Chapters in Edited Volumes
Little, Daniel, Zachary McGee, and Sean M. Theriault “Social Fabric Decay: The Case of Congressional Travels Abroad.”
In The Polarization of U.S. Foreign Policy: When Politics Crosses the Water’s Edge, eds. Gordon Friedrichs and Jordan Tama. New York: Palgrave. 2024. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-58618-79.
Working Papers
Hartzell, Grace, and Daniel Little. 2026. Nonpartisan Elections: How Do Interest Groups Endorse Candidates? Under Review.
Paper presented at the 2025 Conference of the Comparative Agendas Project, Konstanz, DE.
Little, Daniel. 2026. When Membership Matters: Union Local Activity in an Era of Union Decline. In Progress. [Job Market Paper].
Paper presented at the 2026 Midwest Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, IL, and the 2026 Conference of the Comparative Agendas Project, Paris, FR.
Little, Daniel. 2026. Cracks in the Alliance: An Assessment of the Union Vote Over Time. In Progress.
Paper presented at the 2025 Midwest Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, IL, the 2025 American Political Science Association Conference, Vancouver, BC, the 2025 American Politics Speaker Series at the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, and the 2026 Southern Political Science Association Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Sebok, Miklos, Sean Theriault, Christopher Faricy, Alison Craig, Laura de Castro Quaglia, Brooke Shannon, Daniel Little, Nicholas D’Amico. 2026. Setting the Gold Standard for Automated Policy Coding – The CAPBENCH-English Benchmark Dataset and Leaderboard for the Comparative Agendas Project. In Progress.
Works in Progress
Little, Daniel. 2026. Death of a Social Identity: The
Reduced Salience of Union Membership. In Progress.
Auslen, Michael, and Daniel Little. 2026. The Politics
of Media Unionization. In Progress.
Smith, Kylie N., and Daniel Little. 2026. Up in Arms:
The Effect of Militia Demonstrations on Local Policy
During the Drag Panic of 2022-2024. In Progress.
Academic Projects
Dissertation: Strength Without Numbers? The Effect of Union Decline on the Politics of Labor Unions. Expected 2027.
Committee: Derek Epp (Chair), Daron Shaw, Michael Auslen, Chris Witko
Master's Report: An Assessment of the Union Vote Over Time. 2026.
Committee: Derek Epp (Chair), Michael Auslen