Recent Publications by IIR Faculty Affiliates and Staff
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Selected Publications
Balakian, S. 2020 “Navigating Patchwork Governance: Somalis in Kenya, National Security, and Refugee Resettlement.” African Studies Review 63(1):43-64.
Balakian, S. and V. Dominguez. 2019 “The Promise and The Lost City of Z: Diasporas, Cinematic Imperialism, and Commercial Films.” Anthropologica 61(1):150-61.
Balakian, S. 2016 “‘Money Is Your Government’: Refugees, Mobility, and Unstable Documents in Kenya’s Operation Usalama Watch.” African Studies Review 59(2):87-111.
Selected Publications
(In press) 2025. Benli-Garcia, Ezgi. “Grief-free Recipes: The (Dis)Inclusion of Alevis from Turkey’s Aşure Tradition.” Journal of Folklore Research, no.62 (1).
2022. Benli-Garcia, Ezgi. “Dena El Saffar on her listening practices.”Muslim Voices. February 25, 2022. https://blogs.iu.edu/muslimvoices/2022/02/25
2021. Benli-Garcia, Ezgi. “When Cranes Sing: Listening to Alevi Voices.” Rising Voices in Ethnomusicology, no. 17.2 “The Voice Issue.” https://www.semsn.com/172-benligarcia
Book Review: Review of “Aesthetic and Performative Dimensions of Alevi Cultural Heritage,” edited by Martin Greve, Ulaş Özdemir, and Raoul Motika, Journal of Folklore Research Review, 2021.
Selected Publications
Best, Amy L. 2022. “The Role of Status in Bullying: On Murray Milner's Freaks, Geeks and Cool Kids.” The Sociology of Bullying: Power, Status, and Aggression Among Adolescents: Toward a Sociology of Bullying. Ed. Christopher Donoghue. New York: NewYork University Press.
Best, Amy L., Katie Kerstetter, John Dale & Samantha Retrosi. 2021. “The Strength of Civic Ties: Connecting Civic Engagement and Professional Attainment among Educated Immigrants in the United States” Community, Work & Family, DOI: 10.1080/13668803.2021.2008876
Best, Amy L. & Katie Kerstetter. 2020. “Connecting Learning and Play in Farm- to-School Programs: Children’s Culture, Local School Context and Nested Inequalities” Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition 15:2 DOI: 10.1080/19320248.2019.1588822
Spalter-Roth, Roberta, Patricia White and Amy L. Best. 2018. “Bringing Sociology into the Public Policy Process: a Relational Network Approach” American Sociologist 49:3 (434-447).
Best, Amy and J.L. Johnson. 2016. “Alternate Food Markets, NGOs, and Health Policy: Improving Food Access and Food Security, Trust Bonds, and Social Network Ties" World Medical and Health Policy. 8:2 (157-178).
Selected Publications
2013 Living with Oil: Promises, Peaks, and Declines on Mexico’s Gulf Coast. Austin: University of Texas Press.
2006 Monumental Ambivalence: the Politics of Heritage. Austin: University of Texas Press.
Selected Publications
Frontera: A Journey across the U.S.-Mexico Border (co-authored with Sergio Chapa) [forthcoming December 2023; Texas Christian University Press].
Las Cinco Vidas de Genaro García Luna (The Five Lives of Genaro García Luna; El Colegio de México, 2021)
La Guerra Improvisada: Los Años de Calderón y sus Consecuencias (The Improvised War: Calderón’s Years and Consequences; Océano, 2021).
Los Zetas Inc.: Criminal Corporation, Energy and Civil War in Mexico. Austin: University of Texas Press (2017).
Democracy in “Two Mexicos”: Political Institutions in Oaxaca and Nuevo León. New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2013).
