Submissions from 2017
Aging in Reading, Massachusetts: A community needs assessment, Caitlin Coyle and Jan Mutchler
2016 Elder Economic Security Standard Index™ for Boston, Yang Li; Ping Xu; Jan Mutchler; and Center for Social and Demographic Research on Aging, University of Massachusetts Boston
Living Below the Line: Economic Insecurity and Older Americans, Age Disparities in Insecurity, 2016, Jan Mutchler, Yang Li, and Ping Xu
Living Below the Line: Economic Insecurity and Older Americans, Gender Disparities in Insecurity, 2016, Jan Mutchler, Yang Li, and Ping Xu
Living Below the Line: Economic Insecurity and Older Americans, Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Insecurity, 2016, Jan Mutchler, Yang Li, and Ping Xu
Lump Sum vs Annuity Payments: Which is right for me?, Pension Action Center, Gerontology Institute, University of Massachusetts Boston
My Company is Freezing the Pension Plan: What does this mean?, Pension Action Center, Gerontology Institute, University of Massachusetts Boston
Collaborative Leadership in Action, Maureen Scully and Katie Bates
Publications from 2016
Recovery for All? A Snapshot of Women’s Economic Status in New England, Ann Bookman, Christa Kelleher, and Kristin Smith
Salem for All Ages: An age-friendly action plan, Caitlin E. Coyle and Jan Mutchler
How We Care: Provider Perspectives on Services for Vietnamese Elderly in Boston’s Dorchester Neighborhood, Loan Thi Dao
'Very Quiet Day, Vague Tension': Digitizing and Sharing the Stories of School Desegregation and Busing in Boston, Andrew Elder
Career Pathways to Quality Jobs in Construction, Hospitality, and Healthcare, Brandynn Holgate and Michael McCormack
Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership’s Family Self-Sufficiency Program Evaluation, July 1, 2010 – June 30, 2015, Brandynn Holgate, Julia Tripp, Sylvia Singleton, Priyanka Kabir, Wendel Mirbel, and Donna Haig Friedman
Living Below the Line: Economic Insecurity and Older Americans Insecurity in Massachusetts 2016, Jan E. Mutchler, Yang Li, and Ping Xu
Living Below the Line: Economic Insecurity and Older Americans Insecurity in the States 2016, Jan E. Mutchler, Yang Li, and Ping Xu
The Future of Aging in the Town of Chatham: Chatham Council on Aging Needs Assessment Study, Jan E. Mutchler, Ceara Somerville, Maryam Khaniyan, and Molly Evans
The Future of Aging in the Town of Brewster: Brewster Council on Aging Needs Assessment Study, Jan E. Mutchler, Ceara Somerville, Maryam Khaniyan, Mai See Yang, and Molly Evans
Benchmarking, Brokering, and Branding: Resources for Success Across Sectors, Maureen Scully, Lisa DeAngelis, and Katie Bates
Submissions from 2015
401(k) Plan Expenses, Anne Becker and Jeffrey Arnold
BATEC: Broadening Advanced Technological Education Connections, Deborah Boisvert
Increasing Community Engagement for Individuals with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities, Jennifer Bose and Jennifer Sulewski
Finding a Financial Planner, Emily G. Brown JD
Getting the Most Out of Your 401(k), Emily G. Brown JD and Jeanne Medeiros JD
Hardship Withdrawals and Loans: Some Words of Caution, Emily G. Brown JD, Jeanne Medeiros JD, and Ellen Bruce JD
Pension Action Center: Protecting Your Retirement, Louise Cataldo and Michele Tolson
ON SOLID GROUND: Building Opportunity, Preventing Homelessness, Center for Social Policy, University of Massachusetts Boston and Edward J. Collins, Jr. Center for Public Management, University of Massachusetts Boston
Gender Wage Gap Matters to Women in Low-Wage Occupations: Hispanic Women Face Largest Pay Inequities, Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy, University of Massachusetts Boston
Profiles in Leadership: Women of Color Elected to Office in Massachusetts, Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy, University of Massachusetts Boston and Women's Pipeline for Change
Research and Education in Parallel: Scientific Outreach through On-site Experiments at the Museum of Science Boston Living Laboratory, Vivian Ciaramitaro and Hiu-Mei Chow
Promoting College and Career Readiness for ALL Middle School Students, Lori Cooney
Results of Archaeogeophysical Investigations of the Fowler - Clark Farm Mattapan, Boston, Massachusetts, Brian N. Damiata and John M. Steinberg
Inclusive Concurrent Enrollment Partnership, Aimee D'Avignon, Amy Cook, Colleen Regal, and Felicia Wilczenski
A Breakthrough Series Collaborative to Support Trauma-Informed Practice in Early Care & Education Programs, Anne Douglass, Leigh Perreault, Lucas Dangler, and Rachel Chickerella
