Research

Peer-Reviewed Publications

The Electoral Race Card: How Racially Coded Claims of Voter Fraud Reduce Voter Confidence among Racially Polarized White Americans. with Joseph A. Coll and Rachel S. Torres. 2026. Politics and Governance [Paper]

Manuscripts Under Review

The Use of Data Visualization in Political Science. with Frederick J. Boehmke, Thomas Dainty, Samantha J. DeRagon, Hyein Ko, Tianhui Wu, and Weidong Zhang. Under Review at Political Science and Politics.

Working Papers

The Substance and Style of Lawmaking: Linguistic and Compositional Bill Complexity in the U.S. House, 1993–2025.

Improving Analysis of Legislative Effectiveness Scores. with Frederick J. Boehmke.

Native American Voter Turnout: The Impact of Election Laws and Administrative Capacity. with Caroline Tolbert and Richard Witmer.

Party Power: Understanding Women Legislators’ Status within Parties in the State Legislatures. with Tracy Osborn, Anna Mahoney, Brody DeBettignies, and Olive Kuester.

Diffusion in a Time of Uncertainty: How the Determinants of State Policy Choices Changed During the Pandemic. with Frederick J. Boehmke, Bruce A. Desmarais, Jeffrey J. Harden, Samuel Harper, Hyein Ko, Taegyoon Kim, Johabed Olvera, Isaac Pollert, Tracee Saunders.

The Evolution of State Policy Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic. with Frederick J. Boehmke, Bruce A. Desmarais, Jeffrey J. Harden, Hyein Ko, Johabed Olvera, and Tracee Saunders.

Lessons About State Policy Responses to COVID-19 Through Data Visualization. with Frederick J. Boehmke, Bruce A. Desmarais, Jeffrey J. Harden, Samuel F. Harper, Hyein Ko, and Tracee Saunders.