Helen H Yu
Biographic Data
| ID | 4128368 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Helen H Yu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Helen H |
| FAMILY NAME | Yu |
| SIGNATURE | YU H H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6972-4774 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Changing the narrative
In the past decade, both citizens and activist organizations have pushed for reform of the administrative state. Concurrently, athletes or “super citizens” entered the administrative state as they used their voice, platform, and social and financial capital to become major actors in these calls for reform. This article presents a revised theoretical framework in which to situate professional athletes within the field of public administration and …
Beyond Students for Fair Admissions and Trump 2.0
Does Occupational Type Matter for Female Supervisors in Federal Law Enforcement? Exploring the Challenges That Sworn vs. Non-Sworn Face in the Workplace
Maladaptive personality traits and older adult relationship satisfaction
OBJECTIVE: Maladaptive personality traits have been implicated in romantic relationship dissatisfaction, but the etiology of those links and the degree to which they extend to other types of relationships are unclear. The purpose of this study was to examine associations between maladaptive personality traits and satisfaction in various relationships using a co-twin control design to identify potential environmental contributions. METHOD: = 70.3)…
Women in Law Enforcement
LGBTQ+ officers in US federal service
Workplace inclusion occurs when employees perceive a workplace climate that values all employees and treats them fairly with dignity and respect. Yet, social identity theory suggests that this inclusive culture remains limited among LGBTQ+ employees, especially in hyper-masculine occupations such as policing. Using a sample of 4,578 sworn officers, this study examines the level of inclusion perceived by LGBTQ+ officers in US federal service, in c…
Improving Work–Life Balance for Female Civil Servants in Law Enforcement
In late 2019, Congress passed the Federal Employee Paid Leave Act (FEPLA) establishing parental leave for most federal civilian employees. The new law provides up to 12 weeks of paid leave within 12 months after the birth, adoption, or foster placement of a child occurring on or after October 1, 2020. Despite its recent enactment, this study draws on survey data from 224 civil servants across 39 federal law enforcement agencies to examine the imp…
Racial Diversity in Policing
The rising nationwide concerns about violence targeting Asians have highlighted the scant research on Asian American police officers. This article aims to (re)introduce this important dialogue and calls for a commitment from other race and social equity scholars to extend the discourse on racial diversity in policing. Using data on race and ethnicity compiled by the Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics survey, this article com…
Women in State Law Enforcement
Gender diversity in policing has never been more important than it is today. However, women in state law enforcement are the least noticeable and most underrepresented of all women in policing. Using data from the Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) surveys, this study examines gender diversity across the 49 primary state law enforcement agencies in the United States between 2000 and 2016. Although representation vari…
Perception or Reality
Scholars across multiple disciplines have identified numerous correlates to police misconduct. Missing, however, from this body of research is the impact of police misconduct on future promotion opportunities in a local police department. Using population data ( N = 33,358) released by New York city’s Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) from September 1985 to July 2020, this study employs logistic regression to examine civilian complaints that…
An Examination of Asian American Officers in State and Federal Law Enforcement
The increasing concerns about anti-Asian hate crimes, attacks, and xenophobic violence as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak, coupled with the recent killing spree (March 16, 2021) targeting the Asian community in Georgia, has emphasized the scant research on Asian Americans in policing. This article represents the second half of a 2-part series detailing the employment figures of Asian officers in the United States. Using the latest data on race …
Does Agency Type Matter for Female Federal Agents? Exploring the Offices of Inspectors General
Recent scholarship has examined the barriers women experience in well-known federal law enforcement agencies. However, there is scant research that examines a unique subgrouping of agents within the federal Offices of Inspectors General (OIGs). Drawing on survey data from 249 female agents, this study compares responses between female agents working in the OIGs and female agents working in all other federal law enforcement agencies to differentia…
Multiracial Feminism
There has been a rise in scholarship targeting women’s experiences in federal law enforcement. Missing, however, are the women of color, as all previous studies capture women as a homogeneous group without regard to race/ethnicity. Using a combined survey dataset from sworn female officers (n = 1,189) employed by two federal law enforcement agencies, this article employs multiracial feminism as a framework to differentiate women’s experiences in …
Revisiting the bamboo ceiling
Effective academic–practitioner collaboration on gender research in federal law enforcement
