Student-Authored Publications

Pardee RAND Graduate School students participate in many RAND research projects through their On-the-Job Training. These projects provide students with tremendous opportunities to publish their work in RAND reports and peer-reviewed journals. In fact, many of our students develop an impressive publications record during their tenure at Pardee RAND, which enables them to compete successfully for positions at universities and other research institutions.

Below is a list of publications that our students have recently authored or co-authored. The list provides an excellent illustration of the range of publications that our students have had a hand in developing.

2021

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  Detecting Conspiracy Theories on Social Media: Improving Machine Learning to Detect and Understand Online Conspiracy Theories April 29, 2021

  William Marcellino, Todd C. Helmus, Joshua Kerrigan, Hilary Reininger, Rouslan I. Karimov, Rebecca Ann Lawrence

  Conspiracy theories circulated online contribute to a shift in public discourse away from facts and analysis and can contribute to public harm. Using linguistic and rhetorical theory, RAND researchers conducted a modeling effort to improve machine-learning technology for detecting conspiracy theory language. This report describes the results of that effort and offers recommendations to counter the effects of online conspiracy theories.

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  Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial of a Text Messaging-Based Intervention for Smoking Cessation Among Young People Experiencing Homelessness April 28, 2021

  Joan S. Tucker, Sebastian Linnemayr, Eric R. Pedersen, William G. Shadel, Rushil Zutshi, Maria DeYoreo, Irineo Cabreros

  This is the first study to evaluate the feasibility of using a text messaging-based intervention (TMI) for behavior change with 18–25 year olds experiencing homelessness, and the first to test a TMI to provide ongoing support for smoking cessation.

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  Responsible Space Behavior for the New Space Era: Preserving the Province of Humanity April 26, 2021

  Bruce McClintock, Katie Feistel, Douglas C. Ligor, Kathryn O'Connor

  The past two decades have seen the start of a New Space Era characterized by more spacefaring nations and companies and a growing risk of collisions and conflict, yet the basic mechanisms for governing space activities have only marginally changed since their creation 50 years ago. The authors of this Perspective assess problem areas and barriers to progress and offer suggestions to improve space governance and responsible space behavior.

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  Societal Impact of Research Funding for Women's Health in Alzheimer's Disease and Alzheimer's Disease–Related Dementias April 22, 2021

  Matthew D. Baird, Melanie A. Zaber, Andrew W. Dick, Chloe E. Bird, Annie Chen, Molly Waymouth, Grace Gahlon, Denise D. Quigley, Hamad Al-Ibrahim, Lori Frank

  Without information on the potential return on investment for women's health research, stakeholders lack a basis for altering research investments to improve knowledge of women's health. In this report, the authors examine the societal cost impact of increasing research funding in Alzheimer's disease and Alzheimer's disease–related dementias and find that investing in women's health research yields benefits beyond investing in general research.

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  Research Funding for Women's Health: A Modeling Study of Societal Impact: Findings for Alzheimer's Disease and Alzheimer's Disease Related Dementia Model April 22, 2021

  Matthew D. Baird, Melanie A. Zaber, Andrew W. Dick, Chloe E. Bird, Annie Chen, Molly Waymouth, Grace Gahlon, Denise D. Quigley, Hamad Al-Ibrahim, Lori Frank

  Using microsimulation analyses, examines the societal cost impact of increasing research funding in Alzheimer's Disease and Alzheimer's Disease related disorders.

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  Modeling COVID-19 Nonpharmaceutical Interventions: Exploring periodic NPI Strategies April 22, 2021

  Raffaele Vardavas, Pedro Nascimento de Lima, Lawrence Baker

  Develops a COVID-19 transmission model used as part of RAND's web-based COVID-19 decision support tool that compares the effects of nonpharmaceutical public health interventions on health and economic outcomes.

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  Reducing Hospital Spending: Three Policy Options April 21, 2021

  Jodi L. Liu, Zachary M. Levinson, Nabeel Qureshi, Christopher M. Whaley

  This Research Brief summarizes the spending impact of policy options to reduce hospital prices paid by private health plans, outlining design choices and effectiveness levels for each approach.

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  Changing the Subject: K–12 Teachers' Use of and Access to Science-Specific Instructional Materials, Feedback, and Professional Learning April 21, 2021

  Sy Doan, Al Lucero

  In this Data Note, researchers use the 2020 American Instructional Resources Survey to examine how teachers' science instruction is supported and whether these supports differ from those that teachers reported for English language arts and math instruction. They found differences in teachers' reports of instructional supports that suggest that access to formal materials, feedback, and professional development is lacking for science instruction.

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  Reducing Rework in Officer Appointment Processes April 19, 2021

  Katherine L. Kidder, Albert A. Robbert, John C. Jackson, Hannah Acheson-Field

  Appointment scrolls are required for officers to enter the services and to take on service in a different grade, military service, or component. Researchers examine processes used to meet scrolling requirements, identify gaps and redundancies that create administrative burdens and delays, and provide recommendations for increasing the efficiency of the scroll creation process.

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  U.S. Prescription Drug Prices Are 2.5 Times Those in Other OECD Countries April 14, 2021

  Andrew W. Mulcahy, Christopher M. Whaley, Mahlet Gizaw, Daniel Schwam, Nathaniel Edenfield, Alejandro U. Becerra-Ornelas

  RAND researchers used 2018 prescription drug volume and price data to compare U.S. drug prices with those in 32 other nations, both overall and for specific categories of drugs, such as brand-name and generic medications.

