Carnes, S. (tbd). "The school will take care of you": Exploring the "doing" of culturally responsive education with Spanish-speaking immigrant high schoolers. Journal of Bilingual Education. (Under review). 

Disney, L., Ahmed, R., Moon, Y., & Carnes, S. (tbd). COVID-19 Information Seeking Behavior and Trust Among Afghan, Sudanese, and Syrian Resettled Refugees. Journal of Communication in Healthcare: Strategies, Media and Engagement in Global Health. (Under review). 

Carnes, S., Kerelejza, S., & Bryan, J. (tbd). "Your cup is completely empty": Perspectives from the field of social work on the impact of federal policy changes. Social Work. (under review). 

Carnes, S., Kerelejza, S., & Bryan, J. (2026). "It is a real act of resistance": Exploring perspectives on social work supervision in a hostile policy environment. Advances in Social Work. (Accepted; publication date pending).

Carnes, S. & DeLuca-Acconi, R. (2026). How are kids supposed to get better in systems that are getting worse?" Systemic dynamics, burnout, and school social work in crisis. Children & Schools (pending publication date). 

Carnes, S., & Disney, L. (2025). Social Inclusion, Belonging, and School-based Experiences in Central American Immigrant Youth. Children & Schools.

Carnes, S., & DeLuca-Acconi, R. (2025). This isn’t the Last School Shooting: The Urgency of a Collective Response to School-Based Gun Violence. Children & Schools, 47(1). 

Carnes, S. (2024). "El nombre de nuestro país está en nuestros corazones": Exploring the impact of school-based identity messaging in Central American immigrant youth. Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 34(4). 

Disney, L., Ahmed, R., Carnes, S., & Moon, Y. (2023). Predictors of COVID-19 vaccine uptake and reasons for vaccine hesitancy among New York State refugees. Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work, 20(5). 

Disney, L., Ahmed, R., & Carnes, S. (2023). Advancing Community-Based Participatory Research during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Methods Commentary on the Lessons Learned from Working with Community Data Collectors on a Refugee Health Disparities Study. Journal of Health Communications, 28. 

Carnes, S. (2023). "Overworked and stretched thin": Burnout and systemic failure in school social work. 

Children & Schools (July 2023). 

Carnes, S. (2023). "Porque me desahogué": Expressive writing as a tool for school-based trauma treatment in Central American adolescents. Child Welfare, 100(4), 21-41. 

Carnes, S., & Disney, L. (2022). But culturally competent for whom? Ethics and cross-cultural dilemmas in COVID-era social work. International Journal of Social Work Values & Ethics. 

Disney, L., Warner, L., Carnes, S., & Koo, J. (2022). Essential but excluded: Using Critical Race Theory to examine COVID-19 economic relief policies for undocumented U.S. workers. Journal of Human Rights and Social Work, 1-11. 

Garcia, M., Carnes, S., & Hanssen, D. (2022). Immigrant Youth Program - A model for educational and personal success. Children & Schools, 44 (2), 89-97.

Carnes, S. (2025). Culturally responsive school social work with Central American immigrant youth. Oxford University Press. 

Carnes, S. (2025). The ethics of social work practice with immigrants. In Congress, E., & Levine, E. (Eds). Resolving Ethical Challenges in Social Work Practice. Springer. 

• Steering Committee Member – Social Workers for Immigrant Justice 
• Peer review service - Children & Schools 
• Board Member – School Social Workers Association of American Social/Emotional Learning Taskforce 
• Member - NASW Immigration and Global Social Work Committee 
• Pro bono trauma evaluator for asylum applications – University of California Hastings Center for Gender and Refugee Studies (CGRS) 

Disney, L. & Carnes, S. (Accepted for 2026, August). Culturally competent for whom? Ethical challenges of health communication in mental health settings. 24th International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Communication, Medicine, and Ethics (COMET 2026).  

Moon, Y., Disney, L., Ahmed, R., Carnes, S. (October 2025). Accuracy and trust in COVID-19 knowledge among resettled refugees. [Poster presentation]. Council on Social Work Education 2025 Conference. 

Carnes, S. & DeLuca-Acconi, R. (2025). We [still] Deserve Better: Collective Self-Care and Systemic Change. [Conference presentation]. School Social Workers Association of America Annual Conference, Atlanta, Georgia. 

Carnes, S. (2023). Understanding the experiences of Latine immigrant students in their own words. [Conference presentation]. School Social Workers Association of America Annual Conference, Denver, Colorado.