Research Publications, Mentions, and Presentations
Refereed Publications
Blissett, R. S. L., Feldberg, Z., Smith, S. A., Fisher, S., & Reid, D. B. (forthcoming). With policy in mind: Contributions of psychology to education policy research and practice. In L. Cohen-Vogel, J. Scott, & P. Youngs (Eds.), AERA Handbook of Education Policy Research (Vol. 2). American Educational Research Association.
Fu, S. & Blissett, R. S. L. (2024). Nuancing the narrative: Understanding Asian American opposition to NYC’s selective high school admissions reform. Race Ethnicity and Education. [link]
Grissom, J. A., Timmer, J. D., Nelson, J. L., & Blissett, R. S. L. (2021). Unequal pay for equal work? Unpacking the gender gap in principal compensation. Economics of Education Review, 82. [link]
Blissett, R. S. L. (2020). Proving I’m right: Charter school policy and selective exposure to information. Educational Policy, 34(6), 894-917. [link]
Blissett, R. S. L., Baker, D. J., & Fields, B. C. (2020). When students speak out: Understanding the motivations for I, Too, Am mobilization. Teachers College Record, 122(3), 1-36. [link]
Lockard, D., Baker, D. J., & Blissett, R. S. L. (2019). Student and administrative responses to student collective action on campus. In D. L. Morgan & C. H. F. D. III (Eds.), Student activism, politics, and campus climate in higher education (pp. 185–200). New York, NY: Routledge. [link]
Goldring, E., Grissom, J., Neumerski, C., Blissett, R., Murphy, J., & Porter, A. (2019). The search for principal effectiveness: Increasing principals’ time on instructional leadership through the SAM® process. Journal of Educational Administration, 58(1), 19-37. [link]
Grissom, J. A., Blissett, R. S. L., & Mitani, H. (2018). Supervisor ratings as measures of principal performance: Evidence from the TEAM evaluation system in Tennessee. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 40(3), 446-472. [link]
Blissett, R. S. L., & Baker, D. J. (2018). Seeing is more than believing: Visual media, social media, and anti-racism on college campuses. PUBLIC: Arts, Design, Humanities, 4(1). [link]
Baker, D. J., & Blissett, R. S. L. (2018). Beyond the incident: Institutional predictors of student collective action. Journal of Higher Education, 89(2), 184-207. [link]
Blissett, R. S. L., & Alsbury, T. L. (2017). Disentangling the personal agenda: Identity and school board members’ perceptions of problems and solutions. Leadership and Policy in Schools, 17(4), 454-486. [link]
Grissom, J. A., Mitani, H., & Blissett, R. S. L. (2017). Principal licensure exams as barriers to entry and predictors of job performance: An analysis of the School Leaders Licensure Assessment. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 39(2), 248–280. [link]
Other Publications
Goldring, E., Grissom, J. A., Neumerski, C. M., Murphy, J., Blissett, R., & Porter, A. (2015). Making time for instructional leadership. New York, NY: The Wallace Foundation. [link]
Blissett, R. (2013). The future of service-learning in Maryland schools. Cambridge, MA: Scholars Strategy Network. [link]
Blissett, R., & Slogeris, B. (2012). Baltimore CARES service-learning curriculum teacher guidebook. Baltimore, MD: Office of the Mayor. [link]
Publications Under Review
Bleiberg, J., Blissett, R. S. L., & Clark, K. (-). Exploring the relationship between school-based accountability and teachers’ implicit racial biases.
Blissett, R. S. L. & Wang, S. (-). When it matters: Unpacking generalized patterns in public support for universal and targeted education policy.
Blissett, R. S. L., Wang, S., Schultz, D., & Ortiz, R. D. (-). Communicating racial theory in effectiveness work: A QuantCrit imperative. [Working Paper]
Projects Near Submission
Blissett, R. S. L., Clark, K., Mandal, M., Ortiz, R. D., Maitra, R., & Giang, C. M. (-). Citizen attitudes toward a federal ban on critical race theory in schools.
Blissett, R. S. L., Farrington, C. E., Schultz, D., Gohel, I. H., Garcia, P., & Goodridge, K. (-). Attitudes toward trans girls in sports: The “gender” in transgender.
Blissett, R. S. L. & Schultz, D. (-). Pro-trans legal precedent and perspectives on policies affecting transgender youth.
Honey, N. N., Blissett, R. S. L., & Woo, D. S. (-). Public school choice and local support for public school funding.
Media Mentions
Ellis, L. (2020, June). For colleges, protests over racism may put everything on the line. The Chronicle of Higher Education. https://www.chronicle.com/article/for-colleges-protests-over-racism-may-put-everything-on-the-line
Adams, L. (2017, December). Is protesting a privilege? The Chronicle of Higher Education. https://www.chronicle.com/article/is-protesting-a-privilege/
Non-Conference Presentations, Invited Talks, and Workshops
Blissett, R. (2022, July). Asian Americans and education: Defining justice and defining race. Invited presentation for Baltimore Asian Resistance and Solidarity. Online.
