Publications in PPA

Our PPA Faculty often publish research in academic journals. This page will be updated frequently with recent and new publications by our faculty members.

For more information about our department, please visit our "Meet Us" page.

Full-Time Faculty

Rob Wassmer, Professor & Vice Chair

• Robert W. Wassmer: "Past Structural Racism and Current Home Prices," Journal of Urban Affairs
• Robert W. Wassmer and Imaez Wahid: "Does the Likely Demographics of Affordable Housing Justify NIMBYism?", Journal of Housing Policy Debate.
• Robert W. Wassmer and Joshua A. Williams: "The Influence of Regulation on Residential Land Prices in United States Metropolitan Areas", Journal of Policy Department and Research.
• Robert W. Wassmer: Do Higher Land Costs for New Single-Family Housing Inhibit Economic Activity in U.S. Metropolitan Areas?, Economic Development Quarterly.

Edward Lascher, Professor

• Brian E. Adams, Edward L. Lascher Jr., Danielle Joesten Martin: "Use of Cues in Low-Information Elections"

• Brian E. Adams, Edward L. Lascher Jr., Danielle Joesten Martin: "Ballot Cues, Business Candidates and Voter Choices in Local Election", Journal of American Politics Research.
• Joshua Dyck and Edward L. Lascher Jr., "How California uses the initiative process to restrict civil rights", San Francisco Chronicle.
• Joshua J. Dyck, Wesley Hussey, Edward L. Lascher, Jr.: "American State Ballot Initiatives and Income Inequality", Journal of Politics and Governance.

Amal Kumar, Assistant Professor

• Monica C. Higgins, Amal Kumar: "(De)Constructing the Disruption: Enacted Sensemaking and Sensegiving in Institutionally Plural Fields," De Gruyter J. Organ. Sociol. 2024
• Christopher, T., Kumar, A., & Benson, R. T. Fine wine at discount prices? A review of the research on the part-time faculty workforce. CSHE Research & Occasional Paper Series, 7.22, 1–14.
• R. Todd Benson, Amal Kumar: "From the Old Normal to the Next Normal: Inequities in Faculty Hiring, Promotion, Tenure, and Advancement," The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
• Amal Kumar: "The origins and evolution of academic drift at the California State University, 1960–2005," Higher Education

Ahrum Chang, Assistant Professor

• Gene. A. Brewer, Ahrum Chang: "Street-Level bureaucracy in public administration: A systematic literature review," Public Management Review
• Ahrum Chang: "Resource Stability and Federal Agency Performance," American Review of Public Administration
• Ahrum Chang, Seong C. Kang, Brian N. Williams: "Does bureaucratic representation enhance overall organizational accountability in policing?" Wiley Public Administration