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.

2020

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  Chinese Investment in Israeli Technology and Infrastructure: Security Implications for Israel and the United States April 7, 2020

  Shira Efron, Karen Schwindt, Emily Haskel

  Relations between China and Israel have expanded rapidly since the early 2000s in numerous areas, including diplomacy, trade, investment, construction, educational partnerships, scientific cooperation, and tourism. The authors examine the extent and nature of Chinese investments in Israeli technology and infrastructure and discuss the security implications these pose for Israel and the United States.

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  RAND Critical Care Surge Response Tool: An Excel-Based Model for Helping Hospitals Respond to the COVID-19 Crisis April 3, 2020

  Mahshid Abir, Christopher Nelson, Edward W. Chan, Hamad Al-Ibrahim, Christina Cutter, Karishma Patel, Andy Bogart

  A Microsoft Excel–based tool that allows decisionmakers at all levels — hospitals, health care systems, states, regions — responding to the COVID-19 crisis to estimate current critical care capacity and rapidly explore strategies for increasing it.

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  Critical Care Surge Response Strategies for the 2020 COVID-19 Outbreak in the United States April 3, 2020

  Mahshid Abir, Christopher Nelson, Edward W. Chan, Hamad Al-Ibrahim, Christina Cutter, Karishma Patel, Andy Bogart

  Presents strategies for creating critical care surge capacity for hospitals and health care systems confronted by the COVID-19 crisis, given available critical care doctors and nurses, respiratory therapists, ventilators, and hospital beds.

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  2019 Evaluation of Los Angeles County's WhyWeRise Mental Health Campaign April 1, 2020

  Rebecca L. Collins, Nicole K. Eberhart, Rachana Seelam, Rebecca De Guttry, Matthew L. Mizel

  Interviews and a survey indicate that WhyWeRise, a social marketing campaign promoting community engagement with mental health issues, reached at least 30 percent of Los Angeles County youth ages 14–24 and mobilized them to improve societal support for those experiencing mental health challenges. Those exposed to the campaign were more likely than those unexposed to feel empowered to change how their communities deal with mental health issues.

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  Breaking Barriers: A Rapid Rehousing and Employment Pilot Program for Adults on Probation in Los Angeles County: Evaluation Report March 31, 2020

  Sarah B. Hunter, Adam Scherling, Melissa Felician, Sangita M. Baxi, Matthew Cefalu

  Many individuals on probation in Los Angeles County face challenges with housing and employment, placing them at risk for further involvement with the criminal justice system. This report presents early findings on the progress of the Breaking Barriers program, which provides Los Angeles County adults on probation with a time-limited rental housing subsidy, case management, and employment supports.

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  Software Acquisition Workforce Initiative for the Department of Defense: Initial Competency Development and Preparation for Validation March 31, 2020

  Sean Robson, Bonnie L. Triezenberg, Samantha E. DiNicola, Lindsey Polley, John S. Davis II, Maria C. Lytell

  To support U.S. Department of Defense goals to improve software acquisition, the authors discuss developing a competency model that emphasizes modern software practices and technical competencies; review training and education courses by the Defense Acquisition University to identify potential gaps in the current training of software acquisition professionals; and present options for tracking and managing a software acquisition workforce.

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  Unclassified and Secure: A Defense Industrial Base Cyber Protection Program for Unclassified Defense Networks March 30, 2020

  Daniel Gonzales, Sarah Harting, Mary Kate Adgie, Julia Brackup, Lindsey Polley, Karlyn D. Stanley

  The unclassified networks of defense industrial base firms have become an attractive entrance for adversaries seeking access to cutting-edge technologies and research and development efforts. This report describes a way for the U.S. Department of Defense to better secure such networks through the establishment of a cybersecurity program designed to strengthen their protections.

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  Chesapeake Bay Watershed Climate Impacts Summary and Outlook: Winter 2019-2020 March 23, 2020

  Michelle E. Miro, Krista Romita Grocholski, Samantha Borisoff, Jessica Spaccio, Jordan R. Fischbach, Art Degaetano, Kyle Haak

  This web-based tool is part of a quarterly series that draws from a variety of scientific resources to inform Chesapeake Bay Watershed policymakers, practitioners, residents, and community leaders on historical and projected future climate trends. An interactive tool shows projections of percentage change in freeze-thaw days to 2099.

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  U.S. Coast Guard Emergency Response and Disaster Operations: Using Social Media for Situational Awareness March 17, 2020

  Douglas Yeung, Sarah A. Nowak, Sohaela Amiri, Aaron C. Davenport, Emily Hoch, Kelly Klima, Colleen M. McCullough

  Social media can enhance situational awareness in response operations, but using social media this way poses challenges. Researchers sought to contribute to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) mission to ensure resilience to disasters by helping DHS understand whether and how social media might be better leveraged for such situational awareness. The primary focus of this research was on U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) response operations.

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  How the U.S. Coast Guard Can Leverage Social Media and Enhanced Cell Phone Data to Improve Emergency Response March 17, 2020

  Douglas Yeung, Sarah A. Nowak, Sohaela Amiri, Aaron C. Davenport, Emily Hoch, Kelly Klima, Colleen M. McCullough

  Researchers are helping the U.S. Department of Homeland Security understand how social media might be better leveraged for situational awareness—particularly location information—in U.S. Coast Guard response operations.

