Journal Publications

Lofaro, R. J., & Sapat, A. (2024). Occupational and Personal Challenges During the Opioid Crisis: Understanding First Responders’ Experiences and Viewpoints of Clients with Opioid Use Disorder. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 18.

Witkowski, K., Lofaro, R. J., Headley, A. M., Contreras, S., Remington, C. L., & Ganapati, N. E. (2024). Understanding problematic substance use among first responders during the COVID-19 pandemic: a survey of law enforcement, fire, and EMS workers in the United States. International Journal of Drug Policy, 123.

Patterson, P. M., & Lofaro, R. J. (2024). Death, actually: Emboldening theory and praxis when death is all around. Administrative Theory & Praxis, 46(1), 13-34.

Boykin, E., Lofaro, R. J., McCue, C., & Prier, E. (2024). Advancing the practice of public procurement performance measurement: a framework for conceptualizing efficiency and effectiveness. Public Money & Management, 1-11.

Miller, H. T., & Lofaro, R. J. (2023). Political contestation in policy implementation: A narrative inquiry into a needle exchange program. Critical Policy Studies, 17(1), 43-62.

Lofaro, R. J., Boykin, E. A., McCue, C. P., & Prier, E. (2023). Year-end spending spikes and single bid procedures: an analysis of public procurement in the European Economic Area. Public Finance and Management, 21(2), 135-166.

Sapat, A., Lofaro, R. J., & Trautman, B. (2022). Policy responsiveness and institutions in a federal system: Analyzing variations in state-level data transparency and equity issues during the COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 77, 1-16.

Lofaro, R. J., & Sapat, A. (2022). Communication and leadership in times of crisis: Analyzing the cultural competency of US state governors during the vaccine administration phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Public Leadership, 18(2), 173-188.

Lofaro, R. J., & Miller, H. T. (2021). Narrative politics in policy discourse: The debate over safe injection sites in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Contemporary Drug Problems, 48(1), 75-95.

McCue, C. P., Prier, E., & Lofaro, R. J. (2021). Examining the year-end spending spike in the European Economic Area: A comparative study of procurement contracts. Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management, 33(5), 513-532.

Lofaro, R. J., & McCue, C. (2020). Salient target populations and the subcategorization of deviants in the release of inmates during the COVID-19 pandemic. Administrative Theory & Praxis, 42(3), 379-393.

Lofaro, R. J. (2020). “No damn cat, and no damn cradle”: Cat’s Cradle, science, and the pitfalls of evidence-based drug policy. Public Voices.