Publications of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Public Policy and Leadership faculty. This department was founded in 2016, and replaces the School of Environmental & Public Affairs.
Submissions from 2021
Blue Metros, Red States: The Shifting Urban/Rural Divide in America’s Swing States, Karen Danielsen-Lang, David F. Damore, Robert E. Lang, William E. Brown, Molly E. Reynolds, and John J. Hudak
State-Level Influences on Community-Level Municipal Sustainable Energy Policies, Jayce L. Farmer
How State Interventions Affect Municipalities Taking the Lead in Sustainability, Jayce L. Farmer and Andres J.Rodriguez Lombeida
Keeping the Higher Education “Promise” in Nevada: Latina/o Legislators Policy Ways of Knowing, Magdalena Martinez
Donor-Led Community Engagement: A New Model for In-Kind and Philanthropic Giving?, Jessica K. A. Word and Connor Gahre
Submissions from 2020
Part of the Narrative: Generic News Frames in the Us Recreational Marijuana Policy Subsystem, Katheryn C. Brekken and Vanessa M. Fenley
Digging Deeper: Considering the Marginalizing Experience of Homelessness in Developing Program Performance Objectives, Vanessa M. Fenley
Everyday Citizenship and COVID-19: “Staying at Home” While Homeless, Vanessa M. Fenley
Layers of Inequity: The Challenges of Homelessness, Vanessa M. Fenley
How Las Vegas' Tourism Could Survive an Economic Crisis?, Jaewon Lim and DooHwan Won
The Unfolding of Latinx Political Power in Nevada: Doubling Down on Urban Education Policy, Magdalena Martinez
"You Can't Be a Teacher and Not Follow Polotics!": Teacher-Legislators and Their Pathway to the State Capital, Magdalena Martinez
Who Influences Urban Students’ College Aspirations? Evidence From the Fifth Largest School District in the United States, Magdalena Martinez, Katheryn Brekken, and E. Lee Bernick
Housing Supply Elasticity, Gasoline Prices, and Residential Property Values, Adele C. Morris, Helen R. Neill, and N. Edward Coulson
Understanding X-Ray Images: A Medi(c)a(l) Aesthetics Approach, Lawrence J. Mullen
Submissions from 2019
Social Media as an Innovative Policy Tool: Lessons and Recommendations from the City of Austin, Jayce L. Farmer and William A. Costello
Philanthropy in the Public Sector: A Case Study of Fort Collins, Colorado, Vanessa Fenley and Nina Bodenhamer
Diversifying Visitor Demand and Its Impact on Las Vegas's Tourism Industry During Recovery from the Great Recession, Younghyun Kwon, Jaewon Lim, and Euijune Kim
The Origin, Evolution, and Application of the Megapolitan Area Concept, Robert E. Lang, Jaewon Lic, and Karen A. Danielsen
Joint Determination of Residential Relocation and Commuting: A Forecasting Experiment for Sustainable Land Use and Transportation Planning, Jaewon Lim and Jae Hong Kim
Impact of CARB's Tailpipe Emission Standard Policy on CO2 Reduction among the US States, Jaewon Lim and DooHwan Won
Estimating the Spatial Effects of CO2 Emission Control Policy in the Transportation Sector Among US States, Jaewon Lim, DooHwan Won, and Sandy Dall'Erba
An Examination of Higher Education Policy Problems Using Narrative Policy Analysis, Magdalena Martinez
Submissions from 2018
Foundations of American Education: Becoming Effective Teachers in Challenging Times, James Johnson, Diann Musial, Gene Hall, and Donna Gollnick
Dream Hoarders: How the American Upper Middle Class is Leaving Everyone Else in the Dust, Why That Is Problem and What To Do About It, By Richard V. Reeves, Magdalena Martinez
Nevada’s English language learner strategy: A case study on policymaking and implementation., Magdalena Martinez
Policy Actors and Public Policy in Higher Education: Developing a National Organizational Infrastructure for Latina/o Postsecondary Advocacy, Magdalena Martinez and Melissa L. Freeman
Job Stress and Turnover Among Low-Wage Nonprofit Employees, Jessica K. Word, Christopher C. Stream, and Kimberly Lukasiak
Submissions from 2017
Nonlinearities in Interregional Migration Behavior: Evidence from the United States, R Basile and J Lim
Interest-Based Bargaining: Changing Employer-Employee Relations at Youngstown State University, Patrick W. Carlton
RCT Testing Bystander Effectiveness to Reduce Violence, A L. Coker, H M. Bush, P G. Cook-Craig, S A. DeGue, E R. Clear, C J. Brancato, B S. Fisher, and E A. Recktenwald
