Publications
"You have to keep in mind that you're dealing with people's lives": How hospital service workers enact an ethic of care
Kess Ballentine, Jihee Woo, Hollen Tillman, & Sara Goodkind
New Solutions: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy, 33(1), 25-36.
2023
How low-paid parents navigate the complex financial landscape of benefits cliffs and disincentive deserts
Kess Ballentine, Sara Goodkind, Jeffrey Shook
Health Affairs, 41(12), 1707-1714
2022
Using the consolidated framework for implementation research to promote anti-racism in social work higher education
Dashawna Fussell-Ware, Kess Ballentine, Ana Flores, Laurenia Mangum, Serwaa Omowale, Kristen MacKenzie, Adrian Ballard, Christopher Thyberg, LauraEllen Ashcraft
Advances in Social Work, 22(2), 680-702
2022
Do wage increases help? Wage increases and material hardships among low-wage hospital workers
Jihee Woo, Jeffrey Shook, Sara Goodkind, Kess Ballentine, Rafael Engel, Soobin Kim, Helen Petracchi
Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 1-14
2022
Relationships among material hardships, perceived stress, and health among low-wage hospital workers.
Jihee Woo, Kess Ballentine, Jeffrey Shook, Rafael Engel, Sara Goodkind
Health & Social Work 47 (1), 19-27
2022
Structural equation model of emotional labor, work–home interaction, and well-being
Kess L Ballentine, Jihee Woo
Social Work Research 45 (4), 269-280
2021
Procedural justice and legal socialization among juvenile offenders: The role of defense attorneys
Jeffrey J Shook, Sara Goodkind, Karen M Kolivoski, Kess L Ballentine
Journal of Social Issues 77 (2), 484-503
2021
From scarcity to investment: The range of strategies used by low-income parents with “good” low-wage jobs
Kess L Ballentine, Sara Goodkind, Jeffrey Shook
Families in Society 101 (3), 260-274
2020
Moving Beyond Poverty: Effects of Low-Wage Work on Individual, Social, and Family Well-Being
Jeffrey Shook, Sara Goodkind, Rafael J Engel, Sandra Wexler, Kess L Ballentine
Families in Society 101 (3), 249-259
2020
Understanding racial differences in diagnosing ODD versus ADHD using critical race theory
KL Ballentine
Families in Society 100 (3), 282-292
2019
Feminist social work and political engagement: Working toward social justice through local policy
Sara Goodkind & Kess Ballentine
Affilia, 32(4), 425-431.
2017
Would we know it if we saw it? Assessing quality of care in group homes for youth
EMZ Farmer, ML Murray, K Ballentine, ME Rauktis, BJ Burns
Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders 25 (1), 28-36
2017
Learning for and from the field: the experience of being a research interviewer
Ashley N Morris, Kess L Ballentine, Elizabeth MZ Farmer
Residential treatment for children & youth 29 (4), 265-281
2012
Following youth after out-of-home placement: Navigating a data collection obstacle course
Kess L Ballentine, Ashley N Morris, Elizabeth MZ Farmer
Residential Treatment for Children & Youth 29 (1), 32-47
2012
Enhancing and adapting treatment foster care: Lessons learned in trying to change practice
MM Murray, D Southerland, EM Farmer, K Ballentine
Journal of Child and Family Studies 19 (4), 393-403
2010