Selected Publications
Books
Average Is Over: Powering America Beyond the Age of the Great Stagnation (Dutton: 2013)
An Economist Gets Lunch: New Rules for Everyday Foodies (Dutton: 2012)
The Great Stagnation: How America Ate All the Low-Hanging Fruit of Modern History, Got Sick, and Will (Eventually) Feel Better (Dutton: 2011)
Modern Principles of Economics, coauthored with Alex Tabarrok (Worth: 2009)
The Age of the Infovore (aka Create Your Own Economy: The Path to Prosperity in a Disordered World) (Dutton: 2009)
Discover Your Inner Economist: Use Incentives to Fall in Love, Survive Your Next Meeting, and Motivate Your Dentist (Dutton: 2007)
Markets and Cultural Voices: Liberty vs. Power in the Lives of Mexican Amate Painters (University of Michigan Press: 2005)
Creative Destruction: How Globalization is Changing the World’s Cultures (Princeton University Press: 2004)
Good & Plenty: The Creative Successes of American Arts Funding (Princeton University Press: 2004)
Market Failure or Success: The New Debate, coeditor (Edward Elgar Publishing: 2004)
What Price Fame? (Harvard University Press: 2002)
In Praise of Commercial Culture (Harvard University Press: 2000)
Selected Publications
Austin H. Vo and Michelle S. Dromgold-Sermen (equal authorship). 2025. “Global Division of Responsibility Sharing: How Refugee Systems Operate Through the Economic Management of Mobility and Immobility.” Social Sciences 14(7):1–21. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci14070434.
James Ellis, Michelle S. Dromgold-Sermen, Kaitlyn Atkins, Carl Greer, Cynthia Demetriou, and A.T. Panter. 2024. “A Phenomenological Variant Ecological Systems Theory Approach for Exploring Racial Stress and Campus Engagement among Black Male College Students.” Urban Education 60(9):2478-2510. https://doi.org/10.1177/00420859241293101.
Hana Brown and Michelle S. Dromgold-Sermen (equal authorship). 2024. “Borders, Politics, and Bounded Sympathy: How US Television News Constructs Refugees, 1980-2016.” Social Problems 71(3): 836-857. https://doi.org/10.1093/socpro/spac036.
Michelle S. Dromgold-Sermen. 2023. “The Bureaucratic Waiting Tolls: Social Consequences of Prolonged and Uncertain Waiting in U.S. Lawful Permanent Residence Processing.” American Behavioral Scientist. https://doi.org/10.1177/00027642231216727.
Michelle S. Dromgold-Sermen. 2022. “Forced Migrants and Secure Belonging: A Case Study of Syrian Refugees Resettled in the United States.” Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 48(3): 635-654. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2020.1854087.
Selected Publications
2025. Migration Stories: Connecting Activism, Policy, and Scholarship, University of Illinois Press.
2020. “There Isn’t Belief, Just Believing: Rethinking Belief as a Keyword of Folklore Studies,” Journal of American Folklore 133(529): 307-328.
2018. Expressions of Sufi Culture in Tajikistan, University of Wisconsin Press.
Selected Publications
Books
2019 Africa Every Day: Fun, Leisure, and Expressivity on the Continent. Ohio University Press. (co-edited with Oluwalemi M. Balogun, Melissa Graboyes, and Habib Iddrisu). For open access to this book: https://www.ohioswallow.com/open-access/
2019. Folklore and Ethnomusicology Fieldwork Methods Handbook. Indiana University Press. (co-authored with John Fenn).
2016 My Music, My War: The Listening Habits of U.S. Troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Wesleyan University Press.
2015 UNESCO on the Ground: Local Perspectives on Intangible Cultural Heritage. Indiana University Press. (co-edited with Michael Dylan Foster).
2009 The Dance of Politics: Performance, Gender, and Democratization in Malawi. Temple University Press.
Website
The Dzaleka Art Project: https://www.dzalekaartproject.com
Documentary Film
2011 Grounds for Resistance: Stories of War, Sacrifice, and Good Coffee. Distributed by Films Media Group. A documentary about contemporary G.I. resistance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmn5DkgENMU
Selected Publications
David Levasseur and Lisa Gring-Pemble. "Not All Capitalist Stories are Created Equal: Mitt Romney's Bain Capital Narrative and the Deep Divide in American Economic Rhetoric," forthcoming in Rhetoric & Public Affairs.
Duhita Mahatmya and Lisa Gring-Pemble (2014). "DREAMers and Their Families: A Family Impact Analysis of the DREAM Act and Implications for Family Well-Being." Journal of Family Studies 20.1: 79-87.
