Other Work

Non-academic publications:

• "If racial identity can be fluid, who changes their race?" 2023. Aeon+Psyche Magazine.

• "Why they follow: It's not just Trump. Voters happily adopt their leaders' views." 2020. The Washington Post. 

• "Voters follow their leaders despite what other party elites say and do." 2020. LSE USAPP Blog.

• "Biden's VP Selection is Unlikely to Have Much of an Effect on the Dynamics of the Race" (with Brian Schaffner) 2020. Mischiefs of Faction.

• "What Do Swing Voters Think? Meet @American__Voter" (with G. Elliott Morris) 2020. The New York Times.

• "What Democrats Could Lose With Their Left Turn." 2019. The Upshot - The New York Times.

• "How Joe Biden attracts both black voters and racially ‘resentful’ voters." 2019. The Washington Post.

• "Since Trump’s election, the U.S. image abroad has plummeted. But is it really just about Trump?" (with Yusaku Horiuchi). 2018. Monkey Cage - The Washington Post.

• "Democrats Are Changing Their Minds About Race, and the Youth Are Leading the Way" (with Sean McElwee). 2018. New York Magazine.

Analysis and projects have appeared in:

• "Racial identity is more fluid than you might think." The Washington Post.

• "How Our Politics Changes Our Racial Views and Identities." Niskanen Center - The Science of Politics Podcast.

• "Most of the bounces in Trump’s approval ratings aren’t real." Monkey Cage - The Washington Post.

• "Be Ready for a Lengthy, Vicious Struggle." The New York Times.

• "Comment: Are Dems moving too far left for Independents?" CNN.

• "'On Paper, the Election Is the Democrats' to Lose'." The New York Times.

• "How Trump's base appeals have backfired." CNN.

• "Lessons From 100 Days of President Trump." The New York Times.

• "The Profiles of Actual Voters This Bot Tweets Seem Too Good to Be True." Slate Magazine.

• "Conservatives look to crack Biden's black-and-white coalition." NBC News.

• "You Can Pay Attention To Those Trump vs. Biden Polls. But Be Cautious." FiveThirtyEight.

• "Why Did Republicans Outperform The Polls Again? Two Theories." FiveThirtyEight.

• "David Shor Is Telling Democrats What They Don't Want to Hear." The New York Times.

• "Maybe Dobbs Did Change The Race. We'll Need More Time To Know For Sure." FiveThirtyEight.

Selected posts from personal blog:

• The Mueller Report, Partisan Survey Responsiveness, and Interpreting Public Opinion Polls

• Liberalizing Racial Attitudes Continued Into 2018

• Racial Attitudes around the Police Shooting of Tamir Rice

• Ingroup or Outgroup Leader Influence? (Barber and Pope 2018 Robustness Section Reanalysis)

• Have Women Shifted Democratic during the Trump Era? [at Data for Progress]

• The Effects of Survey Topic Salience on Response Rate and Opinions: Evidence from a Student Survey Experiment

• 2016 Elite Cues and Public Misperception about Crime

• Republican Trump Support and Survey Panel Attrition

• Does Endogenous Partisanship Distort Trump Approval Numbers among Republicans?

• Social Exclusion and Demographic Determinants of Minority Group Partisanship

• Historical Trends in White Political Behavior along Educational Lines, and Where 2016 Fits In

• Possible Evidence of Differential Partisan Nonresponse in Trump Approval Polls

• Survey Nonresponse Bias, Declining Social Trust, and 2016 Polling Error

• A Primer on Polling Error in 2016 — A Historical and Comparative Perspective [with Elliott Morris at The Crosstab]

Selected work from time at The Dartmouth:

• Survey Editor

  • • A survey of Dartmouth's political landscape

    • A survey of Dartmouth's political and free speech climate

    • Clinton support as high as 85% among students

    • Survey reveals frustration with College administration

    • Class of 2018: Senior Survey

    • Class of 2017: Senior Survey

    • Class of 2016 Senior Survey

• Sports Staff Writer

  • • Big Green football loses first Ivy League game against Penn

    • Dartmouth's football team looks to analytics to gain an edge

    • Baseball falls short of ninth bid to Ivy Championship Series

    • The Case of Paul Cormier: Breaking down the release of men's basketball's head coach

    • Tracking the Coaching Turnover

    • Big Green football wins a share of the Ivy League title for first time since 1996

    • Dartmouth takes down Brown 34-18, back in Ivy League title hunt after Harvard loses

    • Football drops a heartbreaker to undefeated Harvard in pivotal Ivy League battle

    • Men’s soccer clinches NCAA berth