Selected Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications

  • Uden, D.R., Allen, C.R., Munoz-Arriola, F., Ou, G., & Shank, N. (2018). A framework for tracing socio-ecological trajectories and traps in intensive agricultural landscapes. Sustainability, 10(5), 1646. doi.org/10.3390/su10051646
  • Ou, G., Munoz-Arriola, F., Uden, D.R., Martin, D., Allen, C.R., & Shank, N. (2018). Climate change implications for irrigation and groundwater in the Republican River Basin, U.S.A. Climatic Change, 151, 303-316. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-018-2278-z
  • Abdel-Monem, T., Herian, Mitchel N., & Shank. N. (2013). Electronic medical records and public perceptions: A deliberative process. International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics, 8(3), 38-57. doi: 10.4018/jhisi.2013070103
  • Herian, M., Shank, N., & Abdel-Monem, T. (2012). Trust in government and support for governmental regulation: The case of electronic medical records. Health Expectations, 17, 784-794. doi: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2012.00803.x
  • Shank, N. (2012). A review of the role of cost benefit analyses in 2-1-1 diffusion. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 43(6S5), S497-S505. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2012.08.020
  • Shank, N. (2012). Behavioral health providers’ beliefs about health information exchange: A statewide survey. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 19(4), 562-569. doi: 10.1136/amiajnl-2011-000374
  • Shank, N., Willborn, E., PytlikZillig, L., & Noel, H. (2012). Electronic health records: Eliciting behavioral health providers’ beliefs. Community Mental Health Journal, 48(2), 249-254. doi: 10.1007/s10597-011-9409-6
  • Tomkins, A. J., Hoppe, R. D., Herian, M. N., PytlikZillig, L. M., Abdel-Monem, T., & Shank, N. C. (2012). Public input for city budgeting using e-input, face-to-face discussions, and random sample surveys: The willingness of an American community to increase taxes. Proceedings of the European Conference on e-Government (Vol. 2), 12, 698-707.
  • DeKraai, M.B., Bulling, D.J., Shank, N.C., & Tomkins, A.J. (2011). Faith-Based organizations: A model for participation in the delivery of behavioral health care. Journal of Psychology and Theology, 39, 255-267.
  • Shank, N. (2009). Nonprofits & technology [Review of the book, Nonprofits & technology: Emerging research for usable knowledge, by M. Cortes & K.M. Rafter]. Journal of Technology in Human Services, 27, 241-243.
  • Shank, N., Sokol, B., Hayes, M., & Vetrano, C. (2008). Human services data standards: Current progress and future vision in crisis response. Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, USA, 352-361.
  • Richter, E.M., Voss, A., Barba, M., Wiener, R.L. & Shank, N. (2006). The effectiveness of online government: An analysis of Nebraska’s 2-1-1 website. Poster session presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Long Beach, California.
  • Tomkins, A., Shank, N., Tromanhauser, D., Rupp, S. & Mahoney, R. (2005). United Way and University partnerships in community-wide human services planning and plan implementation: The case of Lincoln/Lancaster County, Nebraska. Journal of Community Practice, 13(3), 55-72.
  • Shank, N. (2004) Database interoperability: Technology and process for sharing resource information. Information & Referral, 26, 45-54.
  • Shank, N. & Rosenbaum, D. (2003). Examining the potential benefits of a 2-1-1 system: Quantitative and other factors. Information & Referral, 25, 1-25.
  • Shank, N., Laible, D., Murphy-Berman, V. & Wright, G. (1999). Internet based information and support: use by parents of children with disabilities. New Technology in the Human Services, 12, 7-19.
  • Shank, N.C., Roesch, S.C., Murphy-Berman, V. A., & Wright, G. F. (1996). Use of the Internet for at-risk families receiving service coordination. In B. Glastonbury (Ed.), Dreams and Realities Information Technology in the Human Services (pp. 133-147). STAKES: National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health.