Gring-Pemble, Lisa. “Connecting the Classroom to the World”: An Integrative, Interdisciplinary, and Experiential Approach to Learning at George Mason University.” The College Curriculum: A Reader, edited by Joseph Devitis. New York: Peter Lang 2013.
Gring-Pemble, Lisa. 2012. “It’s We the People . . . , Not We The Illegals”: Extremist Rhetoric in Prince William County, Virginia’s Immigration Debate. Communication Quarterly 60.5: 624-648.
Selected Publications
Kim, Dae Young. 2022. “The Transnational Activities of Korean Immigrant Women in the USA: A Content Analysis of Missy USA Q&A Webpage.” Journal of International Migration and Integration.
Kim, Dae Young. 2018. Transnational Communities in the Smartphone Age: The Korean Community in the Nation’s Capital. Lexington Books.
Kim, Dae Young. 2014. “Coping with Racialization: Second-Generation Korean-American Responses to Racial Othering,” in Pyong Gap Min (Ed), Younger-Generation Korean Experiences in the U.S. and Canada. Lexington Books.
Kim, Dae Young. 2013. Second-Generation Korean Americans: Their Struggle for Full Inclusion. LFB Scholarly Publishing.
Kim, Dae Young. 2011. “The Pursuit of Elite High Schools and Colleges among Second-Generation Korean Americans.” Development and Society 40(2): 225-259.
Selected Publications
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Mirance, K., Foltz, K. E., Hattery, A. J., Kiss, M., & Smith, E. (2024). Theorizing Feminist Abolitionist Approaches to Gender-Based Violence: A Descriptive Case Study of Gender-Based Violence in SportsWorld. Gender & Society, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/08912432241266271
Kiss, M., Foltz, K.E., Hattery, A., Mirance, K. & Smith, E. (2024). What Is a Girl Worth?: Gender-Based Violence and Accountability in SportsWorld. Sociology of Sport Journal. https://doi.org/10.1123/ssj.2023-0135
Freetly Porter, E., Mendoza, M. P., Deng, M., Kiss, M., Mirance, K., Foltz, K., & Hattery, A. J. (2024). Institutional Betrayal in the Criminal and Civil Legal Systems: Exploratory Factor Analysis with a Sample of Black and Hispanic Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605241253030
Smith, E., Hattery, A. J., Kiss, M., & Foltz, K. E. (2023). Re-Conceptualizing Kaepernick’s Kneeling Protests and His Banishment From the NFL as an Infringement on His “Right to Work.” Journal of Black Studies, 54(6), 469-489.
Smith, J., Pocratsky, B., Kiss, M., & Suero, C. (2021). Streaming Popular Feminism: Netflix’s Jessica Jones as Feminist Hero. Studies in Popular Culture, 43(2), 104–129.
Hattery, A.J., Kiss, M., & Smith, E. (2019). Always the Bridesmaid and Never the Bride: Women’s and Minorities Coaching Opportunities in Intercollegiate Sports. Journal of Higher Education Athletics & Innovation, 1(5):37-47.
Mbaba, M., Brown, S., Wooditch, A., Kiss, M., Murphy, A., Kumari, S., Taxman, F., Altice, F., Lawson, W.B., & Springer, S.A. (2018). Prevalence, Diagnosis, and Treatment Rates of Mood Disorders among Opioid Users under Criminal Justice Supervision. Substance Use & Misuse, 1-10.
Wooditch, A, Mbaba, M., Kiss, M., Lawson, W., Taxman, F., & Altice, F.L. (2017). Housing Experiences among Opioid-Dependent, Criminal Justice-Involved Individuals in Washington, D.C. Journal of Urban Health, 1-10.
OP-ED PUBLICATIONS
Witte, J. and Kiss, M. (2025, August 12). America loses its humanity in the Florida Everglades. Richmond Times-Dispatch. Available here.
Witte, J. and Kiss, M. (2025, January 15). Mass deportation is unlikely. Micro-deportations are the graver concern. Tribune News Service. Available here.
Kiss, M. and Witte, J. (2024, October 14). Are Major League Baseball and immigration reform on a collision course? Tribune News Service. Available here.
