Research

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

(g) Indicates graduate student coauthor (both at my own institution and externally)

44. Vernon, K. & Curran, F.C. (2024). On Guard but not Sworn: The Relationship between School Security Guards, School Resource Officers, and Student Behavior, Discipline, and Arrests. Criminology and Public Policy.

43. Curran, F.C., Boza, L., Harris-Walls, K., & Tan, T. (2023). Assessing the Public Availability of School Discipline and Infraction Data. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. Online First.

42. Shen, Z., Curran, F.C., Zhang, H., You, Y., & Splett, J. (2022). Intraclass correlations for evaluating the effects of teacher empowerment programs on student educational outcomes. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. Online First.

41. Curran, F.C. & Boza, L. (2022). Community Policing in Schools and School Resource Officer Transparency. Educational Policy. Online First.

40. Curran, F.C. (2022). Ban the discipline box? How university applications that assess prior school discipline experiences relate to admissions of students suspended in high school. Research in Higher Education. Online First.

39. Gerlinger, J., Viano, S., Gardella, J., Fisher, B., Curran, F.C., & Higgins, E. (2021). Exclusionary School Discipline and Delinquent Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 50, 1493-1509. (Authors 2-5 listed in reverse alphabetical order to reflect equal contribution).

38. Kent, J. (g) & Curran, F.C. (2021). Pulling the Trigger: The Decision of Arming School Staff in a Large, Diverse School District. Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 24(3), 87-104.

37. Viano, S., Curran, F.C., & Fisher, B. (2021). Kindergarten cop: A case study of how a coalition between school districts and law enforcement led to school resource officers in elementary schools. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 43(2), 253-279.

36. Curran, F.C., Viano, S., Kupchik, A, & Fisher, B. (2021). Do interactions with school resource officers predict students’ likelihood of being disciplined and feelings of safety? Mixed-methods evidence from two school districts. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 43(2), 200-232.

35. Curran, F.C. & Finch, M. (2021). Reforming school discipline: Responses by school district leadership to revised state guidelines for student codes of conduct. Educational Administration Quarterly, 57(2), 179-220.

34. Curran, F.C., Bal, A., Goff, P., Mitchell, N. (g) (2021). Estimating the relationship between emotional disturbance de-identification and academic achievement and school discipline outcomes: Evidence from Wisconsin’s longitudinal data. Education and Urban Society, 53(1), 83-112.

33. Fisher, B., Curran, F.C., Viano, S., & Skinner, J. (2020). The influence of traditional police culture on the activities of school resource officers. The Journal of Qualitative Criminal Justice & Criminology, 9(1), 1-28.

32. Cohen-Vogel, L., Sadler, J. (g), Little, M., Merrill, B., Curran, F.C. (2020). The adoption of public pre-kindergarten among the American states: An event history analysis. Educational Policy. Online First.

31. Fisher, B., Higgins, E., Kupchik, A., Viano, S., Curran, F.C., Overstreet, S. (g), Plumlee, B. (g), & Coffey, B. (g) (2020). Protecting the flock or policing the sheep? Differences in school resource officers’ perceptions of threats by school racial composition. Social Problems. Online First.

30. Kupchik, A., Curran, F.C., Fisher, B., & Viano, S. (2020). Police ambassadors: Student-police interactions in school and legal socialization. Law and Society Review, 54(2), 391-422.

29. Curran, F.C. (2020). A matter of measurement: How different ways of measuring racial gaps in school discipline can yield drastically different conclusions about racial disparities in discipline. Educational Researcher, 49(5), 382-387.

28. Curran, F.C., Fisher, B., Viano, S. (2020). Mass school shootings and the short-run impacts on use of school security measures and practices: National evidence from the Columbine tragedy. Journal of School Violence, 19(1), 6-19. Download Published Article

27. Curran, F.C., Little, M. (g), Cohen-Vogel, L., & Domina, T. (2020). School readiness assessments for class placements and academic sorting in kindergarten. Educational Policy, 34(3), 518-547. Download Published Article

26. Curran, F.C., Fisher, B.W., Viano, S., Kupchik, A. (2019). Why and when do school resource officers engage in school discipline? The role of context in shaping disciplinary involvement. American Journal of Education, 126(1), 33-63. Download Published Article

25. Pearman, F.A., Curran, F.C., Fisher, B., Gardella, J. (2019). Are achievement gaps related to discipline gaps? Evidence from national data. AERA Open, 5(4), 1-18. Download Published Article

24. Curran, F.C. & Kitchin, J. (g) (2019). Documenting geographic isolation of schools and examining the implications for education policy. Educational Policy. Online First. Download Published Article

