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Sustainability Science Graduate Students As Boundary Spanners, Spencer R. Meyer, Vanessa R. Levesque, Karen H. Bieluch, Michelle L. Johnson, Bridie Mcgreavy, Stacia Dreyer, Hollie Smith

Faculty Publications

Graduate training in sustainability science (SS) focuses on interdisciplinary research, stakeholder-researcher partnerships, and creating solutions from knowledge. But becoming a sustainability scientist also requires specialized training that addresses the complex boundaries implicit in sustainability science approaches to solving social-ecological system challenges. Using boundary spanning as a framework, we use a case study of the Sustainability Solutions Initiative (SSI) at the University of Maine to explicate key elements for graduate education training in SS. We used a mixed-methods approach, including a quantitative survey and autoethnographic reflection, to analyze our experiences as SSI doctoral students. Through this research, we identified four essential …

Carsey Perspective: Is The Poverty Rate 1.1 Percent?, Michael P. Ettlinger, Andrew P. Schaefer

Carsey Publications

In this Carsey Perspective, authors Michael Ettlinger and Andrew Schaefer show that while close to 15 percent of the U.S. population lives in poverty, they only fall short of the poverty line by about 1 percent of national income--suggesting that the scale of the problem shouldn't be a reason for failing to address it.
In our "Carsey Perspectives" series, we present new, innovative ideas and ways of looking at issues affecting our society and the world.

Turning Contention Into Collaboration: Engaging Power, Trust, And Learning In Collaborative Networks, Vanessa R. Levesque, Aram J. K. Calhoun, Kathleen P. Bell, Teresa R. Johnson

Faculty Publications

Given the complexity and multiplicity of goals in natural resource governance, it is not surprising that policy debates are often characterized by contention and competition. Yet at times adversaries join together to collaborate to find creative solutions not easily achieved in polarizing forums. We employed qualitative interviews and a quantitative network analysis to investigate a collaborative network that formed to develop a resolution to a challenging natural resource management problem, the conservation of vernal pools. We found that power had become distributed among members, trust had formed across core interests, and social learning had resulted in shared understanding and joint …

After A Parent Left Employment, One In Five Children Lost Private Insurance, Kristin Smith

Carsey Publications

This brief focuses on children’s loss of private health insurance after a parent left his or her job voluntarily or involuntarily between May 2008 and the end of 2012. Author Kristin Smith reports that more than one in four privately insured children had a parent leave employment voluntarily or involuntarily between 2008 and 2012. Within eighteen months after a parent transitioned out of employment, 19 percent of privately insured children lost their private health insurance; of this 19 percent, 11 percent moved to public health insurance and 8 percent became uninsured. Children living in the highest income quintile more often …

Lockdown In Manchester Is A Slippery Slope, Risa Evans

Law Faculty Scholarship

[Excerpt] "Liberty. Security. Both are essential to a good life. But of course, neither is absolute, and at times circumstances demand that a society trade some measure of liberty for security. The tricky part is deciding when and how to draw the line."

Unh Research Finds Child Kidnappings Are Not Declining, But Fewer End In Murder, Robbin Ray

Media Relations

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Ten Ways To Mark Success, Jody Record

UNH Today Archive

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Triumphing Over Tragedy, Jennifer Saunders

UNH Today Archive

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Passing: Professor Murray A. Straus, 1926-2016, Unh Communications And Public Affairs

UNH Today Archive

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Unh Research Finds Decline In Forest Cover In New England And New York, Erika Mantz

Media Relations

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Forests In Flux: The Effects Of Demographic Change On Forest Cover In New England And New York, Mark J. Ducey, Kenneth M. Johnson, Ethan P. Belair, Miranda H. Mockrin

Carsey Publications

This brief contributes to a better understanding of the linkages between demographic and forest cover change so as to inform policy efforts aimed at maintaining existing forested areas in and around sprawling urban centers. Authors Mark Ducey, Kenneth Johnson, Ethan Belair, and Miranda Mockrin report that forest cover has declined throughout New England and New York over the last decade. In rural areas, forest loss is primarily due to commercial timber harvesting and represents a temporary change. Conversely, forest cover decline in urban areas is usually the result of development and is likely to be permanent. Forest cover change is …

The Arc And Architecture Of Private Enforcement Regimes In The United States And Europe: A View Across The Atlantic, Jason Rathod, Sandeep Veheesan

