Owens is a scholar of American politics with expertise in survey research, Congress, redistricting, and Southern Politics. His articles have been published in American Politics Research, BMJ Open,  Legislative Studies Quarterly, Congress & the Presidency, Social Science Quarterly, Journal of Political Institutions and Political Economy, Journal of Affective Disorders,  and PS: Political Science and Politics. 

Peer Reviewed Articles

"Differences in beliefs about COVID-19 by gun ownership: A cross-sectional survey of Texas adults." 2021. 

BMJ Open. With Renee Johnson, Cassandra Crifasi, Erin M. Anderson Goodell,  Arkadiusz Wiśniowski, Joseph W. Sakshaug, and Johannes Thrul.

"An examination of racial/ethnic differences in mental health during COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. South." 2021. 

Journal of Affective Disorders 295(1): 471-478. With Emily Goldmann, Daniel Hagen, Estelle El Khoury, Supriya Misra, and Johannes Thrul.

"Changes in Attitudes, Nothing Remains Quite the Same: Absentee Voting and Public Health." 2021. 

Social Science Quarterly.

"Organizing Staff in the U.S. Senate: The Priority of Individualism in Resource Allocation." 2020. 

Congress & the Presidency. With Nick Howard.

"Emergency Response, Public Behavior, and the Effectiveness of Texas Counties in a Pandemic." 2020. 

Journal of Political Institutions & Political Economy 1(4): 615-630. With Renee M. Johnson.

"Circumventing Legislative Committees: Use of Rule XIV in the U.S. Senate." 2020. 

Legislative Studies Quarterly 45(3): 495-526. With Nicholas Howard. 

"The Vice President in the U.S. Senate: Examining the Consequences of Institutional Design." 2018.

Congress & The Presidency  45(2): 145-165. With Michael Lynch, Anthony Madonna, and Ryan Williamson

"Changing Senate Norms: Judicial Confirmations in a Nuclear Age." 2018.

PS: Political Science and Politics 51(1): 119-123.

"Regulating the Floor: Tabling Motions in the U.S. Senate, 1865-1946." 2016.

American Politics Research 44(1): 56-80. With Jamie L. Carson and Anthony Madonna.

"Partisan Efficiency in an Open-Rule Setting: The Amending Process in the U.S. Senate, 1865-1945." 2013.

Congress & The Presidency  40(2): 105-128. With Jamie L. Carson and Anthony Madonna.

Textbook

Game of Politics: Conflict, Power, & Representation (Open Source U.S. Government Text). 2020.

The University of Texas at Tyler Press. With Kenneth Bryant, Jr. and Eric Lopez.

Book Chapters

"Examining Adult Learning of 'Giving Back' Initiatives." In Handbook of Research on Adult Learning in Higher Education. Hershey, PA: IGI Publishers. With Rochell McWhorter, Jessie Rueter, Joanna Neel, and Gina Doepker. 2020.

Reprinted in 2021 by Information Resources Management Association (Ed.), in Research Anthology on Adult Education and the Development of Lifelong Learners (pp. 1039-1066). IGI Global.

"Lawmaking." 2015.  In Robert A. Scott and Stephen M. Kosslyn, eds. Emerging Trends in the Social

and Behavioral Sciences. New York: Wiley. With Jamie L. Carson.

Other Publications

"Conflicting Attitudes of Texans on Wall and Border Policies." Commentary: Austin American-Statesman. 

March 11, 2019. With Kenneth Bryant, Jr. and Ken Wink.

"User's Guide to Researching at the William J. Clinton Presidential Library." PEP Report. Fall 2018.

"Are Courtesy Meetings Nuked?" LegBranch: Legislative Branch Capacity Working Group. July 10, 2018.

"User's Guide to Researching at the George W. Bush Presidential Library." PEP Report. Spring 2018.

“East Texans support Trump, but at lower levels than 2012.” Tribtalk: Texas Tribune. November 8, 2016.