Faculty Publications

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Feature: How U.S. Courts Privilege Conservative Policy Outcomes

Maya Sen assesses the institutional and compositional features of U.S. federal courts that tend to bias them toward conservative policy outcomes.

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Feature: The U.S. Place-Based Policy Supply Chain

Dani Rodrik and Gordon Hanson document how vertical policy supply chains distribute resources from federal and state governments to recipients at the local level.

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Feature: How Does Shaming Human Rights Violators Abroad Shape Attitudes at Home?

Lotem Bassan-Nygate theorizes that by shaming human rights violators abroad, governments can improve their image at home but may encourage tolerance toward certain domestic violations.

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Feature: Thinking (about Peace Science) in Time

Erica Chenoweth speaks to colleagues in the peace science community, reflecting on the world events that have shaped their scholarship and how researchers might think about the current geopolitical moment.

Harvard Kennedy School faculty disseminate their research in working publications and papers that contribute to public knowledge and fuel policy innovation. This list features recent faculty publications, including journal articles, books, edited volumes, research papers, and public testimony.

Faculty Publications

Irritability and Social Media Use in US Adults

Perlis, Roy H., Ata Uslu, Jonathan Schulman, Faith M. Gunning, Mauricio Santillana, Matthew A. Baum, James N. Druckman, Katherine Ognyanova, and David Lazer. "Irritability and Social Media Use in US Adults." JAMA Network Open 8.1 (January 2025): e2452807.

A Framework for Considering the Value of Race and Ethnicity in Estimating Disease Risk

Coots, Madison, Soroush Saghafian, David M. Kent, and Sharad Goel. "A Framework for Considering the Value of Race and Ethnicity in Estimating Disease Risk." Annals of Internal Medicine 178.1 (January 2025): 98-107.

Racial Bias in Clinical and Population Health Algorithms: A Critical Review of Current Debates

Coots, Madison, Kristin Linn, Sharad Goel, Amol Navathe, and Ravi Parikh. "Racial Bias in Clinical and Population Health Algorithms: A Critical Review of Current Debates." Annual Review of Public Health (forthcoming).

Guidance for unbiased predictive information for healthcare decision-making and equity (GUIDE): considerations when race may be a prognostic factor

Ladin, Keren, John Cuddeback, O. Kenrik Duru, Sharad Goel, William Harvey, Jinny G. Park, Jessica K. Paulus, Joyce Sackey, Richard Sharp, Ewout Steyerberg, Berk Ustun, David van Klaveren, Saul N. Weingart, and David M. Kent. "Guidance for unbiased predictive information for healthcare decision-making and equity (GUIDE): considerations when race may be a prognostic factor." npj digital medicine 7 (2024): 290.

Guidance for unbiased predictive information for healthcare decision-making and equity (GUIDE): considerations when race may be a prognostic factor

Ladin, Keren, John Cuddeback, O. Kenrik Duru, Sharad Goel, et al. "Guidance for unbiased predictive information for healthcare decision-making and equity (GUIDE): considerations when race may be a prognostic factor." NPJ Digital Medicine 7.290 (2024).

Tracking COVID-19 Infections Using Survey Data on Rapid At-Home Tests

Santillana,Mauricio, Ata A. Uslu, Tamanna Urmi, Alexi Quintana-Mathe, James N. Druckman, Katherine Ognyanova, Matthew Baum, Roy H. Perlis, and David Lazer. "Tracking COVID-19 Infections Using Survey Data on Rapid At-Home Tests." JAMA Network Open 7.9 (September 2024): e2435442.

Prevalence and correlates of irritability among U.S. adults

Perlis, Roy H., Ata Uslu, Jonathan Schulman, Aliayah Himelfarb, Faith M. Gunning, Nili Solomonov, Mauricio Santillana, Matthew A. Baum, James N. Druckman, Katherine Ognyanova, and David Lazer. "Prevalence and correlates of irritability among U.S. adults." Neuropsychopharmacology (24 August 2024).

Trust in Physicians and Hospitals During the COVID-19 Pandemic in a 50-State Survey of US Adults

Perlis, Roy H., Katherine Ognyanova, Ata Uslu, Kristin Lunz Trujillo, Mauricio Santillana, James N. Druckman, Matthew A. Baum, and David Lazer. "Trust in Physicians and Hospitals During the COVID-19 Pandemic in a 50-State Survey of US Adults." JAMA 7.7 (July 2024): e2424984.

Cognitive Symptoms of Post–COVID-19 Condition and Daily Functioning

Jaywant, Abhishek, Faith M. Gunning, Lauren E. Oberlin, Mauricio Santillana, Katherine Ognyanova, James N. Druckman, Matthew A. Baum, David Lazer, and Roy H. Perlis. "Cognitive Symptoms of Post–COVID-19 Condition and Daily Functioning." JAMA Network Open 7.2 (February 2024): e2356098.

