Richard C Sadler

Biographic Data

ID185741
NAMERichard C Sadler
GIVEN NAMESRichard C
FAMILY NAMESadler
SIGNATURESADLER R C
AFFILIATIONSMichigan State University
ORCID0000-0002-5130-8561
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS50
TOTAL CITATIONS182
AUTHOR COUNT50
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2012
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX8

  • How Covid-19 Affected Parenting in a Multi-City Sample With Low Incomes

    Open AccessANNE MARTIN, Lauren O’connell et al.ARTICLEJournal of Family Issues2026

    We combined data from five cohorts of mothers of young children across three cities to understand how COVID-19 affected parenting among predominantly Black and Latine families with low incomes. We examined whether mothers reported that their parenting got worse, got better, or stayed the same; drew on a qualitative substudy to identify themes describing parenting experiences; and used quantitative data to identify psychosocial characteristics ass…

  • Urban revitalization and mental health

    Open AccessCatherine D Brown, Ventra Asana et al.ARTICLEGeoforum2026

  • A quantitative intersectional approach to measuring change in built environment amenities and the association with mortality in U.S. counties

    Open AccessVictoria P Fisher, Richard C Sadler et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2026

    BACKGROUND: The relationship between health and the built environment is well established, but common methods conceptualizing "place" rely on static or demographic-based interpretations that do not capture its complexity. Marrying Intersectionality Theory and political economics, we conceptualize place as a manifestation of complex, mutually constructive forces that shape the lived experience, and assert that quantitative intersectionality is ess…

  • The Voice Unheard

    Open AccessKionna L Henderson, Ashton Shortridge et al.ARTICLEJournal of Racial and Ethnic…2025

    BACKGROUND: Eleven years have passed since the 2014 Flint water crisis (FWC), yet many voices still go unheard. There is limited evidence of the impact of the FWC on maternal health. This paper used a cross-sectional study design to survey 152 women enrolled in the Supporting Parents and Raising Resilient Kids (SPARRK) study in Flint, Michigan to examine racial differences in women's perceptions of their overall health pre- and post-FWC, perceive…

  • Spatial analysis of synthetic clusters of risk and resilience in the wake of the Flint water crisis

    Open AccessCaitlin Canfield, Caitlin F Canfield et al.ARTICLELocal Environment2025References: 67

    Natural and anthropogenic disasters often have greater impact on marginalized communities because of structural disinvestment and racism. Impacts may not be uniform across communities; it is important to identify characteristics related to individual- and neighborhood-level resilience in the context of disaster. The Flint Water Crisis (FWC), given its varying, widespread impacts, provides an opportunity to examine these characteristics. Using Spe…

  • Drunk and dangerous? Exploring the tenuous links among drunk driving, alcohol arrests, and firearm violence in an urban context

    Open AccessChris Melde, Giovanni Circo et al.ARTICLEJournal of Criminal Justice2025References: 1

  • Economic hardships during Covid-19 and maternal mental health

    Open AccessAnne Martins, ANNE MARTIN et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2025References: 68

  • Racial differences in residential mobility after the Flint Water Crisis

    Open AccessSamantha Gailey, Richard C Sadler et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2025References: 36

  • Neighborhood mobility and racial disparities in preterm birth

    Open AccessSamantha Gailey, Collette N Ncube et al.ARTICLEHealth & Place2024References: 14

  • Historical Structural Racism in the Built Environment and Physical Health among Residents of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

    Open AccessEmily J Jones, Brianna N Natale et al.ARTICLEJournal of Urban Health2024Cited by: 2References: 4

  • Working in the Crisis

    Open AccessJesse Sutton, Evan Cleave et al.ARTICLEUrban Affairs Review2024References: 11

    The COVID-19 pandemic was one of many global challenges localities have contended with over the past few decades. In response to such global pressures, economic development practitioners are tasked with safeguarding their localities’ economic and social well-being. But little is known about how these types of shocks and challenges have influenced overall economic development practices and planning. To address this question, we conducted in-depth …

  • Environmental Support Moderates the association of Socioeconomic Distress and Delay Discounting across Adolescence

    Open AccessJulia W Felton, Jill A Rabinowitz et al.ARTICLEJournal of Youth and Adolescence2024References: 53

  • Spatial and statistical predictors of voter purge rates in Michigan

    Open AccessRichard C Sadler, Thomas W Wojciechowski et al.ARTICLESocial Science Quarterly2024References: 19

    Objective Voter purges can protect election integrity by ensuring deceased or moved individuals are removed from election rolls. But they have been used to diminish voting power of marginalized groups, often by anti‐majoritarian forces seeking to undemocratically retain power. Little research has examined “who gets purged?” at the state level, especially with respect to local‐level differences. Methods We leverage Michigan's voter purge database …

  • Environmental crisis or an act of contemporary racism? A flint effect on maternal health disparities

    Open AccessKionna L Henderson, Ashton Shortridge et al.ARTICLEHuman Geography2023Cited by: 1References: 13

