Peer-Reviewed Publications

  • Rahai, R., Kong, Q., Dogan, T., Evans, G.W., & Wells, N.M. (2025). Heat stress metrics for U.S. census tracts 1998–2020. Scientific Data (in press).
  • Rahai, R., Evans, G.W., Wells, N.M., & Xu, W. (2025). An intersectional analysis of climate risk and susceptibility among urban schools across 20 major U.S. cities. Urban Climate, 64, 102620. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2025.102620
  • Rahai, R., Wells, N.M., & Evans, G.W. (2024). Neighborhood greenspace, extreme heat exposure, and sleep quality over time among a nationally representative sample of American children. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 21(10), 1270. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21101270
  • Rahai, R., Wells, N.M., & Evans, G.W. (2023). School greenspace is associated with enhanced benefits of academic interventions on reading improvement for children of color in California. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 86, 101966. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2023.101966
  • Rahai, R., & Evans, G.W. (2023). Cumulative neurotoxicological air pollution exposure is associated with lower reading improvement and diminished benefits of literacy interventions for urban elementary students of color. Journal of Urban Health, 100(3), 493–503. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11524-023-00746-7

Book Chapters

  • Wells, N.M., Rahai, R., & Phalen, K.B. (2025). Chapter 9—Everyday and nearby natural environments. In A. S. Devlin (Ed.), Environmental Psychology and Human Well-Being (Second Edition) (pp. 245–280). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-23536-8.00009-5
  • Wells, N.M., Evans, G.W., Cheek, A.K., & Rahai, R. Environmental psychology. In H. Frumkin (Ed.), Environmental Health, 4th ed. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass (in press).
  • Evans, G.W., & Rahai, R. Environment, child development, and socioeconomic status (SES): Is SES simply a confounding factor? In I. Walker (Ed.), Handbook of Environmental Psychology. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar (in press).

Working Papers & Chapters

  • Rahai, R., Evans, G.W., Wells, N.M., & Dogan, T. (2025). Heat stress, greenness, and academic performance across U.S. schools, 2009–2019. In preparation.