Witte, J. and Kiss, M. (2022, July 26). Immigrant athletes can become agents of change. Richmond Times-Dispatch. Available here.
Smith, E. and Kiss, M. (2021, April 1). Why are there so few Black American players in MLB 74 years after Jackie Robinson took the field? The Philadelphia Inquirer. Available here.
Kiss, M. and Witte, J.C. (2019, July 11). The Streak(s) Continue: Immigrant Players Bring Baseball Victories, The Bridge. Available here.
Witte, J.C. and Kiss, M. (2019, July 3). Predicting the Outcome of the 2019 MLB All-Star Game: Immigrant Ball Players Are a Key Factor, InsideSources. Available here.
Selected Publications
Books in Print
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Zhou, S., & McCarron, G. P. (2025). From first jobs to career: Research and narratives. Cambridge University Press. Find the book HERE. |
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Silver, B. R., & McCarron, G. P. (Eds.). (2024). Supporting college students of immigrant origin: New insights from research, policy, and practice. Cambridge University Press. Find the book HERE. |
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Chen, C. W., McCarron, G. P., Owen, J. E., & Grande, S. (2025). Activism, burnout, and community: The stories of student activists. Routledge. Find the book HERE. |
Peer-Reviewed Publications (select)
McCarron, G. P. (forthcoming 2026). What’s working for first-generation college transfer students: The importance of mattering. Journal of Student Affairs Research & Practice. [Special Issue: What’s Working Now: Promising Student Affairs Practices Promoting Student Success]
Rizzo, J., McCarron, G. P., Harris, T. N., Visser, V, Schrum, K., Khan, M., & Corso, A. R. (2025). Employing augmented reality to foster sense of belonging for first-generation college transfer students transitioning to a four-year university. Journal of First-generation Student Success, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1080/26906015.2025.2516191
Holton-Thomas, A., McCarron, G. P., Lewis-Semien, L., Aguilar Cardenas, R., & Hassan, S. M.(2024). Reforming a broken narrative on student affairs and academic affairs collaboration: One program's partnership model to foster summer bridge program success. Journal of First-generation Student Success, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1080/26906015.2024.2424526
Hogan, K. M.*, Gilmore, M., McCarron, G. P., Griffiths, B. M., Koehler, J. W., García, G. A., & von Fricken, M. E. (2024). Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding malaria transmission and prevention in an indigenous Maijuna community: A qualitative study in the Peruvian Amazon. Malaria Journal, 23(1), 314. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-024-05121-8
Chen, C. W., McCarron, G. P., & Owen, J. E. (2024). The emotional labor of college student activism: An interview-based study. Journal of Human Rights Practice, 16(3), 964–980. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhuman/huae025
McCarron, G. P., Chen, C. W., April, J., & LaMagdeleine, I. (2024). An exploratory study of the relationship between college student activists’ labor and their subjective well-being: Perspectives from a U.S. institution. Journal of American College Health.
McCarron, G. P., Chen, C. W., Blanton, S., Guerrieri, G., Lucioni, R. G., Gurung, E., Sreevals, A., & Enciu, J. (2023). College student activists’ perceptions of mattering to campus educators. Journal of College Student Affairs Research and Practice.
McCarron, G. P., McKenzie, B., & Yamanaka, A. (2023). Leadership identity development. New Directions in Student Leadership (No. 178). Wiley.
McCarron, G. P., & Yamanaka, A. (2022). Reflecting back and going forward: Promising pedagogical practices for culturally relevant/sustaining and equitable online leadership education. Journal of Leadership Studies.
McCarron, G. P., Yamanaka, A., Schierbeek, E., & Fojtik, G. (2022). Socially just and culturally relevant experiential leadership learning: Centering equity and inclusion in learners’ praxis. Journal of Leadership Studies. Online first.
Owen, E., McCarron, G. P., & Chen, C. W. (2022). “Never ‘because of’, always ‘in spite of’”: Implications of the CRLL for student social justice activists’ leadership learning. Journal of Leadership Studies. Online first. http://doi.org/10.1002/jls.21820
McCarron, G. P. (2022). First and flourishing?: An exploration of how first-generation college students make meaning of their well-being through purpose, relationships, and multiple identities. Journal of First-generation Student Success.
