- Disability Education and Employment
- Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Retirement, Disability, and Employment
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Migration and Labor Dynamics
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy
- Workplace Health and Well-being
- Urban Transport and Accessibility
- Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Indigenous Studies and Ecology
- Occupational Health and Safety Research
- Arctic and Russian Policy Studies
- Climate Change Communication and Perception
- Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport
- Disability Rights and Representation
- Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
- Environmental Justice and Health Disparities
- Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies
- Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism
- Rural development and sustainability
- Transportation and Mobility Innovations
University of New Hampshire at Manchester
2008-2025
Disability Practice Institute
2024-2025
University of New Hampshire
2013-2024
Hampshire College
2018
Abstract Many rural areas of the U nited S tates are experiencing population decline due to out‐migration. However, others—especially those places rich in natural amenities and recreational opportunities—are attracting new residents losing less their native population. In this article we investigate predictors Americans' migration intentions by examining how individual‐level community assessments, including attachment perceptions community‐level problems, shape decision making while...
Grounded in the existing literature on administrative burden and using a community-engaged research approach, team held in-person virtual focus groups interviews with 40 adults disabilities, older adults, family members of people disabilities who resided rural areas U.S. State New Hampshire 2024 to examine experienced accessing disability, retirement, survivor’s benefits from Social Security Administration (SSA). The qualitative analysis revealed that residents, regardless type SSA...
This study examines the lifetime prevalence and distribution of family/friend homicide exposure among children adolescents age 2 to 17 in United States, assesses impact on emotional behavioral outcomes, while controlling for potential co-occurring factors. Data were collected by telephone about experiences youth 2008, 2011, or 2014, as part National Surveys Children’s Exposure Violence (NatSCEV). Analyses are based a pooled sample ( n =11,771) from these three surveys. Approximately 8% all...
People with disabilities are at increased risk of food insecurity (FI). In the U.S. Current Population Survey is used to provide official FI estimates. Other federal surveys that include disability and measures as well additional health, housing, nutrition, functioning offer opportunities examine determinants more fully for people disabilities. We estimate prevalence across four surveys, finding all sources identify a factor FI, some variation in policy-specific areas each source could...
BACKGROUND:In previous research across a variety of disciplines, job quality is concept used to assess inequality in employment. Little attention has been paid examining for workers with disabilities. OBJECTIVE:This article seeks expand upon existing measures employment outco mes people disabilities by the likelihood having good compared no disability. METHODS:Using 2014–2016 Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS-ASEC), we estimate prevalence jobs without...
Growing evidence shows a relationship between social infrastructure (SI) - the physical places where people gather outside of home and work health. However, existing data sources for rigorously investigating this are limited, especially rural areas. Therefore, we conducted an environmental scan furthering research on topic, with focus United States (U.S.). A total 10 datasets met inclusion criteria. Key information was collated from websites reviewed by administrators. We summarize key...
Several institutional aspects within the U.S. public school system impede delivery of adapted physical education (APE) services to disabled children, including a lack understanding and prioritization these by special team qualified APE professionals deliver services. Thus, we conducted qualitative inquiry grounded in critical-ableism perspective explore gatekeepers’ experiences perspectives APE. Gatekeepers included parents, educators, administrators. Using reflexive thematic analysis,...
Americans with a disability are substantially less likely to be employed than those without disability. Among who employed, additional layers of inequality have been established, including wage differences and access benefits. Education is generally viewed as pathway professional work good wages, benefits, conditions. In this paper, we utilise data from the 2017 National Survey College Graduates, nationally-representative sample college graduates in United States, examine job quality between...
Job tenure is a useful economic indicator. To employees, longer job creates higher rewards in pay, promotion opportunities, and security. For employers, there are fewer costs recruitment retraining when turnover low. Marginalized populations, such as persons with disabilities, may find work various economies, but retention more difficult. They often the first to be laid off struggling economies.The purpose of this study highlight differences individual employment-related factors associated...
We seek to expand interdisciplinary insights into coastal management by pairing survey data from the general public with attendant landscape in Puget Sound region. Our social gathered information regarding attitudes and perceptions of changing environmental conditions Basin as well views possible interventions. mapped US zip code regions spatially overlaid response existing geospatial layers biophysical conditions. Using mixed-effects logistic regression we examine relationships between...
Employment barriers experienced by people with disabilities are well-documented researchers. A closer look at the nature of these different stages job acquisition process may help to understand and address current challenges. To how employment differ for seekers without disabilities; impact disability type; most salient, when looking for, applying to, or accepting a position. 3,021 working-age adults (including 1,491 disabilities) from Qualtrics opt-in panel completed an online survey about...