Islam, K., Laskey, A., Schwetschenau, S., Sheppard, R., Smith, R., Sobeck, J., Stanley, E., Taylor, K., Kilgore, P., Love, N., McElmurry, S., & Seeger, M. (2023). Crisis management of interdependent systems, communication and coordination: A perspective on medium-scale events. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, 31(4), 767–779. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-5973.12479

Laskey, A. B., Stanley, E., Islam, K., Schwetschenau, S., Sobeck, J., Smith, R. J., McElmurry, S. P., Kilgore, P., Taylor, K., & Seeger, M. W. (2023). Perspectives and Propositions on Resilience as Interdisciplinary, Multilevel, and Interdependent. Natural Hazards Review, 24(3), 03123004. https://doi.org/10.1061/NHREFO.NHENG-1471

Smith, R. J., Wilson, C., Fraser, P., O’Connell Hanna, M., & Larsosa, J. (2023). Anti-racist research practice partnerships as critical education: dismantling the master’s house with their own tools? Journal of Community Practice, 31(3–4), 315–337. https://doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2023.2272151

Taylor, K., Zarb, S., Jeschke, N., Sobeck, J., Smith, R., Seeger, M., & McElmurry, S. P. (2023). An exercise in disaster: Does policy learning occur after a tabletop crisis scenario? Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy, 14(2), 115–128. https://doi.org/10.1002/rhc3.12256

Gonzalez Benson, O., Smith, R., & Song, C. (2022). Resettlement cities: A mixture model analysis of the dispersion and placement strategy of U.S. refugee policy. Cities, 126, 103698. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2022.103698

Schwetschenau, S. E., Schubert, A., Smith, R. J., Guikema, S., Love, N. G., & McElmurry, S. P. (2022). Improved decision-making: a sociotechnical utility-based framework for drinking water investment. ACS ES&T Engineering, 2(8), 1475–1490. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestengg.2c00008

Smith, R. J., Baik, S., Lehning, A. J., Mattocks, N., Cheon, J. H., & Kim, K. (2022). Residential segregation, social cohesion, and aging in place: health and mental health inequities. The Gerontologist, 62(9), 1289–1298. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnac076

Abramovitz, M., & Smith, R. J. (2021). The Persistence of Residential Segregation by Race, 1940 to 2010: The Role of Federal Housing Policy. Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services, 102(1), 5–32. https://doi.org/10.1177/1044389420923469

Day, A. G., Smith, R. J., & Tajima, E. A. (2021). Stopping Out and its Impact on College Graduation Among a Sample of Foster Care Alumni: A Joint Scale-Change Accelerated Failure Time Analysis. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research, 12(1), 11–39. https://doi.org/10.1086/712892

Lehning, A. J., Mattocks, N., Smith, R. J., Kim, K., & Cheon, J. H. (2021). Neighborhood Age Composition and Self-Rated Health: Findings from a Nationally Representative Study. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 64(3), 257–273. https://doi.org/10.1080/01634372.2020.1866731

Smith, R. J., & Schmitt-Sands, C. (2021). How Many Immigrant-Friendly Communities Are in the United States? Classifying the Policy Stream. Social Work Research, 45(4), 243–256. https://doi.org/10.1093/swr/svab021

Smith, R. (2020). Did Immigrant Incorporation Overcome Structural Discrimination in Federal Place-based Antipoverty Implementation? Journal of Poverty, 24(5–6), 408–429. https://doi.org/10.1080/10875549.2020.1731047

Ellis, J. D., Resko, S. M., Szechy, K., Smith, R., & Early, T. J. (2019). Characteristics associated with attitudes toward marijuana legalization in Michigan. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 51(4), 335–342. https://doi.org/10.1080/02791072.2019.1610199

Galster, G. C., Santiago, A. M., Smith, R. J., & Leroux, J. (2019). Benefit–cost analysis of an innovative program for self-sufficiency and homeownership. Evaluation Review, 43(1–2), 3–40. https://doi.org/10.1177/0193841X19846697