Help, Hope, Home 2017 Plan Update, Patricia F. Cook-Craig, Jessica K. Word, Julia Anderson, Naomi Elliott, Kristin Nelson, and Yessica Palma
The State of Youth Homelessness in Southern Nevada, Patricia G. Cook-Craig, Jennifer A. Guthrie, William H. Sousa, Carlton D. Craig, Judy Tudor, Michael L. Bruner, Jessica K. Word, and Melissa Jacobowitz
Introduction: Regional Challenges and Policy Questions, Baylie Damtie, Boersma Emily, and Krystyna A. Stave
Confronting Urban Crisis and Opportunity in the 1990s: An Insiders’ View on How Fannie Mae’s Housing Research Helped Reset Policy and Remade Cities, Karen A. Danielsen and Robert E. Lang
School-Based Mental Health Services: Definitions and Models of Effective Practice, B Doll, B K. Nastasi, L Cornell, and S Y. Song
Connecting Theory With Practice: The Institutional Evolvement of U.S. Counties Functioning as Regional Service Providers, Jayce L. Farmer
Unexplored conditions of charter school principals: An examination of the issues and challenges for leaders, Marytza A. Gawlik and Dana L. Bickmore
Situating the Charter School Principalship, Marytza A. Gawlik and Dana L. Bickmore
Research Needs in the Lake Tana Basin Social-Ecological System, Goraw Goshu, Shimelis Aynalem, Baylie Damtie, and Krystyna A. Stave
County Governing Boards: Where are All the Women?, Leander D. Kellogg, Al Gourrier, K.C. Brecken, and Emil L. Bernick
Succession planning and management in nonprofit sector, Yeonsoo Kim
Peak Millennials, R E. Lang and K A. Danielsen
Comment on Peak Millennials: Three Reinforcing Cycles that Amplify the Rise and Fall of Urban Concentration by Millennials, Robert E. Lang and Karen A. Danielsen-Lang
The problem with our students…is that their families don’t value education: Undocumented Latino males., Magdalena Martinez
The problem with our students…is that their families don’t value education: Undocumented Latino males., Magdalena Martinez
Changes in Community Perspectives on the Roles and Rules of Church Forests in Northern Ethiopia: Evidence from a Panel Survey of Four Ethiopian Orthodox Communities, Travis Reynolds, Krystyna A. Stave, Tizezew Shimekach, and Alemayehu Wassie
Do Political Similarities Facilitate Interlocal Collaboration?, Minsun Song, Hyung Jun Park, and Kyujin Jung
Introduction, Jessica E. Sowa and Jessica K. Word
Introduction, J E. Sowa and J K.A. Word
Social and Ecological System Dynamics: Characteristics, Trends, and Integration in the Lake Tana Basin, Ethiopia, Krystyna A. Stave, Goraw Goshu, and Shimelis Aynalem
System Dynamics as a Framework for Understanding Human—Environment Dynamics, Krystyna A. Stave and Birgit Kopainsky
Participatory System Dynamics Mapping for Collaboration and Socioecological Integration in the Lake Tana Region, Krystyna A. Stave, Birgit Kopainsky, Mesfin Anteneh, Abebe Ameha Mengistu, Mesenbet Yibeltal Sebhat, Shimelis Aynalem, Berihun Tefera, Alemayehu Wassie, Chalachew Aragaw, Belachew Getenet, Biazenlegn S. Beyene, Azanew Abebe, Goraw Goshu, Aklilu Tilahun Tadesse, and Melak Mesfin Ayenew
The Impact of Education and R&D Investment on Regional Economic Growth, Youngjin Woo, Euijune Kim, and Jaewon Lim
The Nonprofit Human Management Resource Handbook: From Theory to Practice, Jessica K. Word
Conclusion: Toward a research agenda for nonprofit human resource management, J K.A. Word and J E. Sowa
Submissions from 2016
Studying Governors Over Five Decades: What We Know and Where We Need to Go?, Emil L. Bernick
The Middle Grade Principal: A Research Agenda, Dana L. Bickmore
Development of a School District: The Role and Contributions of Clark County, Nevada School District Superintendents, 1956 – 2000, Patrick W. Carlton
Are New Homes Special?, N. Edward Coulson, Adele C. Morris, and Heleb R. Neill
"Sun corridor" as a transborder mega-region: Revivifying economic development in the arizona-sonora region, L J. Gibson, V Pavlakovich-Kochi, P Wong-González, Jaewon Lim, and B Wright
An analysis of the impact of federally-funded investments in science, research and technology across regions and education groups in Arizona, Jaewon Lim and S Dall'erba
The Eagle Ford Shale Development and Local Government Fiscal Behavior, Dianne Rahm, Jayce L. Farmer, and Billy Fields