Coproduction is the latest and most exhaustive model of academic–practitioner collaboration to engage public administration scholarship. Coproduction centers on the production of research as an interactive process where academics and practitioners collaborate across all phases of a research project. This article contributes to the literature by presenting a critical and reflective examination of a personal journey in coproduction, with a well-kno…
An Exploratory Analysis of the Strategies Women Employ to Cope with the Challenges They Face in Federal Law Enforcement
For a study of women’s occupational persistence in federal law enforcement, qualitative data are generated from semi-structured interviews with 20 sworn female federal officers working in 10 federal law enforcement agencies. Interviews provide descriptions of the strategies women employ to cope with the negative attributes and challenges in federal law enforcement and the factors that influence women’s persistence to remain in federal law enforce…
Post-Executive Order 13583
This study examined occupational barriers in federal law enforcement between 2011 and 2015, replicating research conducted prior to the passage of Executive Order 13583 (2011 Executive Order No. 13583, 76 C.F.R. 52847 (2011). [Google Scholar]). Qualitative and quantitative data were generated from surveys collected from 101 sworn female federal law enforcement officers on the challenges they face in the work environment. With little progress to g…
An Examination of Women in Federal Law Enforcement
For a study of occupational barriers, qualitative and quantitative data were generated from surveys collected from 168 women working in 34 federal law enforcement agencies and varying in race, ethnicity, age, rank, and tenure. All women report at least one occupational barrier in the workplace. Pervasive negative attitudes from male colleagues, lack of high-ranking female role models, and work–life balance issues prove to be the biggest barriers …
An Examination of Women in Federal Law Enforcement
For a study of occupational barriers, qualitative and quantitative data were generated from surveys collected from 168 women working in 34 federal law enforcement agencies and varying in race, ethnicity, age, rank, and tenure. All women report at least one occupational barrier in the workplace. Pervasive negative attitudes from male colleagues, lack of high-ranking female role models, and work–life balance issues prove to be the biggest barriers …
Women in State Law Enforcement
Gender diversity in policing has never been more important than it is today. However, women in state law enforcement are the least noticeable and most underrepresented of all women in policing. Using data from the Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) surveys, this study examines gender diversity across the 49 primary state law enforcement agencies in the United States between 2000 and 2016. Although representation vari…
An Examination of Asian American Officers in State and Federal Law Enforcement
The increasing concerns about anti-Asian hate crimes, attacks, and xenophobic violence as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak, coupled with the recent killing spree (March 16, 2021) targeting the Asian community in Georgia, has emphasized the scant research on Asian Americans in policing. This article represents the second half of a 2-part series detailing the employment figures of Asian officers in the United States. Using the latest data on race …
Effective academic–practitioner collaboration on gender research in federal law enforcement
Coproduction is the latest and most exhaustive model of academic–practitioner collaboration to engage public administration scholarship. Coproduction centers on the production of research as an interactive process where academics and practitioners collaborate across all phases of a research project. This article contributes to the literature by presenting a critical and reflective examination of a personal journey in coproduction, with a well-kno…
An Examination of Women in Federal Law Enforcement
For a study of occupational barriers, qualitative and quantitative data were generated from surveys collected from 168 women working in 34 federal law enforcement agencies and varying in race, ethnicity, age, rank, and tenure. All women report at least one occupational barrier in the workplace. Pervasive negative attitudes from male colleagues, lack of high-ranking female role models, and work–life balance issues prove to be the biggest barriers …
Post-Executive Order 13583
This study examined occupational barriers in federal law enforcement between 2011 and 2015, replicating research conducted prior to the passage of Executive Order 13583 (2011 Executive Order No. 13583, 76 C.F.R. 52847 (2011). [Google Scholar]). Qualitative and quantitative data were generated from surveys collected from 101 sworn female federal law enforcement officers on the challenges they face in the work environment. With little progress to g…
An Exploratory Analysis of the Strategies Women Employ to Cope with the Challenges They Face in Federal Law Enforcement
For a study of women’s occupational persistence in federal law enforcement, qualitative data are generated from semi-structured interviews with 20 sworn female federal officers working in 10 federal law enforcement agencies. Interviews provide descriptions of the strategies women employ to cope with the negative attributes and challenges in federal law enforcement and the factors that influence women’s persistence to remain in federal law enforce…
Revisiting the bamboo ceiling
Effective academic–practitioner collaboration on gender research in federal law enforcement
