Faculty & Research Published Research Economics Education Social Psychology Health Policy Social Entrepreneurship Ethics Environmental Policy Leadership National Security Advocacy Racial Justice and Equity International and Global Affairs Research and Commentary Facet Area of Focus - Research Craig Volden Christopher J. Ruhm Bala Mulloth Eileen Chou Sarah Turner Benjamin Converse Christine Mahoney Edgar O. Olsen Sophie Trawalter Timothy Wilson James H. Wyckoff William Shobe Benjamin Castleman Charles Holt Harry Harding Jeanine Braithwaite John Pepper Richard Bonnie Daniel W. Player Leora Friedberg Molly Lipscomb Daphna Bassok David Leblang James Savage Frederick P. Hitz Gerald Warburg Jay Shimshack Paul S. Martin Raymond C. Scheppach Ruth Gaare Bernheim Sebastian Tello-Trillo Adam Leive Andrew S. Pennock Isaac Mbiti Jazmin Brown-Iannuzzi Jennifer Lawless John Holbein Michele Claibourn Facet People - Research Center for Effective Lawmaking Global Policy Center Facet UVA Partner - Research Education New Case: Unfinished Business? Academic and Labor Market Profile of Adults With Substantial College Credits But No Degree Authors: Benjamin Castleman, Kelli Bird, Brett Fischer, Benjamin T. Skinner Using data from the Virginia Community College System (VCCS), this case provides the first detailed profile on the academic, employment, and earnings trajectories of the SCND population and how these compare with VCCS graduates. The scholars show that the share of SCND students who are academically ready to re-enroll and would benefit from doing so may be substantially lower than policy makers anticipate. Learn more Racial Justice and Equity Confederate monuments and the history of lynching in the American South: An empirical examination Authors: Sophie Trawalter, Michele Claibourn, Jazmin Brown-Iannuzzi, Kyshia Henderson, Jazmin Brown-Iannuzzi, Michele Claibourn, Sophie Trawalter The present work interrogates the history of Confederate memorializations by examining the relationship between these memorializations and lynching, an explicitly racist act of violence. Learn more Social Entrepreneurship New Case - Culinary Concepts AB and the Employment Crisis in Food and Beverage in Charlottesville Authors: Bala Mulloth, Antwon Brinson Antwon Brinson believes in the power of culinary arts to bring about systemic social change. This case study addresses how Antwon’s social venture, Culinary Concepts AB (CCAB), approached the employment crisis felt throughout the food and beverage industry, by teaching life skills through culinary arts. Learn more Education New Case - ReadWrite Digital: Improving Student Outcomes Through Educational Innovation Authors: Bala Mulloth, William Carden, Elizabeth Carden ReadWrite Digital is an education technology startup that offers software to K–12 schools in the United States to provide education analytics and personalized education planning. Founded in 2012 by Rob Simms, the current President and CTO, ReadWrite Digital built, developed, and launched two unique products, Integrator and Analytics, providing an end-to-end solution for data collection from disparate systems creating rich analytics for student performance in one place. Learn more Social Entrepreneurship New Case - RVA Works: Empowering Entrepreneurs for Big Change Authors: Bala Mulloth, Dale Fickett RVA Works (a shortening of Richmond, Virginia Works) is a public charity, which has demonstrated superior efficacy in educational programming for entrepreneurship. Since 2014, their work has primarily focused on providing pathways to business ownership for ethnic minorities, women, and lower-income people. Learn more Social Entrepreneurship Exploring Social Business Pathways: Green Map System as a Case in Point Authors: Bala Mulloth Social entrepreneurship holds promise as a way for organizations to create value for both individuals and communities. The objective of this paper is to observe and analyze the ways Green Map System, a not-for-profit social venture, supports sustainable community development and local leadership by sharing tools, icons, and technology for mapping eco-sites around the world. The role of technology and digital networks, as well as the impact of global linkages, is also observed and emphasized. Learn more Mobilize for Our Lives? School Shootings and Democratic Accountability in U.S. Elections Authors: John Holbein, Hans J. G. Hassell, Matthew Baldwin Gun violence is a large and growing problem in the United States. Many reformers look towards elections to spur policy change in this area. In this paper, we explore the effects of school shootings on electoral mobilization and election outcomes. Learn more Disparities in PM2.5 air pollution in the United States Authors: Jay Shimshack, Jonathan Colmer, Ian Hardman, John Voorheis Particulate air pollution in the contiguous United States has decreased considerably over recent decades, but where exactly has that progress been made? Batten's Jay Shimshack and his co-authors dive in. Learn more Losing public health insurance: TennCare reform and personal financial distress Authors: Sebastian Tello-Trillo, Laura M. Argys, Andrew I. Friedson, M. Melinda Pitts Batten Professor Sebastian Tello-Trillo and his co-authors write about how the primary goal of health insurance is smoothing the financial risk associated with health shocks. They estimate the effect of exposure to health-insurance reform on individual-level financial well-being. Learn more Regional Disparities in Qualified Health Plans’ Prior Authorization Requirements for HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis in the United States Authors: Sebastian Tello-Trillo, Kathleen A. McManus, Samuel Powers, Amy Killelea, Elizabeth Rogawski McQuade Batten’s Sebastian Tello Trillo and his co-authors answer the question are there regional disparities in prior authorization requirements for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis? Learn more Defense Technological Innovation: Issues and Challenges in an Era of Converging Technologies Authors: Bharat Rao, Adam Jay Harrison, Bala Mulloth Bala Mulloth and co-authors Bharat Rao and Adam Jay Harrison explore defense technological innovation in this new release in the New Horizons Innovation Management series. Learn more Emerging Issues in Decentralized Resource Governance: Environmental Federalism, Spillovers, and Linked Socio-Ecological Systems Authors: William Shobe Federalism as an academic discipline studies how multilevel political jurisdictions interact, both vertically and horizontally. Environmental federalism shifts and expands the focus by concentrating on environmental goods, which are related to ecosystem services. This shift necessarily expands the inquiry to include investigation of how ecosystem services respond to changes in resource management by human governance institutions. Learn more Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Next page Next ›
