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Midwest RCD February/March 2025 Newsletter
No full textBi-monthly newsletter for the Midwest RCD project. Issues typically feature a spotlight interview with one of our consortium members, news, updates, and information about events and activities within the consortium.This issue contains a profile spotlight on Charlie McClary, the agenda for the Next Generation Data Centers workshop, information on the 2025 Annual Meeting, and a new affinity group.This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 2227627
New Depths: Furthering Innovative Research Evaluation for an Evidence-Based Teen Program
No full textThe YMCA of Greater Louisville partnered with Indiana University Southeast’s Applied Research and Education Center (AREC) to develop and evaluate an innovative, evidence-based youth program. At AREC, ethnographic study conducted by a near-peer undergraduate observer and hiring a youth evaluation advisor are how we continue to use participatory, utilization-focused and action research to contextualize and better feedback for the evaluation research findings. Data collected from these grants will serve research and evaluation publications, help secure new funding, and promote sustainability of these programs through continued YMCA implementation and dissemination of the models to other youth-serving organizations
Three Essays in Behavioral Macroeconomics
No full textThesis (Ph.D.) - Indiana University, Department of Economics, 2025Economic agents make decisions and form forecasts about the future based on their perceptions. However, as human beings, we are subject to psychological and cognitive limitations, which can lead to suboptimal or biased choices. This dissertation investigates how such human traits shape expectations and decision-making and whether they help explain empirical patterns observed in economic data.
The first chapter studies the effect of the Federal Reserve’s communication on short-term inflation forecasts. Using micro-level survey data, I show that after the Fed adopted an explicit inflation target in 2012, individuals (1) became more confident in their beliefs with lower subjective uncertainty, and (2) less prone to overreacting to new information, aligning more closely with rational expectations. I develop a parsimonious inflation expectations model featuring smooth diagnostic expectations. The findings suggest that transparent monetary communication not only anchors long-run inflation expectations but also enhances the rationality of short-run forecasting behavior.
The second chapter applies a rational inattention model to the pre-Great Moderation era, a period marked by high macroeconomic volatility. I find that during such volatile times, households and firms respond more swiftly in their consumption and pricing decisions. A DSGE model with rational inattention generates sluggish responses to monetary, technology, and firm-specific shocks—even in the absence of Calvo pricing or habit formation. This suggests that slow adjustment dynamics in the data may reflect cognitive constraints rather than structural rigidities.
The third chapter, co-authored with Sergii Drobot, examines how political partisanship shapes individuals’ forecasting behavior. To assess the impact of electoral outcomes on expectations, we conducted two waves of surveys, with the second wave administered on the morning of November 6, 2024—immediately after the U.S. presidential election. We find that: (1) Democratic-affiliated households revise their forecasts more pessimistically, while Republican-affiliated households re-vise theirs more optimistically, particularly lowering their unemployment forecasts; (2) Republican households exhibit greater confidence, indicating reduced subjective uncertainty; and (3) despite the public nature of the news—Trump’s victory—forecast disagreement narrows among Republicans but widens among Democrats
Current States and Future Directions for Geoportals and Geospatial Data Archiving
No full textEditorial for Journal of Map & Geography Libraries
Volume 20, 2024 - Issue 2: Special Issue: Current States and Future Directions for Geoportals and Geospatial Data Archiving - Part 2Editorial for Journal of Map & Geography Libraries
Volume 20, 2024 - Issue 2: Special Issue: Current States and Future Directions for Geoportals and Geospatial Data Archiving - Part
YUP’IK IMMERSION IN AN URBAN PUBLIC SCHOOL: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC CASE STUDY EXPLORING INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE REVITALIZATION
No full textThesis (Ed.D.) - Indiana University, Department of Curriculum and Instruction/School of Education, 2025This qualitative research study examines the development and implementation, and ultimately the impact, of an Alaska Native Indigenous language (Yup’ik) immersion program in the city of Anchorage, Alaska. This research looks at how local entities perceive the development of the program and its language revitalization efforts: specifically, examining the overall community impact and sustainability. This program is the first and only Alaska Native language immersion program in Anchorage, which is open to any student regardless of race, ethnicity, or background. Given this rarity, the study examines the perceptions of value (culturally, linguistically, educationally, financially, etc.) of the program and the impact of the Yup’ik immersion program on the ASD community. Specifically, this study explores the impact of the Yup’ik Immersion Program on the ASD community and the Yup’ik community in Anchorage and beyond. Participants include educators, administrators, parents/family members/guardians, community (consortium) partners, elders, and government officials (local, state, federal). The study utilized multiple data sources, including semi-structured interviews, grant evaluation reports, and related documents. Thematic analysis was informed by critical theory, culturally sustaining pedagogies, and Indigenous ways of knowing, with a particular focus on the Yup’ik worldview. Key findings that emerged from the analysis include the following themes: challenges, the benefits and value of Native languages and cultures, program strengths, and funding
SONGS OF TOM CIPULLO (2020 - 2023): A LESSON IN MUSIC, AT SPRING'S END, & AUBADE WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN
No full textThesis (DM) – Indiana University, Music, 202
Internship to Impact: An Innovative Financial Wellness Collaboration Empowering Underserved Students
No full textMake it Visual: Infographics as an Outreach and Advocacy Tool
No full textPoster and infographic template for reuse.This poster will focus on the importance of creating an infographic annual report for your makerspace/lab. We will have several examples from each open access lab at Indiana University. Having several examples will help illustrate that these kinds of visual aids work well to quickly convey information and understanding. These visual reports can illustrate available space, staffing, resources and equipment quickly and easily. These visual reports can serve to inform across diverse groups ranging from everyday users to administration and donors. The benefit of a visual report like this is the ease of information access. No one has to read a lengthy narrative to understand the scope of reach or lack of support. Creating an annual report can show positive impact and expansion but also can alert upper administration to understaffing, inequity and need for resources and funding. This kind of visual aid serves to quickly convey information. There is also a sharable template that can be downloaded via QR codes and used by anyone for their space