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  Detecting Malign or Subversive Information Efforts over Social Media: Scalable Analytics for Early Warning March 16, 2020

  William Marcellino, Krystyna Marcinek, Stephanie Pezard, Miriam Matthews

  The authors examine scalable analytics to detect malign or subversive information efforts, using the 2018 World Cup as a case study. The report has operational relevance to the U.S. government. It may benefit both researchers interested in going beyond post hoc recognition of malign or subversive information campaigns to in-time detection and social media companies interested in preventing their platforms from being co-opted by malign actors.

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  U.S. Army North in the Hurricane Maria Response March 10, 2020

  Eric V. Larson, Bryan Boling, Derek Eaton, Suzanne Genc, David Kravitz, Kristin J. Leuschner, Andrew Lewis, Jason Liggett, Lindsey Polley

  U.S. Army North led Department of Defense support to civilian disaster-response operations in the wake of hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017. RAND was asked to answer a series of questions about that support, including about relationships among responding organizations and possible improvements in such things as speed of response and situational awareness.

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  Comparing the Army's Suicide Rate to the General U.S. Population: Identifying Suitable Characteristics, Data Sources, and Analytic Approaches March 10, 2020

  Beth Ann Griffin, Geoffrey E. Grimm, Rosanna Smart, Rajeev Ramchand, Lisa H. Jaycox, Lynsay Ayer, Erin N. Leidy, Steven Davenport, Terry L. Schell, Andrew R. Morral

  To what degree is the suicide trend in the U.S. Army unique to that service, relative to what is observed in the general U.S. population? Researchers investigate how accounting for additional population risk factors beyond age and gender (race/ethnicity, time, marital status, and educational attainment) affects suicide rate differences between soldiers and a comparable subset of the general U.S. population.

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  Locating Medical and Recreational Cannabis Outlets for Research Purposes: Online Methods and Observational Study March 5, 2020

  Eric R. Pedersen, Caislin Firth, Jennifer L. Parker, Regina A. Shih, Steven Davenport, Anthony Rodriguez, Michael Stephen Dunbar, Lisa Kraus, Joan S. Tucker, Elizabeth J. D'Amico

  This paper describes the methods that build on previous efforts by providing a detailed methodology that can be replicated in large metropolitan areas that have legalized the sale of cannabis.

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  How to Analyze the Cyber Threat from Drones: Background, Analysis Frameworks, and Analysis Tools March 5, 2020

  Katharina Ley Best, Jon Schmid, Shane Tierney, Jalal Awan, Nahom M. Beyene, Maynard A. Holliday, Raza Khan, Karen Lee

  In this report, the authors explore approaches for understanding, inventorying, and modeling cybersecurity implications of the rapid growth in drone usage, focusing specifically on current vulnerabilities and future trends. The authors propose conceptual approaches meant to enable the enumeration and categorization of drone-related cyber threats and explore some of the potential benefits and challenges of modeling the commercial drone threat.

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  A Database of Criminal Justice Needs for Innovation: Requirements for Developers and Funders: User Guide March 5, 2020

  John S. Hollywood, Brian A. Jackson, Annie Brothers, Mark Barrett, Dulani Woods, Michael J. D. Vermeer

  The RAND Corporation and partners are carrying out a research effort to assess and prioritize technology needs across the criminal justice community. Since 2015, the Priority Criminal Justice Needs Initiative has published more than 20 reports identifying and prioritizing criminal justice needs for innovation. This product provides a database of all of the needs generated during the first five years of the Initiative.

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  Evaluation of Los Angeles County's 2019 Moral Injury Conference March 4, 2020

  Rebecca L. Collins, Nicole K. Eberhart, Rebecca De Guttry

  In May 2019, the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health and the Shay Moral Injury Center at Volunteers of America hosted a three-day conference, "Moral Injury and Pathways to Recovery." RAND evaluated the reach and impact of the conference and its goals to deepen knowledge about moral injury and effective recovery strategies and to strengthen collaborative connections.

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  Understanding Russian Subversion: Patterns, Threats, and Responses February 18, 2020

  Andrew Radin, Alyssa Demus, Krystyna Marcinek

  This Perspective examines the interests that inspire Russia's use of subversion, the means involved, and recent events that illustrate Russia's attempts at subversion. The authors propose ensuring that any responses to such actions are closely and clearly linked with particular acts of subversion, conducting additional research on what makes some Russian subversion effective, and improving rapid attribution of subversion.

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  Fighting Disinformation Online: Building the Database of Web Tools February 18, 2020

  Jennifer Kavanagh, Samantha Cherney, Hilary Reininger, Norah Griffin

  In response to the rapid spread of disinformation online and as part of the RAND Corporation's Truth Decay initiative, RAND researchers worked to identify and characterize the universe of web-based tools targeted at online disinformation, focusing on those tools created by nonprofit or civil society organizations. This report serves as a companion to the already published web database, describing the methodology and the types of tools included.

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  Online Outsourcing: Prospects for Increasing Youth Employment and Reducing Poverty in Indonesia February 5, 2020

  Peter Glick, Louay Constant, Ifeanyi Edochie, Shanthi Nataraj

  In this Perspective, the authors review potential benefits and drawbacks of online outsourcing, including microwork and freelancing, with special reference to its potential for youth employment and poverty reduction in Indonesia. Although there are many constraints to the growth of online outsourcing, Indonesia's favorable business environment and large economy suggest that there is also significant potential for expansion of online outsourcing.

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