MEDIA & PUBLIC OUTREACH

Issue Briefs:

Scholar Strategy Network: Stabilization and Equity: Response to Urban Fiscal Crisis in Flint, MI and Beyond

News and Trade publications authored by Ashley:

Kent State College of Arts and Sciences Newsletter: COVID-19 and Local Democracy: What Are the Implications? (with Amanda Clark, April 30, 2020)

PA Times: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Insufficient Engagement Practices (with Hanna Lebovits and Amanda Clark, March 25, 2020)

PA Times: Prison Management and Efficiency and Equity Trade-Off (with Hannah Lebovits and Meghan Novisky, March 27, 2019)

PA Times: Michigan’s Municipal Takeover Law

The Society Pages: Stabilization and Equity (reprint of SSN brief)

Flint: Our Community, Our Voice: What I Learned While Studying Flint’s Municipal Takeover: An Introduction

Flint: Our Community, Our Voice: What I Learned While Studying Flint’s Municipal Takeover: Fiscal Stability Versus Local Democracy

Flint: Our Community, Our Voice: What I Learned While Studying Flint’s Municipal Takeover: Final Thoughts

Flint: Our Community, Our Voice: Empowered Participation: What Cities (including Flint) Can do to Foster Meaningful Participation

News and Media citing of featuring Ashley’s research and scholarship:

Belt Magazine: Organizing Labor in a Pandemic (Hannah Lebovits, May 15, 2020).

Medium: What Happened in Democracy in Flint, MI Could Happen after COVID-19 (Heath Brown, May 10, 2020).

MLive: Near Total Authority of Emergency Managers Impacted Flint Water Crisis, UM Study Says (Ron Fonger, April 29, 2020)

APPAM (2012 conference): quick interview, regarding my interest in municipal takeovers.

Grand Rapids Magazine: Protest Signs and Picketing: Grassroots Anthology Explores Local Activism

[Media] Reviews of Ashley’s research & scholarship:

MLive: After Studying Flint, Author Suggests Eliminating Emergency Managers (Ron Fonger, December 2, 2019)

*Reviews in academic journals can be found here.

News, Media, & Podcast Interviews with Ashley:

No Jargon Podcast: Episode 201: Death by a Thousand Cuts (December 19, 2019)

WKBN: 2018 Ohio Governors Race Could See Record Number of Females

Rapid Growth Media: Voices of the People: New Book to Showcase Grand Rapids’ Activist Community

Pieces about Ashley: 

Center for Urban Research and Education (CURE): Ashley E. Nickels, Rutgers-Camden PhD student, serves as guest editor for Journal of Public Affairs Education

Kent State University: Flint, MI expert comes to Kent.

GVSU Success Story: Activist wins Advocacy Award

Academic writing: check out Ashley’s online CV