Blissett, R. (2022, May). Asian Americans and education: Defining justice and defining race. Invited presentation for the Asian American Justice + Innovation Lab, Histories and Futures Lab. Online.
Blissett, R. (2022, March). Fair for whom? Attitudes towards the rights of transgender girls in school sports. Invited presentation for UGA Institute for Women’s Studies Virtual Friday Speaker Series, Athens, GA.
Blissett, R. (2022, February). All else being equal (when it’s not equal): Applying theories on race in quantitative models and research. Invited workshop for the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness Critical Perspectives in Quantitative Methods Series, Online.
Blissett, R. (2021, October). Strategies for recruiting a diverse faculty. Invited panelist for the Mary Frances Early College of Education, Athens, GA
Blissett, R. (2021, July). Education and American democracy. Invited talk for the Fulbright Summer Institute, New York, NY.
Blissett, R. (2021, June). Theoretical approaches to racial justice research. Invited panelist for the Just Education Policy program.
Blissett, R. (2021, April). We are more than numbers. Invited talk at the Mary Frances Early College of Education Torrance Festival of Ideas, Athens, GA.
Blissett, R. (2021, March). [Panel discussion on equity and justice in education]. Invited panelist at the Mary Frances Early College of Education Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Conference, Athens, GA.
Blissett, R. (2019, January). [Panel discussion on diversity and inclusion in higher education]. Invited panelist at the Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ.
Blissett, R. (2018, October). The ideological politics of charter schools. Invited talk at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD.
Blissett, R. (2018, October). Making a campus a home: Understanding student voices and understanding ourselves. Invited talk and workshop at the annual meeting of the New Jersey Association of New Student Advocates, Jersey City, NJ.
Blissett, R. (2017, December). Literacy: Jamaica’s essential education. Keynote presented at the Busy Bee Educational Enrichment, Inc. Benefit, East Hanover, NJ.
Blissett, R. (2015, October). I, Too, Am Angry: Responding to sparks of dissatisfaction. Workshop hosted at the Imagining America Annual Meeting (IA), Baltimore, MD.
Berger, C., Blissett, R., Cook, J., Hoffman, D., Melluso, E., & Robier, K. (2015, October). Living democracy: Practices to awaken, integrate, and transform ourselves and our institutions. Workshop hosted at the Imagining America Annual Meeting (IA), Baltimore, MD.
Arce-Trigatti, A., Blissett, R., & Honey, N. (2014, April). The benefits of XTXS for education researchers and policy makers. Project presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting (AERA), Philadelphia, PA.
Research Conference Presentations
Co-authored works for which I was not the presenter are not listed. In addition, several of these papers have been presented multiple times. Only the most recent presentation is listed here.
Blissett, R. S. L. (2018, April). School choice and charter school policy advocacy in East Nashville. Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting (MPSA), Chicago, IL.
Blissett, R. S. L. (2018, April). Proving I’m right: Charter school policy and selective exposure to information. Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting (MPSA), Chicago, IL.
Blissett, R. S. L. (2018, April). Charter school media: Topic models through history. Roundtable presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting (AERA), New York, NY.
Blissett, R. S. L. (2017, April). Does participation in collective bargaining systematically prevent performance-based teacher dismissal? Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting (MPSA). Chicago, IL.
Honey, N., Blissett, R. S. L., & Woo, D. (2017, April). Charter school prevalence and local support for public school funding ballot measures. Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting (MPSA), Chicago, IL.
Baker, D. J. & Blissett, R. S. L. (2017, April). Beyond the incident: Institutional predictors of student collective action. Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting (MPSA), Chicago, IL.
Grissom, J. A., Blissett, R. S. L., & Mitani, H. (2016, November). Supervisor ratings as measures of principal performance: Evidence from the TEAM evaluation system in Tennessee. Paper presented at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM), Washington, DC.
Blissett, R. & Alsbury, T. L. (2016, April). Disentangling the personal agenda: Identity and school board members’ perceptions of problems and solutions. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting (AERA), Washington, DC.
Goldring, E., Grissom, J. A., Neumerski, C. M., Blissett, R., Murphy, J., & Porter, A. (2016, April). The search for principal effectiveness: Increasing principals' time on instructional leadership through the SAM process. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting (AERA), Washington, DC.
Blissett, R. S. L. & Honey, N. (2016. April). Turnout for what? Retrospective voting behavior in local school board elections. Paper presented as poster at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting (MPSA), Chicago, IL.
Goldring, E., Murphy, J., & Blissett, R. (2015, November). Helping principals focus on teaching and learning: A Wallace-sponsored session. Report presented at the University Council for Educational Administration Annual Meeting (UCEA), San Diego, CA.
Grissom, J. A. & Blissett, R. S. L. (2014, April). Getting along to get ahead? Examining school board conflict and school performance. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting (AERA), Philadelphia, PA.
Blissett, R. (2014, March). Parental education, home learning environments, and the use of national context in comparative analysis. Paper presented at the Association for Education Finance and Policy Annual Meeting (AEFP), San Antonio, TX.