Publications and Presentations

Articles

Alhadyan, S., AlRahahleh, M., & Khwaileh, M. (2024). A Tactical Urbanism and Economic Inclusivity: Evaluating the Impact of Spacena Project in a Marginalized Urban Area. Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs, 8(2). https://doi.org/10.25034/ijcua.2024.v8n2-4

Fateminasab, S., & Moayerian, N. (2025). Designing sustainable public spaces using design justice framework: a case study in Southern Iran. Local Environment, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2024.2447747

Firouzi, A. (2025). Zoroastrianism in Yazd Reflections on the Right to the City and Politics of Cultural Identity. In S. Yadollahi (Ed.), Conservation Theory and the Urban Realpolitik (pp. 61-80). Berlin, Boston: Birkhäuser. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783035628630-004

Gosink, E. (2024). Resurgence as a Method to Overcome the Abyssal Line: Challenging Notions of Epistemology and Ontology. Community Change, 6(1),1. https://doi.org/10.21061/cc.v6i1.a.64.

Guerra, V. (2024). Review: The Routledge Handbook of Urban Studies in Latin America and the Caribbean: Cities, Urban Processes, and Policies, by GonzálezPérez, Jesús M., Clara Irazábal, and Rubén C. Lois-González, eds. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/0739456X241252039

Guerra, V., Stephenson, M., Poets, D., & Todd, M. F. (2024). The contributions of community-led newspapers to the resilience of Rio’s Maré and Rocinha favelas during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Urban Affairs, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2024.2357707

Horn, K. (2025). Pets as friends? Absolutely! Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/navigating-socialterrain/202501/pets-as-friends-absolutely

Horn, K., Mathis, S., Nagle, L., Dunkenberger, M.B., Hagaman, A., and Pack, R. (2024). Is peer support a tipping point for the opioid use disorder crisis in Appalachia? Research holds the answer. Harm Reduction Journal, 21(122). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-024-01041-7

Nurani, S.H. (2024). Decolonization in Goa: Past, Process, and Present. Community Change, 6(1), p. 4. https://doi.org/10.21061/cc.v6i1.a.65

Panahi, M., & Moayerian, N. (2025). Seeds of Resilience: How Social Capital Cultivates Community Strength in Environmental Crisis Management. Journal of Environmental Management (Q1). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.124937.

Poets, D., Stephenson, M. and Zanotti, L. (2024). Decolonization/Decoloniality, Entangled Ontologies: Old Debates and New Directions. Community Change, 6(1), p. 2. https://doi.org/10.21061/cc.v6i1.a.63.

Sehat, H., Goudarzi, C., & Heshmat, M. (2025). A call for environmental justice: Saving Lake Urmia. In R. Rocco & C. Newton (Eds.). A manifesto for the just city (Vol. 4, pp. 154–157). TU Delft OPEN Publishing. https://doi.org/10.59490/mg.142.

Stephens, B., Stephenson, C., & Stephenson Jr., M. (2024). The Black Radical Imagination in a Rural Forgotten Space. MetroPolitics. https://metropolitics.org/The-Black-Radical-Imagination-in-a-RuralForgotten-Space.html.

Stephenson Jr., M. and Moayerian, N. (2024). Plus Ça Change: The Politics of Alterity, and Italian and Maltese Responses to Recent Migration Challenges. Athens Journal of Politics & International Affairs, 1. pp. 1–21. https://doi.org/10.30958/ajpia.X-Y-Z.

Stephenson, Jr., M. and Moayerian, N. (2024). Storytelling, Performing Arts, and Collective Capacity in One Rio Favela. The International Journal of Social, Political and Community Agendas in the Arts 19 (1): 75-95. doi:10.18848/2326-9960/CGP/v19i01/75-95.

Stephenson Jr., M., Niewolny, K., Zanotti, L., and Erwin, A. (2024) Editorial: Critical praxis and the social imaginary for sustainable food systems. Front. Sustain. Food Syst. 8:1487397. DOI: 10.3389/fsufs.2024.1487397.

