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Publications from 2025

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Comparing Medicaid Enrolment Death Data to State-Wide Death Records in Maine, Katherine Ahrens PhD, Apsara Kumarage, Philip Dubois, and David Jorgenson

Submissions from 2024

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Maine Provider Attitudes Towards Contingency Management for Substance Use Disorders, Evelyn Ali and Mary Lindsey Smith PhD

Publications from 2025

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"Reenvisioning Town Meetings as Accessible to Caregivers of Young Children", Carolyn Arcand PhD

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Olefin Metathesis in Water: Speciation of a Leading Water-Soluble Catalyst Pinpoints Challenges and Opportunities for Chemical Biology, Christian O. Blanco, Samantha K. Cormier, Angus J. Koller, Eszter Boros, and Deryn E. Fogg

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“You’re getting a little big for this”: fat characters in Disney animated films, Rachel Casey and Grace Brenner

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Trends Before and After the Removal of Race and Ethnicity from the Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Calculator, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, MaineHealth Maine Medical Center, and the Public Health Program, Muskie School of Public Service, University of Southern Maine, Portland, Maine.; Annika Hikade MD; Kelly Nichols, MD, MPH; and Katherine Ahrens PhD

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Sound Leadership: Harnessing the Power of Podcasts in Leadership Development, Brittany Devies, Lauren Bullock, Daniel M. Jenkins PhD, Scott J. Allen, and Joanna Stanberry

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Theorizing the future of generative AI in education, Maureen Ebben and Julien S. Murphy

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Symposium Introduction: Whither AI? Leadership at the Crossroads of Innovation and Responsibility, Daniel M. Jenkins PhD, Christine Haskell, Erik Bean, Tashieka Burris-Melville, Jimmy Payne, and Vijayanth Tummala

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AI-Enhanced Training, Education, & Development: Exploration and Insights Into Generative AI's Role in Leadership Learning, Daniel M. Jenkins PhD and Gaurav Khanna

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Exploring Instructional and Assessment Strategies in Leadership Education, Daniel M. Jenkins PhD, Bram J. Stone M.S., Spencer R. Camacho M.M., and Krista M. Soria PhD.

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How Fish Learned to Sing, Debra Marquart

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High School Students’ Preferences for Praise and Reprimand: A Pilot Study, Ashley Rila, Sarah Wilkinson, and Margaret T. Floress

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Pedagogy of Dialogic Communication: Becoming Aware of Our Unconscious Beliefs, Lenny Shedletsky PhD

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An Assessment of Maine's Capacity to Support Transitions of Care Through the Substance Use Disorder Continuum, Mary Lindsey Smith PhD, Sarah McLaughlin MPH, and Rachel M. Gallo MPH

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Feedback on Withdrawal Management Services in Maine from Persons with Lived Experience, Mary Lindsey Smith PhD and Katie Rosingana BA

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Withdrawal Management in Maine: Capacity Challenges and Opportunities for Improvement, Mary Lindsey Smith PhD, Katie Rosingana BA, Tyler Egeland BA, and Sarah McLaughlin MPH

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Generative AI Integration in Leadership Practice: Foundations, Challenges, and Opportunities, Mary Tabata PhD, Cris Wildermuth Ed.D., Kevin Bottomley PhD., and Daniel M. Jenkins PhD

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First study of neutrino angle reconstruction using quasielastic-like interactions in MicroBooNE, The MicroBooNE Collaboration and Brandon Eberly

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USM Student Guide to AI and Learning, University of Southern Maine's AI Task Force

Submissions from 2024

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Identifying Rural Health Clinics Within the Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System (T-MSIS) Analytic Files, Katherine Ahrens MPH, PhD; Zachariah Croll; Yvonne Jonk PhD; John Gale MS; and Heidi O'Connor MS

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Western Maine Addiction and Recovery Initiative's Substance Misuse Prevention and Wellness Day: Year 2 Planning Survey Summary for OHCHS, Evelyn Ali BS, Tyler Egeland BA, and Mary Lindsey Smith PhD

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Immigrant-Origin Students at the University of Southern Maine [Report], Marina Chakmakchi MPPM, LL.M.

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Trends in maternal opioid use disorder and neonatal abstinence syndrome in Maine, 2016-2022., Julia Dudley, Sarah M B Gabrielson, Alane B O'Connor, and Katherine A. Ahrens PhD

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Environmental generative AI awareness in education, Maureen Ebben PhD and Julien Murphy PhD