Research Keywords

  • place-based
  • mutual aid
  • Youth Development
  • Theories of Community
  • Qualitative Research Methods
  • Peer Support
  • Homelessness
  • Arts and Culture

Presentations

  • Littman, D.M., Wilson, J., Holtzinger, C. (2023, November). Engaging young people through game- based and tour-based research: Post-occupancy learnings in trauma-informed permanent supportive housing. Interactive workshop. American Institute of Architects Colorado Practice + Design Conference. Keystone, Colorado. Presentation, Presented, 11/16/2023.
  • Littman, D.M. (2023, October). Using game-based inquiry to facilitate participatory co- design in critical community processes. Interactive workshop. Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting. Atlanta, GA. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 10/27/2023.
  • Littman, D.M., Resing, K. (Accepted, 2024, January). The Complexity of Belonging: Navigating Tensions of Inclusion and Exclusion in Young Adult Permanent Supportive Housing. Oral presentation. The Society for Social and Research. Washington, D.C. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 10/17/2023.
  • Littman, D.M. [Symposium organizer], Valdovinos, M., Sliva, S. (Accepted, 2024, January). How Do Victim-Offender Dialogue (VOD) Participants Transform through the VOD Process? A Narrative Analysis of One VOD Dyad. Oral presentation. The Society for Social Work and Research. Washington, D.C. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 10/17/2023.
  • Toraif, N., Littman, D.M., Wagaman, A., Sharkey, C. (Accepted, 2024, January). Affirming People and Welcoming Places: Examining Supportive Relationships and Contexts for Youth Impacted By Structural Oppression. Roundtable discussion. The Society for Social Work and Research. Washington, D.C. Presentation, Presented, 10/17/2023.
  • Littman, D.M., Hamilton, G., Guttierez, L., Sonsteng-Person, M., Pinto, R. (Accepted, 2024, January). Democratizing Knowledge through Teaching, Collecting, and Disseminating Arts- Based Research. Roundtable discussion. The Society for Social Work and Research. Washington, D.C. Presentation, Presented, 10/17/2023.
  • Littman, D.M. (2023, October). (Re)imagining third places: Co-creating supportive settings with young people at the margins. University of Utah College of Social Work: Beyond the Classroom Series, virtual. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/2023.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ghYNJY-AHM
  • Banyard, V., Malorni, A., Duron, J., Obara, L., Littman, D.M., Spera-Ballesteros, V. (2023, April). Implementing the future of participatory action research. Hot topics panel. ResilienceCon at Lifepaths Research Center, Nashville, TN. Panel, Presented, 04/17/2023.
  • Littman, D.M. (2023, March). Using arts-based and embodied methods to explore supportive settings for young people. Society for Research on Child Development Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 03/2023.
  • Faber, M., Littman, D.M., Sherlock, A. (2023, March). Podcasts, prisons and pedagogies: How media arts spark new possibilities for incarcerated youth. Society for Research on Child Development Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 03/2023.
  • Littman, D.M. (2023, January). Sense of community among young adults before and after moving into permanent supportive housing. Oral presentation. Society for Social Work Research Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 01/2023.
  • Hamilton, G., Littman, D.M., Lown, J., Teixeira, S. (2023, January). Using qualitative geographic methods to understand embodied experiences of place. Roundtable conversation. Society for Social Work Research Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ. Presentation, Presented, 01/2023.
  • Bender, K., Littman, D.M., Beltran, R., Ortega-Williams, A., Wernick, L., Wagaman, A. (2023, January). Navigating, subverting, and replacing conventional academic productivity expectations to co-create with PAR teams. Roundtable conversation. Society for Social Work Research Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ. Presentation, Presented, 01/2023.