Effects of a US Supreme Court ruling to restrict abortion rights

Clark, Chelsey S., Elizabeth Levy Paluck, Sean J. Westwood, Maya Sen, Neil Malhotra, and Stephen Jessee. "Effects of a US Supreme Court ruling to restrict abortion rights." Nature Human Behaviour 8.1 (January 2024): 63-71.

Community Mobility and Depressive Symptoms During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States

Perlis, Roy H., Kristin Lunz Trujillo, Alauna Safarpour, Alexi Quintana, Matthew D. Simonson, Jasper Perlis, Mauricio Santillana, Katherine Ognyanova, Matthew A. Baum, James N. Druckman, and David Lazer. "Community Mobility and Depressive Symptoms During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States." JAMA Network Open 6.9 (September 27, 2023).

The Political Consequences of Depression: How Conspiracy Beliefs, Participatory Inclinations, and Depression Affect Support for Political Violence

Baum, Matthew A., James N. Druckman, Matthew D. Simonson, Jennifer Lin, and Roy H. Perlis. "The Political Consequences of Depression: How Conspiracy Beliefs, Participatory Inclinations, and Depression Affect Support for Political Violence." American Journal of Political Science (September 11, 2023): 1-20.

A 50-state survey study of thoughts of suicide and social isolation among older adults in the United States

Solomonov, Nili, Jon Green, Alexi Quintana, Jennifer Lin, Katherine Ognyanova, Mauricio Santillana, James N. Druckman, Matthew A. Baum, David Lazer, Faith M. Gunning, and Roy H. Perlis. "A 50-state survey study of thoughts of suicide and social isolation among older adults in the United States." Journal of Affective Disorders 334 (1 August 2023): 43-49.

Reevaluating the Role of Race and Ethnicity in Diabetes Screening

Coots, Madison, Soroush Saghafian, David Kent, and Sharad Goel. "Reevaluating the Role of Race and Ethnicity in Diabetes Screening." June 2023.

Severe Depressive Symptoms Exacerbate the Relationship Between Conspiracy Beliefs and Voting for Election Doubters

Baum, Matthew A., James Druckman, Katherine Ognyanova, and Jonathan Schulman. "Severe Depressive Symptoms Exacerbate the Relationship Between Conspiracy Beliefs and Voting for Election Doubters." IPR Working Paper Series, June 12, 2023.

Media use and vaccine resistance

Green, Jon, James N. Druckman, Matthew A. Baum, Katherine Ognyanova, Matthew D. Simonson, Roy H. Perlis, and David Lazer. "Media use and vaccine resistance." PNAS Nexus 2.5 (May 2023): pgad146.

Antiracist Institutional Change in Healthcare

Muhammad, Khalil, and Angel Cardo Rodriguez. "Antiracist Institutional Change in Healthcare." Institutional Antiracism and Accountability Project, Ash Center for Democratic Governanance and Innovation, March 2023.

Depressive symptoms and conspiracy beliefs

Green, Jon, James N. Druckman, Matthew A. Baum, David Lazer, Katherine Ognyanova, and Roy H. Perlis. "Depressive symptoms and conspiracy beliefs." Applied Cognitive Psychology 37.2 (March 2023): 247-264.

Because Data Can't Speak for Itself: A Practical Guide to Telling Persuasive Policy Stories

Chrisinger, David, And Lauren Brodsky. Because Data Can't Speak for Itself: A Practical Guide to Telling Persuasive Policy Stories. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2023.

How the Identity of Substance Users Shapes Public Opinion on Opioid Policy

de Benedictis Kessner, Justin and Michael Hankinson. "How the Identity of Substance Users Shapes Public Opinion on Opioid Policy." Political Behavior (2022).

Using General Messages to Persuade on a Politicized Scientific Issue

Green, Jon, James N. Druckman, Matthew A. Baum, David Lazer, Katherine Ognyanova, Matthew Simsonson, Jennifer Lin, Mauricio Santillana, and Roy H. Perlis. "Using General Messages to Persuade on a Politicized Scientific Issue." British Journal of Political Science 1-9 (2022).

Pandemic, Governors, and Public Opinion: The Effect of COVID-19 Cases and Deaths on Public Support for America’s Governors

Safarpour, Alauna, and Matthew Baum. "Pandemic, Governors, and Public Opinion: The Effect of COVID-19 Cases and Deaths on Public Support for America’s Governors." October 13, 2022.

