Research Interests:

• Social Policy Adoption & Administration
• Administrative Contracting & Cross-Sector Governance
• Street-Level Implementation & Administrative Discretion
• Program Evaluation & Performance Management
• Policy Innovation & Diffusion
• Representative Bureaucracy
• Urban Affairs & Metropolitics 
• Race & Social Equity

Working Papers:

• “Harnessing the Promise of Public-Private Partnerships: Lessons for State Contracting Reforms”

• “Systemic Racism and COVID-19: Vulnerabilities with the U.S. Social Safety Net for Immigrants and People of Color”

• “Gender and City Management: Improving Social Welfare Administration?”

• “Representative Dimensions of Employee Attitudes in Public and Nonprofit Agencies”

• “Measuring City Council Professionalism: Examining Municipal Governments in California”

• “Representative Bureaucracy and Executive Networks: Mayors and City Managers in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area”

• “Intersectionality and the Social Construction of the Urban Poor: Implications for Social Welfare Policy and Administration”

• “Privatization and Public Service Motivation: How Administrative Contracting Influences Attitudes Toward Serving the Public Good”

• “E-Government in Social Service Provision: Promise and Equity Considerations”

• “Immigrants, Elite Framing and Social Welfare Utilization: Latinos and SNAP uptake”