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  How Are Teachers Educating Students with Disabilities During the Pandemic? April 8, 2021

  Laura Stelitano, Christine Mulhern, Katie Feistel, Heather Gomez-Bendaña

  In this Data Note, researchers present findings on teaching students with disabilities (SWD) during a pandemic by drawing on surveys administered via the RAND American Teacher Panel to a nationally representative sample of teachers. This Data Note provides insights into teachers' experiences educating SWD during the pandemic, exploring differences by instructional arrangement and school characteristics.

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  Forecasts and Decisions: A Commentary on Lustick and Tetlock 2021 April 2, 2021

  Steven W. Popper, Robert J. Lempert, Paul K. Davis, Tim McDonald

  This article is a commentary on a paper by Lustick and Tetlock (2021), on forecasting, decisionmaking, and the intelligence community.

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  Streamlining Cost Estimation for Large Department of Defense Organizations March 31, 2021

  Molly F. McIntosh, Hannah Acheson-Field, Chuck Stelzner, David Knapp

  Researchers created a prototype tool that uses data from the Full Cost of Manpower (FCoM) model, which includes various cost factors. The prototype tool expands on FCoM by creating a method to streamline cost estimations for large Department of Defense organizations, providing summary output in the form of graphs and tables, and allowing the user to run various scenarios in which billet counts are changed and the effect on cost can be observed.

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  Countering Foreign Interference in U.S. Elections March 29, 2021

  Marek N. Posard, Hilary Reininger, Todd C. Helmus

  This report, the fourth in a series on election threats, describes research from focus groups and individual interviews on responses to memes sourced in Russia that were designed to breed dissension and to a public service announcement warning about such online manipulation. It then outlines a strategy to counter such interference that involves coordinating with social media companies and releasing simple PSAs for use during election cycles.

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  Independent Evaluation of the Transportation Working Capital Fund: Assessment and Recommendations to Improve Effectiveness and Efficiency March 25, 2021

  Michael Vasseur, Ellen M. Pint, Laura H. Baldwin, Maria McCollester, Max Steiner, Liam Regan, Liam McLane

  The authors assess the financial viability and current structure of the Transportation Working Capital Fund, which funds most U.S. Transportation Command operations, including providing peacetime transport for U.S. Department of Defense customers and maintaining surge capacity required during wartime. The authors also make recommendations, tailored to USTRANSCOM lines of business, to improve the fund's effectiveness and efficiency.

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  Student Experiences in English Corequisite Remediation Versus a Standalone Developmental Education Course: Findings from an Experimental Study in Texas Community Colleges March 24, 2021

  Lindsay Daugherty, Alexandra Mendoza-Graf, Diana Gehlhaus, Trey Miller, Russell Gerber

  In this report, researchers use data from a randomized control trial at five community colleges in Texas to examine contrasts in student experiences between college students who were assigned either to corequisite remediation or to standalone developmental education courses in eight areas, such as early opportunities to make progress with college coursework, rigor of coursework and expectations, and opportunities for peer learning.

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  Increasing Aircrew Flight Equipment Personnel Proficiency: Insights from Members of the Career Field March 17, 2021

  Chaitra M. Hardison, Leslie Adrienne Payne, Russell H. Williams, Danielle Bean, Kenric Smith, Hannah Acheson-Field, Ivica Pavisic, Anthony Lawrence, Benjamin M. Pancoast

  The Air Force Aircrew Flight Equipment (AFE) specialty plays a crucial role in ensuring the safety of aircraft pilots, other aircrew, and special warfare operators via training and by engaging in maintenance, inspection, repair, and adjustment of aircrew flight equipment, such as flight helmets, parachutes, and safety rafts. The authors investigate the causes for the decline in AFE proficiency and develop courses of action to mitigate the issue.

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  Cost Evaluation of Integrating Local HIV and Housing Data to Facilitate Service Coordination in Four Demonstration Sites March 12, 2021

  Michele Abbott, Ryan K. McBain, Lisa Wagner, Harry H. Liu

  As part of the evaluation of a federal initiative to integrate HIV medical and housing data at four local jurisdictions in the U.S., we estimated the financial costs of implementing data integration occurring from June 2016 to August 2018.

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  Food Insecurity in a Low-Income, Predominantly African American Cohort Following the COVID-19 Pandemic March 11, 2021

  Tamara Dubowitz, Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar, Wendy M. Troxel, Robin L. Beckman, Alvin Kristian Nugroho, Sameer M. Siddiqi, Jonathan H. Cantor, Matthew D. Baird, Andrea Richardson, Gerald P. Hunter, et al.

  Longitudinal data highlight profound inequities that have been exacerbated by COVID-19. Existing policies appear inadequate to address the widening gap.

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  Updating Personnel Vetting and Security Clearance Guidelines for Future Generations March 11, 2021

  Marek N. Posard, Emily Ellinger, Jamie Ryan, Richard S. Girven

  The United States could face challenges in the near future with recruiting younger generations into U.S. government positions and, specifically, sensitive positions that require more in-depth personnel vetting for receiving a security clearance. The authors identified key trends, including age-based factors, among younger adults to understand broader social changes that may affect current security clearance adjudication guidelines.

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