Stephenson, M., Jr., Panahi, M., & Moayerian, N. (2025). Phronetic Planning’s Janus Face: Charting Elite Advantage in Tehran’s Land Use Decisions. Land, 14(1), 127. https://doi.org/10.3390/land14010127.

Thorne, C. (2024). The Role of Culture in Decolonization: Close Readings of Fanon, Cabral, and Nandy. Community Change, 6(1), p. 3. https://doi.org/10.21061/cc.v6i1.a.66. Wilson, J., Owusu-Brown, B., & Iddrisu, S. (2025). Female labor force participation, power dynamics, and adoption of LPG for cooking in Ghana. Discover Sustainability, 6(1), 124. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43621-025-00833- 6.

Book Reviews

Otruba, A. (2025). Review of El-Taliawi, Ola G, The Politics of Refugee Policy in the Global South. HDiplo, H-Net Reviews. https://www.hnet.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=61362.

Conference Papers and Presentations

Akinwunmi, O., (2025, June 5-7). Perceptions of Services Offered by the Department of Social Services Facilities Across Virginia [paper presentation]. Social Equity Leadership Conference, Rockville, Maryland. https://napawash.org/events/2025-social-equity-leadership-conference.

Alhadyan, S., (2025, April 11-13). Overcoming Barriers: Transportation and Employment Access for Syrian Refugees in Mafraq City, Jordan [paper presentation]. 8th Fábos Conference on Landscape and Greenway Planning, Amherst, Massachusetts. https://openpublishing.library.umass.edu/fabos/.

Bailey, S. (2025, June 19). Virginia Economic Update [conference presentation]. 2025 Virginia Local Government Management Association Summer State Conference, Virginia Beach, Virginia. https://www.vlgma.org/summer.

Bakshi, Y. (2024, November 21-23). Towards Menstrual Health Equity: Advocating for Policy Change in the United States. [conference presentation]. Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management, Washington, DC. https://www.appam.org/.

Bakshi, Y. (2025, March 2-5). Do Frameworks Travel? Limitations in Application of Water Governance Frameworks in the Global South [paper presentation]. International Studies Association, Chicago, Illinois. https://www.isanet.org/Conferences/ISA2025.

Briceño-Mosquera., A. & Rodriguez., C. (2025, April 7-9). Emotional Labor and Administrative Burdens in a Behavioral Health Setting in Virginia [paper presentation]. International Research Society for Public Management Conference, Bologna, Italy. https://www.irspm.org/conferences/conference2025.

Farzaneh, A., Stephens, B., & Stephenson, Jr., M. (2025, March 24-28). Navigating the Boundaries of Imaginaries and exploring their Interactions in Urban Development [paper presentation]. American Association of Geographers annual national Conference, Detroit, Michigan. https://www.aag.org/events/aag2025/.

Hagaman, A., Warren, H., Kidd, M., Barbour, T., Nagle, L., Foster, K., Hanlon, A., Horn, K., & Pack, R. (2025). The Central Appalachian Peer Partnership Longitudinal Data Registry [poster]. National Conference on Addiction Recovery Science, Virtual, April 23-24.

Otruba, A. (2024, November 21-24). ‘Dangerous Waters': Emotional Ecologies of Dampness and Displacement in Georgia [conference presentation]. Association for Slavic, East European, and European Studies, Boston, Massachusetts. https://aseees.org/convention/2024-convention/.

Rodriguez, C. (2024, July 24). Addressing Language-Based Inequities in Public Funded Organizations [conference presentation]. Institute for Diversity Certification. Virtual.

Rodriguez, C. (2024, November 21). Best Practices in Interpretation Services for Latine Communities in Need of Behavioral Health Services. National Hispani/Latino Behavioral Health Center of Excellence.

Rodriguez, C. (2025, April 24). Best Practices in Interpretation Services for Latine Communities in Need of Behavioral Health Services [conference presentation]. Shenandoah Valley Regional Mental Health Conference, Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Rodriguez, C. (2025, June 12-13). Understanding the Use of Interpreters in Mental Health Settings. National Council for Interpreters in Healthcare. Eva P. Stitt Behavioral Health Interpreting Seminar. Virtual

Rodriguez, C. (2025). Bridging Language Barriers in (Mental) Health Services. International MiM2M Delphi Study.

