• Indianapolis-Marion County City-County Council: A Study of Council Effectiveness 

  Merritt, Cullen C.; Rutherford, Amanda (Indiana University Public Policy Institute, 2020-02-28)

  The purpose of this research is to measure and assess the effectiveness of the Indianapolis-Marion County City-County Council. Given that effectiveness may be defined in a number of ways, the research conducted includes ...
• Social Equity and COVID-19: The Case of African Americans 

  Wright, James E.; Merritt, Cullen C. (Public Administration Review, 2020-05-23)

  Emerging statistics demonstrate that COVID-19 disproportionately affects African Americans. The effects of COVID-19 for this population are inextricably linked to areas of systemic oppression and disenfranchisement, which ...
• Five behaviors to drive leadership in times of crisis 

  Johnson, Sara M. (O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, IUPUI, 2020-04-06)
• Indiana Probation Officer Professional Development Project: Interview Guide 

  Greenwood, Matthew; Weber, Mary Anna; Johnson, Sara M.; Sundt, Jody (IU Executive Education, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, 2017-12)

  This guide provides information on the design of a structured interview using behavioral based questions aligned to competencies recognized as essential to an Indiana probation officer. The guide discusses the steps involved ...
• All plug-in electric vehicles are not the same: Predictors of preference for a plug-in hybrid versus a battery-electric vehicle 

  Lane, Bradley W.; Dumortier, Jerome; Carley, Sanya; Siddiki, Saba; Clark-Sutton, Kyle; Graham, John D. (Elsevier, 2018-12)

  This study analyzes data from a survey of drivers (n = 1080) administered in late 2013 to assess factors that influence potential car buyers to consider two different types of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) in the United ...
• Incorporating Sub-National Brazilian Agricultural Production and Land-Use into U.S. Biofuel Policy Evaluation 

  Carriquiry, Miguel; Elobeid, Amani; Dumortier, Jerome; Goodrich, Ryan (Oxford, 2019-01)

  We estimate emissions from indirect land-use change associated with U.S. corn ethanol production by using the updated Center for Agricultural and Rural Development/Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute global ...
• Harnessing the Power of a Multi-Generational Workplace 

  Johnson, Sara M. (2019-02-07)
• Recommendations to reduce semi-tractor trailer incidents on Indiana's major roadways 

  Crowmer, David; Ichita, Maurice; Kesling, Shawn A.; Link, Tucker R.; Luczkowski, Crystal; Thomas, Amyra; Viehweg, Blaire; Foley, William A., Jr. (2019)

  The following analysis summarizes research and recommendations regarding the importance of safety associated with drivers utilizing Indiana’s major roadways, specifically, drivers operating semi-tractor trailers. This ...
• Federal Policing Structures - Mexico and Comparisons, ID: DipLab1927216 

  Anderson, Cortney; Ichita, Maurice; Palmer, Alexandria; Kuglarz, Jordyn; Clemens, Zach; Miller, David; Powers, Terry; Zagone, Danielle; Hamernik, Madison; Keller, John; Conway, Scott; Rosas, Selena; Tate, Angela; Foley, William A., Jr. (2019-12-17)

  This report examines Mexico’s drug and police culture while analyzing police cultures in similarly organized countries. Drugs and cartels have a long and violent history within Mexico and the problem is spilling over the ...
• A Threat Assessment and Security Analysis of the Three Sports Facilities of Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis NCAA Softball Fields, Carroll Stadium, and the IU Natatorium 

  Diaz, Carmen; Haines, Amanda; Richardson, Owen; Brooks, Willie; Ward, Kristol; Albert, Kevin; Amos, Tania; Baker, A. J.; Beck, Alex; Clemens, Zachary; Conway, Scott; Lane, Emelyne; Lopez, Sergio; McDonald, Douglas; Miller, David; Newcomer, John; Palmer, Alexandria; Plunkett, Abbie; Purkiser, Ryan; Smith, Andrew; Sutton, Troy; Foley, William A., Jr. (2019-05-06)

  This research report provides a security assessment of the Softball Fields, Carroll Stadium, and the Natatorium Complex at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). The purpose of this report is to prevent ...
• MLK’s Assassination: Calming a City Amid Chaos 

  Wells, Leslie (2018-04-02)

  Documents SPEA lecturer Bill Foley's experience working on RFK's campaign for president and recalling the events MLK's assassination and RFK's speech in Indianapolis.
• RFK’s Assassination: “We Lost a Chance” 

  Wells, Leslie (2018-06-04)

  Interview with SPEA Senior Lecturer Bill Foley on his commitment to combating poverty, his dissertation, and working on RFK's campaign.
• A review of community flood risk management studies in the United States 

  Sadiq, Abdul-Akeem; Tyler, Jenna; Noonan, Douglas S. (Elsevier, 2019-12)

  Given the substantial and diverse body of research on community flood risk management in the United States, there is a need to establish the current state of knowledge, synthesize the methodological dimensions of community ...
• An Experimental Trial of a Dog-Training Program in a Juvenile Detention Center 

  Grommon, Eric; Carson, Dena C.; Kenney, Lauren (Springer, 2019)

  Objectives This research examines the effect of a dog-training program among juveniles ordered to a county juvenile detention facility in a large, Midwestern city. Methods A pre-test, post-test experimental design was ...
• Should I stay or should I go? Investigating nonprofit sector commitment among nonprofit education alumni 

  Walk, Marlene; Stewart, Amanda; Kuenzi, Kerry (Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership, 2019)

  Graduates of nonprofit education programs have seemingly opted in to the nonprofit sector by means of their field of education, but prior research on worker sorting depicts a complex rationale for sector selection. This ...
• Do Psychopathic Traits Distinguish Trajectories of Gang Membership? 

  Carson, Dena C.; Ray, James V. (2019)

  Prior work that examines different stages of gang membership (joining, time in gang, and leaving) indicates that the gang experience is unique to each individual member. However, we know little about what accounts for ...
• Where Do Nonprofit and Civil Society Researchers Publish? Perceptions of Nonprofit Journal Quality 

  Walk, Marlene; Andersson, Fredrik O. (2019)

  The field of nonprofit and civil society studies has seen tremendous growth in the past few decades and scholarly journals have played a central role for this growth by facilitating circulation of research in the academic ...
• Talking about antisemitism in MPA classrooms and beyond 

  Levine Daniel, Jamie; Fyall, Rachel; Benenson, Jodi (2019)

  On October 27, 2018, a gunman killed eleven people attending Shabbat services in the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, PA. For many—both Jews and non-Jews—this tragedy served as a wake-up call about the persistence of ...
• Revenue Embeddedness and Competing Institutional Logics: How Nonprofit Leaders Connect Earned Revenue to Mission and Organizational Identity 

  Levine Daniel, Jamie; Galasso, Matthew (Taylor & Francis, 2019)

  The increasing reliance on earned revenue displayed by nonprofits in the US has raised mission-related organizational identity concerns. However, the effect of a market-driven activity on mission-driven service may vary ...
• Firearm Legislation and Fatal Police Shootings in the United States 

  Kivisto, Aaron J.; Ray, Bradley; Phalen, Peter L. (American Public Health Association, 2017-07)

  OBJECTIVES: To examine whether stricter firearm legislation is associated with rates of fatal police shootings. METHODS: We used a cross-sectional, state-level design to evaluate the effect of state-level firearm ...

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