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Research output per year
Personal profile
About
Dr. Michael Gearhart received his Ph.D. in 2017 from the Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University. His research focuses on collective actions in communities, the relationship between the criminal justice system and communities, and equity and inclusion. He is currently collecting data on residents’ perceptions of the development in Ferguson with an emphasis on police-resident relationships.
Dr. Gearhart’s practice experience includes working as a research associate for Leverage Point Development Inc., co-facilitating cognitive behavioral therapy groups for individuals in jail who meet criteria for psychosis and serving as a diagnostician for an enhanced re-entry model for individuals leaving jail who meet criteria for mental health and substance use issues.
Related documents
Research Interests
- Collective Action
- Community Building
- Asset-Based Community Development
- Community Engagement
- Generative Dialogue
- Mixed Methods Statistical Methods: Multilevel Modeling (Curran-Bauer Analytics) Structural Equation Modeling, and Latent Class Analysis
- Exploratory Factor Analysis
- Confirmatory Factor Analysis
- Multilevel Confirmatory Factor Analysis
- Community Assessment: Neighborhood Asset Mapping, SWOT Analysis
- Stakeholder Interviews
- Survey Design Data sets: Inter-University Consortium for Social and Political Research (ICPSR) and Seattle Neighborhoods and Crime Survey (SNCS)
Disciplines
- Social Work
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Empowered Residents and Neighbourhood Activism: Cross-cultural Testing of a Japanese Scale in the USA
Gearhart, M. C. & Watanabe, Y., Dec 2025, In: International Journal of Community and Social Development. 7, 4, p. 462-481 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Emotional and Behavioral Impact of Social Connections and Observant Adults in the Neighborhood, School, and Family on Youth
Gearhart, M. C., Maguire-Jack, K., Yoon, S. & Barnhart, S., Dec 2025, In: Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal. 42, 6, p. 839-849 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Assessing the emotional and behavioral impact of community and extra curricular activities, police contact, and collective efficacy among youth
Gearhart, M. C. & Littman, D. M., 2024, In: Journal of Community Practice. 32, 1, p. 107-126 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Injustice is Ahistorical: A Case Study of St. Louis
Gearhart, M., 2024, In: Advances in Social Work. 24, 3, p. 639-656 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Multilevel Factor Structure of Social Cohesion, Mutual Efficacy, and Informal Social Control: A Case for Practice-Informed Research
Gearhart, M. C., Apr 1 2024, In: Social Work (United States). 69, 2, p. 167-175 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review