Sharp, A.M. (2025, February 7-9). Orthodox Christians, Muslims, and the Environment: Ecology as Fertile Ground for Dialogue in the Middle East? [paper presentation]. Christopher Newport University, Exploring the Middle East: Dynamics, Challenges, and Perspectives, Newport News, VA. https://cnu.edu/eme/.

Stephens, B. (2025, June 18-20). The Materiality of Trust: Proposing a Typology of Objects in Trust Relationships [paper presentation]. 2025 International Network on Trust (FINT) Conference, Genoa, Italy.https://fintweb.org/fint-2025-genoa-italy/.

Stephens, B. (2024, August 19–23). Trust, Control, and Vulnerability: A Heuristic Model for Understanding These Connected Concepts [paper presentation]. GOVTRUST Summer School, Antwerp, Belgium. https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/summer-winter-schools/govtrust-summerschool/.

Stephens, B. & Bakshi, Y. (2024, November 20-23). Revisiting Trust in Nonprofit Organizations: Introducing a Multidirectional Network Approach [paper presentation]. 53rd Annual Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) Conference, Washington, DC.

Stephens, B. & Lim, T. (2025, April 16-19). What even is “youth-centered,’ ‘trauma-informed’ Community Planning: An exploration of how magic concepts operate in urban spaces [paper presentation]. 2025 International Conference on Urban Affairs, Vancouver, BC, Canada. https://urbanaffairsassociation.org/conference/.

Stephens, B., Nagle, L., & Olumide-Oyaniyi, M. (2025, May 1-2). Awareness and Outreach: Campus and Community [panel discussion]. 2nd Student Journal Symposium for Literary and Research Publications, Washington, D.C.

Stephens, B. & Lim, T. (2025, April 16-19). What even is “youth-centered,’ ‘trauma-informed’ Community Planning: An exploration of how magic concepts operate in urban spaces [paper presentation]. 2025 International Conference on Urban Affairs, Vancouver, BC, Canada. https://urbanaffairsassociation.org/conference/.

Stephens, B., Nagle, L., & Olumide-Oyaniyi, M. (2025, May 1-2). Awareness and Outreach: Campus and Community [panel discussion]. 2nd Student Journal Symposium for Literary and Research Publications, Washington, D.C.

Stephenson, Jr., M., Moayerian, N., & Stephens, B. (2024, July 16-19). Revisiting the Social Role of Radical Imagination Amidst Widespread Democratic Erosion [conference presentation]. International Conference of the International Society for Third Sector Research, Antwerp, Belgium. https://www.istr.org/page/ISTR2024.

Stephenson, Jr., M., Moayerian, N., & Stephens, B. (2025, April 14-16). Learning From the Calfee Training School: Exploring One Nonprofit’s Efforts to Reimagine a Historically Black School While Iterating Democratic Norms [paper presentation]. International Conference of Innovations as Sites of Social Resistance and Transformation in Times of Crisis, Montreal, Canada. https://sites.grenadine.uqam.ca/sites/crises/en/colloque-international-2025.

Walters, A. (2025, March 29). Project Management for the Accidental Project Manager. [Presentation]. American Society for Public Administration Annual Conference, Washington D.C.

IPG Research and Policy Briefs

Nagle, L., Moore, D., Wohlford, S., & Burks, R. (2025, January 15). The Intersection of Community Health Needs Assessments and Climate Resilience: A Focus on Heat Illness. https://sway.cloud.microsoft/c7KONRnql1nlaB5i? ref=Link.

Taylor, L., Dunkenberger, M.B., & Hoflund, A.B. (2025, April 15). Drug Checking Services as a Harm Reduction Measure. https://sway.cloud.microsoft/yBFhaelTEAGNoeNz?ref=Link.

