Ashley J. Provencher

Ashley Provencher is an economist with a background in public policy and statistics. Her research aims to improve the well-being of people and communities.

My Siena Experience

What I Love About Siena

Siena students are informed of social justice initiatives and energetic to improve social justice both on- and off-campus.

My Favorite Courses to Teach

I love to teach Economics of Crime because we spend a great deal of the semester volunteering off-campus and meeting advocates for social justice in the Capital-region. As a community-engaged course, students learn firsthand how to advocate for social change and the difficulties of enacting such change. Every class is a new experience!

My Professional Experience

Current Research

Crime, Child welfare policy, Policy outcome evaluation, Poverty

Articles & Book Reviews

• Inclusive Health: Modeling COVID-19 in Correctional Facilities and Communities
  BMC Public Health, vol. 22
  May, 2022
• Outcomes and savings associated with the Quality Parenting Initiative
  Social Work and Social Sciences Review, vol. 20
  November, 2019
• Health Effects of Family Member Incarceration in the United States: A Meta-Analysis and Cost Study
  Children and Youth Services Review, vol. 103
  May, 2019
• Class Debates in Intermediate Microeconomics: Social Economics and Pluralist Perspectives
  Forum For Social Economics
  2018
• The poverty experience of lone mothers and their children
  Applied Economics Letters, vol. 25
  2018
• High Impact Practices & Sophomore Retention
  Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, vol. 21
  March, 2017
• Adoption Policy and the Well-Being of Adopted Children in the United States
  Child Welfare, vol. 95
  2017
• Evaluating the poverty status of single parent families: Evidence of the feminization of poverty
  New York State Economics Association
  2015
• Does the Unit of Analysis for Poverty Measurement Matter? A Comparison of the Supplemental Poverty Measure and the Official Poverty Measure
  New York Economic Review, vol. 47
  Fall, 2016
• Impact of Caregiver Arrest on Minor Children: Implications for Use of Family Impact Statements in U.S. Courts
  Justice Policy Journal, vol. 13
  Fall, 2016
• The Standard of Proof at Adjudication of Abuse or Neglect: Its Influence on Case Outcomes at Key Junctures
  Social Work and Social Sciences Review, vol. 17
  Fall/Winter, 2014
• Unit of Analysis for Poverty Measurement: A Comparison of the Supplemental Poverty measure and the Official Poverty Measure
  Joint Statistical Meetings
  Summer, 2012

Awards & Distinctions

• Douglas Hickey Chair in Business
  Category: Research
  Siena College, 2022
• Douglas Hickey Chair in Business
  Category: Research
  Siena College, 2021
• School of Business Excellence in Research Award
  Category: Research
  Siena College, 2017
• School of Business Excellence in Teaching Award
  Category: Teaching
  Siena College, 2016
• Trustco Award for Excellence in Community Service
  Category: Service-Community
  Siena College, 2016
• Faculty Member of the Year Award, Office of Academic Community Engagement
  Category: Teaching
  Center for Academic Community Engagement, Siena College, 2015
• TeamBILD
  Category: Research
  CURCA, 2015
• Summer Scholars: Audrey Allen
  Category: Research
  Siena College CURCA, 2014
• Summer research funding to collaborate with Audrey Sabatini
  
  Category: Research
  CURCA/ACE, 2013
• Summer research funding to collaborate with Stacey Morris
  
  Category: Research
  CURCA, 2013
• Economics Department Graduate Fellowship for tuition, stipend, and research
  Category: Other
  American University, 2010
• James H. Weaver Award for outstanding teaching
  Category: Teaching
  American University, 2010
• Naidel Dissertation Award for dissertation support
  Category: Research
  American University, 2010
• Economics Department Graduate Fellowship for tuition, stipend, and research
  Category: Other
  American University, 2009
• Mellon Grant for dissertation support
  Category: Research
  American University, 2009
• Economics Department Graduate Fellowship for tuition, stipend, and research
  Category: Other
  American University, 2008
• Economics Department Graduate Fellowship for tuition, stipend, and research
  Category: Other
  American University, 2007
• Economics Department Graduate Fellowship for tuition, stipend, and research
  Category: Other
  American University, 2006

