Bustos, T.E. & Lindstrom. M. (2026). Scoping review protocol: Using a cross-sector approach to define economic mobility. RTI Press Publication No. OP-0103-2609. RTI Press. https://doi.org/10.3768/rtipress.2026.op.0103.2609

Bustos, T. E. & Ayeni, O. (2026). Active Positionality: Choice points, tensions and opportunities. American Journal of Evaluation, Special Virtual Issue on Positionality. https://doi.org/10.1177/10982140261470684. 

Bustos, T.E., O’Connor, M., & Moreno, S. (2026). Strategies to co-create participatory dissemination. Journal of Participatory Research Methods, 7(2). https://doi.org/10.35844/001c.162218. [Special Issue on Participatory Dissemination]

Hailemariam, M., Bustos, T. E., Ataro, B., Nguyen, C., Jefferson, B.L., Saddler, S., Spencer, B., Miller, R., Richie, F., Brown, G., White, J.M., & Johnson, J. E. (2026). Belonging to self: Flint women meeting needs, securing safety and finding voice. BMC Women’s Health. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-026-04543-7

Hailemariam, M., Brown, G., Ng, T., Weinstock, L.M., Sneed, R.S., Nguyen, C., Simon, J., Hayes, T., Bustos, T.E., Corrigan, P.C., & Johnson, J.E. (2026). Implementing peer navigation for people with serious mental illness in the criminal legal system: Insights and lessons learned. Pilot and Feasibility Studies. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-025-01758-7. 

Bustos, T. E., Johnson, J. E., Key, K., Miller, R., Richie, F., Spencer, B., Summers, M., Currier, C., & Hailemariam, M. (2025). Spirituality and well-being: Community perspectives from the Flint Women’s Study. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action, 19(3). https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/cpr.2025.a970150.

Bustos, T.E., Saucedo, J.S., & Nolton, E.C. (2025). Definitions, methods, and strategies to examine engagement: progress and future directions for research on evaluation. New Directions for Evaluation, Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/ev.70006.

Bustos, T. E., Simkani, S., & Reichel, C. (2025). “We just want to tell the story”: A mixed methods exploration of partners’ motivations to join and stay engaged in community-research partnerships. Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice, 16, 1. https://doi.org/10.17161/gjcpp.v16i1.21537. 

Bustos, T.E., Simkani, S., Sridhar, A., & Drahota, A. (2024). “Good solid relationships make programs work:” A mixed methods assessment of determinants to community research partnerships in Flint, MI. Collaborations: A Journal of Community Based Research and Practice, 7(1), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.33596/coll.123

Hailemariam, M., Bustos, T. E., Montgomery, B. W., Brown, G., Tefera, G., Adaji, R., … Johnson, J. E. (2024). Mental health interventions for individuals with serious mental illness in the criminal legal system: A systematic review. BMC Psychiatry, 24(199), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-024-05612-7

Bunger, A. C., Yousefi-Nooraie, R., Warren, K., Cao, Q., Dadgostar, P., & Bustos, T. E. (2023). Developing a typology of network alteration strategies for implementation: A scoping review and iterative synthesis. Implementation Science, 18, 10. https://doi.org/10.1186%2Fs13012-023-01266-3

Hailemariam, M., Bustos, T. E., Felton, J., Key, K., Greer, D., Jefferson, B. L., … Johnson, J. (2023). “We bounce back from the worst of the worst”: Assets of Flint-area women identified in the Flint Women’s Study. Journal of Community Practice, 31(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2023.2189901

Brutzman, B., Bustos, T. E., Hart, M. J., & Neal, J. W. (2022). A new wave of context: Introduction to the special issue on socioecological approaches to psychology [Editorial]. Translational Issues in Psychological Science, 8(2), 177–184. https://doi.org/10.1037/tps0000337

Bustos, T. E., & Saucedo, J. S. (2022). “We’ve got to somehow get the energy in a community that’s already exhausted”: Motivations to engage in community-academic partnerships from Flint community leaders’ perspectives. PsyArXiv Preprints. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/ew57p

Bustos, T. E., Lui, J., & Simkani, S. (2022). Integrating mixed methods social network analysis to assess community-academic partnerships. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action, 16(2), 249–264. https://doi.org/10.1353/cpr.2022.0029

Hailemariam, M., Bustos, T. E., Felton, J. W., Key, K., Greer, D., Jefferson, B. L., … Johnson, J. E. (2022). Belonging to something bigger than self: Flint women giving back to the community. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action, 16(2), 181–191. https://doi.org/10.1353/cpr.2022.0022