Briceno Mosquera, A., & Moore, D. (2025, July 15). The Role of Third Parties in Overcoming Administrative Burdens to Accessing Public Services. https://sway.cloud.microsoft/s5SVHre4qc0DqVtm?ref=Link.

Bendfeldt, E., Niewolny, K., Stephenson, M.O., Archibald, T., & Stewart, A. (2024, June 5-8). The Ecotonal Nature of Community Food Work: A Case Study of Trauma-Informed Care and Mutual Aid for Social and Health Equity [conference presentation]. Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society Conference, Syracuse, New York.

Bucklen, E. (2023). Book Review: Set the World on Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom. Community Change, 4(2), 2. https://doi.org/10.21061/cc.v4i2.a.46

Dearfield, C., Choi, K., Vivino, A., Horn, K., Ahluwalia, J., Crandell, I., Bernat, E., & Bernat, D. (2023). Are excluding e-cigarettes a loophole in the smokefree public housing rule? Preventive Medicine Reports, 31, 102069. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2022.102069

Dearfield, C., Ulfers, M., Horn, K., & Bernat, D. (2024). Resident support for the federally mandated smoke-free rule in public housing: 2018–2022. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 21(1), 102. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21010102

Dunkenberger, M.B., Moore, D., Nagle, L., & Rasoul, S. (2023). Building a Recovery Ecosystem for the Catawba Region. Richmond Public Interest Law Review, 27(1). https://scholarship.richmond.edu/pilr/vol27/iss1/5/

Dunkenberger, M.B., Nagle, L., & Taylor, L. (2023, November 9-12). Building a Connection to Care: Community-Engaged Evaluation for Policy and Product Development [conference presentation]. AEA 2023, New Orleans, LA, United States.

Edwards, G.F., III, Mierisch, C., Mutcheson, B., Strauss, A., Coleman, K., Horn, K., & Parker, S. (2024). Developing medical simulations for opioid overdose response training: A qualitative analysis of narratives from responders to overdoses. PLOS ONE, 19(3), e0294626. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0294626

Edwards, G.F., III, Mierisch, C., Strauss, A., Mutcheson, B., Coleman, K., Horn, K., & Parker, S. (2023). Evaluating rescuer performance in response to opioid overdose in a community setting: Evidence for medically appropriate process measures. Preventive Medicine Reports, 32, 102145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2023.102145

Elf, J., Horn, K., Abroms, L., Stanton, C., Cohn, A., Spielberg, F., Gray, T., Harvey, E., Debnam, C., & Kierstead, L. (2023). Prevalence and correlates of cardiovascular, pulmonary, cancer, and mental health comorbidities among adults with HIV who smoke. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 34(4), 363-375. https://doi.org/10.1097/JNC.0000000000000356

Gosink, E. (2024). Resurgence as a Method to Overcome the Abyssal Line: Challenging Notions of Epistemology and Ontology. Community Change, 6(1), 1. https://doi.org/10.21061/cc.v6i1.a.64.

Guerra, V. (2024). Review: The Routledge Handbook of Urban Studies in Latin America and the Caribbean: Cities, Urban Processes, and Policies, by González-Pérez, Jesús M., Clara Irazábal, and Rubén C. Lois-González, eds. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/0739456X241252039

Guerra, V., Grimes, C., & Stephenson, M.O. (2024, April 24-27). From Crisis to Empowerment: The Role of Community-led Solutions Journalism in Maré and Rocinha Favelas Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic [conference presentation]. International Conference on Urban Affairs, New York, New York.

Guerra, V., Stephenson, M.O., Poets, D., & Todd, M. (2024). The contributions of community-led newspapers to the resilience of Rio’s Maré and Rocinha favelas during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Urban Affairs, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2024.2357707

Horn, K. (2024). Friends Matter, For Life: Harnessing the 8 tenets of dynamic friendship. Amplify Publishing.