Education New Case: Unfinished Business? Academic and Labor Market Profile of Adults With Substantial College Credits But No Degree Authors: Benjamin Castleman, Kelli Bird, Brett Fischer, Benjamin T. Skinner Using data from the Virginia Community College System (VCCS), this case provides the first detailed profile on the academic, employment, and earnings trajectories of the SCND population and how these compare with VCCS graduates. The scholars show that the share of SCND students who are academically ready to re-enroll and would benefit from doing so may be substantially lower than policy makers anticipate. Learn more
Racial Justice and Equity Confederate monuments and the history of lynching in the American South: An empirical examination Authors: Sophie Trawalter, Michele Claibourn, Jazmin Brown-Iannuzzi, Kyshia Henderson, Jazmin Brown-Iannuzzi, Michele Claibourn, Sophie Trawalter The present work interrogates the history of Confederate memorializations by examining the relationship between these memorializations and lynching, an explicitly racist act of violence. Learn more
Social Entrepreneurship New Case - Culinary Concepts AB and the Employment Crisis in Food and Beverage in Charlottesville Authors: Bala Mulloth, Antwon Brinson Antwon Brinson believes in the power of culinary arts to bring about systemic social change. This case study addresses how Antwon’s social venture, Culinary Concepts AB (CCAB), approached the employment crisis felt throughout the food and beverage industry, by teaching life skills through culinary arts. Learn more
Education New Case - ReadWrite Digital: Improving Student Outcomes Through Educational Innovation Authors: Bala Mulloth, William Carden, Elizabeth Carden ReadWrite Digital is an education technology startup that offers software to K–12 schools in the United States to provide education analytics and personalized education planning. Founded in 2012 by Rob Simms, the current President and CTO, ReadWrite Digital built, developed, and launched two unique products, Integrator and Analytics, providing an end-to-end solution for data collection from disparate systems creating rich analytics for student performance in one place. Learn more
Social Entrepreneurship New Case - RVA Works: Empowering Entrepreneurs for Big Change Authors: Bala Mulloth, Dale Fickett RVA Works (a shortening of Richmond, Virginia Works) is a public charity, which has demonstrated superior efficacy in educational programming for entrepreneurship. Since 2014, their work has primarily focused on providing pathways to business ownership for ethnic minorities, women, and lower-income people. Learn more
Social Entrepreneurship Exploring Social Business Pathways: Green Map System as a Case in Point Authors: Bala Mulloth Social entrepreneurship holds promise as a way for organizations to create value for both individuals and communities. The objective of this paper is to observe and analyze the ways Green Map System, a not-for-profit social venture, supports sustainable community development and local leadership by sharing tools, icons, and technology for mapping eco-sites around the world. The role of technology and digital networks, as well as the impact of global linkages, is also observed and emphasized. Learn more
Mobilize for Our Lives? School Shootings and Democratic Accountability in U.S. Elections Authors: John Holbein, Hans J. G. Hassell, Matthew Baldwin Gun violence is a large and growing problem in the United States. Many reformers look towards elections to spur policy change in this area. In this paper, we explore the effects of school shootings on electoral mobilization and election outcomes. Learn more
Disparities in PM2.5 air pollution in the United States Authors: Jay Shimshack, Jonathan Colmer, Ian Hardman, John Voorheis Particulate air pollution in the contiguous United States has decreased considerably over recent decades, but where exactly has that progress been made? Batten's Jay Shimshack and his co-authors dive in. Learn more
Losing public health insurance: TennCare reform and personal financial distress Authors: Sebastian Tello-Trillo, Laura M. Argys, Andrew I. Friedson, M. Melinda Pitts Batten Professor Sebastian Tello-Trillo and his co-authors write about how the primary goal of health insurance is smoothing the financial risk associated with health shocks. They estimate the effect of exposure to health-insurance reform on individual-level financial well-being. Learn more
Regional Disparities in Qualified Health Plans’ Prior Authorization Requirements for HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis in the United States Authors: Sebastian Tello-Trillo, Kathleen A. McManus, Samuel Powers, Amy Killelea, Elizabeth Rogawski McQuade Batten’s Sebastian Tello Trillo and his co-authors answer the question are there regional disparities in prior authorization requirements for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis? Learn more
Defense Technological Innovation: Issues and Challenges in an Era of Converging Technologies Authors: Bharat Rao, Adam Jay Harrison, Bala Mulloth Bala Mulloth and co-authors Bharat Rao and Adam Jay Harrison explore defense technological innovation in this new release in the New Horizons Innovation Management series. Learn more
Emerging Issues in Decentralized Resource Governance: Environmental Federalism, Spillovers, and Linked Socio-Ecological Systems Authors: William Shobe Federalism as an academic discipline studies how multilevel political jurisdictions interact, both vertically and horizontally. Environmental federalism shifts and expands the focus by concentrating on environmental goods, which are related to ecosystem services. This shift necessarily expands the inquiry to include investigation of how ecosystem services respond to changes in resource management by human governance institutions. Learn more