

In his new book, “The Pursuit of Salvation. Community, Space, and Discipline in Monasticism” (Brepolis Publishers, 2021), Maxwell School faculty member Albrecht Diem provides a new view on the emergence of monastic life in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages–an institution and form of life that had a deep impact on Western culture.

Retrofitting Leninism: Participation without Democracy in China

November 9, 2021

Gueorguiev, associate professor of political science, argues that the key to the Communist Party’s longevity is its ability to integrate authoritarian control with social inclusion through modern telecommunications technologies.

See related: China, International Affairs, Politics

Debt Authority and Intentional Overstatement of Budgetary Deficit: Evidence from Chinese Provinces

November 1, 2021

See related: China

Limited Contracts, Limited Quality? Effects of Adjunct Instructors on Student Outcomes in Higher Education

October 22, 2021

Zhu paper on the effects of adjunct instructors on student outcomes published in Econ of Edu Review

Balancing the Halo Data Surveillance Disclosure and Algorithmic Opacity in Smart Hearing Aids

October 19, 2021

This study explores algorithmic opacity in smart hearing aids, examines data surveillance disclosures and positions findings within relevant legal contexts.

See related: Mental Health

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