Santiago, A. M., & Smith, R. J. (2019). What can “big data” methods offer human services research on organizations and communities? Human Service Organizations: Management, Leadership & Governance, 43(4), 344–356. https://doi.org/10.1080/23303131.2019.1674756

Lehning, A., Kim, K., Smith, R., & Choi, M. (2018). Does economic vulnerability moderate the association between transportation mode and social activity restrictions in later life? Ageing & Society, 38(10), 2041–2060. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X17000411

Smith, R. J., Lehning, A. J., & Kim, K. (2018). Aging in place in gentrifying neighborhoods: Implications for physical and mental health. The Gerontologist, 58(1), 26–35. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnx105

Smith, R. J., & Rey, S. J. (2018). Spatial approaches to measure subnational inequality: Implications for Sustainable Development Goals. Development Policy Review, 36(S2), O657–O675. https://doi.org/10.1111/dpr.12363

Foster, K. A., Smith, R. J., Bell, B. A., & Shaw, T. C. (2017). Testing the importance of geographic distance for social capital resources. Urban Affairs Review, 1078087417714895. https://doi.org/10.1177/1078087417714895

Lee, K. O., Smith, R., & Galster, G. (2017). Neighborhood trajectories of low-income U.S. households: An application of sequence analysis. Journal of Urban Affairs, 39(3), 335–357. https://doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2016.1251154

Lee, K. O., Smith, R., & Galster, G. (2017). Subsidized housing and residential trajectories: An application of matched sequence analysis. Housing Policy Debate, 27(6), 843–874. https://doi.org/10.1080/10511482.2017.1316757

Lehning, A. J., Smith, R. J., & Kim, K. (2017). “Friendly” initiatives: An emerging approach to improve communities for vulnerable populations. Journal of Policy Practice, 16(1), 46–58. https://doi.org/10.1080/15588742.2015.1125331

Santiago, A. M., Galster, G. C., & Smith, R. J. (2017). Evaluating the impacts of an enhanced family self-sufficiency program. Housing Policy Debate, 27(5), 772–788. https://doi.org/10.1080/10511482.2017.1295093

Smith, R. J., Pride, T. T., & Schmitt-Sands, C. E. (2017). Does spatial assimilation lead to reproduction of gentrification in the global city? Journal of Urban Affairs, 39(6), 745–763. https://doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2016.1262693

Smith, R. J. (2016). Did the community renewal tax incentives pirate businesses from other places? Economic Development Quarterly, 30(1), 46–61. https://doi.org/10.1177/0891242415620008

Lehning, A. J., Smith, R. J., & Dunkle, R. E. (2015). Do Age-Friendly Characteristics Influence the Expectation to Age in Place? A Comparison of Low-Income and Higher Income Detroit Elders. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 34(2), 158–180. https://doi.org/10.1177/0733464813483210

Smith, R. (2015). Empowerment for whom? The impact of community renewal tax incentives on jobs and businesses. Urban Studies, 52(4), 702–720. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098014528398

Smith, R. J. (2015). Ending poverty in Mongolia: From socialism to social development. International Journal of Social Welfare, 24(2), 159–169. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijsw.12113

Lehning, A. J., Smith, R. J., & Dunkle, R. E. (2014). Age-friendly environments and self-rated health: An exploration of Detroit elders. Research on Aging, 36(1), 72–94. https://doi.org/10.1177/0164027512469214

Smith, R. J., & Eaton, T. (2014). Information and communication technology in child welfare: The need for culture-centered computing. Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 41, 137–160. https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/jrlsasw41&i=144

Clark, S. J., Smith, R. J., & Uota, K. (2013). Professional development opportunities as retention incentives in child welfare. Children and Youth Services Review, 35(10), 1687–1697. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2013.07.006

Rey, S. J., & Smith, R. J. (2013). A spatial decomposition of the Gini coefficient. Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences, 6(2), 55–70. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12076-012-0086-z