Garner, P. W., & McCarron, G. P. (2022). Perceptions of competence, autonomy, and relatedness among women of immigrant origin working as family childcare providers in the U.S. Community, Work, & Family.
McCarron, G. P., Zhou, S., Schierbeek, E., Campbell, A., & Muscente, K. K. (2022). We’re not working with a blank slate: Students’ pre-college leadership activities and perceived parenting behavior as predictors of college-based leader emergence and leader self-efficacy. Journal of Leadership Education, 21(1), 33-47. https://doi.org/10.12806/V21/I1/R3
McCarron, G. P., Olesova, L., Calkins, B. (2021). An exploratory examination of student-led, asynchronous collaborative online discussions in fostering higher-order cognitive skills and ethical leadership learning. Online Learning, 25(4), 198-219. https://doi.org/10.24059/olj.v25i4.2895
Frye, S., & McCarron, G. P. (2021). Leveraging high-impact, collaborative learning in an undergraduate nonprofit studies course toward bolstering career readiness. Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership, 11(2), 65-85. https://doi.org/10.18666/jnel-2020-10126
Maskell, S., McCarron, G. P., Zhou, S., Cannon, J., Goldstein, T., & Zaccaro, S. J. (2021). The leadership stories our children are told: An examination of the characterizations of leadership behaviors and orientations in popular youth TV shows. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-021-01502-3
Owen, J. E., Rigaud, S., & McCarron, G. P. (2021). Hidden costs and commitments: Leadership, social class, and experiential learning. New Directions in Student Leadership, 2021(169), 103-110. https://doi.org/10.1002/yd.20426
Garner, P., McCarron, G. P. (2020). Developing leadership in early childhood education and care through the integration of theory, policy engagement, and advocacy. Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/10901027.2020.1799117
McCarron, G. P., Jackson, G., McNaughtan, J., Olesova, L., Schmidt, G. B., & Adams, T. T. (2020). Centering dialogic and digital approaches in leadership education pedagogy: Priority 6 of the national leadership education research agenda 2020–2025. Journal of Leadership Studies, 14(3), 72-77. https://doi.org/10.1002/jls.21716
Owen, J. E., Krell, M., & McCarron, G. P. (2019). An exploration of civic identity in first-generation college students: From charity to solidarity. Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 56(5), 535-549. https://doi.org/10.1080/19496591.2019.1648275
McCarron, G. P., & Inkelas, K. K. (2006). The gap between educational aspirations and attainment for first-generation college students and the role of parental involvement. The Journal of College Student Development, 47(5), 534-549. https://doi.org/10.1353/csd.2006.0059
Chapters in Edited Volumes (Select)
McCarron, G. P., & Yamanaka, A. (In Press). Virtual education (includes influences of social media, ai, and virtual workforce). In J. P. Dugan, S. E. Patterson, K. Cilente Skendall (Eds.), The handbook for leadership education & impact (pp. TBD). Edward Elgar Publishing.
McCarron, G. P., Suero, C., & Hassell-Goodman, S. (In Press). Barriers and bolsters to first-generation college students’ flourishing in higher education. In P. Sasso & J. DeVitis (Eds.), Human flourishing in higher education: Critical social and cultural perspectives (pp. TBD). Information Age.
Silver, B., & McCarron, G. P. (2024). An introduction to supporting students of immigrant origin. In B. Silver & G. Pagliarulo McCarron (Eds.), Supporting college students of immigrant origin: New insights from research, policy, and practice (pp. 3-14). Cambridge University Press.
McCarron, G. P., Montiel, S., & Hassell-Goodman, S. (2024). First-generation college women of immigrant origin and perspectives on the role of gender in their experiences on- and off-campus. In B. Silver & G. Pagliarulo McCarron (Eds.), Supporting college students of immigrant origin: New insights from research, policy, and practice (pp. 176-199). Cambridge University Press.
Case Study or Instructional Scenario Chapters (Select)
McCarron, G. P. (2021). Module 5.2: The effects of stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination on women’s leadership. In J. M. Pigza, J. E. Owen, & Associates (Eds.), Women and leadership development in college: A facilitation resource (pp. TBD). Stylus.
