Public School Districts Should Close Their “Alternative” and “Continuation” High Schools
“Alternative” high schools are meant to help struggling students catch up on credits, but they often function as dumping grounds that perpetuate inequality.
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Understanding Factors Associated with 911 and 988 Use in Mental Health Crises
Co-authored by Public Administration and International Affairs professors Michiko Ueda-Ballmer and Colleen Heflin, the study was published in Community Mental Health Journal.
See related: Mental Health, United States
Suicide Deaths Among Informal Caregivers in an Aging Society: Insights From 18 Years of National Data in Japan
The study, authored by Michiko Ueda-Ballmer, associate professor of public administration and international affairs, was published in Public Health.
See related: Aging, Child & Elder Care, East Asia, Longevity
The Achievement Narrative and Alienation in School: A Typology of Academic Disconnection
The study, co-authored by Assistant Professor of Sociology Sean Drake, was published in Sociology of Education.
See related: Children, Adolescents, U.S. Education, United States
Why Aren’t More People Calling 988 for Mental Health Crises?
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On Terms of Trade, Offshoring Ties, and the Enforcement of Trade Agreements
Co-authored by Professor of Economics Devashish Mitra, the study was published in the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization.
African Witchcraft and Global Asylum Seeking: Border-Crossing Beliefs
Part-time instructor of anthropology Fethi Keles's review of the book African Witchcraft and Global Asylum Seeking: Border-Crossing Beliefs, written by Katherine Angela Luongo, was published in the International Journal of Refugee Law.
Breadth and Depth: Examining the Limitations of Large-N Survey Research in the Study of Marginalized Populations
The article, written by Assistant Professor of Political Science Jenn Jackson, was published in Political Science & Politics.
See related: Education, Gender and Sex, Race & Ethnicity, Research Methods, United States
Balancing Practicality and Aspiration: A Comparative Analysis of Sustainable Holistic Planning System Toolkit Designs
Co-authored by Anne Mosher, associate professor of geography and the environment, the article was published in Landscape and Urban Planning.
See related: Government, Sustainability, United States
Understanding International Security: Theory and Practice
Michael Williams, associate professor of public administration and international affairs, has co-authored a new book, Understanding International Security: Theory and Practice (Cambridge University Press, 2025). The book explores the meanings and debates around international security, with chapters addressing war, terrorism, violence, cyber security, health and more.
See related: Global Governance, Government, International Affairs, NATO
Zones of Hope? National Heritage Areas and Their Contested Futures as New Regionalism Planning Interventions
The article, authored by Anne Mosher, associate professor of geography and the environment, was published in the Annals of the American Association of Geographers.
See related: Federal, Maps, United States
The Archaeology of Hassanamesit Woods:The Sarah Burnee/Sarah Boston Farmstead
Heather Law Pezzarossi, assistant professor of anthropology, has co-edited and contributed to a new book, The Archaeology of Hassanamesit Woods:The Sarah Burnee/Sarah Boston Farmstead (BAR Publishing, 2024). The book explores the Sarah Burnee/Sara Boston Farmstead, a household in the Nipmuc community of Hassanamesit, and its excavation.
See related: Archaeology, Native American, United States
Belief, Behavior, and Health: Religion as a Social Determinant of Health
Sandra D. Lane, professor emerita of public health, has written Belief, Behavior, and Health: Religion as a Social Determinant of Health (Routledge, 2025). The book details how religious beliefs across cultures impact health outcomes. It draws from research from the United States as well as Africa and the Middle East.
Using a Community-Based Cultural Approach to Promote Life Skills and Leadership for Social Determinants of Health in Adolescents From Disadvantaged Communities in Casablanca, Morocco: A Sidi Moumen Community Case Study
“Using a Community-Based Cultural Approach to Promote Life Skills and Leadership for Social Determinants of Health in Adolescents From Disadvantaged Communities in Casablanca, Morocco: A Sidi Moumen Community Case Study,” co-authored by Maxwell professors Robert Rubinstein and Sandra Lane, was published in BMC Public Health.
See related: Children, Adolescents, Income, Middle East & North Africa
Analyzing the Stability of Gun Violence Patterns During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Syracuse, New York
The article, co-written by Maxwell professors Peng Gao, David Larsen, Robert Rubinstein and Sandra Lane, was published in the International Journal of Health Geographics.
See related: COVID-19, Crime & Violence, New York State, Urban Issues
What Municipalities Really Want: Perceptions of Artificial Intelligence among New York State Municipal Leaders
This September 2025 Research to Practice Brief summarizes "What Municipalities Really Want: Perceptions of Artificial Intelligence among New York State Municipal Leaders," co-authored by Nicholas Croce (Syracuse University) & Saba Siddiki (Syracuse University).
See related: Data Privacy, Government, New York State, Research Methods, Rural Issues, State & Local
Understanding COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy among the General Population in Japan from Public Health Ethical Perspectives: Findings from a Narrative Review
Co-authored by Sandra Lane, professor emerita of public health, the article was published in Asian Bioethics Review.
See related: COVID-19, East Asia, Health Education and Literacy, Health Policy, Vaccines
How Commerce Became Legal: Merchants and Market Governance in Nineteenth-Century Egypt
Omar Cheta, assistant professor of history, has written How Commerce Became Legal: Merchants and Market Governance in Nineteenth-Century Egypt (Stanford University Press, 2025). The book explores Egypt’s adoption of a new infrastructure of commercial laws and institutions following the country’s opening to private capital in the 1840s.
See related: Economic Policy, Labor, Middle East & North Africa, Trade
Saving the “Lungs of the City”: Emerging Civic Action in Urban Environmental Policy: Case Studies from Tampere, Finland and Worcester, Massachusetts
Co-authored by Associate Professor of Sociology Selina Gallo-Cruz, the article was published in Local Environment.
See related: Environment, Europe, Government, Infrastructure, United States, Urban Issues
Between Dovecotes and Columbaria: Rock-Cut Architecture in 19th Century Cuba
The article, co-authored by Odlanyer Hernández de Lara, Ph.D. candidate and part-time instructor in anthropology, was published in Post-Medieval Archaeology.
See related: Archaeology, Latin America & the Caribbean