American Journal of Sociology (2023) Authors: Geoffrey T. Wodtke, Ugur Yildirim, David J. Harding, and Felix Elwert Abstract: It is widely hypothesized that neighborhood effects on academic achievement are explained by differences in the quality of schools attended …
Month: October 2025
Rearranging the Desk Chairs: A Large Randomized Field Experiment on the Effects of Close Contact on Interethnic Relations
American Journal of Sociology (2023) Authors: Felix Elwert, Tamás Keller, Andreas Kotsadam Abstract: Contact theory predicts that interethnic exposure reduces antiminority discrimination. By contrast, conflict theory predicts that interethnic exposure worsens discrimination. Received scope conditions, however, are …
Nonparametric Causal Decomposition of Group Disparities
Annals of Applied Statistics (2025) Authors: Ang Yu, Felix Elwert Abstract: We introduce a new nonparametric causal decomposition approach that identifies the mechanisms by which a treatment variable contributes to a group-based outcome disparity. Our approach …
Taking the Budget to the Streets: Street-level Mobilization and Inclusion in Participatory Budgeting
Local Development & Society (2023) Author: Denia Garcia Abstract: Community engagement is crucial to fulfilling the democratic potential of participatory budgeting. In the United States, the inclusion of racialized groups is imperative, given the country’s socioeconomic …
The Signaling Power of Unexcused Absence from School
Educational Policy (2023) Authors: Jaymes Pyne, Eric Grodsky, Elizabeth Vaade, Bo McCready, Eric Camburn, Dominique Bradley Abstract: State and national school accountability policies situate preventing chronic absenteeism on par with meeting state standardized test benchmarks. We …
Individual Adjustments for Many and Structural Change for Some: Teacher and School Responses to Classed Out-of-School Responsibilities
Children and Society (2023) Authors: Annaliese Grant, Eric Grodsky, Maria Velazquez, Helen Rose Miesner, Elizabeth E. Blair, Lyn Macgregor Abstract: Research on adolescent responsibilities outside of school rarely considers how schools and teachers mitigate the adverse consequences …
Instructional Coordination for Response to Intervention: How Organizational Contexts Shape Tier 2 Interventions in Practice
American Journal of Education (2023) Authors: Helen Rose Miesner, Elizabeth E. Blair, Chiara C. Packard, Lyn Macgregor, Eric Grodsky Abstract: This study examines how resources and organizational decisions within seven geographically diverse elementary schools shape instructional coordination for …
Psychometric Properties of the Buss–Perry Aggression Questionnaire‐Short Form Among Law Enforcement Officers
Aggressive Behavior (2024) Authors: Michael Christopher, Marissa Ferry, Akeesha Simmons, Alicia Vasquez, Brooke Reynolds, Daniel Grupe Abstract: Repeatedly capturing national headlines, excessive law enforcement officer (LEO) use of force in critical incident encounters is one of the …
The “Best of Both Worlds”: Building a Community-Academic Partnership for Research with Legal System-Impacted Individuals
American Journal of Community (2025) Authors: Talia R. Cohen, Karen Reece, Aaron Hicks, Deborah Mejchar, Carmen Alonso, Anthony Cooper, Michael R. Koenigs, Daniel W. Grupe Abstract: Equitable community‐academic research partnerships provide an innovative way to advance health outcomes …
Is There an Idealized Target of Sexual Harassment in the MeToo Era?
Social Problems (2023) Authors: Chloe Grace Hart Abstract: Evidence suggests that Americans became more sympathetic toward people who experienced sexual harassment as the MeToo movement surged. Yet how comprehensive these shifts in public opinion have been …