Organizational Study of Information Technology, Law, and Purchasing Departments : City of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Edward J. Collins, Jr. Center for Public Management, University of Massachusetts Boston
Building Effective School-Family-Community Partnerships Through Community Dialogues; and Super Friends, Super Readers! Engaging community to support young children's social emotional development, Angel Fettig, Kaitlin Gould, and Lauren Brodsky
SPARC – A Community-based Participatory Research Project with Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Richard Fleming
Developing Capacity and a Culturally Appropriate Mindfulness Intervention for Inner City Survivors of Violence, Stephanie Hartwell and Anna Andrews
Forging Connections and Building Collections: The Mass. Memories Road Show at UMass Boston, Jessica R. Holden
Family Gym: A Novel Initiative to Prevent Obesity among Families with Young Children, Ronald Iannotti, Patrick Filanowski, and Emily McCular
Blacks in Massachusetts: Comparative Demographic, Social and Economic Experiences with Whites, Latinos, and Asians, James Jennings, Barbara Lewis, Richard O’Bryant, Rachel Bernard, Linda Sprague Martinez, and Russell Williams
COSMIC (Center of Science and Mathematics in Context), Roxane Johnson De Lear
Study of Sexual Exploitation in Boston, Megan Klein-Hattori, Jackie Lageson, Julianne Siegfriedt, and Kate Price
Helping Elders Living with Pain (HELP), Suzanne Leveille and Tongjian You
The ANALA Collaborative: UMass Boston’s Asian American, Native American, Latin@ and African Diaspora Institutes, Barbara Lewis, Carolyn Wong, Cedric Woods, and Elena Stone
Center for Social Policy: Systems Change through Place-Based and Collective Impact Initiatives, Arthur MacEwan, Brandynn Holgate, Donna Haig Friedman, and Marija Bingulac
Your Former Employer’s 401(k) Plan, Jeanne Medeiros JD
Success Boston: College Completion Initiative, Liliana Mickle
National & International Disability Inclusion in Employment, DeBrittany Mitchell, Heike Boeltzig-Brown, and Quinn Barbour
Needs Assessment for the Topsfield Council on Aging, Jan E. Mutchler and Ceara Somerville
Needs Assessment for Littleton Elder and Human Services and the Council on Aging, Jan E. Mutchler, Bernard A. Steinman, Ceara Somerville, Maryam Khaniyan, and Mai See Yang
Aging in Scituate: An Assessment of Services and Programs for Our Community, Jan Mutchler, Hayley Gleason, Ceara Somerville, Maryam Khaniyan, and Bernard A. Steinman
Statewide Partnerships through Community Mediation Center Grant Program, Madhawa Palihapitiya and Rosalind Cresswell
Calderwood Writing Initiative at UMass Boston, Denise Patmon, Carolyn Wong, Cedric Woods, and Elena Stone
Protect Your Retirement Income: Documents to Keep and Questions to Ask, Pension Action Center, Gerontology Institute, University of Massachusetts Boston
Creating an Academic Culture that Supports Community-Engaged Scholarship, John Saltmarsh, Mark Warren, Patricia Krueger-Henney, Lorna Rivera, Richard Fleming, Donna Friedman, and Miren Uriarte
Challenges in Community Radio Development in India: Conflicting Institutional Logics, Paradoxes and Status Quo, Anusha Chaitanya Satturu and Suhaib Riaz
Making the Invisible Challenges and Opportunities Visible, Maureen A. Scully, Lisa DeAngelis, and Katie Bates
Aging in Boxford: Planning for an ‘active and involved’ future, Nina Silverstein and Caitlin Coyle
From Data to Community Action: A Case Study Building on the Massachusetts Healthy Aging Community Profiles, Nina M. Silverstein, Brittany Gaines, Darlene Adams, and Dorothy Wideman
UMass Boston’s Partnerships with the Brazilian Immigrant Center & Dominican Development Center, Eduardo Siqueira, Natalicia Tracy, Rosalyn Negron, and Tim Sieber
Pre-collegiate and Educational Support Programs: Celebrating 50 Years of Educational Access, Opportunity, and Success, Terri Slater Morgan, Andrea Dawes, David Lemmel, and Edgar DeLeon
Mapping Boston's Assets to Improve Livability for Older Adults: Boston's Age Friendly Community Initiative; and Building Bonds to Last a Lifetime: Creating Community among Beverly’s Aging Population, Bernard A. Steinman, Abigail Butt, Ceara Somerville, and Hayley Gleason
Aging in Barnstable: Striving for High Livability in a Cape Cod Community, Bernard A. Steinman, Ceara Somerville, Hayley Gleason, Maryam Khaniyan, and Mai See Yang
Assessing Current and Future Needs of Residents Aging in the Town of Andover, Bernard A. Steinman, Ceara R. Somerville, Maryam Khaniyan, Hayley Gleason, Mai See Yang, and Jan E. Mutchler
Center for Social Policy: Reshaping Poverty Policy for and with Families and Communities, Julia Tripp, Mary Coonan, Priyanka Kabir, and Susie Devins