The University of New Hampshire Law Review

The United States and Europe have traditionally taken very different approaches to the regulation of harmful conduct. Previously, European nations relied almost entirely on the public enforcement of laws, whereas the United States relied on a mix of public and private actors. In the United States, private rights of action have played a central role deterring illegal conduct—and, in fact, provided greater deterrence than public enforcers in some areas of law. They have also allowed injured parties to obtain compensation. Despite their very different histories, the private enforcement systems in the United States and Europe are showing signs of convergence …

The People Factor, Jennifer Saunders

UNH Today Archive

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Unh Demographer Receives Prestigious Carnegie Fellowship, Erika Mantz

Media Relations

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Ken Johnson Named Carnegie Fellow, Erika Mantz

UNH Today Archive

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Unh Research Finds Older Adults Not Receiving The Care They Need, Erika Mantz

Media Relations

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The Unmet Need For Care: Vulnerability Among Older Adults, Rebecca K. Glauber, Melissa Day

Carsey Publications

In this brief, authors Rebecca Glauber and Melissa Day explore factors that exacerbate the unmet need for care among the noninstitutionalized older population and seek to deter­mine who is likely to need care but go without. They find that unmarried individuals and those who live alone are more likely than others to need care but not receive it. These older adults are frail, have difficulty meet­ing their daily needs, and do not have family members or friends to whom to turn in times of need. This group of vulnerable older adults requires an array of social supports.

Unh Research Finds Older Adults Not Receiving The Care They Need, Erika Mantz

UNH Today Archive

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The New Hampshire, Vol. 105 [106], No. 40 (Apr. 4, 2016), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire. This volume was printed as 105, but it is the 106th volume in the series.

Pircnews, Spring 2016, Prevention Innovations Research Center

PIRC Newsletter

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Exclusionary Discipline Highest In New Hampshire’S Urban Schools Suspension And Expulsion Found To Disproportionately Affect Disadvantaged Students, Douglas J. Gagnon, Eleanor M. Jaffee, Reeve Kennedy

Carsey Publications

This research brief follows up on a joint Carsey/NH Kids Count publication from 2009. The 2009 study focused on larger disciplinary trends in New Hampshire schools and contextualized them in the policies, laws, and procedures that may have resulted in increased use of exclusionary discipline. The present study reports on rates of exclusionary discipline from 2010 through 2014 by school and student characteristics to better understand how and to what extent exclusionary discipline has been applied across the state in recent years.

Authors Douglas Gagnon, Eleanor Jaffee, and Reeve Kennedy report that although rates of out-of-school suspension among secondary school …

Mobilizing The Power Of Higher Education To Tackle The Grand Challenge Of Sustainability: Lessons From Novel Initiatives, David D. Hart, James L. Buizer, Jonathan A. Foley, Lewis E. Gilbert, Lisa J. Graumlich, Anne R. Kapuscinski, Jonathan G. Kramer, Margaret A. Palmer, David R. Peart, Linda Silka

New Hampshire EPSCoR

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Unh Research Finds Higher And More Persistent Child Poverty In Rural America, Erika Mantz

Media Relations

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Child Poverty Higher And More Persistent In Rural America, Andrew P. Schaefer, Marybeth J. Mattingly, Kenneth M. Johnson

Carsey Publications

In this brief, authors Andrew Schaefer, Marybeth Mattingly, and Kenneth Johnson look at both the incidence of high child poverty and at the places where such high child poverty has persisted for decades. Their analysis documents that high child poverty is growing nationwide and that rural America includes a disproportionate share of children living in counties with persistently high child poverty. Counties with persistent high child poverty are clustered in Appalachia, the Mississippi Delta, much of the Southeast, parts of the Southwest, and in scattered areas of the Great Plains. More than three-quarters of counties with persistent high child poverty …

Finkelhor: Child Abuse In Youth Organizations Is Low, Beth Potier

UNH Today Archive

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After Years Of Decline, Private Health Insurance Rates Among Children Grew In 2014, Michael J. Staley

Carsey Publications

In this fact sheet, author Michael Staley reports that rates of private health insurance coverage for children increased between 2013 and 2014 for the first time since 2008, the first year in which the American Community Survey collected data on health insurance. Between 2008 and 2014 (the most recent data), rates of children’s coverage grew nearly 4 percentage points; to 94 percent. Growth in public insurance, such as Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), was largely responsible for these gains (up 10.8 percentage points since 2008), while rates of private insurance coverage fell concurrently (down 5.6 percentage points).

Primary Experience, Jody Record

UNH Today Archive

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Are You Ready To Be An Ra?, Ellen Gibbs

UNH Today Archive

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Professors Without Borders, Loren Marple

UNH Today Archive

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Unh Research Finds Changing Granite State Population Likely To Have Big Impact On Presidential Primary, Erika Mantz

Media Relations

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