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• Sian Mughan, Anthony Howell and Akheil Singla have published a short piece in the Austaxpolicy Blog, run by the Tax and Transfer Policy Institute at the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University. The piece summarizes an article recently published in the Journal of Economic Geography. 
• Sian Mughan and Mary Feeney have published a paper titled "Policing, Technology, and Public Values: A Public Administration Research Agenda" in Perspectives on Public Management and Governance.
• New publication from Ivan Lee: Open government data and self-efficacy: The empirical evidence of micro foundation via survey experiments. Government Information Quarterly, 41(4), 101975. 
• Chris Herbst's new working paper entitled "The Declining Relative Quality of the Child Care Workforce" was featured in some recent press coverage of the child care workforce, including at Vox and The Hetchinger Report.
• The following faculty have been recognized among the top 2% for their respective fields in terms of career impact in an analysis published by Elsevier Data Repository by John P.A. Ioannidis: Barry Bozeman; Craig Calhoun; Maryann Feldman; Bhaven Sampat; Donald Siegel; Eric Welch.
• Chris Herbst’s research on the Lanham Act of 1940—legislation that created and funded the only universal childcare program in U.S. history—was highlighted in a recent Econ Focus article published by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. https://www.richmondfed.org/publications/research/econ_focus/2024/q4_economic_history
• Maribel Guerrero, Donald Siegel, and Maryann Feldman had an article titled “Assessing the Impact of University Innovation and Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: Managerial and Policy Implications,” accepted for publication in Academy of Management Perspectives (IF 7.2). The article is based on an online symposium we hosted, which was supported by the Institute for Humane Studies, the Madden Center for Value Creation at Florida Atlantic University, and ASU’s Global Center for Technology Transfer. 
• Melanie Gall has a new article out entitled “Strategic Hazard Mitigation Planning” in the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (IF: 4.2). The study finds that in Louisiana, coastal and inland parishes do not propose distinctly different mitigation plans despite differences in local risk and vulnerability profiles. While plans contained highly similar types of proposed mitigation actions, the majority of proposed mitigation actions consisted of building and infrastructure projects. Hazard mitigation plans were largely aspirational in nature and lacked a true strategic roadmap for future risk reduction. 
• Thom Reilly was featured in the Washington Journalspeaking about talked about Arizona’s political makeup, it's history and his research on Gen Z voters.
• Nicole K. Mayberry's newest book, "The Marcusean Mind" has officially been published as of October 29th. This is an interdisciplinary text featuring 39 chapters from contributors in over 15 countries and includes a forward by ASU's Craig Calhoun.
• Maribel Guerrero was featured in the LSE Business Review Blog: “Informal entrepreneurs create jobs. Here’s how to support them.” This blog is related to Professor Guerrero's publication in the Journal of Business Venturing on expanding opportunities for informal entrepreneurs in emerging economies.
• Together with Andy Hoffman, Ross School of Business and School for the Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan, Melanie Gall was a guest on The Conversation’s webinar on “Extreme Weather and Rising Insurance Costs” 
• Melanie Gall has a new paper out in the German-language journal Sozialmagazin entitled “Katastrophenmanagement und soziale Dienste: Erfahrungen aus den USA“. The paper offers a case study on the U.S. emergency management system and makes the case for more social workers to connect particularly vulnerable groups with post-disaster services. 
• Maribel Guerrero was the keynote speaker at a special event on October 24 titled "Assessing the Civic Role of Universities in England and Wales." The event, which took place at Toynbee Hall in London, was organized by the Institute for Community Studies (ICS), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and the National Civic Impact Accelerator (NCIA).
• Melanie Gall was quoted by Harry Stevens in “The real reason billion-dollar disasters like Hurricane Helene are growing more common”, The Washington Post. 
• Sarah Bassett's paper, "HeatReady Neighborhoods: A Planning Rubric for Extreme Heat," co-authored with Melissa Guardaro, Augie Gastelum, Ryan Winkle, Mary Muñoz Encinas, Jennifer Vanos, and David Hondula, has been accepted for publication in the Journal of the American Planning Association. This study developed a set of comprehensive performance metrics to assess urban heat preparedness.
• Shannon Portillo was recently featured in a podcast titled,"Creating a Better Understanding of the Election System with Shannon Portillo". The full podcast link can be found here. 
• Don Siegel had a paper, titled “How Identity Structure Influences Identity Adoption: The Case of Hybrid Entrepreneurs,” conditionally accepted at Academy of Management Journal (IF 9.5, FT 50, UT Dallas List). This paper, which was co-authored with several colleagues from W.P, Carey and funded by NSF, explores how university scientists adopt a new identity as an academic entrepreneur when they engage in technology transfer and academic entrepreneurship.