Publications

  • Danielle Littman, Anna Ortega-Williams, Ramona Beltran, M. Alex Wagaman, Kimberly Bender & Laura Wernick (2023). Navigating, subverting, and replacing conventional academic structures and expectations to co- create with PAR teams: Where to for PAR scholarship? . Journal of Community Practice. Vol. 31, 466-487. Published, 12/22/2023.
    https://doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2023.2271923
  • Danielle Littman, Keely Resing, Tara Milligan, Omotola Williams & Kimberly Bender (2023). Sense of community among young adults before and after moving into Permanent Supportive Housing: A mixed-methods longitudinal analysis. Children and Youth Services Review. Accepted, 12/08/2023.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.107413
  • Kimberly Bender, Kate Saavedra, Tara Milligan, Danielle Littman, Annie Zean Dunbar, Maveryck Boyett & Brendon Holloway (2023). How mutual aid participation developed social bonds and sense of collective responsibility in the early months of COVID-19. American Journal of Community Psychology. Published, 11/17/2023.
    https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12721
  • Laura Nissen, Lillian Beaudoin, Finn Bell, Samuel Bradley, Lonny Avi Brooks, Jake Dunagan & Danielle Littman (2023). Using futures thinking to imagine the evolution of anti-racism practice in social work: Four scenarios that may or may not involve a future of the profession. Oxford University Press. Published, 10/2023.
    https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197641422.003.0022
  • Michael Gearhart & Danielle Littman (2023). Assessing the emotional and behavioral impact of community and extracurricular activities, police contact, and collective efficacy among youth. Journal of Community Practice. Published, 09/26/2023.
    https://doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2024.2310321
  • Littman D.M., Valdovinos M. & Sliva S. (2023). “He went from being a monster to a person:” Using narrative analysis to explore how victim-offender dialogue (VOD) participants transform through the VOD process. Qualitative Social Work. Published, 09/13/2023.
  • Karaya Morris, Brendon Holloway, Danielle Littman, Colleen Cummings Melton, Kimberly Bender & Sophia Sarantakos (2023). “F*ck capitalism:” Mutual aid participants’ experiences of burnout during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Abolitionist Perspectives in Social Work. Vol. 1, 1-18. Published, 09/09/2023.
    https://doi.org/10.52713/apsw.v1i1.13
  • Mollica M., Littman D.M., Lucas T., Marvin C., Erangey J., Bender K. & Milligan T. (2023). “Like a weight off my shoulders”: Participating in peer support from the perspectives of young people experiencing homelessness. (pp. 2563-2580). Vol. 51, Journal of Community Psychology. Published, 09/01/2023.
  • Annie Zean Dunbar, Danielle Littman, Maveryck Boyett, Kimberly Bender, Kate Saavedra, Colleen Cummings Melton, Tara Milligan & Colin Bogle (2023). Using foresight practice to imagine the future(s) of mutual aid. Social Work and Society. Vol. 21, 1-17. Published, 08/2023.
    https://ejournals.bib.uni-wuppertal.de/index.php/s...
  • Hammoor C. & Littman D.M. (2023). Unrehearsed moments: interstices of policy, preparation, and reflexivity. (pp. 86-93). Vol. 124, Arts Education Policy Review. Published, 01/01/2023.
  • Littman D.M., Morris K., Hostetter C.R., Boyett M., Bender K., Holloway B., Dunbar A.Z. & Sarantakos S. (2023). How was mutual aid being conceptualized during its proliferation in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic? A critical phenomenological analysis. (pp. 193-214). Vol. 31, Journal of Community Practice. Published, 01/01/2023.
  • Littman D.M. (2022). Third Places, Social Capital, and Sense of Community as Mechanisms of Adaptive Responding for Young People Who Experience Social Marginalization. American Journal of Community Psychology. Vol. 69, 436-450. Published, 06/01/2022.
  • Erangey J., Marvin C., Littman D.M., Bender K., Mollica M., Milligan T. & Lucas T. (2022). How do peer support workers value self-directed growth over conventional change goals among young people experiencing homelessness?. (pp. 1935-1951). Vol. 50, Journal of Community Psychology. Published, 05/01/2022.
  • Littman D.M., Boyett M., Bender K., Dunbar A.Z., Santarella M., Becker-Hafnor T., Saavedra K. & Milligan T. (2022). Values and Beliefs Underlying Mutual Aid: An Exploration of Collective Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic. (pp. 89-115). Vol. 13, Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research. Published, 03/01/2022.
  • Littman D.M., Sliva S.M. & Lin J. (2022). Closer to the problem: can a virtual prison arts event foster psychological proximity to the issue of incarceration?. (pp. 4-23). Vol. 25, Contemporary Justice Review: Issues in Criminal, Social, and Restorative Justice. Published, 01/01/2022.
  • Kimberly Bender, Danielle Littman, Annie Zean Dunbar, Maveryck Boyett, Tara Milligan, Marisa Santarella & Trish Becker-Hafnor (2021). Rapid emergent media scan of digital mutual aid organizing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Community Practice. Vol. 29, 280-298. Published, 09/22/2021.
    https://doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2021.1980477
  • Littman D.M. (2021). Third place theory and social work: Considering collapsed places. Journal of Social Work. Vol. 21, 1225-1242. Published, 09/01/2021.
  • Littman D.M., Bender K., Mollica M., Erangey J., Lucas T. & Marvin C. (2021). Making power explicit: Using values and power mapping to guide power-diverse Participatory Action Research processes. (pp. 266-282). Vol. 49, Journal of Community Psychology. Published, 03/01/2021.
  • Littman D.M. & Sliva S.M. (2021). “The walls came down:” A Mixed-Methods Multi-Site Prison Arts Program Evaluation. (pp. 237-259). Vol. 4, Justice Evaluation Journal. Published, 01/01/2021.
  • Bender K., Littman D.M., Dunbar A.Z., Boyett M., Milligan T., Santarella M. & Becker-Hafnor T. (2021). Emergent media scan of digital mutual aid organizing during the COVID-19 pandemic. (pp. 280-298). Vol. 29, Journal of Community Practice. Published, 01/01/2021.
  • Danielle Littman, Jonah DeChants, Jama Shelton, Kimberly Bender, Hsun-Ta Hsu, Sarah C. Narendorf, Anamika Barman-Adhikari, Kristen Ferguson, Kristin A. Prock, Diane Santa Maria & Robin Petering (2020). The association between place stayed and self-identification as homeless among unstably housed young adults in seven U.S. cities. The Journal of Social Distress and Homelessness. Vol. 31, 34-44. Published, 12/23/2020.
    https://doi.org/10.1080/10530789.2020.1864211
  • Danielle Littman & Shannon M. Sliva (2020). Prison arts program outcomes: A scoping review. The Journal of Correctional Education. Vol. 71, 54-82. Published, 12/2020.
    https://www.jstor.org/stable/27042216
  • Erangey J., Marvin C., Littman D.M., Mollica M., Bender K., Lucas T. & Milligan T. (2020). How peer support specialists uniquely initiate and build connection with young people experiencing homelessness. Vol. 119, Children and Youth Services Review. Published, 12/01/2020.
  • Chassman S., Littman D.M., Bender K., Santa Maria D., Shelton J., Ferguson K.M., Hsu H.T., Narendorf S.C., Barman-Adhikari A. & Petering R. (2020). Educational attainment among young adults experiencing homelessness in seven cities across the United States. Vol. 119, Children and Youth Services Review. Published, 12/01/2020.
  • James Erangey, Connor Marvin, Danielle Littman, Meredith Mollica, Kimberly Bender, Thomas Lucas & Tara Milligan (2020). How peers initiate relationships with youth experiencing homelessness. Children and Youth Services Review. Vol. 119, 1-9. Published, 12/2020.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105668