Miao, Qing, Feeney, Mary. K., Zhang, Fengxiu, Welch, Eric. W., & Sriraj, P. S. Through the Storm: Transit Agency Management in Response to Climate Change, Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 63, 421–432
Featured Projects
Miao, Qing, Welch, Eric W., Zhang, Fengxiu and Sriraj, P.S. What Drives Public Transit Organizations to Adapt to Extreme Weather, Journal of Environmental Management, 225, 252-260.
Zhang, Fengxiu, Welch, Eric W. and Miao, Qing. Public Organization Adaptation to Extreme Events: Mediating Role of Risk Perception, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 28(3), 371-387.
Bernal, MG, Welch, E.W, and PS Sriraj. (2016). The Effect of Slow Zones on Ridership: An Analysis of the Chicago “El” Blue Line. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 87: 11-21.
Park, C. H., Welch, Eric W., & Sriraj, P. S. (2016). An integrative theory-driven framework for evaluating travel training programs. Evaluation and Program Planning, 59(4), 7-20.
This longitudinal study examines the response to, preparation for and impacts of extreme weather on public transit agencies in the United States.
Originally established by NSF in 1979, EPSCoR supports the development of scientific infrastructure that enhances in a state science and engineering (S&E) capacity. It was created in response to Congressional concerns about geographical concentration of Federal funding of academic research and development (R&D). Currently, there twenty-seven states along with Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands are EPSCoR states. The Science, Technology and Environment (STE) Policy Lab and affiliated faculty are conducting longitudinal evaluations NSF EPSCoR programs.
Barriers and Facilitators to Germplasm Exchange in Developing Countries: Implications for Responses to Climate Change
The education system in the United States produces and advances substantially fewer women than men in most STEM fields. Under representation of women in the sciences resists explanation in part because the social networks that provide access to resources and direct participation are complex and opaque. This project seeks to open the “black box” of how social and professional networks mediate the conversion of women’s qualifications to career outcomes.
This empirical research proposal addresses the characteristics and role of networks in career advancement, outcomes, and mentoring for women and underrepresented minority academic scientists in non–Research I institutions. The underrepresentation of women and the “invisibility” of minorities in academic science are recognized to be a significant national policy crisis and “waste” of human capital (NAS, 2007).