The Journal (inaugural issue July 1, 2014) was an open-access, online interdisciplinary journal focused upon publishing high-quality, peer-reviewed research on issues related to the level of public knowledge needed for informed civic participation, together with a “civic conversation” from practitioners. The inaugural issue contained an essay on the importance of civic literacy contributed by former Supreme Court Justice David Souter.
The second edition of Journal of Civic Literacy includes an essay, "We Need an Informed Citizenry," by former Congressman Lee Hamilton.
Kennedy, Sheila Suess and David Schultz. “American Public Service: Constitutional and Ethical Foundations.” Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2010.
Merritt, Cullen and Sheila S. Kennedy, “The Civic Dimension of School Voucher Programs.” Public Integrity (2018)
Kennedy, Sheila S. “Electoral Integrity: How Gerrymandering Matters.” Journal of Public Integrity (September, 2016)
Kennedy, Sheila S. “Is Low Civic Literacy a Wicked Problem?” eJournal of Public Affairs Vol. 4, #3 (2015).
Dusso, A. and S. S. Kennedy. "Does Ignorance Matter? The Relative Importance of Civic Knowledge and the Human Tendency to Engage in Motivated Reasoning." Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs 1(1):59-72. (2015)
Kennedy, Sheila Suess. “Civic Literacy and Ethical Public Service: An Under-Appreciated Nexus” Journal of Public Integrity. Vol. 15, #4 (2013)