We Want to Create Our Own History: Youth Power and Leadership in the Boston Youth Justice Movement 2005-2008, Mark Warren, Perri Leviss, and Sandeep Jani
Submissions from 2014
Admission Guaranteed Program at UMass Boston, Academic Support Services and Undergraduate Studies, University of Massachusetts Boston
Project REACH Talent Search at UMass Boston, Academic Support Services and Undergraduate Studies, University of Massachusetts Boston
Providing Staff and Program Development for Boston-Area Adult Basic Education Programs, Adult Literacy Resource Institute, University of Massachusetts Boston; System for Adult Basic Education Support (SABES); and College of Education and Human Development, University of Massachusetts Boston
3PointFoundation Partnership, Joan Arches
Implementing a Community-Based Intervention for African American Mothers and Daughters, Teri Aronowitz and Nandini Sengupta
Educational Engagement in Boston’s Vietnamese Community: Asian American Studies Program student-faculty-alumni engagement with teachers, students, and families of the Mather School (BPS) in Dorchester, Asian American Studies Program, University of Massachusetts Boston
Beacon Voyages for Service, The South: A comparative look at hunger, homelessness and poverty in North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, and Louisiana, Beacon Voyages for Service, University of Massachusetts Boston
Historians in the Community: Public History Practicum Projects, History 625 - The Art and Craft of Interpretation, Jane Becker
Healthy Eating and Savvy Saving: An Evaluation of Action for Boston Community Development’s Food Dollars Program For Low-Income Elders, Ann Bookman and Susan M. Phillips
Massachusetts on the Move: The Intersection of Talent, Transportation, and Housing, Richard Boyajian, Juleen Freitas, David Mahoney, Karen Ng, and Robert Woods
Understanding the Differences Between Defined Benefit Pension And Defined Contribution, Emily G. Brown JD and Jeanne Medeiros JD
Understanding the Specialized Language of Retirement Plans, Emily G. Brown JD and Jeanne Medeiros JD
Promoting Justice, Peace, and Understanding through Partnerships and Dialogue, Center for Peace, Democracy, and Development, University of Massachusetts Boston
Family Self-Sufficiency Program: An Evaluation, Center for Social Policy, University of Massachusetts Boston
HOPE VI-Old Colony: An Evaluation, Center for Social Policy, University of Massachusetts Boston
Moving Home: An Evaluation, Center for Social Policy, University of Massachusetts Boston
New Lease for Families: an evaluation, Center for Social Policy, University of Massachusetts Boston
Resilient Communities/Resilient Families, Center for Social Policy, University of Massachusetts Boston
The Boston Foundation Retrospective Case Study, Center for Social Policy, University of Massachusetts Boston
Thrive in 5 Boston Initiative, Center for Social Policy, University of Massachusetts Boston
Pathways to Political Leadership for Women of Color Leaders, Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy, University of Massachusetts Boston and Women's Pipeline for Change
Wipro Science Education Fellowship Teacher Leadership Program, Center of Science and Math in Context, University of Massachusetts Boston
Two Community Collaborations with Sexual Minority Women’s NGOs in Shanghai & Hong Kong, Connie Chan and Hsin-Ching Wu
Community University Project for Literacy (CUPL), Carol Chandler-Rourke
Calderwood Writing Initiative, Charlestown High School, Another Course to College, Snowden International School, and Denise Patmon
Breaking the Cycle of Violence - Engaged Scholarship, Juvenile Delinquency Course: Sociology 362 – Spring 2014, Civic Engagement Scholars Initiative, University of Massachusetts Boston
Increasing Student Achievement through School-Family-Community Collaborations: UMass Boston’s School Counseling Program at Dever School, Amy L. Cook, Laura A. Hayden, Kari Denitzio, Cassandra Len, Allie Scherer, Pamela Belford, and Sarah McLaughlin
Inclusive Concurrent Enrollment Partnership, Aimee D'Avignon, Laura Vanderberg, and Felicia Wilczenski
Lessons from Lived Experience: From fresh insights to effective action, Lisa DeAngelis, Maureen A. Scully, and Andrea Wight
Impact of the Young Athletes Program on Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders in Quincy Public Schools, Christopher B. Denning and Kathleen Ghio
Indigenous Women, Mother Tongues, and Nation Building in New England: A Tribal Policy Leadership Series, Amy Den Ouden and Chris Bobel
Early Childhood Open Course Ware, Department of Early Education and Care, University of Massachusetts Boston and Build Out of School Time Network - BOSTnet