Rice University Research Repository


The Rice Research Repository (R-3) provides access to research produced at Rice University, including theses and dissertations, journal articles, research center publications, datasets, and academic journals. Managed by Fondren Library, R-3 is indexed by Google and Google Scholar, follows best practices for preservation, and provides DOIs to facilitate citation. Woodson Research Center collections, including Rice Images and Documents and the Task Force on Slavery, Segregation, and Racial Injustice, have moved here.



 

Recent Submissions

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Sunrise Centers — Strengths, Challenges, and Recommendations to Enhance Family and Student Well-Being
(Rice University Kinder Institute for Urban Research, 2025) Pham, Annie; Bonner, Hannah; Horne, Autumn; Sánchez-Soto, Gabriela
This four-part series examines the first-year implementation of the Houston Independent School District’s (HISD) Sunrise Centers. Launched in 2023-2024, the Sunrise Centers provide essential non-instructional resources to students and families across seven centers in the district. This series, a collaboration between the Kinder Institute for Urban Research's Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC) and HISD’s Family and Community Engagement (FACE) department, explores initial strengths, challenges, and recommendations to enhance the program’s impact on family and student well-being.
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Characteristics and Profiles of Pre-K Classrooms and Teachers in the Houston Region
(Rice University Kinder Institute for Urban Research, 2025) Hood, Stacey; Cashiola, Lizzy
The Kinder Institute for Urban Research’s Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC) examined the characteristics of public pre-K teachers and classrooms in school districts in the Houston region in 2021-22 to better understand how well the programs align with research-based indicators that have been shown to produce positive student outcomes. This research examined characteristics of pre-K classrooms and teachers and analyzed them to identify and describe common profiles of classrooms and teachers.
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Multimode ultrastrong coupling in three-dimensional photonic-crystal cavities
(Rice University, 2025) Tay, Fuyang; Mojibpour, Ali; Sanders, Stephen; Liang, Shuang; Xu, Hongjing; Gardner, Geoff C.; Baydin, Andrey; Manfra, Michael J.; Alabastri, Alessandro; Hagenmüller, David; Kono, Junichiro; Applied Physics
A work investigates multimode ultrastrong coupling between cavity modes of a three-dimensional photonic-crystal cavity and the cyclotron resonance of a Landau-quantized two-dimensional electron gas in gallium arsenide.
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2024 Storm Impacts in Houston and Harris County: A Descriptive Overview
(Rice University Kinder Institute for Urban Research, 2025) Njeh, Joy; Simburger, Dylan
This study looks at Houston residents' experiences both immediately and in the aftermath of the May derecho and Hurricane Beryl. It also examines the cumulative impact of the weather events, focusing on the proportion of residents affected by more than one storm and how these experiences may have overlapped.
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Housing Affordability and Instability
(Rice University Kinder Institute for Urban Research, 2025) Potter, Dan; Dawson, Lauren; DeLisi, Anna; Niznik, Aaron; Njeh, Joy; Perez, Katherine; Pren, Karen; Simburger, Dylan; Valikhanova, Aiganym; Williams, Lee
This study looked at housing affordability and instability in the Houston area. Residents were asked how difficult it was in the past 12 months to afford housing costs, and if certain factors such as increasing rents or utility bills, contributed to the difficulty they experienced. Residents were also asked whether the challenges they faced had forced them to move in the past year.