McCarron, G. P., & Pigza, J. M. (2021). Module 6.3: On-ramps and off-ramps: Narratives of professional journey. In J. M. Pigza, J. E. Owen, & Associates (Eds.), Women and leadership development in college: A facilitation resource (pp. TBD). Stylus.
Selected Publications
Chaos, Violence and Dynasty: Patronage Politics in Central Asia (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2011)
“Leadership Succession, Great Power Ambitions, and the Future of Central Asia,” Central Asian Affairs 3:3 (July 2016).
“Foreign Policy Consequences of Homegrown Eurasian Nationalism,” PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo No. 418, (February 2016).
“Central Asia’s Autocrats: Geopolitically Stuck, Politically Free,” PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo No. 380 (August 2015).
- Russian language version: “Центрально-азиатские автократы: Застряв в геополитическом тупике они сохранили политическую свободу действий”
“Fast Forwarding the Brezhnev Years: Osh in Flames,” Russian History 41:3 (2014).
"States of Protest in Central Asia," PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo No. 299 (September 2013).
"Eurasia 2014: Into Thin Air," Central Asia Policy Brief, Central Asia Program, George Washington University Elliot School of International Affairs (June 2013).
"Central Asia Grows Wobbly," Current History (October 2012).
"Foreign Policy and Aging Central Asian Autocrats," Demokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization 20(3) (Summer 2012)
"Exploring Regime Instability and Ethnic Violence in Kyrgyzstan," Asia Policy (July 2011).
"Running in Circles in Kyrgyzstan," The New York Times (Op-Ed, April 10, 2010).
"Searching for Kamalot: Political Patronage and Youth Politics in Uzbekistan," Europe-Asia Studies (September 2009).
"Islamic Revivalism and State Failure in Kyrgyzstan," Problems of Post-Communism (May-June 2009).
“Central Asian Protest Movements,” in A. Wooden and C. Stefes, eds., The Politics of Transition in Central Asia and the Caucasus (Routledge, 2009).
“Aiding the Internet in Central Asia," Democratization (April 2007), co-author: Erica J. Johnson.
“Divided Faith: Trapped between State and Islam in Uzbekistan,” in Jeff Sahadeo and Russell Zanca, eds., Everyday Life in Central Asia (Indiana University Press, June 2007).
Selected Publications
How Cultural Diversity Drives Innovation: Surnames and Patents in U.S. History, Journal of Political Economy, accepted, with Max Posch and Joseph Henrich.
Social Norms and Dishonesty across Societies (2022). PNAS (with Diego Aycinena, Lucas Rentschler and Ben Beranek)
Kin Networks and Institutional Development (2022). Economic Journal. Winner of the Royal Economic Society Price 2022.
The Church, intensive kinship, and global psychological variation (2019). Science, 366, 6466 (with D. Bahrami-Rad, J. Beauchamp, & J. Henrich)
The Moral Machine Experiment (2018). Nature, 563, 59-64 (with E. Awad, S. Dsouza, R. Kim, J. Henrich, A. Shariff, J.-F. Bonnefon, & I. Rahwan)
Intrinsic Honesty and the Prevalence of Rule Violations across Societies (2016). Nature, 531, 496‑499 (with S. Gächter)
Selected Publications
Recent Articles and Book Chapters:
Silver, Blake R. 2024. “Major Transitions: How College Students Interpret the Process of Changing Fields of Study.” Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 87(4), 1027-1042.
Crawford, Kara, and Blake R. Silver. 2024. “Exploring the Experiences of College Women in Fields with Disparities in Gender Representation.” Journal of Postsecondary Student Success, 3(3), 25-48.
Silver, Blake R. 2024. “Understanding the Individual in Context: Socioeconomic Inequality in College Students’ Perspectives.” Social Currents, 11(1), 61-79.
Farago, Fanni, and Blake R. Silver. 2023. “Navigating the New University: How Students from Immigrant Families Experience Student-Faculty Interactions.” In Teniell Trolian and Eugene Parker, Eds. Fostering Sustained Student-Faculty Engagement in Undergraduate Education, p. 128-145. New York: Routledge.
Silver, Blake R. 2023. “Interpreting First-Generation Identities and Experiences: Exploring Student Meaning Making at a First-gen Forward Institution.” Journal of First-generation Student Success, 3(2), 106-123.
