Non-profit
Nonprofit Board Governance: What Strong Boards Do Differently
Board governance quality varies enormously across the nonprofit sector. Strong boards do specific things differently that produce better organizational outcomes.
Writing
Notes & essays.
Thinking out loud about psychology, education, policy, healthcare, and whatever else has my attention.
In the News
Teacher Shortage in the United States: Understanding a Structural Crisis
Teacher shortages have become a recurring headline across the country. Research on the causes and the evidence on potential solutions reveals a challenge that is structural rather than temporary.
Healthcare
Palliative Care: What It Is, What Research Shows, and Why It Remains Underused
Palliative care is one of the most evidence-supported areas in all of medicine, yet it remains dramatically underutilized. Understanding why and what can be done is important.
Psychology
Bystander Effect: What Research Shows About Why People Fail to Help
The bystander effect is one of psychology's most influential findings. Research on its mechanisms, its limits, and how to overcome it has evolved since the famous Kitty Genovese case.
Healthcare
Physician Burnout: A System Problem With System Solutions
Physician burnout is at historically high levels. Framing it as an individual wellness problem rather than a systemic work design problem has produced solutions that do not work.
Policy
Medicaid Work Requirements: What Research Shows About Effects on Coverage and Health
Several states have sought to impose work requirements on Medicaid recipients. Research on whether these requirements improve employment while courts debate their legality points toward clear findings.
Higher Education
Student Debt and Financial Wellbeing: What Research Shows About the Burden and Its Consequences
Student debt in the United States has reached levels that researchers and economists describe as a systemic risk. Research on its effects on borrowers' financial lives and policy approaches is growing.
Mental Health
Anxiety in the Modern World: What's Normal, What's Clinical, What Helps
Anxiety is the most common mental health concern in the United States. Understanding what distinguishes adaptive worry from clinical anxiety is the first step toward effective response.
Education
What Mastery Based Progression Gets Right , and Where It Struggles
Mastery based learning holds that students advance when they demonstrate competency, not when the calendar says so. The idea is compelling; the implementation is complicated.