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Jackson, W., & Lofaro, R. J. (2024). Protecting the citadel of democracy: A political and administrative response [Paper presentation]. Midwest Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, IL, April 4-7, 2024.

Balilaj, A., Lofaro, R. J., & Sapat, A. (2024). Narrative evolution in times of crisis: Analyzing gubernatorial narratives on vaccines and pharmaceutical companies during the COVID-19 pandemic [Paper presentation]. Midwest Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, IL, April 4-7, 2024.

Lofaro, R. J. (2023). Health crises, policy deservingness, and bureaucratic representation: Analyzing the impact of experiences with addiction on the representative capacities of first responders during the opioid crisis [Paper presentation]. Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management Fall Research Conference, Atlanta, GA, November 9-11, 2023.

Balilaj, A., Lofaro, R. J., & Sapat, A. (2023). Crisis leadership and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Using the Narrative Policy Framework to analyze gubernatorial communications on experts and expertise [Paper presentation]. Midwest Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, IL, April 13-16, 2023.

Lofaro, R. J., Balilaj, A., & Sapat, A. (2023). Experts, expertise, and policy problems: Using the Narrative Policy Framework to analyze gubernatorial communications during the COVID-19 pandemic [Paper presentation]. Conference on Policy Process Research 2023: Advancing Policy Process, Theories, and Methods, Denver, CO, January 12-14, 2023.

Dzhurova, A., & Lofaro, R. J. (2023). Introducing the other as a character in the Narrative Policy Framework: Analysis of the “alien” metaphor in the DREAM Act Congressional hearings [Paper presentation]. Conference on Policy Process Research 2023: Advancing Policy Process, Theories, and Methods, Denver, CO, January 12-14, 2023.

Lofaro, R. J. (2022). The impact of lived experience representative bureaucracy on the perceived humanness and deservingness of clients: Analyzing first responders’ attitudes toward people with opioid use disorder [Paper presentation]. American Society for Public Administration Conference, Jacksonville, Florida, March 18-22, 2022.

Lofaro, R. J. (2022). The impact of lived experience representative bureaucracy on the perceived humanness and deservingness of clients: Analyzing first responders’ attitudes toward people with opioid use disorder [Paper presentation]. Florida Atlantic University Colloquium, virtual, January 28, 2022.

Boykin, E., McCue, C. P., Prier, E., & Lofaro, R. J. (2022). Public procurement transaction time: Who wins the race, the tortoise or hare? [Paper presentation]. ASPA Conference.

Lofaro, R. J., & Sapat, A. (2021). Communication and leadership in times of crisis: Assessing the cultural competency of state governors during the COVID-19 pandemic [Paper presentation]. American Society for Public Administration Conference, virtual, April 9-15, 2021.

Lofaro, R. J., & Sapat, A. (2021). Communication and leadership in times of crisis: Assessing the cultural competency of state governors during the COVID-19 pandemic [Paper presentation]. Florida Atlantic University Colloquium, virtual, January 29, 2021.

Sapat, A., & Lofaro, R. J. (2021). State policy responses to COVID-19: Variations in the adoption and implementation of policy tools to address health disparities and inequities [Paper presentation]. Midwest Political Science Association Conference, virtual, April 14-18, 2021.

Lofaro, R. J. (2020). Nice, nice, very nice: Cat’s Cradle, science, and the pitfalls of evidence-based drug policy [Paper presentation]. Florida Atlantic University Colloquium, Boca Raton, Florida, February 7, 2020.