Uphold, H., Drahota, A., Bustos, T. E., Crawford, M. K., & Buchalski, Z. (2022). “There’s no money in community dissemination”: A mixed methods analysis of researcher dissemination-as-usual. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 6(1), e105. https://doi.org/10.1017/cts.2022.437

Bustos, T. E., Sridhar, A., & Drahota, A. (2021). Community-based implementation strategy use and satisfaction: A mixed-methods approach to using the ERIC compilation for organizations serving children on the autism spectrum. Implementation Research and Practice, 2.https://doi.org/10.1177/26334895211058086

Bustos, T. E., Sridhar, A., & Drahota, A. (2021). Implementation evaluation of an early intensive behavioral intervention program across three agencies serving young children with autism: A mixed methods study. Children and Youth Services Review, 122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105871

Bustos, T. E. (2020). A scoping review of social network analyses in interorganizational collaboration studies for child mental health. Children and Youth Services Review, 119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105569

Drahota, A., Meza, R. D., Bustos, T. E., Sridhar, A., Martinez, J. I., Brikho, B., Stahmer, A. C., & Aarons, G. A. (2020). Implementation-as-usual in community-based organizations providing specialized services to individuals with autism spectrum disorder: A mixed methods study. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research 48, 482–498. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-020-01084-5

Hailemariam, M., Bustos, T.E., Montgomery, B., Barajas, R., Evans, L. B/, & Drahota, A. (2019). Evidence-based intervention sustainability strategies: A systematic review. Implementation Science, 14, 57. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-019-0910-6

Bustos, T. E., Ayeni, O., & Saucedo, J. S. (2024). Evaluation engagement: Historical perspectives and new directions with community-based participatory research principles (CBPR). In L. A. Wingate, A. S. Boyce, & L. Wilson-Becho, (Eds.). Core concepts in evaluation: Contemporary commentary on classic writings. SAGE Publishing. 

Bustos, T.E. & Wright, Y. (2024). Occupying the “space between” ethnography, evaluation, and positionality. In M. Goodnight, & R. Hopson (Eds.). Theories bridging ethnography and evaluation: Making transformative, intersectional and comparative connections. Emerald Publishing. 

Bustos, T. E., Shelton, R. C., Iwelunmor, J., & Hailemariam, M. (2026). Evidence-based public health interventions sustainability strategies 10 years later: A systematic review protocol [Systematic review registration]. PROSPERO. Registration No. [CRD420261383731]. Available from https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/view/CRD420261383731.

Bustos, T. E., & Lindstrom, M. (2026). Translating evidence into impact: A scoping review on economic mobility. [Scoping review registration]. Open Science Framework Registries. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/F57H4

Bustos, T.E., Johnson, J.E., Key, K., Miller, R., Richie, F., Spencer, B., Summers, M., Currier, C., & Hailemariam, M. (2025). Spirituality and Well-Being: Community Perspectives from The Flint Women’s Study. [Community Policy Brief] Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action19(3), e1. https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/cpr.2025.a970146.

Addie, Y. O., Davis, D., Bustos, T.E., Fox, K., Henderson, D.S., & Wood, B. (2025). Reframing community safety: A narrative-informed public health approach to addressing community violence final report. Big Cities Health Coalition.

Bustos, T.E., Onwuka, A. J., Addie, Y. O., Hawkins, T.-R., Henderson, D. S., & Wood, B. (2024). Big Cities Health Coalition: Community Safety and Narratives Phase 1 summary report. Big Cities Health Coalition. 

Bustos, T. E.(2024). Evolving perspectives on evaluation engagement: Progress and prospects in research on evaluation (RoE) practice component studies. Open Science Framework Registries. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/KXEVC

Pineda, D. & Bustos, T. E. (2023, August). Choose your own adventure: Six tips to conduct equitable evaluation. RTI Insights Blog. https://www.rti.org/insights/tips-for-conducting-equitable-evaluations

Pineda, D. & Bustos, T. E. (2024, Jan). Considering language justice in equity centered evaluation practice. WK Kellogg Foundation Practice Guide Series on Doing Evaluation in Service of Racial Equity. https://wkkf.issuelab.org/resources/43249/43249.pdf  

Pineda, D. & Bustos, T. E. (2024, Jan). Getting out of our own way: Navigating organizational barriers to engage communities in research. WK Kellogg Foundation Practice Guide Series on Doing Evaluation in Service of Racial Equity. https://wkkf.issuelab.org/resources/43248/43248.pdf