23. Curran, F.C. & Kitchin, J. (g) (2019). Early elementary science instruction: Does more time on science or science topics/skills predict science achievement in the early grades? AERA Open, 5(3), 1-18. Download Published Article

22. Curran, F.C. & Kitchin, J. (g) (2019). Why are the early elementary race/ethnicity test score gaps in science larger than those in reading or mathematics? National evidence on the importance of language and immigration context in explaining the gap-in-gaps. Science Education, 103, 477-502. Download Published Article; Download Accepted Version

21. Curran, F.C. (2019). Does the Chicago Safe Passage program reduce reported crime around elementary schools? Evidence from longitudinal, geocoded crime data. Criminal Justice Policy Review, 30(9), 1385–1407. Download Published Article; Download Accepted Version

20. Curran, F.C. (2019). Estimating the relationship between preschool attendance and kindergarten science achievement: Implications for early science achievement gaps. Education Finance and Policy, 14(2), 210-241. Download Published Article

19. Curran, F.C., Viano, S., & Fisher, B.W. (2019). Teacher victimization, turnover, and contextual factors promoting resilience. Journal of School Violence, 18(1), 21-38. Download Published Article

18. Curran, F.C. (2019). The law, policy, and portrayal of zero tolerance school discipline: Examining prevalence and characteristics across levels of governance and school districts. Educational Policy, 33(2), 319-349. Download Published Article; Download Accepted Version

17. Curran, F.C. & Kitchin, J. (g) (2018). Estimating the relationship between corporal punishment use and school suspensions: Longitudinal evidence from the Civil Rights Data Collection. Peabody Journal of Education, 93(2), 139-160. Download Published Article; Download Accepted Version

16. Engel, M., Cannata, M., Curran, F.C. (2018). Principal influence in teacher hiring: Documenting decentralization over time. Journal of Educational Administration, 56(3), 277-296. Download Published Article

15. Fisher, B., Viano, S., Curran, F.C., Pearman, A., Gardella, J. (2018). Students’ feelings of safety, exposure to violence and victimization, and authoritative school climate. American Journal of Criminal Justice, 43(1), 6-25. Published Article; Download Accepted Version

14. Curran, F.C. & Kellogg, A. (g) (2017). Sense-making of federal education policy: Social network analysis of social media discourse around the Every Student Succeeds Act. Journal of School Leadership, 27(5), 622-651.

13. Curran, F.C. (2017). Influence over school discipline policy: Variation across levels of governance, school contexts, and time. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 25(119), 1-30. Download Published Article

12. Curran, F.C. (2017). Income-based disparities in early elementary school science achievement. Elementary School Journal, 118(2), 207-231. Download Published Version

11. Curran, F.C. (2017). Teach for America placement and teacher vacancies: Evidence from the Mississippi Delta. Teachers College Record, 119(2), 1-24. Download Accepted Article.

10. Little, M. (g), Cohen-Vogel, L., Curran, F.C. (2016). Facilitating the transition to kindergarten: What ECLS-K data tell us about school practices then and now. AERA Open, 2(3), 1-18. Download Published Article.

9. Curran, F.C. & Kellogg, A. (g) (2016). Understanding science achievement gaps by race/ethnicity and gender in kindergarten and first grade. Educational Researcher, 45(5), 273-282. Download Published Article; Download Accepted Version

8. Curran, F.C. (2016). Estimating the effect of state zero tolerance laws on exclusionary discipline, racial discipline gaps, and student behavior. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 38(4), 647-668. Download Published Article

7. Curran, F.C. (2016). The state of abstracts in educational research. AERA Open, 2(3), 1-9. Download Published Article

6. Engel, M. & Curran, F.C. (2016). Toward understanding principals’ hiring practices. Journal of Educational Administration, 54(2), 173-190. Download Published Article

5. Claessens, A., Engel, M., Curran, F.C., (2015). The effects of maternal depression on child outcomes during the first years of formal schooling. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 32(3), 80-93. Download Published Article

4. Curran, F. C. (2015). Expanding downward: Innovation, diffusion, and state policy adoptions of universal preschool. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 23(36). http://dx.doi.org/10.14507/epaa.v23.1688 Download Published Article.

3. Claessens, A., Engel, M., & Curran, F.C. (2014). Academic content, student learning, and the persistence of preschool effects. American Educational Research Journal, 51(2), 403-434. Download Published Article.

2. Engel, M., Jacob, B., Curran, F.C. (2014). New evidence on teacher labor supply. American Educational Research Journal, 51(1), 36-72. Download Published Article.

