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.

2022

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  Evaluation of Los Angeles County's Fall 2020 WhyWeRise Mental Health Campaign and WeRise 2021 March 10, 2022

  Rebecca L. Collins, Nicole K. Eberhart, Ingrid Estrada-Darley, Elizabeth Roth

  This social marketing campaign conducted by the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health focuses on prevention of and early intervention for mental health challenges, with WeRise events held each spring. Surveys suggest that these efforts reached a racially, culturally, and economically diverse group of county residents, fostered a feeling of support among those exposed to the campaign, and boosted residents' awareness of local resources.

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  Assessing the Effectiveness of Future Concepts in the U.S. Air Force: Application to Future Logistics Concepts March 7, 2022

  Don Snyder, Kristin F. Lynch, Alexis A. Blanc, Jonathan L. Brosmer, John G. Drew, Kyle Haak, Myron Hura, Daniel Ish, Kelly Klima, Fabian Villalobos

  Researchers present a Future Logistics Concept Assessment Framework, which is a disciplined, systematic way to assess proposed future logistics concepts to meet the requirements of the National Defense Strategy. The idea is to reveal the most-promising concepts and prune the least promising before significant resources are invested. The goal is not to predict the future, but to show how a concept would fare across various potential futures.

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  Content and Actionability of Recommendations to Providers After Shadow Coaching March 4, 2022

  Denise D. Quigley, Nabeel Qureshi, Alina I. Palimaru, Chau Pham, Ron D. Hays

  This study aimed to examine the content of the recommendations given to providers aimed at improving provider-patient interactions, characterize these recommendations, and examine their actionability.

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  For Secondary Teachers Educating Students with Disabilities, 2021 Was a New Year with an Old Story: Findings from the American Educator Panels March 3, 2022

  Laura Stelitano, Heather Gomez-Bendaña, Lucas Greer

  The COVID-19 pandemic presented new challenges for educators who teach students with disabilities (SWD). The authors of this Data Note present national survey findings from secondary school principals and educators from the spring of the 2020–2021 school year, exploring educators' access to and use of supports for teaching SWD.

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  A Green Costa Rican COVID-19 Recovery: Aligning Costa Rica's Decarbonization Investments with Economic Recovery February 24, 2022

  David G. Groves, Edmundo Molina-Perez, James Syme, Gabriela Alvarado, Felipe De León Denegri, Juan Daniel Acuña Román, Agripina Jenkins Rojas

  In this follow-on analysis to their 2020 study on the benefits and costs of Costa Rica's National Decarbonization Plan (NDP), the authors assess how the implementation of NDP could contribute to a just and robust COVID-19 recovery. The authors find that five years of decarbonization investments would offset the lingering impacts that COVID-19 would have on employment and economic activity.

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  A Snapshot of Anti-Bias Education in U.S. K–12 Schools: Findings from the 2021 American Instructional Resources Surveys February 22, 2022

  Ashley Woo, Rebecca Ann Lawrence, Sy Doan, Julia H. Kaufman

  Research demonstrates that teaching students explicitly about issues of identity, diversity, equity, and bias—sometimes referred to as anti-bias education—can lead to positive student outcomes. RAND researchers leverage nationally representative survey data of kindergarten through 12th grade (K–12) public school teachers to examine whether teachers report providing anti-bias education and what anti-bias education looks like in K–12 schools.

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  A Community-Partnered Approach to Social Network Data Collection for a Large and Partial Network February 18, 2022

  Max Izenberg, Ryan Andrew Brown, Cora Siebert, Ron Heinz, Aida Rahmattalabi, Phebe Vayanos

  To help improve landslide communication in Sitka, we used a community-partnered approach to social network analysis to identify potential key actors for landslide risk communication and structural holes that may inhibit communication.

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  Equity Metrics for Climate Adaptation in the Electricity Sector February 17, 2022

  Nidhi Kalra, Swaptik Chowdhury, Kelly Klima, Liam Regan

  Social equity has become a key concern among public agencies. In 2020, the California Public Utilities Commission adopted a ruling that requires utilities to assess communities' vulnerability to climate impacts and evaluate how climate adaptation efforts can promote equity. The authors developed a set of context-specific equity metrics that Southern California Edison could build on and incorporate into its ongoing work toward climate adaptation.

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  Flux in the Educator Labor Market: Acute Staff Shortages and Projected Superintendent Departures: Selected Findings from the Fourth American School District Panel Survey February 15, 2022

  Heather L. Schwartz, Melissa Kay Diliberti

  Media accounts have described kindergarten through 12th grade teaching staff shortages in 2021–2022 that were severe enough to temporarily close schools for in-person instruction in some areas. To obtain a national picture of the types of staffing challenges that districts are facing in the 2021–2022 school year, RAND researchers surveyed 359 district and charter network leaders in the American School District Panel in fall 2021.

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  Carve-In Models for Specialty Behavioral Health Services in Medicaid: Lessons for the State of California February 11, 2022

  Marcela Horvitz-Lennon, Jonathan S. Levin, Joshua Breslau, Jonah Kushner, Nicole K. Eberhart, Mallika Bhandarkar

  Many states separate, or "carve out," Medicaid financing of behavioral health services from that for other types of health care, but there has been a recent trend in some states toward "carve-ins," whereby financing for behavioral health services is combined with the larger pool of Medicaid-covered services. To inform California's consideration of a carve-in approach, the authors examine the experiences of other states that have implemented it.

