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Below is a sample of some of the recent research produced by CSSR Faculty Affiliates and current and past CSSR Fellows

 

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Selected Peer-Reviewed CSSR-Affiliated Research

 

 

  • Ikpebe, Ene, Emily Boykin, Alex Osei-Kojo, and Bukola Usidame Peters. 2026. "An advocacy coalition framework analysis of local government autonomy in Nigeria." Policy Sciences 59: 417-37. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11077-026-09608-w  
  • Hunter, Lance Y., Joseph W. Robbins, and Martha H. Ginn. 2026. "Domestic terrorism, incumbency, and legislative vote shares." International Relations 40: 319-351. https://doi.org/10.1177/00471178231205407  
  • Hunter, Lance Y. 2026. "Political Ideology, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Labor Markets: How Political Party Members Perceive AI’s Effects in OECD Countries." Political Research Quarterly 79: 410-25. https://doi.org/10.1177/10659129251413256  
  • Stein, M.B., Siefert, C.J., Slavin-Mulford, J., Dauphin, B., Porcerelli, J.H., Ridenour, J.M., Lewis, K.C., Clemence, A.J., Ruchensky, J.R. and Blais, M.A. 2026. “The social cognition and object relations scale is reliable, valid, and ethical in clinical practice and research: Comment on Sinclair et al.(2023).” Psychological Assessment 38: 235-43. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/pas0001437 
  • Lewis, Laurie, Surabhi Sahay, and Pamela Hayward. 2026. "Teaching listening in organizational communication courses." Management Communication Quarterly 40: 5-25.    https://doi.org/10.1177/08933189251342588 
  • Chackal, Tony. 2026. "Record Collecting as a Focal Practice: The Aesthetics and Sociality of Music Formats." British Journal of Aesthetics 66: 73-94. https://doi.org/10.1093/aesthj/ayaf016 
  • Hatcher, William, and Wesley L. Meares. 2026. Work-Life Balance in the Public Sector: Burnout, Public Service, and the Search for Compassionate Organizations. Taylor & Francis.  
  • Boykin, Emily, William Hatcher, Lance Y. Hunter, Wesley L. Meares, and Martha Humphries Ginn. 2026. "AI, monitoring, and the public workplace." Administrative Theory & Praxis. https://doi.org/10.1080/10841806.2026.2643003 
  • Blackburn, Doug, Candis Bond, and Karen Head. 2026. "Case Study: Demonstrating Impact." In Smart Programming for Teaching and Learning Centers, pp. 167-172. Routledge. 
  • Celestino, O., and C. D. Albert. 2026. "Disrupting the Nation as Self: Russia's Attack on Ukrainian Ontological Security through Information Warfare." Journal of Information Warfare 25: 78. 
  • Reif-Stice, Carrie Elizabeth, Elizabeth Culatta, Steven Venette, Sara Smith-Frigerio, Amy Ellefsen, and Maria Butauski. 2026. "Overcoming stigma: the role of responsiveness in transgender identity disclosure." Communication Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1080/01463373.2026.2669107 
  • Godbolt, Nelson R., Craig Douglas Albert, Lance Y. Hunter, and Jeffrey Morris. 2026. "Preparing for Future Wars: Incongruent Beliefs on Autonomous Weapons." PRISM 11: 204-222. https://www.jstor.org/stable/48873434 
  • Oliveira, Raquel V., Jonathan C. Reid, Samantha J. Brown, and Bethany Mims-Beliles. 2026. "Recidivism Among Violent Offenders: Evaluating the Cumulative Impact of Psychological and Social Risk Factors." Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology 12: 2. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40865-026-00291-2 

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