Pineda, D. & Bustos, T. E. (2023, September). Moving from individual protections to community benefits as part of ethical equitable research and evaluation practice. RTI Insights Blog. https://www.rti.org/insights/community-level-benefits-and-protections-ethical-equitable-research

Pineda, D. & Bustos, T. E. (2024, Jan). The power of purpose: Understanding what motivates community partners’ participation in evaluation and resource. WK Kellogg Foundation Practice Guide Series on Doing Evaluation in Service of Racial Equity. https://wkkf.issuelab.org/resources/43248/43248.pdf

Pineda, D., Bustos, T. E. & Wood, B. (2023, October). We could all use a little change: Reflections on Equity as practice. RTI Insights Blog. https://www.rti.org/insights/equity-as-practice-reflections

Pineda, D., Feldman, J., & Bustos, T. E. (2023, June). Who is best equipped to do equitable evaluation? WK Kellogg Foundation Practice Guide Series on Doing Evaluation in Service of Racial Equity. https://wkkf.issuelab.org/resources/43246/43246.pdf

Hailemariam, M., Bustos, T.E., Felton, J.W., Key, K., Greer, D., Jefferson, B.L., Miller, R., Summers, M., White, J.M., & Johnson, J.E. (2022). Belonging to Something Greater Than Self: Flint Women Giving Back to the Community. [Community Policy Brief] Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action16(2), e5-e6.  https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/cpr.2022.0017.

Torres, M., Hayward, R. A., Meltzer, G., García, C., Bustos, T. E., & Silva Diaz, A. (2022). ¡Estamos bien, Puerto Rico! Compounding disasters and young adults in Puerto Rico. Natural Hazards Center Quick Response Grant Report Series, 337. Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado Boulder. https://hazards.colorado.edu/quick-response-report/estamos-bien-puerto-rico-compounding-disasters-and-young-adults-in-puerto-rico

Moore, J. E., Bustos, T.E., & Khan, S. (2021). Map2Adapt: A practical roadmap to guide decision-making and planning for adaptations. The Center for Implementation. https://thecenterforimplementation.com/map2adapt

Hailemariam, M., Bustos, T. E., Montgomery, B., Adaji, R., Taylor, B., Brown, G., … Johnson, J. (2020). Evidence-based mental health interventions for justice-involved individuals: A systematic review protocol. PROSPERO. https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42020172627

Bustos,T. E. (2019, December). Development of a Latino male council for Latinx talent. Focus group summary report for Building Bridges Through Education, Grand Rapids, MI. 

Bustos, T. E. (2019, November). Get focused: The Summit 2019. Summary report for Building Bridges Through Education, Grand Rapids, MI.

Bustos, T. E. (2019, August). Internship placement for summer 2019: Findings & recommendations. Summary report for Building Bridges Through Education, Grand Rapids, MI. 

Bustos, T. E., & Standley, C. J. (2019, March). BC Pulse Culture of Equity survey dashboard and results. Data dashboard for BC Pulse, Battle Creek, MI. 

Drahota, A., Bustos, T. E., & Sridhar, A. (2019, April). Agency assessment of the Early Learning Institute. Interim feedback report. 

Saucedo, J., Bustos, T. E., McNall, M., & Barnes-Najor, J. (2019, October). We are Called to Justice meeting report. Site report for One Love Global, Lansing, MI. 

Lindstrom, M. & Bustos, T.E. (2026, August). From fragmented evidence to actionable insight: How RTI used AI-enabled workflows to build a cross-sector economic mobility framework. DistillerSR Blog. https://www.distillersr.com/resources/case-studies/from-fragmented-evidence-to-actionable-insight-how-rti-used-ai-enabled-workflows

Kenney, R., & Bustos, T. E. (2026, June 28). Research on Evaluation (RoE) TIG Week: Building a “RoE Boat” outside of university settings. AEA365 Professional Blog Series. American Evaluation Association. https://aea365.org/blog/research-on-evaluation-roe-tig-week-building-a-roe-boat-outside-of-university-settings-by-rachael-kenney-and-tatiana-e-bustos/

Bustos, T. E. (2026, April). Building together: Reflections from Battle Creek. W.K. Kellogg Foundation Community Leadership Network. https://wkkfcln.org/building-together-reflections-from-battle-creek/

Bustos, T.E., Saucedo, J., & Nolton, E. (2025, June). From evaluation to engagement: Designing RoE to understand what matters [Blog post]. AEA 365 Professional Blog Series. American Evaluation Association. https://aea365.org/blog/drg-tig-week-from-evaluation-to-engagement-designing-roe-to-understand-what-matters-by-tatiana-e-bustos-esther-c-nolton-and-jessica-s-saucedo/. 

