Selected journal articles

The USC Dornsife Equity Research Institute (ERI) produces data-driven analysis and rigorous research, leads convenings, engages strategic collaborations, and models effective, sustainable, racially-just research center. ERI staff, students, affiliated faculty, and post docs all contribute to the rigorous research produced by ERI and published in journals. See below for the list of selected journal articles in reverse chronological order.

Authors in bold are ERI. Authors with asterisks * are affiliated faculty, postdocs, or students (including former).

Bujin Bekbulat, Arushi Sharma, Joshua S. Apte, Robert Bullard, Libby H. Koolik, Esther Min, Rachel Morello-Frosch, Manuel Pastor, Regan Patterson, Allen L. Robinson, Manuel Salgado, Alper Unal, Nicolas Wedekind, and Julian D. Marshall

Science Advances. 12(24), eaed7425. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aed7425

June 2026

Jody Agius Vallejo and Lisa A. Keister

RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, 12 (3) 192-21.  https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2026.12.3.09

June 2026

Austin Mendoza, Cynthia Moreno, Hataipreuk Rkasnuam*, Vanessa Carter Fahnestock, and Manuel Pastor

Social Sciences 2026, 15(1), 8. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci15010008

December 2025

Uriel Serrano*

Social Problems. Volume 73, Issue 1, February 2026, Pages 123–138. https://doi.org/10.1093/socpro/spae059

October 2024

Manuel Pastor, J. Mijin Cha, Michael Méndez, and Rachel Morello-Frosch

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 121 (32) e2310073121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2310073121

July 2024

Alessandro Rigolon, Rexford Osei Owusu, Marisol Becerra, Yuan (Daniel) Cheng, Jon Christensen, James J.T. Connolly, C.N.E. Corbin, Jason A. Douglas, Mariela Fernandez, Viniece Jennings, Jennifer Ito, Lauren E. Mullenbach, Lorien Nesbitt, Na’Taki Osborne Jelks, Rebecca Walker, Sandra Viera, Francisco Romero, and Alberto Espiricueta

Environmental Science & Policy. Volume 157, 103765.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2024.103765 

July 2024

Jody Agius Vallejo and Jessica Vasquez-Tokos

Annual Review Sociology. 50:521-546. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-soc-030222-033237

May 2024

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