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"Where is My Disability Community?: A Comparative Close Reading of Children's Historical Fiction" in An American Girl Anthology: Finding Ourselves in the Pleasant Company Universe, ed. Justine Orlovsky-Schnitzler and KC Hysmith (Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 2025), 41-58.
“I’ll Be Right Here: Disability Intimacy & Medical Trauma in E.T.” Nursing Clio, December 2024.
"In Solidarity—And Sometimes, In Tandem." Contingent Magazine, May 2024.
"'I Don't Have Very Much Faith in Doctors': Black Women, Reproductive Health, and Black Disability Politics." Nursing Clio, August 2023.
"Reading Disability Back into American Girl." Nursing Clio, November 2022.
"Know Thy Body, Know Thy Self." All of Us, October 2020.
Spear MJ. "Women, Survival, and the Black Panther Party in Baltimore." Journal of Women's History. Forthcoming Summer 2025.
Gilbert G, Spear MJ, Barker C, Vaughan J, Faitak B, English E, Gramling P, Langston K, Martin KS, McElfish PA, McElwee TM, Plascensia C, Patterson R, Sappington M, Thomas M, Wilson N, Long CR. “Process Evaluation of Culturally Preferred Food Pilot for Arkansas Food Pantries and Farms.” Journal of Trauma-Informed Community Health, Nutrition, and Physical Activity. Forthcoming 2025.
Spear MJ, Tiwari T, Vaughan J, Barker C, Faitak B, Langston K, McElfish PA, Long CR. “Facilitators and Barriers to WIC Utilization Identified by Community Health Workers Serving Hispanic and Marshallese Households.” Health Promotion Practice. Forthcoming 2025.
Spear MJ, Vaughan J, Barker C, Faitak B, Cole J, Fleischhacker S, Garcia A, Heam C, Langston K, Martin KS, McElfish PA, McElwee TM, Olamiposi O, Sperduto N, Wawrzaszek A, Wilson N, Woods H, Long CR. "Daily Reality of Food Insecurity: A PhotoVoice Study of Food Insecure Residents in a Rural, Southern State." Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition. Under Review.
Moore R, Callaghan-Koru J, Vincenzo JL, Patton SK, Spear MJ, Alik E, Ramos AP, Takamaru S, McElfish PA, Curran GM. "External Relationships as Implementation Determinants in Community-Engaged, Equity-Focused COVID-19 Vaccination Events." Frontiers in Health Services. 2024; 4:1338622. https://doi.org/10.3389/frhs.2024.1338622
Purvis RS, Vincenzo JL, Spear MJ, Moore R, Patton SK, Callaghan-Koru J, McElfish PA, Curran GM. "Factors Associated with Marshallese and Hispanic Adults’ Willingness to Receive a COVID-19 Booster Dose." Journal of Primary Care and Community Health. 2023;14. https://doi.org/10.1177/21501319231171440
Vincenzo JL, Spear MJ, Moore R, Purvis RS, Patton SK, Callaghan-Koru J, McElfish PA, Curran GM. "Reaching Late Adopters: Factors Influencing COVID-19 Vaccination of Marshallese and Hispanic Adults." BMC Public Health. 2023; 23:631. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15468-3
Spear MJ, Rowland B, Vincent, J, Brown T, Wilson A, Palenske C, McElfish PA, Long CR, Presley J, Balis, LE. "Results of a Rural Traffic Calming Event to Promote Physical Activity." Journal of Extension, 2022; 60(2), Article 18. https://doi.org/10.34068/joe.60.02.18
Long CR, Spear MJ, Bogulski CA, Rowland B, Langston K, Faitak B, Sparks K, McElfish PA. "Reducing Sodium Intake in Community Meals Programs: Evaluation of the Sodium Reduction in Communities Program, Arkansas, 2016-2019." Preventing Chronic Disease, 2021;18:210028. http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd18.210028