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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  Final Evaluation of LA DOOR: Proposition 47 Grant Program September 30, 2021

  Melissa M. Labriola, Danielle Sobol, Stephanie Brooks Holliday, Heather Sims

  The Los Angeles Diversion, Outreach, and Opportunities for Recovery program provides a comprehensive, health-focused, preventative approach that proactively engages individuals at elevated risk of returning to the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office on a new misdemeanor offense related to substance use, mental illness, or homelessness. In this report, the authors summarize their findings from an evaluation of Cohort 1 of the program.

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  Recruiting and Hiring a Diverse and Talented Public Sector Workforce September 24, 2021

  Charles A. Goldman, Tepring Piquado, J. Luke Irwin, Daniel Allen, Ying Zhou, Sung Ho Ryu

  Documents barriers and facilitators to attracting talented and diverse college and university students into public sector careers in the Southern California region.

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  Professional Development Incentives for Oregon's Early Childhood Education Workforce: A Randomized Study September 24, 2021

  Ashley Pierson, Jill S. Cannon, Rachel Perera, Kata Mihaly, Rebekah LeMahieu

  This study used two trials to test whether sending emails and offering different financial incentives to Oregon ECE workforce members increased career lattice sign-up and increased education and training levels or workplace retention.

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  Toward an Asthma Patient-Reported Outcome Measure for Use in Digital Remote Monitoring September 22, 2021

  Robert S. Rudin, Nabeel Qureshi, Dinah Foer, Anuj K. Dalal, Maria Orlando Edelen

  The study sough to develop and test a patient-reported outcome measure (PROM) for suitability in digital remote asthma symptom monitoring to identify uncontrolled asthma.

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  Evaluation of Energy Systems Network's Moving Forward Initiative in Indiana: Initial Program Outcomes and Potential Impacts September 21, 2021

  Nicholas E. Burger, Aimee E. Curtright, Jacob DeWeese, Hardika Dayalani, Rahim Ali, Brittany L. Joseph

  Affordable housing in Indiana is in short supply. Moving Forward's novel approach to affordable housing design aims to reduce household utility and transportation expenses and use innovative energy-efficient and renewable technologies. In this performance evaluation, the authors make actionable recommendations to strengthen the initiative and increase the likelihood of achieving and verifying outcomes as the program continues to mature.

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  First Responder Claims for PTSD in Workers' Compensation: Assessing the Effects of Senate Bill 542 in California September 20, 2021

  Denise D. Quigley, Michael Dworsky, Nabeel Qureshi, J. Scott Ashwood, Kelsey O'Hollaren, Lisa S. Meredith

  Under California's Senate Bill 542, which creates a legal presumption that posttraumatic stress disorder in firefighters and peace officers is a work-related injury, additional costs to state and local governments could be large but are uncertain.

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  Posttraumatic Stress in California's Workers' Compensation System: A Study of Mental Health Presumptions for Firefighters and Peace Officers Under Senate Bill 542 September 20, 2021

  Denise D. Quigley, Michael Dworsky, Nabeel Qureshi, J. Scott Ashwood, Kelsey O'Hollaren, Lisa S. Meredith

  In 2019, California enacted Senate Bill 542, creating a legal presumption that posttraumatic stress disorder in firefighters and peace officers is a work-related injury and compensable under workers' compensation. The authors evaluate the prevalence of mental health conditions among first responders and discuss implications for future policy.

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  Reforming the Teaching and Conducting of Policy Studies to Deal Better with Complex Systems September 17, 2021

  Paul K. Davis, Tim McDonald, Ann Pendleton-Jullian, Angela O'Mahony, Osonde A. Osoba

  The teaching and conduct of policy analysis needs updating to account better for the special challenges of social problems occurring in complex adaptive systems.

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  Policy Analysis for Improving the Performance of Large Social Systems September 16, 2021

  Tim McDonald

  This column raises three questions and provides some preliminary thoughts for discussion about how the scholarship and practice of policy analysis can contribute to addressing contemporary system challenges.

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  Tiered Cost-Sharing for Primary Care Gatekeeper Clinics September 9, 2021

  Bryan Dowd, Tsan-Yao Huang, Tim McDonald

  We analyze data from a long-standing tiered cost-sharing system for primary care gatekeeper clinics. We find that when choosing a primary care clinic, consumers are responsive to the clinic's tier.

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  Narrative Review and Evidence Mapping: Proteomics for Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease August 26, 2021

  Patricia Ann Stapleton, Sameer M. Siddiqi, Eric Apaydin, Goke Akinniranye, Alejandro U. Becerra-Ornelas, Grace Gahlon, Lea Xenakis, Max Griswold, Jody Larkin

  This report presents evidence supporting proteomic tests for cancer and cardiovascular disease currently approved in the United States and proteomic tests that may be available in the near term.

