My research focuses on representation, public opinion, and legislative politics in American politics. See below for my publications and works in progress (organized by those three categories).
Publications:
"The Effects of Ranked Choice Voting on Substantive Representation." Quarterly Journal of Political Science, 2025. 20(3): 409-437 [Link]
Recognized by the University College London CUSP Working Paper Series in American Politics as a top working paper on US politics and policy
"Race, Legislative Speech, and Symbolic Representation in Congress." American Journal of Political Science, 2025. 69(2):578-593 [Link]
"Public Money Talks Too: How Public Campaign Financing Degrades Representation" (with Mitchell Kilborn). American Journal of Political Science, 2022. 66(3): 730-744. [Link]
Awarded Best Journal Article Award (2022) by APSA State Politics and Policy Section
Working Papers:
"Value Representation in the US Congress." Under Review. [Link]
"Accountability for Crime in US Elections"
"Measuring Representation Through Ballot Propositions" (with James Snyder and Shigeo Hirano)
"A Defense of Partisanship" (with Dimitrios Halikias).
Works in Progress:
Value Representation (book manuscript)
"Exogenous Values and Endogenous Policy Preferences" (with Amna Salam)
Publications:
"The Impact of Values on Issue Stances: Evidence from Panel Studies." British Journal of Political Science, 2025. 55: e50 [Link]
Awarded Best Paper in American Politics Award for 2023 MPSA conference
"Partisanship, Economic Assessments, and Presidential Accountability" (with Zoe Ang, Andrew Reeves, and Jon Rogowski). American Journal of Political Science, 2022. 66(2): 468-484. [Link]
Working Papers:
"Unequal Punishment?: Partisan and Racial Biases in Criminal Sentencing" (with James Druckman, Rongbo Jin, Paul Lendway, and Trent Ollerenshaw). Under Review. [Link]
"Do Issue Stances Derive from Belief Systems? Comparing the Roles of Left-Right Ideology and Values as Principled Beliefs" (with Matthew E. Dardet)
Publications:
"NOMINATE and American Political Development: A Primer" (with Phil Everson, Rick Valelly, and Jim Wiseman). Studies in American Political Development, 2016. 30(2): 97-115. [Link]
Working Papers:
"Ideology and Effective Lawmaking in American State Legislatures" (with Craig Volden and Alan Wiseman)