Horn, K., Mathis, S., Nagle, L., Dunkenberger, M.B., Hagaman, A., & Pack, R. (2024). Is peer support a tipping point for the opioid use disorder crisis in Appalachia? Research holds the answer. Harm Reduction Journal, 21(122). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954- 024-01041-7

Joseph, L., Stephenson, M.O., Zanotti, L., & Ricot, S. (2023). Sustainable agriculture and food sovereignty in Haiti: sharing knowledge and shaping understanding of food systems at the University of Fondwa. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1230763

Kelinsky-Jones, L., Niewolny, K., & Stephenson, M.O. (2023). Building Agroecological Traction: Engaging Discourse, the Imaginary, and Critical Praxis for Food System Transformation. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1128430

Kwitny, M. et al. (2023). People of a Pandemic. Community Change 4(2): 1. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21061/cc.v4i2.a.51

Mamshai, F. (2023). Climate Change as a 'Threat Multiplier:' Security and Communal Implications for Iraq. Community Change, 4(2), 1. https://doi.org/10.21061/cc.v4i2.a.41

Meselhy, A. & Malkawi, A. T. (2024). Book Review: Bloomer, Kent C., et al. Body, Memory, and Architecture. Community Change, 5(1), 1. https://doi.org/10.21061/cc.v5i1.a.49

Moayerian, N., Poets, D., Stephenson, M.O., & Grimes, C. (2023). The Arts and Individual and Collective Agency: A Brazilian Favela Case Study. Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Studies, 10(4), 58-80. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejecs/1407

Moayerian, N., Stephenson, M.O., Karaki, M.J., & Abbadi, R. (2023). Exploring Syrian Refugees' Access to Medical and Social Support Services Using a Trauma-Informed Analytic Framework. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20, 2031. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032031

Moayerian, N., Stephenson, M.O., Poets, D., & Grimes, C. (2023, March 15-18). Storytelling, Performing Arts and Collective Capacity in One Rio Favela [conference presentation]. ISA 2023, Montreal, Canada.

Mosquera, A. B. (2023). 'They asked for more, more and more paperwork:' Administrative Burdens When Undocumented Youth Claim In-State Resident Tuition Policy Benefits. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. https://doi.org/10.3102/01623737231182672

Mosquera, A. B. (2024). Learning, Compliance, and Psychological Burdens when Undocumented Youth Claim In-State Tuition Policy. Research in Higher Education, 65, 230–258. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11162-023-09749-4

Mosquera, A.B. (2023). Admissions Officers' Perceptions When Undocumented Students Seek In-State Resident Tuition Policy. Educational Policy. https://doi.org/10.1177/08959048231201789

Nagle, L., Flora, M., & Taylor, L. (2023, October 8-11). The Peer Empowered Addiction Recovery Living Recovery Housing and SUD Treatment Program for Pregnant and Postpartum Women: Lessons Learned and Photovoice Study [conference presentation]. 2023 National Alliance for Recovery Residences Best Practices Summit, Dearborn, MI.

Nurani, S.H. (2024). Decolonization in Goa: Past, Process, and Present. Community Change, 6(1), 4. https://doi.org/10.21061/cc.v6i1.a.65 31

Owusu-Brown, B. & Nketiah-Amponsah, E. (2024). Property status and wife beating justification in Ghana: an integrated theoretical approach. SN Social Science 4, 63. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43545-023-00812-6

Phutane, A. (2023). Communication of Uncertainty in AI Regulations. Community Change, 4(2), 3.DOI: https://doi.org/10.21061/cc.v4i2.a.50

Poets, D., Grimes, C., Stephenson, M.O., Moayerian, N., & Todd, M. (2023). Carebased community communication, capacity, and agency during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from the Complexo da Maré Favela, Brazil. World Development Perspectives, 30, 100508, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wdp.2023.100508

Poets, D., Stephenson, M.O., & Zanotti, L. (2024). Decolonization/Decoloniality, Entangled Ontologies: Old Debates and New Directions. Community Change, 6(1), 2. https://doi.org/10.21061/cc.v6i1.a.63

Schupp, J. (2023). International Organizations and Transnational Initiatives: Vital Pieces in Peace Education. Community Change, 4(2), 5. https://doi.org/10.21061/cc.v4i2.a.42

Stephens, B. & Bakshi, Y. (2024, April 24-27). Trust: Exploring Why Urban Researchers and Institutions Should Care [conference presentation]. International Conference on Urban Affairs, New York, New York.

