Maxwell School News and Commentary
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Lerner Center and Maxwell X Lab Join Sheriff’s Office to Reduce Illicit Drugs’ Impact
Supported by a $1.2 million federal grant, they will evaluate the effectiveness of treatment and recovery services for those who’ve been incarcerated.
See related: Addiction, Grant Awards, New York State, Opioids
PAIA Doctoral Student Receives Grant for SNAP Research
Clay Fannin was awarded $25,000 to continue research he began with professors Colleen Heflin and Len Lopoo.
See related: COVID-19, Food Security, Grant Awards, Nutrition, Student Experience, U.S. Health Policy
Explaining the US Rural Disadvantage in COVID-19 Case and Death Rates During the Delta-Omicron Surge
"Explaining the U.S. rural disadvantage in COVID-19 case and Death rates during the Delta-Omicron surge: The role of politics, vaccinations, population health, and social determinants," co-authored by Professor of Sociology Shannon Monnat, was published in Social Science & Medicine.
See related: COVID-19, Rural Issues, United States
Adoption Of Standard Medical Deduction Increased SNAP Enrollment and Benefits in 21 States
"Adoption Of Standard Medical Deduction Increased SNAP Enrollment And Benefits In 21 Participating States," co-authored by Professors Jun Li and Colleen Heflin, and Ph.D. student Dongmei Zuo, was published in Health Affairs.
See related: Food Security, U.S. Health Policy, United States
Local Control, Discretion, and Administrative Burden: SNAP Interview Waivers/Caseloads During COVID
"Local Control, Discretion, and Administrative Burden: SNAP Interview Waivers and Caseloads During the COVID-19 Pandemic," co-authored by Maxwell faculty members Colleen Heflin and Leonard Lopoo, and doctoral student William Clay Fannin, was published in The American Review of Public Administration.
See related: COVID-19, Food Security, U.S. Health Policy, United States
Ueda-Ballmer Weighs In on Japan’s Mental Health Crisis, Gender Inequality in The Nation Article
“Suicide was always a men’s issue,” says Michiko Ueda-Ballmer, associate professor of public administration and international affairs. During the pandemic, “suddenly, women’s suffering became visible.” For the first time, “the government was forced to confront an approach to suicide prevention that had previously focused exclusively on middle-aged men.”
See related: East Asia, Gender and Sex, Health Policy, Income, Labor, Mental Health
RIDGE Partnership Grant Supports Maternity Health Research
Associate Professor Sarah Hamersma and graduate student Mitch McFarlane will use the $75,000 grant to investigate the impacts of SNAP food assistance on maternal and infant health.
See related: Food Security, Grant Awards, Income, Nutrition, Parenting & Family, Student Experience
Electoral Democracy and Working-Age Mortality
"Electoral Democracy and Working-Age Mortality," co-authored by University Professor Jennifer Karas Montez and social science Ph.D. student Kent Cheng, was published in The Milbank Quarterly.
See related: Longevity, U.S. Elections, United States
Service-Connected Disability and Poverty Among US Veterans
"Service-Connected Disability and Poverty Among US Veterans," co-authored by sociologists Andrew London, Scott Landes and Janet Wilmoth, was published in "The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Disability."
See related: Disability, Longevity, U.S. Health Policy, United States, Veterans
Research in a Closed Political Context, COVID, and Across Languages
"Research in a Closed Political Context, COVID, and Across Languages: Methodological Lessons, Messages, and Ideas," co-authored by Darzhan Kazbekova, graduate research associate in the Center for Policy Design and Governance, and Rebecca Schewe, associate professor of sociology, was published in the International Journal of Qualitative Methods.
See related: Central Asia, COVID-19, Research Methods