Category: Affiliate Publication

Rearranging the Desk Chairs: A Large Randomized Field Experiment on the Effects of Close Contact on Interethnic Relations

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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 vague and do not properly differentiate between the domains of the theories. Furthermore, prior evidence is mostly correlational, and supportive …

Nonparametric Causal Decomposition of Group Disparities

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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 distinguishes three mechanisms: group differences in: (1) treatment prevalence, (2) average treatment effects, and (3) selection into treatment based on …

Taking the Budget to the Streets: Street-level Mobilization and Inclusion in Participatory Budgeting

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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 and political inequality. This article critically examines inclusion, focusing on one practice that I call streetlevel mobilization. This practice is …

The Signaling Power of Unexcused Absence from School

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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 question relying on school attendance as both a component of accountability policies and a means of enhancing equity in schools. …

Individual Adjustments for Many and Structural Change for Some: Teacher and School Responses to Classed Out-of-School Responsibilities

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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 of those responsibilities on academic outcomes. We seek to understand when, and for whom, teachers and administrators accommodate students’ out-of-school …

Instructional Coordination for Response to Intervention: How Organizational Contexts Shape Tier 2 Interventions in Practice

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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 Tier 2 interventions within the Response to Intervention (RtI) framework. This work is part of a larger, multiple-case study examining …

Psychometric Properties of the Buss–Perry Aggression Questionnaire‐Short Form Among Law Enforcement Officers

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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 most divisive human rights issues in the United States. Valid and reliable measures of potential precursors to LEO excessive use …

The “Best of Both Worlds”: Building a Community-Academic Partnership for Research with Legal System-Impacted Individuals

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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 among criminal legal system‐impacted individuals. The extant literature lacks accounts that detail the process for developing such partnerships, particularly in …

Is There an Idealized Target of Sexual Harassment in the MeToo Era?

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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 remains unclear. I hypothesize that women who experience workplace sexual harassment are judged against the archetype of an idealized target …

Who Believes Gender Research? How Readers’ Gender Shapes the Evaluation of Gender Research

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Social Psychology Quarterly (2024) Authors: Chloe Grace Hart, Charlotte H. Townsend, and Solène Delecourt Abstract: Prior research finds that relative to women, men are less receptive to scientific evidence of gender bias against women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, whereas the researcher’s gender does not influence evaluations of gender research. Do these effects hold for research …