Stephens, B., Stephenson, C., & Stephenson, M. O. (2024). The Black Radical Imagination in a Rural Forgotten Space. MetroPolitics. https://metropolitics.org/TheBlack-Radical-Imagination-in-a-Rural-Forgotten-Space.html

Stephenson, M. O., & Grimes, C. (2023). Conversations in Community Change: More Voices from the Field. Virginia Tech Publishing: Blacksburg, VA.

Stephenson, M. O. & Kirakosyan, L. (2023). Reflections & Explorations, Volume 3. Virginia Tech Publishing: Blacksburg, VA.

Stephenson, M. O. & Stivachtis, Y. A. (2023). Policy and Politics of the Syrian Refugee Crisis in Eastern Mediterranean States: National and Institutional Perspectives. E-International Relations Publishing.

Stephenson, M.O. & Moayerian, N. (2024). Plus ca Change: The Politics of Alterity, and Italian and Maltese Responses to Recent Migration Challenges. Athens Journal of Politics and International Affairs. 

Stephenson, M.O. & Moayerian, N. (2024). Storytelling, Performing Arts, and Collective Capacity in One Rio Favela. The International Journal of Social, Political and Community Agendas in the Arts, 19(1), 75-95. doi:10.18848/2326-9960/CGP/v19i01/75- 95 32

Stephenson, M.O. & Zanotti, L. (2023). Reflections on Bordering, Micropolitics and Everyday life in Peacebuilding Processes: Revisiting the Lingering Legacy of the 1949 Armistice Agreements. Qeios. https://www.qeios.com/read/H0XJGO

The Politics of Alterity and the Syrian Displacement Crisis: The Cases of Malta and Cyprus. (2025). Max Stephenson Jr., Yannis Stivachtis, and Neda Moayerian, eds. Berghahn Books: Oxford, England.

Thorne, C. (2024). The Role of Culture in Decolonization: Close Readings of Fanon, Cabral, and Nandy. Community Change, 6(1): 3. https://doi.org/10.21061/cc.v6i1.a.66

Violent Infrastructures: Protracted Displacement and Housing (In)Justice in the South Caucasus and Beyond. (2024). Ariel Otruba, Max Stephenson Jr., Yannis Stivachtis and Nino Dzotsenidze, eds. Virginia Tech Publishing: Blacksburg, VA.

Books and Book Chapters

Books

Stephenson, M. O. Jr. & Y. Stivachtis, eds. (2023). Policy and Politics of the Syrian Refugee Crisis in Eastern Mediterranean States: National and Institutional Perspectives. Bristol, U.K.: E-International Relations.

Stephenson, M.O. Jr. & C. Grimes, eds. (2023). Conversations in Community Change: More Voices from the Field. Blacksburg, VA: Virginia Tech Publishing. https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/handle/10919/113728

Stephenson, M.O. Jr. & L. Kirakosyan, eds. (2023). RE: Reflections and Explorations: Volume 3. Blacksburg, VA: Virginia Tech Publishing. https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/handle/10919/113727

Book Chapters

Abbadi, R., M. Karaki & M.O. Stephenson Jr. (2023). Investigating Refugee Agency Amidst Widespread Popular, Political and Economic Discrimination and Alienation. Policy and Politics of the Syrian Refugee Crisis in Eastern Mediterranean States: National and Institutional Perspectives. Bristol, U.K.: E-International Relations.

Stephenson, M.O. Jr. & N. Moayerian. (2023). UNHCR, National Policies and the Syrian Refugee Crisis in Lebanon and Jordan. Policy and Politics of the Syrian Refugee Crisis in Eastern Mediterranean States: National and Institutional Perspectives. Bristol, U.K.: E-International Relations.

Stephenson, M.O. Jr., Nagle, L., & N. Moayerian. (2022). Arts, Culture and Community Building in Rural Virginia. Vibrant Virginia: Engaging the Commonwealth to Expand Economic Vitality. Blacksburg, VA: Virginia Tech Publishing.

