The pandemic brings into focus our interconnectivity as we witness the widespread social impact of COVID-19. In response, the College of Community Innovation and Education stands unified in our commitment to serve communities through innovative, interdisciplinary and transformative research and service.
Funded Research
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Adapting Community Corrections in Response to COVID-19
A project to track the progress of community corrections agencies in adapting to COVID-19.
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Principal Investigator: Jill Viglione, Ph.D.
HEALTH MANAGEMENT AND INFORMATICS
Changes in the Delivery of Evidence-Based Psychotherapies for Depression and PTSD as the Result of COVID-19 Pandemic
A UCF and Orlando VA Healthcare System research project to examine why some veterans complete their psychotherapy treatment and others do not.
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Co-Principal Investigators: Christian King, Ph.D., Andriy Koval, Ph.D., and Varadraj Gurupur, Ph.D.
System Response Monitor Team for the World Health Organization
A team collecting data on the U.S. response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Team Members: Lynn Unruh, Ph.D. and Andriy Koval, Ph.D.
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Emergency Management and Policy Analysis in a Pandemic
COVID-19 working groups for public health and social sciences research.
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Principal Investigator: Jungwon Yeo, Ph.D.
Publications and Presentations
Comfort, L. K., Kapucu, N., Ko, K., Menoni, S., & Siciliano, M. (2020). Crisis Decision Making on a Global Scale: Transition from Cognition to Collective Action under Threat of COVID-19. Public Administration Review, 80(4), 616-622. DOI
Entress, R.M., Tyler, J. & Sadiq, A.‐A. (2020), Managing Mass Fatalities During COVID‐19: Lessons for Promoting Community Resilience During Global Pandemics. Public Administration Review, 80, 856-861. DOI
Ferdig, R.E., Baumgartner, E., Hartshorne, R., Kaplan-Rakowski, R. & Mouza, C. (2020). Teaching, Technology, and Teacher Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Stories from the Field. Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education. Retrieved October 13, 2020 from www.learntechlib.org.
Hall, J. L. & Battaglio, R. P. (Eds.) Viewpoints on COVID-19. Public Administration Review. Volume 80, Issues 4-5. (2020). onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Hall, J. L., Zavattaro, S. M., Battaglio, R. P., & Hail, M. W. (2020). Global reflection, conceptual exploration, and evidentiary assimilation: COVID-19 viewpoint symposium introduction. Public Administration Review, 80(4), 590-594. DOI
Hartshorne, R., Baumgartner, E., Kaplan-Rakowski, R., Mouza, C. & Ferdig, R.E. (2020). Special Issue Editorial: Preservice and Inservice Professional Development During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 28(2), 137-147. Waynesville, NC USA: Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education. Retrieved October 14, 2020 from www.learntechlib.org.
Hu, Q., Zhang, H., Kapucu, N., Chen, W. (2020). Hybrid Coordination for Coping with the Medical Surge from the COVID-19 Pandemic: Paired-Assistance Programs in China. Public Administration Review. DOI
Kaukinen, C. (2020). When Stay-at-Home Orders Leave Victims Unsafe at Home: Exploring the Risk and Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence during the COVID-19 Pandemic. American Journal of Criminal Justice, 1-12. DOI
Lee. S., Yeo, J., & Na, C. (2020). Learning from the Past: Distributed Cognition and Crisis Management Capabilities for Tracking COVID-19. American Review of Public Administration, 50(6-7), 729-735. DOI
Li, Y., Chandra, Y., & Kapucu, N. (2020). Crisis Coordination and the Role of Social Media in Response to COVID-19 in Wuhan, China. American Review of Public Administration, 50(6-7), 698-705. DOI
Piquero, Alex R., Wesley G. Jennings, Jemison, E., Kaukinen, C., & Knaul, & Felicia M. (2021). Domestic Violence During COVID-19: Evidence from a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Washington, D.C.: Council on Criminal Justice.
Sadiq, A.-A., & Kessa, R. (2020). U.S. Procurement in the Age of COVID-19: Challenges, Intergovernmental Collaboration, and Recommendations for Improvement. The American Review of Public Administration, 50(6–7), 635-641. DOI
Zavattaro, S. M., Hall, J. L., Battaglio, R. P., & Hail, M. W. (2020). Introduction: COVID-19 viewpoint symposium, part II. Public Administration Review, 80(5), 755-758. DOI
Pike, L., Herbert, L., Slanda, D. D., & Little, M. (2020). Digital sponsorship of pre-service teacher interns during COVID-19. In R. E. Ferdig, E. Baumgartner, R. Hartshorne, R. Kaplan-Rakowski, & C. Mouza (Eds.), Teaching, Technology, And Teacher Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Stories from the Field, Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved from www.learntechlib.org.
Kapucu, N. (2020, June). Transition from Cognition to Collective Action in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Crisis Decision Making in Response to COVID-19 in the US. The American Society for Public Administration digital experience (Zoom).
Kapucu, N. (2020, September). From command and control to network governance: Emergency and crisis management in the US. Rethinking Crisis Management and International Cooperation amidst COVID-19, Kookmin University, New Silkroad Institute, Seoul, South Korea (Zoom).
Kapucu, N. & Siciliano, M. D. (2020, May). Crisis Decision Making in Multi-scale Contexts: The United States Response to COVID-19. Global Researchers' Network for COVID-19 Workshop (Zoom).
Slanda, D. D., Pike, L., Herbert, L., & Little, M. E. (2020, October 26-28). The Shift to an Online Environment: Supporting Teacher Candidates in a COVID World [Best Practices/Demo Teaching]. Presented at Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) Interactive Conference, Virtual.
Slanda, D. D., Pike, L., Herbert, L., & Little, M. E. (2020, October 26-28). The Shift to an Online Environment: Supporting Teacher Candidates in a COVID World. Proceedings of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE), Interactive: An Online Conference.
Service
While living in a time of physical distancing, our faculty, staff and students have found innovative ways to serve and connect with communities.
Virtual Counseling Services
The Community Counseling and Research Center has expanded its services during the pandemic to provide free virtual counseling for community members in Central Florida, while continuing to offer some face-to-face services on the main campus.
News
UCF Researchers Work with Public Agencies to Examine Pandemic Efforts, Effects
UCF’s Parents as Teacher Hotline Ready for Local K-12 School Year