    Background Racial injustices, both within the social and environmental aspect, are increasingly in national discussions due to impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic and persistent violence perpetrated by police against Black civilians that resulted in tragic deaths. An ongoing environmental injustice that began in 2014 is the Flint Water Crisis (FWC). The purpose of this study is to conduct a quasi-experimental research design to compare Flint to a …

  • You do not know what you have until it is gone

    Jesse Sutton, Godwin Arku et al.ARTICLECommunity Development2023References: 17

    To contain the 2019 coronavirus, many localities were placed on lockdown and were required to follow social distancing guidelines implemented by upper-level governments. A consequence of these containment measures was that local practitioners had to conduct economic development remotely, an activity traditionally centered around face-to-face interactions. Thus, this raises the question, how important is face-to-face contact for local economic dev…

  • Built and social indices for hazards in Children's environments

    Open AccessTimothy Josiah Stone, Dan Trepal et al.ARTICLEHealth & Place2023References: 10

  • Relative impacts of a virtual cooking and nutrition program for children and families

    Open AccessAmy Saxe-Custack, Sarah Egan et al.ARTICLEAppetite2023References: 26

    Among the many factors contributing to increased consumption of ultraprocessed foods, a societal decline in cooking skills is a barrier to achieving healthy dietary patterns among children and adolescents. The current study assessed the effectiveness of a healthy cooking program, its geographic reach, and whether program format (child only, in-person format vs. family-based, virtual format) influenced outcomes. This was a quasi-experimental compa…

  • Inequitable Housing Practices and Youth Internalizing Symptoms

    Open AccessRichard C Sadler, Julia W Felton et al.ARTICLEUrban Planning2022

    Disordered urban environments negatively impact mental health symptoms and disorders. While many aspects of the built environment have been studied, one influence may come from inequitable, discriminatory housing practices such as redlining, blockbusting, and gentrification. The patterns of disinvestment and reinvestment that follow may be an underlying mechanism predicting poor mental health. In this study, we examine pathways between such pract…

  • Mapping the Way to Good Health

    Open AccessRichard C Sadler, Kristian LarsenARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022

    Geography has an important role to play in shaping the direction of medical research. In particular, its tools and theory provide essential understanding to the impacts of place on health behaviors and outcomes. Understanding some of its evolution-particularly into the subfield of medical geography-is therefore useful both for geographers and medical researchers. In this paper, we present some of the debates that geographers have grappled with, t…

  • Validating a geospatial healthfulness index with self-reported chronic disease and health outcomes

    Open AccessRichard C Sadler, Thomas W Wojciechowski et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2022References: 4

  • Is a School’s Neighborhood Physical Disorder Related to Its Academic Outcomes

    Open AccessMieka Smart, Julia W Felton et al.ARTICLEChild & Youth Care Forum2021

  • Right Sizing Flint’s Infrastructure in the Wake of the Flint Water Crisis Would Constitute an Additional Environmental Injustice

    Richard C Sadler, Debra Furr-Holden et al.ARTICLEJournal of the American Planning…2021

    Right sizing has become an essential talking point in discussing next steps for postindustrial and shrinking cities as they struggle to maintain outdated, outsized infrastructure. Yet the literature has been clear that balancing economic and social objectives must be a key part of the discussion, especially given that historical patterns of disinvestment have disproportionately affected socioeconomically disadvantaged and racial/ethnic minority p…

  • Lessons from U.S. rust belt cities for equitable low-growth futures

    Dayne Walling, Richard C Sadler et al.ARTICLEUrban Research & Practice2021

    The dynamics shaping 21st century urbanization are particularly visible throughout the American Rust Belt. With the pressures of economic and population growth receding, the local structures and contests shaping land use, development, and revitalization are more visible. In the context of racial segregation and political fragmentation, public entities, community groups and civic networks have generated innovations and interventions aligned with a…

  • Linking the Flint Food Store Survey

    Open AccessRichard C Sadler, Amanda Y Kong et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2021

    Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM-2) remains a significant public health concern, particularly in low-income neighborhoods where healthy foods may be scarcer. Despite the well-known relationship between diet and diabetes, little evidence exists on the connections among the objectively measured community and consumer food environment, perception of food access, and diabetes management or outcomes. This cross-sectional, ecological study represents the f…

  • Schools as Vectors of Infectious Disease Transmission during the 1918 Influenza Pandemic

    Don Lafreniere, Timothy Stone et al.ARTICLECartographica The International…2021

    Les auteurs utilisent une combinaison de microdonnées nationales tirées des séries IPUMS ( Integrated Public Use Microdata Series) et de microdonnées sur la population et la santé au niveau régional, spatialisées à l’échelon des ménages, et ils se servent d’un SIG historique (SIGH) pour suivre la transmission de l’infection grippale entre les enfants des écoles publiques de la péninsule nord du Michigan durant la pandémie de 1918. Les microdonnée…