Published Works
Shelton, J. L., & Waller, M. R. (2025). Barriers to Father–child Contact during Incarceration and Children’s Educational Outcomes. Child Welfare, 102(6), 27-50.
Shelton, J. L., Chase, E. C., Ajayi, B. P., Armstrong, J., & Ezell, J. M. (2023). The cultural dimensions of collective action during environmental hazards: Assessing race, gender, and social support network dynamics in the Flint Water Crisis. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 87, 103565.
Selected Works in Progress
"The Collateral Consequences of the Opioid Epidemic for Child Welfare: Examining the Role of Community Context" with Laura Tach (Dissertation Chapter)
"‘My mom may have birthed him, but I raise him’: examining early adultification and social services provision of siblings who raised their siblings" (Dissertation Chapter)
"Getting to Guardianship: Impacts of Kinship Care Subsidies on Entry Through Permanency for Foster Care-Involved Youth " (Dissertation Chapter)