Edited Journal Volumes

Stephenson, M. O. Jr., Niewolny, K., Zanotti, L., & A. Erwin. eds. (2023). Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, “Critical Praxis and the Social Imaginary for Sustainable Food Systems,” 14 articles.

Articles

Briceno Mosquera, A. (2023). "They asked for more, more and more paperwork": Administrative Burdens When Undocumented Youth Claim In-State Resident Tuition Policy Benefits. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. https://doi.org/10.3102/01623737231182672

Kelinsky-Jones, L., Niewolny, K., & M.O. Stephenson, Jr. (2023). Building Agroecological Traction: Engaging discourse, the imaginary, and critical praxis for Food System Transformation. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1128430

Moayerian, N., Stephenson, M.O., Jr. Abu Karaki, M., & R. Abbadi. (2023). Exploring Syrian refugees’ access to medical and social support services using a traumainformed analytic framework. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(3). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032031

Moayerian, N., McGehee, N. G., & M.O. Stephenson, Jr. (2022). Community cultural development: Exploring the connections between collective art making, capacity building and sustainable community-based tourism. Annals of Tourism Research, 93, 103355. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2022.103355

Moayerian, N., Nagle, L., & M.O. Stephenson, Jr. (2022). Conceptualizing crosssectoral partnership building in two small Central Appalachian towns. Community Development Journal. https://doi.org/10.1093/cdj/bsac012

Morshedzadeh, E., Dunkenberger, M. B., Nagle, L., Ghasemi, S., York, L., & K. Horn. (2022). Tapping into community expertise: stakeholder engagement in the design process. Policy Design and Practice, 5(4), 529–549. https://doi.org/10.1080/25741292.2022.2157130

Poets, D., Grimes, C., Stephenson, M.O., Jr., Moayerian, N., & M. Todd. (2023). Carebased community communication, capacity, and agency during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from the Complexo da Maré Favela, Brazil. World Development Perspectives, 30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wdp.2023.100508

Todd, M. F., Grimes, C., Moayerian, N., Poets, D., & M.O. Stephenson, Jr. (2022). Reflections on a cross-border collaborative research effort during COVID-19. Community Change, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.21061/cc.v4i1.a.37

Conference Papers and Presentations

Bendfeldt, E., Niewolny, K., Stephenson, M.O., Jr., Archibald, T. & A. Stewart. "The Ecotonal Nature of Community Food Work: A Case Study of Trauma-Informed Care and Mutual Aid for Social and Health Equity." 2023 Joint Annual Conference of: The Association for the Study of Food and Society (ASFS), Agriculture, Food & Human Values Society (AFHVS), Canadian Association for Food Studies (CAFS), Society for the Anthropology of Food & Nutrition (SAFN), Boston, Massachusetts, May 31-June 3.

Dunkenberger, M.B., Nagle, L., & L. York. (2022). “Building a Connection to Care: Community-Engaged Evaluation for Policy and Product Development.” American Evaluation Association Conference, New Orleans, LA, November 9-12.

Moayerian, N., Stephenson, M.O., Jr. Poets, D., & C. Grimes. (2023). "Storytelling, Performing Arts and Collective Capacity in One Rio Favela." Annual Conference of The International Studies Association, Montreal, Canada, March 15-18.

Stephenson, M.O., Jr., Moayerian, N., Guerra, V., & D. Poets. (2023). "Countering Persistent Alterity: Fostering Advocacy and Agency." 15th annual conference of the Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies, Toronto, Canada, May 29-31.

Stephenson, M.O. Jr., Moayerian, N., Abbadi, R., & M. Karaki. (2022). “Exploring Syrian Refugees' Access to Medical and Social Support Services Using a Trauma Informed Analytic Framework.” 14th Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Refugee and Migration Studies.

Stephenson, M.O. Jr., Moayerian, N., Poets, D., & C. Grimes. (2022). “Community Cultural Development and Collective Agency in a Brazilian Favela.” International Society for Third Sector Research Conference, Montreal, Canada.