Silver, Blake R., and Lily Krietzberg. 2023. “Compartmentalizing Communities or Creating Continuity: How Students Navigate LGBQ+ Identity Within and Beyond College.” Sociological Focus, 56(1), 1-19.
Silver, Blake R., Freddy Lopez, Fanni Farago, and Tharuna Kalaivanan. 2022. “Focused, Exploratory, or Vigilant: Reproduction, Mobility, and the Self-Narratives of Second-Generation Immigrant Youth.” Qualitative Sociology, 45(1), 123-147.
Roksa, Josipa, Blake R. Silver, and Yapeng Wang. 2022. “Inequality in Higher Education: Sociological Understandings of Student Success.” In Nicholas Bowman, Ed. How College Students Succeed: Making Meaning Across Disciplinary Perspectives, p. 179-207. Stylus.
Kalaivanan, Tharuna, Lily Krietzberg, Blake R. Silver, and Bianca Kwan. 2022. “The Senior-Year Transition: Gendered Experiences of Second-Generation Immigrant College Students.” Journal of Women and Gender in Higher Education, 15(1), 21-40.
Roksa, Josipa, and Blake R. Silver. 2021. “Higher Education.” In Kimberley Kinsley and Robert Rycroft, Eds. Inequality in America: Causes and Consequences, p. 95-106. Greenwood, ABC-CLIO.
Silver, Blake R., Lily Krietzberg, and Tharuna Kalaivanan. 2021. “Transitioning OUT: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Queer Students’ Concerns in the Senior Year.” Journal of the First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 33(2), 9-27.
Silver, Blake R., Freddy Lopez, Tharuna Kalaivanan, and Lily Krietzberg. 2021. “Second-Generation Immigrant Students and the Senior-Year Transition.” Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 58(4), 388-400.
Silver, Blake R. 2020. “Inequality in the Extracurriculum: How Class, Race, and Gender Shape College Involvement.” Sociological Forum, 35(4), 1290-1314.
Silver, Blake R. 2020. “How First-Year College Women Construct Identity through Co-Curricular Involvement.” Journal of Women and Gender in Higher Education, 13(3), 233-250.
Henderson, Lora, Blake R. Silver, Leslie Booren, Sara Rimm-Kaufman, and James Wyckoff. 2020. “Fostering Faculty Diversity by Supporting Access to Graduate Study in Education.” Journal of College Student Development, 61(5) 663-666.
Silver, Blake R., Tharuna Kalaivanan, Lily Krietzberg, and Jordan Hawkins. 2020. “Distance, Alignment, and Boundaries: How Second-Generation Immigrant Seniors Negotiate Parental Involvement.” Journal of College Student Development, 61(5) 558-573.
Roksa, Josipa, Blake R. Silver, Denise Deutschlander, and Sarah Whitley. 2020. “Navigating the First Year of College: Siblings, Parents, and First-Generation Students’ Experiences.” Sociological Forum, 35(3) 565-586.
Silver, Blake R. 2020. “On the Margins of College Life: The Experiences of Racial and Ethnic Minority Men in the Extracurriculum.” Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 49(2): 147-175.
Silver, Blake R. 2020. “Social Class and Habitus at the End of College: Cultural Similarity and Difference among Graduating Seniors.” Sociological Focus, 53(2): 190-206.
Roksa, Josipa, and Blake R. Silver. 2019. “‘Do-It-Yourself’ University: Institutional and Family Support in the Transition Out of College.” Review of Higher Education, 42(3): 1051-1071.
Arum, Richard, Josipa Roksa, Jacqueline Cruz, and Blake R. Silver. 2018. "Student Experiences in College." In Barbara Schneider (Ed.), Handbook of the Sociology of Education in the 21st Century, pp. 385-403. Springer.
Silver, Blake R. and Josipa Roksa. 2017. "Navigating Uncertainty and Responsibility: Understanding Inequality in the Senior-Year Transition." Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 54(3): 248-260.
Selected Publications
"Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin: The Spectacular [A]ffect of Vergangenheitsbewältigung." International Journal of Zizek Studies 6, no. 2 (2012).