Bustos, T. E., Morrow, J.A., Mulobi, M., & Bill, E. P. (2024, May). Reflections on the Research on Evaluation Webinar Series 2024 [Blog post]. American Evaluation Association (AEA) Research on Evaluation TIG Week. https://aea365.org/blog/research-on-evaluation-roe-tig-week-reflections-on-the-research-on-evaluation-webinar-series-2024-by-tatiana-e-bustos-jennifer-ann-morrow-mark-mulobi-and-esrea-perez-bill/

Bustos, T. E. (2023, January). Community based participatory research [Podcast]. Evaluland Podcast with Dana Wanzer. https://evaluland.fireside.fm/40

Bustos, T. E. (2023, April). Making sustainability fit in evaluation capacity building [Blog post]. American Evaluation Association (AEA) Organizational Leaning and Capacity Building TIG Week. https://aea365.org/blog/ol-ecb-tig-week-making-sustainability-fit-in-evaluation-capacity-building-by-dr-tatiana-bustos/

Bustos, T. E., & Washington, J. (2023, October 5). The impact of unlearning in community engaged research [Audio podcast]. In Public Health Joy! https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/joyee-washington/episodes/S2-Ep-20-The-Impact-of-Unlearning-in-Community-Engaged-Research-e29nuer/a-aad67m4

Bustos, T. E. (2022, Winter). An early career community psychology journey. The Community Psychologist, 55(1), 9–13.

Bustos, T. E. (2022, Summer). Diverse careers in community psychology: Stories from underrepresented BIPOC scholars. The Community Psychologist, 55(3), 14–18.

Bustos, T. E. (2022, November). Tips for participatory program sustainability assessments [Blog post]. American Evaluation Association (AEA) 365: A Tip A Day By and For Evaluators. https://aea365.org/blog/getting-started-with-alt-text-by-elizabeth-grim-2/

Bustos, T. E., & Simkani, S. (2022, March). Progress in community health partnerships: Research, education, and action [Podcast]. Beyond the Manuscript episode 16.2.

Bustos, T. E., & Sridhar, A. (2021, January). What is implementation science? [Blog post]. Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) Sound Science, Sound Policy Series. Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/sound-science-sound-policy/202101/what-is-implementation-science

Bustos, T. E. (2021, Winter). A mixed methods study on community academic partnerships in public health equity. The Community Psychologist, 54(1), 27–31. 

Saucedo, J., & Bustos, T. E. (2021). What about positionality? A brief reflection on how we can approach participatory and equity evaluation[Blog post]. American Evaluation Association (AEA) Latinx Responsive Evaluation Discourse TIG Week. https://aea365.org/blog/la-red-tig-week-what-about-positionality-a-brief-reflection-on-how-we-can-approach-participatory-and-equity-evaluation-by-jessica-saucedo-and-tatiana-elisa-bustos/

Bustos, T. E. (2020, November). Can we enhance how we apply implementation science by embedding human centered design principles? [Blog post]. The Center for Implementation Science’s November Bulletin. https://thecenterforimplementation.com/implementation-in-action-bulletin/nov-2020?fbclid=IwAR1ZDztzXFTY4rHk01fSaUECFAzIpzFn2_tSUWGr7-cgOy5JrQ3DhvmCPNc

Bustos, T. E. (2020, July). Community-academic partnerships: Learning even more during COVID-19 [Blog post]. CommunityPsychology.com.https://www.communitypsychology.com/community-and-academic-partnerships/?fbclid=IwAR1gK2gSLJyRi4C6cqj1J7-rKyUHq9Bwj-KvLgiZMHG5O0P-QJf5U7o86r4

Bustos, T. E., & Saucedo, J. (2020). Lessons learned from community-engaged evaluations [Blog post]. American Evaluation Association (AEA) Latinx Responsive Evaluation Discourse TIG Week. https://aea365.org/blog/lared-tig-week-lessons-learned-from-community-engaged-evaluations-by-jessica-saucedo-and-tatiana-elisa-bustos/

Bustos, T. E. (2019, August). Health services in underserved communities [Podcast]. The Sci-Files on Impact89 FM. https://impact89fm.org/81614/podcasts/the-sci-files-08-25-2019-tatiana-bustos-health-services-in-underserved-communities/

Bustos, T. E. (2019). Sense of belonging: Extending beyond the self for success in academic spaces [Blog post]. Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science’s (SACNAS) STEM and Culture Chronicle on Medium. https://medium.com/stem-and-culture-chronicle/sense-of-belonging-extending-beyond-the-self-for-success-in-academic-spaces-9e0535815e4d