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  Payment of the Full Rate of Special and Incentive Pays to Members of the Reserve Components February 9, 2022

  James V. Marrone, Michael G. Mattock, Beth J. Asch, Hannah Acheson-Field

  In this report, the authors (1) estimate the cost of paying eligible part-time members of the reserve component (RC) the same full monthly rate of special and incentive (S&I) pays that full-time active component members receive, (2) estimate the number of RC members who would qualify for each form of S&I pay at the full rate, and (3) consider the feasibility and advisability of paying eligible part-time members of the RC at the full S&I pay rate.

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  Reimagining Defense Advisory Boards: Lessons Learned for Leaders in the U.S. Department of Defense February 9, 2022

  Cortney Weinbaum, Diana Y. Myers, William Shelton

  On January 30, 2021, the Secretary of Defense halted all the U.S. Department of Defense's (DoD's) external advisory boards and committees. RAND Corporation authors embarked on this exploratory study to reveal lessons learned for how DoD can improve its advisory boards. The authors conducted 16 interviews with current and former DoD officials to learn what worked well, what could be enhanced or dispensed with, and how boards might be reconfigured.

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  American School District Panel Interactive Survey Results Tool: Fall 2021 COVID-19 Survey Results February 8, 2022

  Gerald P. Hunter, Melissa Kay Diliberti, Heather L. Schwartz

  A total of 359 district leaders from school districts and charter management organizations took the fourth American School District Panel survey in fall 2021. This online tool allows users to select individual survey questions and compare district leaders' responses. Color-coded charts display survey results for all respondents and by district type, locale, student race/ethnicity, and district poverty level.

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  Technical Documentation for the Fourth American School District Panel Survey February 8, 2022

  David Grant, Claude Messan Setodji, Gerald P. Hunter, Melissa Kay Diliberti

  The American School District Panel (ASDP) is the newest addition to the RAND Corporation's American Educator Panels. This report provides technical information about the November 2021 ASDP survey of district leaders. The authors describe the respondent districts' characteristics and the method used for creating survey weights to produce nationally representative estimates.

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  District Leaders' Concerns About Mental Health and Political Polarization in Schools: Selected Findings from the Fourth American School District Panel Survey February 8, 2022

  Melissa Kay Diliberti, Heather L. Schwartz

  Media reports of staff shortages, heated school board meetings, increased student misbehavior, low student and teacher attendance, and enrollment declines suggest increased — rather than decreased — problems during this third pandemic school year. To learn about the prevalence of these challenges nationwide, RAND researchers surveyed 359 district and charter network leaders in the American School District Panel.

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  Recouping Separation Pay from U.S. Service Members and Veterans Who Later Receive Veterans Affairs Disability Compensation February 7, 2022

  Stephanie Rennane, Beth J. Asch, Michael G. Mattock, Hannah Acheson-Field

  After service members separate from the military and receive separation pay, they may later qualify for compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). To avoid duplication of benefits, VA cannot pay veterans until the full amount of separation pay has been recouped, or withheld. The authors present findings on how many service members and veterans are affected by recoupment and how much more money they would receive in its absence.

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  Worker and Employer Experiences with COVID-19 and the California Workers' Compensation System: A Review of the Literature February 4, 2022

  Denise D. Quigley, Nabeel Qureshi, Grace Gahlon, Courtney A. Gidengil

  We conducted a literature review on worker and employer experiences surrounding COVID-19 and worker's compensation, adhering to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines.

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  An Assessment of the U.S. and Chinese Industrial Bases in Quantum Technology February 2, 2022

  Edward Parker, Daniel Gonzales, Ajay K. Kochhar, Sydney Litterer, Kathryn O'Connor, Jon Schmid, Keller Scholl, Richard Silberglitt, Joan Chang, Christopher A. Eusebi, et al.

  This report presents a flexible and repeatable set of metrics—specifically, focused on scientific research, government support, private industry activity, and technical achievement—for assessing a nation's industrial base in quantum technology. The authors apply these metrics to the United States to assess the current state of its industrial base, and they apply most of the metrics to the People's Republic of China as a comparative case study.

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  English Language Arts Instructional Systems in the First Full Year of COVID-19 January 31, 2022

  Elaine Lin Wang, Daniel Silver, Morgan Polikoff, Ashley Woo, Julia H. Kaufman, Allyson D. Gittens, Isabel Clay

  Developing a coherent, standards-aligned instructional system is challenging even in the best of times; it may be especially difficult to achieve as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. The authors focus on teachers' perceptions of the guidance received on English language arts instruction and instructional system coherence in the first full year of COVID-19 (2020–2021) and how teachers' perceptions compared with the 2019–2020 school year.

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  The U.S. Equity-First Vaccination Initiative: Early Insights January 28, 2022

  Laura J. Faherty, Jeanne S. Ringel, Malcolm V. Williams, Ashley M. Kranz, Lilian Perez, Lucy Schulson, Allyson D. Gittens, Brian Phillips, Lawrence Baker, Priya Gandhi, et al.

  The Equity-First Vaccination Initiative aims to reduce racial/ethnic disparities in U.S. coronavirus vaccination rates. Five demonstration sites are using hyper-local, community-led strategies to increase vaccine confidence and access. This interim report highlights the initial work of selected community-based organizations to which the anchor partners are making subgrants, synthesizes lessons learned so far, and suggests policy implications.

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