Rights and Their Limits: In Theory, Cases, and Pandemics

Kamm, F.M. Rights and Their Limits: In Theory, Cases, and Pandemics. Oxford University Press, 2022.

Building Mass Support for Global Pandemic Recovery Efforts in the United States

Nair, Gautam and Kyle Peyton. "Building Mass Support for Global Pandemic Recovery Efforts in the United States." PNAS Nexus 1.4 (September 2022): 1-9.

Kansas vote for abortion rights highlights disconnect between majority opinion on abortion laws and restrictive state laws being passed after Supreme Court decision

Baum, Matthew A., Alauna Safarpour, and Kristin Lunz Trujillo. "Kansas vote for abortion rights highlights disconnect between majority opinion on abortion laws and restrictive state laws being passed after Supreme Court decision." The Conversation. July 25, 2022.

A multisource database tracking the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the communities of Boston, MA, USA

Ristea, Alina, Riley Tucker, Shunan You, Mehrnaz Amiri, Nicholas Beauchamp, Edgar Castro, Qiliang Chen, Alexandra Ciomek, Bidisha Das, Justin de Benedictis-Kessner, Sage Gibbons, Forrest Hangen, Barrett Montgomery, Petros Papadopoulos, Cordula Robinson, Saina Sheini, Michael Shields, Xin Shu, Michael Wood, Babak Heydari, and Dan O’Brien. "A multisource database tracking the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the communities of Boston, MA, USA." Scientific Data 9.1 (June 20, 2022): 330.

Evaluating the generalizability of the COVID States survey — a large-scale, non-probability survey

Radford, Jason, Jon Green, Alexi Quintana, Alauna Safarpour, Matthew D Simonson, Matthew Baum, David Lazer, Katherine Ognyanova, James Druckman, Roy Perlis, Mauricio Santillana, and John Della Volpe. "Evaluating the generalizability of the COVID States survey — a large-scale, non-probability survey." March 7, 2022.

Building mass support for global pandemic recovery efforts in the United States

Nair, Gautam, and Kyle Peyton. "Building mass support for global pandemic recovery efforts in the United States." ��vlog�� Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP22-002, February 2022.

Association of Major Depressive Symptoms With Endorsement of COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation Among US Adults

Perlis, Roy H., Katherine Ognyanova, Mauricio Santillana, Jennifer Lin, James Druckman, David Lazer, Jon Green, Matthew Simonson, Matthew A. Baum, and John Della Volpe. "Association of Major Depressive Symptoms With Endorsement of COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation Among US Adults." JAMA Network Open 5.1 (January 21, 2022): 1-12.

The COVID States Project #78: American mask use and CDC guidance

Safarpour, Alauna, Alexi Quintana, David Lazer, Roy Perlis, Matthew Baum, Katherine Ognyanova, Anjuli Shere, et al. "The COVID States Project #78: American mask use and CDC guidance." The COVID-19 Consortium for Understanding the Public's Policy Preferences Across States, January 15, 2022.

The COVID States Project #77: Healthcare workers' perception of COVID-19 misinformation

Trujillo, Kristin L., Matthew Baum, David Lazer, Katherine Ognyanova, James Druckman, Roy Perlis, Mauricio Santillana, et al. "The COVID States Project #77: Healthcare workers' perception of COVID-19 misinformation." The COVID-19 Consortium for Understanding the Public's Policy Preferences Across States, January 13, 2022.

Association Between Social Media Use and Self-reported Symptoms of Depression in US Adults

Perlis, Roy H., Jon Green, Matthew Simonson, Katherine Ognyanova, Mauricio Santillana, Jennifer Lin, Alexi Quintana, Hanyu Chwe, James Druckman, David Lazer, Matthew A. Baum and John Della Volpe. "Association Between Social Media Use and Self-reported Symptoms of Depression in US Adults." JAMA Network Open 4.11 (November 2021).

Gender-specificity of resilience in major depressive disorder

Perlis, Roy H., Katherine Ognyanova, Alexi Quintana, Jon Green, Mauricio Santillana, Jennifer Lin, James Druckman, David Lazer, Matthew Simonson, Matthew A. Baum, and Hanyu Chwe. "Gender-specificity of resilience in major depressive disorder." Depression & Anxiety 38.10 (October 2021): 1026-1033.

What I Saw on the Road to Insurrection: Internal Political Efficacy, Conspiracy Beliefs and the Effect of Depression on Support for the January 6th Storming of the Capitol

Baum, Matthew A., James Druckman, Matthew D Simonson, Jennifer Lin, and Roy Perlis. "What I Saw on the Road to Insurrection: Internal Political Efficacy, Conspiracy Beliefs and the Effect of Depression on Support for the January 6th Storming of the Capitol." July 2021.