Smith, R. J. (2013). A social worker’s report from the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio + 20). Social Work, 58(4), 369–372. https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/swt032

Smith, R. J., Lehning, A. J., & Dunkle, R. E. (2013). Conceptualizing age-friendly community characteristics in a sample of urban elders: An exploratory factor analysis. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 56(2), 90–111. https://doi.org/10.1080/01634372.2012.739267

Smith, R., & Miller, K. (2013). Ecocity mapping using GIS: Introducing a planning method for assessing and improving neighborhood vitality. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action, 7(1), 95–106. https://doi.org/10.1353/cpr.2013.0000

Smith, R. J., & Clark, S. J. (2011). Does job resource loss reduce burnout and job exit for professionally trained social workers in child welfare? Children and Youth Services Review, 33(10), 1950–1959. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2011.05.026

Fulcher, G. M., & Smith, R. J. (2010). Environmental correlates of public child welfare worker turnover. Administration in Social Work, 34(5), 442–457. https://doi.org/10.1080/03643107.2010.518530

Smith, R. J. (2000). Peace, the only durable solution to war. Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping, 6(2), 63–68.

Rambaree, K., Powers, M. C. F., & Smith, R. J. (2019). Ecosocial work and social change in community practice. Journal of Community Practice, 27(3–4), 205–212. https://doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2019.1660516

Santiago, A. M., & Smith, R. J. (2019). Community practice with immigrant and refugee populations: Responding to a growing human rights crisis. Journal of Community Practice, 27(2), 111–115. https://doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2019.1632103

Santiago, A. M., & Smith, R. J. (2019). Transforming our world: community practice responses to global and national grand challenges. Journal of Community Practice, 27(1), 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2019.1584022

Santiago, A. M., & Smith, R. J. (2018). Engaging youth in community work. Journal of Community Practice, 26(1), 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2018.1421126

Santiago, A. M., & Smith, R. J. (2018). Housing and community development: Divergent responses to austerity politics. Journal of Community Practice, 26(3), 253–256. https://doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2018.1490242

Santiago, A. M., & Smith, R. J. (2018). Is the glass half full?: How macro practice matters in a global context. Journal of Community Practice, 26(4), 387–391. https://doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2018.1528667

Smith, R. J., & Santiago, A. M. (2018). Community practice across borders. Journal of Community Practice, 26(2), 121–124. https://doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2018.1456522

Smith, R. J. (2013). The Influence of Western Philosophy on Definitions of Social Justice. In M. J. Austin (Ed.), Social Justice and Social Work: Rediscovering a Core Value of the Profession (pp. 21–30). SAGE Publications, Inc. http://www.sagepub.com/books/Book240426?prodId=Book240426&ct_p=toc

Smith, R. J., Lehning, A. J., & Dunkle, R. E. (2013). Conceptualizing age-friendly community characteristics in a sample of urban elders: An exploratory factor analysis. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 56(2), 90–111. https://doi.org/10.1080/01634372.2012.739267

Smith, R., & Miller, K. (2013). Ecocity mapping using GIS: Introducing a planning method for assessing and improving neighborhood vitality. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action, 7(1), 95–106. https://doi.org/10.1353/cpr.2013.0000

Smith, R. J. (2000). Organizing an emerging queer culture in Mongolia. Social Work Perspectives, 11(1), 37–40.

Galura, J., Howard, J., Waterhouse, D., & Ross, R. (Eds.). (1995). Praxis III. Voices in Dialogue.

Smith, R. J. (1995). Praxis: The Next Generation. In J. Galura, J. Howard, D. Waterhouse, & R. Ross (Eds.), Praxis III: Voices in Dialogue. OCSL Press.

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Smith, R. J. (1993). Only Be Strong and Courageous (J. Galura, R. Meiland, R. Ross, M. J. Callan, & R. Smith, Eds.). OCSL Press.