1. Darko, A.K., Curran, F.C., Copin, C., McElwee-White, L. (2011). Carbonylation of functionalized diamine diols to cyclic ureas: application to derivatives of DMP 450. Tetrahedron, 67(22), 3976-3983.

BOOK CHAPTERS

1. Fisher, B.W., Curran, F.C., Pearman, A., & Gardella, J. (2018). School practices and policies associated with gang presence in schools. In H. Shapiro (Ed.), Handbook of Violence in Education. Wiley. 227-248.

2. Curran, F.C. (2016). Racial Disproportionalities in Discipline: The Role of Zero Tolerance Policies.  In G. Crews (Ed.), Critical Examinations of School Violence and Disturbance in K-12 Education. Hershey, Pennsylvania: IGI Global.

POLICY BRIEFS AND REPORTS

18. Curran, F.C., Fisher, B.W., Gottfredson, D., Jordan, H., Kupchik, A., Losen, D., Milner, R., Mowen, T., & Skiba, R. (2021). Police Presence in Schools Does Not Increase School Safety and Harms Students of Color. School Policing Research to Policy Collaborative. Briefing Paper #1. (Authors listed alphabetically)

17. Curran, F.C. & Boza, L. (2020). School Reopening Plans and Reported Cases of COVID in Schools. UF Education Policy Research Center Policy Brief.

16. Curran, F.C. (2020). Policy Responses to Pandemic-Induced Learning Loss. UF Education Policy Research Center White Paper.

15. Curran, F.C., Cho, S., Boza, L., & O’Sullivan, C. (2020). Time to Implement: Florida School Reopening Plans Meet the Start of the School Year. UF Education Policy Research Center Policy Brief.

14. Curran, F.C. (2020). The expanding presence of law enforcement in Florida schools. UF Education Policy Research Center Research Report.

13. Curran, F.C., O’Sullivan, C., & Cho, S. (2020). Delayed starts and face masks: Updates on reopening plans for Florida schools. UF Education Policy Research Center Policy Brief.

12. Curran, F.C. & O’Sullivan, C. (2020). Florida school reopening plans: Initial plans from mid-July. UF Education Policy Research Center Policy Brief.

11. Curran, F.C. (2020). School preparedness plans for pandemics and continuity of education. UF Education Policy Research Center Policy Brief.

10. Curran, F.C., Fisher, B.W., Viano, S., Kupchik, A. (2019). Understanding school safety and the use of school resource officers in understudied settings. Final Report. National Criminal Justice Reference Service.

9. Curran, F.C., Fisher, B.W., Viano, S., Kupchik, A. (2019). AJE Features | Why and when do school resource officers engage in school discipline? American Journal of Education Forum. Retrieved from: http://www.ajeforum.com/aje-features-why-and-when-do-school-resource-officers-engage-in-school-discipline-by-f-chris-curran-benjamin-w-fisher-samantha-viano-and-aaron-kupchik/

8. Curran, F.C., Fisher, B.W., Viano, S., Kupchik, A. (2019). Understanding school safety and the use of school resource officers in understudied settings. Research Brief Report.

7. Curran, F.C. (2019). Early evidence from the Chicago Safe Passage program. Key Findings Policy Brief. Scholars Strategy Network. www.scholarsstrategynetwork.org

6. Curran, F.C. & Finch, M. (2018). Maryland schools’ codes of conduct: Comparing discipline policy across districts. Policy Report Issued by The School of Public Policy at UMBC and Salisbury University. Available at http://edpolicylab.umbc.edu

5. Curran, F.C., Fisher, B.W., Viano, S.L., & Skinner, J. (2018). Understanding school safety and the use of school resource officers in understudied settings. Interim Report: School District 1.

4. Curran, F.C., Fisher, B.W., Viano, S.L., & Skinner, J. (2018). Understanding school safety and the use of school resource officers in understudied settings. Interim Report: School District 2.

3. Curran, F.C., Fisher, B.W., Viano, S., Kupchik, A., Hayden, E., Skinner, J. (2018). Understanding school safety and the use of school resource officers in understudied settings. Interim Report #1: Sheriff’s Department.

2. Curran, F.C. (2016). The disadvantages of “zero tolerance” laws that mandate exclusionary school discipline. Key Findings Policy Brief. Scholars Strategy Network. www.scholarsstrategynetwork.org

1. Curran, F.C. (2016). Reducing racial disparities in school discipline requires more than eliminating “zero tolerance” policies. Key Findings Policy Brief. Scholars Strategy Network. Harvard University. www.scholarsstrategynetwork.org