Factors Associated With Self-reported Symptoms of Depression Among Adults With and Without a Previous COVID-19 Diagnosis

Perlis, Roy H., Jon Green, Katherine Ognyanova, Mauricio Santillana, James Druckman, David Lazer, and Matthew A. Baum. "Factors Associated With Self-reported Symptoms of Depression Among Adults With and Without a Previous COVID-19 Diagnosis." JAMA Network Open 4.6 (June 2021).

The role of race, religion, and partisanship in misperceptions about COVID-19

Druckman, James N., Katherine Ognyanova, Matthew A. Baum, David Lazer, Roy H. Perlis, John Della Volpe, Mauricio Santillana, Hanyu Chwe, Alexi Quintana, and Matthew Simonson. "The role of race, religion, and partisanship in misperceptions about COVID-19." Group Processes & Intergroup Relations 24.4 (June 2021): 638-657.

Comparison of post-COVID depression and major depressive disorder

Perlis, Roy H., Mauricio Santillana, Katherine Ognyanova, Jon Green, James Druckman, David Lazer, and Matthew A. Baum. "Comparison of post-COVID depression and major depressive disorder." MedRxiv (2021).

Will the Pandemic Spark a Religious Revival in the Muslim World?

Masoud, Tarek, A.Kadir Yildirim, and Peter Mandaville. "Will the Pandemic Spark a Religious Revival in the Muslim World?" Washington Post. April 2, 2021.

Association of Acute Symptoms of COVID-19 and Symptoms of Depression in Adults

Perlis, Roy H., Katherine Ognyanova, Mauricio Santillana, Matthew A. Baum, David Lazer, James Druckman, and John Della Volpe. "Association of acute symptoms of COVID-19 and symptoms of depression in adults." JAMA network open 4, no. 3 (2021): e213223-e213223.

Persistence of symptoms up to 10 months following acute COVID-19 illness

Perlis, Roy H., Jon Green, Mauricio Santillana, David Lazer, Katherine Ognyanova, Matthew Simonson, Matthew A. Baum et al. "Persistence of symptoms up to 10 months following acute COVID-19 illness." MedRxiv (2021).

Data-Driven Management of Post-Transplant Medications: An Ambiguous Partially Observable Markov Decision Process Approach

Boloori, Alireza, Soroush Saghafian, Harini A. Chakkera, and Curtiss B. Cook. "Data-Driven Management of Post-Transplant Medications: An Ambiguous Partially Observable Markov Decision Process Approach." Manufacturing and Service Operations Management 22.5 (October 2020): 1066-1087.

COVID-19: What Intervention Policies Are Most Effective? A Brief Report Using Data from Government of Bahrain

Boloori, Alireza, and Soroush Saghafian. "COVID-19: What Intervention Policies Are Most Effective? A Brief Report Using Data from Government of Bahrain." ��vlog�� Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP20-011, May 2020.

Covid Economics: Policy Implications of Models of the Spread of Coronavirus: Perspectives and Opportunities for Economists

Avery, Christopher, Sara F. Ellison, William Bossert, Adam Thomas Cook, and Glenn Ellison. "Covid Economics: Policy Implications of Models of the Spread of Coronavirus: Perspectives and Opportunities for Economists." CEPR Press (May 2020): 21-68.

How the World Will Look After the Coronavirus Pandemic

Allen, John, Nicholas Burns, Laurie Garrett, Richard N. Haass, G. John Ikenberry, Kishore Mahbubani, Shivshankar Menon, Robin Niblett, Joseph S. Nye Jr., Shannon K. O’Neil, Kori Schake, and Stephen M. Walt. "How the World Will Look After the Coronavirus Pandemic." Foreign Policy, March 20, 2020.

Incidence, Risk Factors, and Trends for Postheart Transplantation Diabetes Mellitus

Munshi, Vidit N., Soroush Saghafian, Curtiss B. Cook, Eric Steidley, Brian Hardaway, and Harini A. Chakkera. "Incidence, Risk Factors, and Trends for Postheart Transplantation Diabetes Mellitus." The American Journal of Cardiology 125.3 (February 2020): 436-440.

Comparison of Post-Transplantation Diabetes Mellitus Incidence and Risk Factors Between Kidney and Liver Transplantation Patient

Munshi, Vidit N., Soroush Saghafian, Curtiss B. Cook, K. Tuesday Werner, and Harini A. Chakkera. "Comparison of Post-Transplantation Diabetes Mellitus Incidence and Risk Factors Between Kidney and Liver Transplantation Patient." PLOS ONE 15.1 (January 2020): 1-12.

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