Adam Sawyer
Biographic Data
| ID | 3877208 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Adam Sawyer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Adam |
| FAMILY NAME | Sawyer |
| SIGNATURE | SAWYER A |
| AFFILIATIONS | California State University, Bakersfield |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1404-4189 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Super groups or fair leagues? Rich-get-richer dynamics can drive capture despite active redistribution in professional basketball
Much of modern society is founded on orchestrating institutions that produce social goods by fostering motivated groups, pitting them against each other, and distributing the fruits of the arms races that ensue. In this paper, we explore how institutions may change over time and, using the example of competitive balance in professional basketball, analyze whether these changes expose institutions to capture by the few or equilibrium among members…
‘I found comfort in Spanglish
A new bilingual/plurilingual education renaissance in California was ushered in with the passage of state Proposition 58 in 2016. Program planners, however, have struggled to meet the need for bilingual/plurilingual teachers within a linguistic context ravaged by two decades of restrictive policies. This restrictionism has resulted in an entire generation of would-be bilingual teacher candidates growing up without formal academic support for bili…
“Teaching students like me
Emerging from nearly two decades of language suppression wrought by Proposition 227, a Bilingual Education Renaissance is underway in California as new programs proliferate at a much faster clip than the state can produce certified bilingual teachers. California’s policy shift is built upon an officially stated view of bilingualism as a resource beneficial for student academic success and global economic competitiveness. While the stated goals of…
Machine coding of policy texts with the Institutional Grammar
The Institutional Grammar (IG) is used to analyse the syntactic structure of statements constituting institutions (e.g., policies, regulations, and norms) that indicate behavioural constraints and parameterize features of institutionally governed domains. Policy and administration scholars have made considerable progress in methodologically developing the IG, offering increasingly clear guidelines for IG‐based coding, identifying unique considera…
Improving schooling outcomes for Latinos in rural California
This article provides a portrait of the challenges and promise of Latino schooling in California’s agricultural Central Valley, site of one of the largest and socioeconomically vulnerable Latino populations in the nation’s most populous state. Through surveys, interviews, and participant observation, we document a multi-year “Placed-Based Education” project by which Latino and Filipino community college students learn of the region’s legendary Fa…
Is Money Enough
This research compares remittance-receiving families in rural Mexico to non-remittance receiving households in terms of how the presence of this financial source relates to variation in parent educational aspirations for their children and youth enrollment and completion at the non-compulsory upper secondary schooling level. Using multivariate analysis of a comprehensive survey collected in a significant migrant-sending state, no evidence is foun…
A different way home
Regarding Educacion
Machine coding of policy texts with the Institutional Grammar
The Institutional Grammar (IG) is used to analyse the syntactic structure of statements constituting institutions (e.g., policies, regulations, and norms) that indicate behavioural constraints and parameterize features of institutionally governed domains. Policy and administration scholars have made considerable progress in methodologically developing the IG, offering increasingly clear guidelines for IG‐based coding, identifying unique considera…
A different way home
Is Money Enough
This research compares remittance-receiving families in rural Mexico to non-remittance receiving households in terms of how the presence of this financial source relates to variation in parent educational aspirations for their children and youth enrollment and completion at the non-compulsory upper secondary schooling level. Using multivariate analysis of a comprehensive survey collected in a significant migrant-sending state, no evidence is foun…
Regarding Educacion
A different way home
Is Money Enough
This research compares remittance-receiving families in rural Mexico to non-remittance receiving households in terms of how the presence of this financial source relates to variation in parent educational aspirations for their children and youth enrollment and completion at the non-compulsory upper secondary schooling level. Using multivariate analysis of a comprehensive survey collected in a significant migrant-sending state, no evidence is foun…
Improving schooling outcomes for Latinos in rural California
This article provides a portrait of the challenges and promise of Latino schooling in California’s agricultural Central Valley, site of one of the largest and socioeconomically vulnerable Latino populations in the nation’s most populous state. Through surveys, interviews, and participant observation, we document a multi-year “Placed-Based Education” project by which Latino and Filipino community college students learn of the region’s legendary Fa…
Machine coding of policy texts with the Institutional Grammar
The Institutional Grammar (IG) is used to analyse the syntactic structure of statements constituting institutions (e.g., policies, regulations, and norms) that indicate behavioural constraints and parameterize features of institutionally governed domains. Policy and administration scholars have made considerable progress in methodologically developing the IG, offering increasingly clear guidelines for IG‐based coding, identifying unique considera…
“Teaching students like me
Emerging from nearly two decades of language suppression wrought by Proposition 227, a Bilingual Education Renaissance is underway in California as new programs proliferate at a much faster clip than the state can produce certified bilingual teachers. California’s policy shift is built upon an officially stated view of bilingualism as a resource beneficial for student academic success and global economic competitiveness. While the stated goals of…
‘I found comfort in Spanglish
A new bilingual/plurilingual education renaissance in California was ushered in with the passage of state Proposition 58 in 2016. Program planners, however, have struggled to meet the need for bilingual/plurilingual teachers within a linguistic context ravaged by two decades of restrictive policies. This restrictionism has resulted in an entire generation of would-be bilingual teacher candidates growing up without formal academic support for bili…
Super groups or fair leagues? Rich-get-richer dynamics can drive capture despite active redistribution in professional basketball
Much of modern society is founded on orchestrating institutions that produce social goods by fostering motivated groups, pitting them against each other, and distributing the fruits of the arms races that ensue. In this paper, we explore how institutions may change over time and, using the example of competitive balance in professional basketball, analyze whether these changes expose institutions to capture by the few or equilibrium among members…
Geography (6 works) · Pedagogy (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Bilingual education (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (2 works)