Presentations

• Forecasting the Public Health Effects of COVID-19 Vaccines in Correctional Facilities
  2024
  2024 Annual Meeting of the Eastern Economic Association, Boston, Massachusetts
• Twin Crises: Rising Childcare Costs and the Motherhood Penalty
  2024
  2024 Annual Meeting of the Eastern Economic Association, Boston, Massachusetts
• Strategies for reducing health disparities and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among formerly jailed people
  2023
  2023 Annual Meeting of the Eastern Economic Association, New York City, United States of America
• Stopping Prison Breakouts: A Model of COVID-19 in Correctional Facilities
  2021
  Eastern Economic Association Annual Conference, Virtual, Virtual
• Confining the Virus: Modeling the Spread of COVID-19 in Prisons
  October, 2020
  New York State Economics Association Annual Conference, Virtual, Virtual
• It Takes a Village: Restoring Justice through Community Accountability Boards
  September, 2019
  New York State Economics Association, Rochester, New York
• Evidence Building in Connecticut
  2019
  U.S. Census Bureau's Evidence Building Project Series, Chicago, Illinois
• Why do marginal costs matter? And other questions economists ponder on sabbatical
  2019
  Economics Department Brownbag Series Lunch, Loudonville, New York
• Class Debates as an Instructional Tool in an Intermediate Level Neoclassical Microeconomics Class: Introducing Pluralist Perspectives
  January, 2017
  International Confederation of Associations for Pluralism in Economics, Chicago, Illinois
• Program Utilization By Formerly Criminalized Youth: Linking Juvenile Recidivism Data to Data Held By US Census Bureau
  2017
  2017 Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management, Chicago, Illinois
• Thinking beyond the semester: Faculty engagement in the community
  2017
  Engage for Change, Capital Region Academic Community Engagement Conference, Loudonville, New York
• Interagency Collaboration to Safegaurd Children with Arrested Parents
  February, 2016
  Eastern Economic Association Annual Conference, Washington, District of Columbia
• Policing with the intent to improve child welfare: Findings from a recent intervention
  October, 2015
  New York State Economics Association Annual Conference, Loudonville, New York
• Moving Beyond Adult Criminal Justice
  August, 2015
  Results First 2015 State Convenin, Washington, District of Columbia
• High Impact Practice at Siena: Too Little, Too Late?
  May, 2015
  Engage for Change, Capital Region Academic Community Engagement Conference, Loudonville, New York
• The Feminization of Single-Parenthood
  February, 2015
  Eastern Economic Association Annual Conference, New York City, New York
• Estimating the Feminization of Poverty
  November, 2014
  Southern Economic Association, Atlanta, Georgia
• Evaluating the Poverty Status of Single-Parents: Evidence of the Feminization of Poverty
  October, 2014
  New York State Economics Association, Loudonville, New York
• Where we are, Where we are going
  July, 2014
  National Convening of Results First States, Santa Fe, New Mexico
• Improving the Mental Health of Children: Efficiency Considerations in State Child Welfare Systems
  March, 2014
  Eastern Economic Association Annual Conference, Boston, Massachusetts
• Connecticut's Progress to Implement Results First
  July, 2013
  Results First Convening (Pew/McArthur), Denver, Colorado
• Connecticut: Update
  July, 2012
  Results First Convening (Pew/McArthur), Denver, Colorado
• Effectiveness and Efficiency of Mental Health Services for Children in Foster Care
  November, 2011
  Southern Economic Association, Washington, District of Columbia
• Unit of Analysis for Poverty Measurement: A Comparison of the Supplemental Poverty measure and the Official Poverty Measure
  August, 2011
  Joint Statistical Meetings, Miami, Florida
• Effectiveness and Efficiency of Mental Health Services for Children in Foster Care
  2011
  Welfare Research and Evaluation Conference, Washington, District of Columbia
• Implementing Sen's Capability Approach to Evaluate Foster Care Programs in the United States
  2009
  Southern Economic Association, San Antonio, Texas