• Sarah Basset has a new article out titled,"4 Tools for Sharing Extreme Heat Risk Information".
• Yushim Kim's eBook Green Gentrification and Environmental Injustice has been published.
• Annus Azhar has published four articles this year, three appearing in Public Administration Quarterly and one in Social Indicators Research. The titles of these articles are: “Budgeting System and Economic Development Outcomes,” “Service Delivery during Crisis: The Impact of Organizational Capacity and Public Service Motivation on Governments’ Resilience,” “Collaboration, Capacity, and Cross-Sector Governance: An Analysis of the Adoption of Sustainable Technologies,” and “Poverty Dynamics: How Well Do Pakistan’s Provinces Compare?” He received a Teaching Innovation Award from the HAITC and the AI Innovation Challenge awarded by Arizona State University. Additionally, he was selected for an editorial position with Public Integrity.
• Chris Herbst was quoted extensively in a report on the child care market by the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, entitled "Those Who Need It Can't Afford It: How Child Care Challenges are Curbing Economic Opportunity."
• Margaretha Bentley was interviewed for the Canadian radio show "A Little More Conversation with Ben O'Hara-Byrne" about Taylor Swift's recent endorsement of Vice President Harris.
• Roni Fraser published the paper “Business Continuity as Self-Efficacy: Augmenting Existing Business Continuity Practice” in the International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters (IJMED), with several co-authors (Univ. of Delaware).
• Yushim Kim's co-authored book, Green Gentrification and Environmental Justice: A Complexity Approach to Policy, will be available on October 16, 2024. (Amazon). In the book, Jieun Kim, a doctoral candidate, contributed a chapter, “Condition Clusters in Green Gentrification,” which demonstrates an innovative use of qualitative comparative analysis to examine green gentrification in Chicago.
• Maribel Guerrero and Don Siegel published “Pro-Social Technology Transfer and Academic Entrepreneurship: Lessons Learned and New Directions” in Academy of Management Perspectives (IF 7.2). https://journals.aom.org/doi/10.5465/amp.2024.0079
• Chris Herbst was a panelist for an Arizona Talks event, entitled "Can we make quality affordable child care a reality?" The event included a mix of advocates, program administrators, and policymakers, including Congressman Juan Ciscomani, AZ State Representative Matt Gress, and AZ State Representative Sarah Ligouri   https://arizonatalks.org/childcare/
• Ulrich Jensen published a new article in The Leadership Quarterly together with colleagues from Lithuania and Switzerland entitled "Charisma is a Costly Signal." The article shows that intelligence is a strong correlate of charisma signaling and that one's ability to be charismatic does not depend on one's personality.
• As part of a National Academies Gulf Research Program funded grant, Melanie Gall co-authored a new paper in "Resilience Cities and Structures" on a tool that allows the general public to identify wind risk mitigation actions and calculate the ROI period. 
• Ulrich Jensen’s article “Combating COVID-19 with charisma: Evidence on governor speeches in the United States” was a finalist for best paper of 2023 in the Leadership Quarterly.
• Thom Reilly was featured in 12 News: Early voting is a big trend in recent elections; here's what it means for campaigns 
• James E. Wright II (CO-PI) was awarded $413, 280 by the Clean Slate Initiative for a project that titled "Does Expungement of Drug Possession Convictions Reduce Recidivism Risk?"
• Melanie Gall has co-authored two new papers: "Residential natural hazard risk and mental health effects" published in the American Journal of Epidemiology" and "A comparative assessment of household power failure coping strategies in three American cities" published in Energy Research & Social Science.https://academic.oup.com/aje/advance-article/doi/10.1093/aje/kwae200/7717510 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214629624001646
• Ulrich Jensen provided expert comments on presidential candidate charisma as part of a Newsweek article on VP Harris and her campaign.  Read the full article here.
• Thom Reilly authored an article in The Conversation: "Nevada is a battleground state - and may be a bellwether of more extreme partisanship."  Read the full article here.  
• Brian Gerber is featured in ASU News: "As ASU students travel to Europe to learn officials’ approaches to major emergencies, climate change, sustainability." Read more here. 
• Thom Reilly is featured in Capital Times alongside Jacqueline Salit for their article discussing GenZ and voting. Read the full article here. 
• Jiho Kim published an article with Nick Oesterling and Graham Ambrose at the International Journal of the Commons. The article systematically reviews prior research that performs institutional analysis using computational methods. 
• Spiro Maroulis was featured in ASU News for his role empowering students to create MobileHealthConnect App, an app meant to address homelessness through innovative app development. Read more here.
• David Swindell was featured in Wallet Hub in a recent article on Best and Worst Run Cities in America in 2024. To read more select the link here.