Derek R. Slagle Source Confirmed

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Associate Professor; School Director

University of Arkansas at Little Rock

faculty

7 h-index 24 pubs 126 cited

Research Areas

Higher Education Research Studies Health Policy Implementation Science Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Behavioral and Psychological Studies Media Studies and Communication Education Systems and Policy SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research

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OverviewAI-generated summary

Derek R. Slagle's research investigates various aspects of public administration, higher education, and public health. His work includes studies on crisis communication within institutions, particularly in the context of events like the COVID-19 pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement. Slagle has also examined determinants of online graduate education in public affairs programs, including faculty workload and the employability of online graduates for academic positions.

His public health research has focused on vaccine hesitancy in Arkansas before and after the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as substance use among postsecondary students, comparing cisgender and trans-spectrum individuals. Additionally, Slagle has contributed to research on the efficacy of public feral hog trapping services in Arkansas, assessing population reduction and stakeholder perceptions. He has published 24 articles, holds an h-index of 7, and has accumulated 126 citations. Slagle has collaborated with researchers from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

Metrics

  • h-index: 7
  • Publications: 24
  • Citations: 126

Selected Publications

  • Metamodern public administration: Contending with traditionalism, modernism, and postmodernism (2025) DOI
  • Hesitancy towards routine childhood vaccinations before and after the COVID-19 pandemic in Arkansas (2025) DOI
  • Comparing Cisgender and Trans-spectrum Postsecondary Student Alcohol and Substance Use: Results From the Arkansas Collegiate Substance Use Assessment (2024) DOI
  • A Discourse of Renewal: Higher Education Leadership and Crisis Communication during Black Lives Matter (2022) DOI
  • Institutional and programmatic determinants for graduate public affairs’ online education: Assessing the influence of faculty workload (2021) DOI
  • The perfect storm in the midst of a pandemic: the use of information within an institution's concurrent crises (2021) DOI

Collaborators

Researchers in the database who share publications

April Chatham‐Carpenter University of Arkansas at Little Rock 4 shared publications Austin Porter University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 1 shared publication Christina Joshua University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 1 shared publication Christopher Tyler Burks University of Arkansas at Little Rock 1 shared publication J. J. McIntyre University of Central Arkansas 1 shared publication

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