Submissions from 2015
Using participatory system dynamics in environmental and sustainability dialogues, Paula Antunes, Krystyna A. Stave, Nuno Videira, and Rui Santos
"I need to check with corporate", Dana L. Bickmore
A Case Study of Middle Grades Leadership in a Conversion Charter School, Dana L. Bickmore and Margaret Mary Sulentic Dowel
“The Big Mo”: The Early Days of Housing Policy Debate, Karen A. Danielsen
Change of demographic and its impact on HR, Yeonsoo Kim
Holacracy : Myth or Truth?, Yeonsoo Kim
HR Trend and Forecast in US, Yeonsoo Kim
Learning Agility, Yeonsoo Kim
Maternity leave in United States, Yeonsoo Kim
Use of Career One Stop and Career Network in US, Yeonsoo Kim
Selecting and Retaining High Quality Teachers, Jerri Mausbach and James R. Crawford
Reflections on Peer Mentoring for Ongoing Professional Development in System Dynamics, George P. Richardson, Laura Black, M Deegan, N Ghaffarzadegan, D Greer, H Kim, L Luna-Reyes, R MacDonald, E Rich, Krystyna A. Stave, N Zimmerman, and D Andersen
System dynamics for environmental applications, Krystyna A. Stave
A System Dynamics Approach for Examining Mechanisms and Pathways of Food Supply Vulnerability, Krystyna A. Stave and Birgit Kopainsky
Guest Editor’s Introduction: The Promise of Charter Schools, Margaret Mary Sulentic Dowell and Dana Bickmore
The New Public Service? Empirical Research on Job Choice Motivation in the Nonprofit Sector, Jessica K. A. Word and Sung Min Park
Submissions from 2014
Comparing Orlando and Las Vegas: Understanding Industrial Diversification in the Nation's Two Largest Tourist-Led Regional Economies, Karen A. Danielsen and Robert E. Lang
Simulation-Based Learning Environments to Teach Complexity: The Missing Link in Teaching Sustainable Public Management, Michael Deegan, Krystyna Stave, Rod MacDonald, David Andersen, Minyoung Ku, and Eliot Rich
Submissions from 2013
Talent Selection and Talent Identification, Yeonsoo Kim
Submissions from 2011
Relationships of native desert plants with red brome (Bromus rubens): Toward identifying invasion-reducing species, Scott R. Abella, Donovan J. Craig, Kathryn A. Prengaman, Lindsay P. Chiquoine, Sarah M. Schmid, and Teague M. Embrey
Using a terrestrial ecosystem survey to estimate the historical density of ponderosa pine trees, Scott R. Abella, Charles W. Denton, David G. Brewer, Wayne A. Robbie, Rory W. Steinke, and W. Wallace Covington
Responses of native and non-native Mojave Desert winter annuals to soil disturbance and water additions, Scott R. Abella, E. Cayenne Engel, Jessica E. Spencer, and Alex A. Suazo
A survey of monitoring and management activities for conserving rare plants in national parks and protected areas, Arizona and Nevada, USA, Scott R. Abella and Judith D. Springer
Effects of burial depth and substrate on the emergence of Bromus rubens and Brassica tournefortii, Scott R. Abella, Alex A. Suazo, and A. C. Lee
Salvaged from the wreckage: Glimpses from a grand reorganization of the president, by the president, for the president, M. Ernita Joaquin
Achieving community preparedness post-Katrina, Christine G. Springer
Unleashing innovation in public agencies, Christine G. Springer
What cannot be counted: Ethics, innovation, and evaluation in the delivery of public services, Christopher Stream, Jessica Word, and Kimberly Lukasiak
Submissions from 2010
Disturbance and plant succession in the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts of the American southwest, Scott R. Abella
Exotic species, Scott R. Abella
Native species interactions with red brome: Suggestions for burn-area revegetation, Scott R. Abella
Renewable energy projects in southwestern deserts – Update on our involvement, Scott R. Abella
Survey of resource managers completed on monitoring and management actions for rare plants in Arizona and Nevada, Scott R. Abella
Thinning pine plantations to reestablish oak openings species in northwestern Ohio, Scott R. Abella
Undergraduate and graduate programs in environmental science at UNLV, Scott R. Abella
Using a terrestrial ecosystem survey to estimate the historical density of ponderosa pine trees in northern Arizona, Scott R. Abella, Charles W. Denton, David G. Brewer, Wayne A. Robbie, Rory W. Steinke, and W. Wallace Covington