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  In Search of a Durable Solution: Examining the Factors Influencing Postconflict Refugee Returns August 26, 2021

  Louay Constant, Shelly Culbertson, Jonathan S. Blake, Mary Kate Adgie, Hardika Dayalani

  The world's 30 million refugees live in limbo waiting for solutions, while their host countries experience ever-greater strains. The authors found that only one-third of refugees return home after ten years. Returns have not kept pace with new displacement, leading to a growing total number of refugees. New solutions for safe refugee return are needed. The authors examine barriers to, and facilitators of, the safe and sustained return of refugees.

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  School Districts Have Expanded Their Nonacademic Services for 2021–2022, While Academic Offerings Remain Much the Same: Selected Findings from the Third American School District Panel Survey August 23, 2021

  Heather L. Schwartz, Melissa Kay Diliberti

  Results from the June 2021 American School District Panel (ASDP) survey suggest that while public schools are expanding their nonacademic offerings in response to the pandemic, much of their academic offerings for the 2021–2022 school year will remain the same. In this report, the authors summarize key ASDP findings based on the responses of 292 district leaders, after weighting their responses to make them nationally representative.

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  Will Students Come Back? A July 2021 Parent Survey About School Hesitancy and Parental Preferences for COVID-19 Safety Practices in Schools August 18, 2021

  Heather L. Schwartz, Melissa Kay Diliberti, David Grant

  This report provides the survey questions and weighted responses from a July 2021 survey of parents concerning school hesitancy and preferences for COVID-19 safety practices in schools in the United States. The results are intended to inform school districts' and health officials' planning for operating schools in fall 2021.

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  Understanding and Defending Against Russia's Malign and Subversive Information Efforts in Europe August 16, 2021

  Miriam Matthews, Alyssa Demus, Elina Treyger, Marek N. Posard, Hilary Reininger, Christopher Paul

  As targets of information aggression, the United States and its European allies must protect themselves against the effects of psychological manipulation and influence. The authors describe apparent efforts by Russia and its agents to use information to shape Russia's operating environment, and they identify possible defensive approaches for United States European Command and its partners.

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  Stress Control for Military, Law Enforcement, and First Responders: A Systematic Review August 16, 2021

  Margaret A. Maglione, Christine Chen, Armenda Bialas, Aneesa Motala, Joan Chang, Olamigoke Akinniranye, Susanne Hempel

  Military personnel, police officers, firefighters, and other first responders must prepare for and respond to life-threatening crises on a daily basis, which places stress on personnel. This report presents a systematic review of studies of interventions designed to prevent, identify, and manage acute occupational stress among military, law enforcement, and first responders.

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  Russian Grand Strategy: Rhetoric and Reality August 16, 2021

  Samuel Charap, Dara Massicot, Miranda Priebe, Alyssa Demus, Clint Reach, Mark Stalczynski, Eugeniu Han, Lynn E. Davis

  Understanding Russia's grand strategy can help U.S. decisionmakers assess the depth and nature of potential conflicts between Russia and the United States and avoid strategic surprise by better-anticipating Moscow's actions and reactions. The authors of this report review Russia's declared grand strategy, evaluate the extent to which Russian behavior is consistent with stated strategy, and outline implications for the United States.

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  The K–12 Pandemic Budget and Staffing Crises Have Not Panned Out—Yet: Selected Findings from the Third American School District Panel Survey August 16, 2021

  Melissa Kay Diliberti, Heather L. Schwartz

  The authors of this report surveyed 292 school district leaders between June 1, 2021, and July 2, 2021, to ask about staff turnover, staff hiring, and districts' financial outlooks at the end of the 2020–2021 school year. Although districts have not experienced much-feared budget and staffing crises during the pandemic, they might yet.

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  Technical Documentation for the Third American School District Panel Survey August 16, 2021

  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 June 2021 ASDP survey of district leaders. The authors describe the respondent districts' characteristics and their method for creating survey weights to produce nationally representative estimates.

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  Summer 2021 COVID-19 Survey Results: American School District Panel Interactive Survey Results Tool August 16, 2021

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

  A total of 292 district leaders from school districts and charter management organizations took the third American School District Panel survey in June 2021. This online tool allows users to select individual survey questions and compare district leaders' responses. Color-coded bar charts display survey results for all respondents and by district type, locale, student racial and ethnicity composition, and district poverty level.

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