Conversations on Leadership is a series highlighting the leaders within Policy Research. In this series, guests share their thoughts on Policy Research’s work and culture and highlight how they are using the firm’s strategic plan to guide their work and advance the field. In this 21-minute episode, Dr. Hope shares her approach to building and expanding Policy Research's Research and Evaluation area, the internal and external collaborations the area has developed, and her strategies for leading a remote-first team and ensuring life-work integration for staff members. Transcript: https://www.pra ..read more

Conversations on Leadership is a series highlighting the leaders within Policy Research. In this series, guests share their thoughts on Policy Research’s work and culture and highlight how they are using the firm’s strategic plan to guide their work and advance the field. In this episode, President/CEO Sarah Desmarais, PhD, and Vice President Elan Hope, PhD, delve into Policy Research’s dedication to DEI. They share the company’s vision for an inclusive, representative workplace and the steps that the organization is taking to get there. Transcript: https://www.prainc.com/wp-content/uploads/20 ..read more

This episode features Senior Project Associate Don Harris, MBA, and discusses key takeaways from his recently published paper, “Exploring the Association Between Suicide Prevention Public Service Announcements and User Comments on YouTube: A Computational Text Analysis Approach.” Data Points is an ongoing podcast series produced by Policy Research that discusses research for social change. Episode transcript: https://www.prainc.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/DataPoints-Suicide-Prevention-PSAs-Transcript-508.pdf Research paper: https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2023.2203077 If you’re thinking ab ..read more

Conversations on Leadership is a series highlighting the leaders within Policy Research. In this series, guests share their thoughts on Policy Research’s work and culture and highlight how they are using the firm’s strategic plan to guide their work and advance the field. In this episode, Sarah Desmarais, PhD, reflects on her first year as President of Policy Research, shares the highlights from her first year, how Policy Research’s strategic plan guides her work, the expansion of the firm’s research portfolio, and what’s next for her and the firm. Read the transcript: https://www.prainc.com/w ..read more

This episode features two team members at Policy Research. Senior Research Associate Samantha Zottola, PhD, and Senior Research Associate Lisa Callahan, PhD, discuss key takeaways from their recently finished project, “Understanding and Preventing Frequent Jail Contact.” Data Points is an ongoing podcast series produced by Policy Research that discusses research for social change. Episode transcript: https://www.prainc.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/DataPoints-Frequent-Utilizers-Transcript-508.pdf Project findings: https://www.prainc.com/resources/population-people-frequent-jail-contact/ This ..read more

This episode features two Research & Evaluation team members at Policy Research. Senior Research Associate Samantha Zottola, PhD, and Research Associate Kamiya Stewart, PhD, discuss key takeaways from their forthcoming paper, “Pretrial Risk Assessment, Risk Communication, and Racial Bias” Data Points is an ongoing podcast series produced by Policy Research that discusses research for social change. Transcript: https://www.prainc.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/DataPoints-RiskAssessment-Transcript-508.pdf ..read more

This episode features two Research & Evaluation team members at Policy Research. Senior Research Associate Samantha Zottola, PhD, and Research Associate Kamiya Stewart, PhD, discuss key takeaways from Dr. Zottola’s recently published paper, “Comparing the Relationships Between Money Bail, Pretrial Risk Scores, and Pretrial Outcomes.” Data Points is an ongoing podcast series produced by Policy Research that discusses research for social change. Link to research paper: https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/lhb0000487 Link to episode transcript: https://www.prainc.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02 ..read more

November is National Veterans and Military Families Month, a time to express our gratitude for the service of our nation's Veterans and military families. The theme for Veterans Day, November 11th is honor. In recognition of these observances, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services, Administrations, Service Members, Veterans, and their Families Technical Assistance Center, commonly known as the S M V FTA Center, is reflecting on that theme of honor and the work that they do each day serving our nation's service members, Veterans, and their families. This episode features three members ..read more

Policy Research Associates is committed to the well-being and wellness of individuals with behavioral health conditions. To help spread information about the importance of the Eight Dimensions of Wellness in recovery, we created a podcast series to address each pillar of wellness. In this podcast, we offer our listeners a guided meditation presented by Betty Vreeland. Betty has her Master’s of Science in Nursing and is an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse. She’s also a registered yoga teacher, and practices yoga and meditation herself on a regular basis. We ask that you please listen to this ..read more

This is part two of the National Center for Youth Opportunity and Justice’s (NCYOJ) school responder model podcast series discussion on positive youth development, or PYD. In this podcast, NCYOJ’s Darren Cosgrove and Catherine Kramer are back, talking with Dr. Crystal Brandow about challenges and barriers related to implementing PYD, those elements in schools and communities that can facilitate a strong PYD framework, and key principles of positive youth development. The series was produced by NCYOJ with support from the National Institute of Justice. The NCYOJ originally developed and maintai ..read more