Coproduction is the latest and most exhaustive model of academic–practitioner collaboration to engage public administration scholarship. Coproduction centers on the production of research as an interactive process where academics and practitioners collaborate across all phases of a research project. This article contributes to the literature by presenting a critical and reflective examination of a personal journey in coproduction, with a well-kno…
Does Agency Type Matter for Female Federal Agents? Exploring the Offices of Inspectors General
Recent scholarship has examined the barriers women experience in well-known federal law enforcement agencies. However, there is scant research that examines a unique subgrouping of agents within the federal Offices of Inspectors General (OIGs). Drawing on survey data from 249 female agents, this study compares responses between female agents working in the OIGs and female agents working in all other federal law enforcement agencies to differentia…
Multiracial Feminism
There has been a rise in scholarship targeting women’s experiences in federal law enforcement. Missing, however, are the women of color, as all previous studies capture women as a homogeneous group without regard to race/ethnicity. Using a combined survey dataset from sworn female officers (n = 1,189) employed by two federal law enforcement agencies, this article employs multiracial feminism as a framework to differentiate women’s experiences in …
Improving Work–Life Balance for Female Civil Servants in Law Enforcement
In late 2019, Congress passed the Federal Employee Paid Leave Act (FEPLA) establishing parental leave for most federal civilian employees. The new law provides up to 12 weeks of paid leave within 12 months after the birth, adoption, or foster placement of a child occurring on or after October 1, 2020. Despite its recent enactment, this study draws on survey data from 224 civil servants across 39 federal law enforcement agencies to examine the imp…
Racial Diversity in Policing
The rising nationwide concerns about violence targeting Asians have highlighted the scant research on Asian American police officers. This article aims to (re)introduce this important dialogue and calls for a commitment from other race and social equity scholars to extend the discourse on racial diversity in policing. Using data on race and ethnicity compiled by the Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics survey, this article com…
Women in State Law Enforcement
Gender diversity in policing has never been more important than it is today. However, women in state law enforcement are the least noticeable and most underrepresented of all women in policing. Using data from the Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) surveys, this study examines gender diversity across the 49 primary state law enforcement agencies in the United States between 2000 and 2016. Although representation vari…
Perception or Reality
Scholars across multiple disciplines have identified numerous correlates to police misconduct. Missing, however, from this body of research is the impact of police misconduct on future promotion opportunities in a local police department. Using population data ( N = 33,358) released by New York city’s Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) from September 1985 to July 2020, this study employs logistic regression to examine civilian complaints that…
An Examination of Asian American Officers in State and Federal Law Enforcement
The increasing concerns about anti-Asian hate crimes, attacks, and xenophobic violence as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak, coupled with the recent killing spree (March 16, 2021) targeting the Asian community in Georgia, has emphasized the scant research on Asian Americans in policing. This article represents the second half of a 2-part series detailing the employment figures of Asian officers in the United States. Using the latest data on race …
LGBTQ+ officers in US federal service
Workplace inclusion occurs when employees perceive a workplace climate that values all employees and treats them fairly with dignity and respect. Yet, social identity theory suggests that this inclusive culture remains limited among LGBTQ+ employees, especially in hyper-masculine occupations such as policing. Using a sample of 4,578 sworn officers, this study examines the level of inclusion perceived by LGBTQ+ officers in US federal service, in c…
Women in Law Enforcement
Does Occupational Type Matter for Female Supervisors in Federal Law Enforcement? Exploring the Challenges That Sworn vs. Non-Sworn Face in the Workplace
Maladaptive personality traits and older adult relationship satisfaction
OBJECTIVE: Maladaptive personality traits have been implicated in romantic relationship dissatisfaction, but the etiology of those links and the degree to which they extend to other types of relationships are unclear. The purpose of this study was to examine associations between maladaptive personality traits and satisfaction in various relationships using a co-twin control design to identify potential environmental contributions. METHOD: = 70.3)…
Changing the narrative
In the past decade, both citizens and activist organizations have pushed for reform of the administrative state. Concurrently, athletes or “super citizens” entered the administrative state as they used their voice, platform, and social and financial capital to become major actors in these calls for reform. This article presents a revised theoretical framework in which to situate professional athletes within the field of public administration and …
Beyond Students for Fair Admissions and Trump 2.0
Law (13 works) · Political science (13 works) · Policing Practices and Perceptions (11 works) · Enforcement (10 works) · Law enforcement (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies (8 works) · Federal law (7 works) · Criminology (6 works)