Research

Journal Articles

Rural Residency, Rural Resentment, and Attitudes Toward Public Land Management in the United States

Accepted at Environmental Politics, with B. Kal Munis


Legislator Pivotality and Voter Accountability
Political Research Quarterly 77 (3), 904 - 914 (2024), with Daniel Butler, Sarah Anderson, and Laurel Harbridge-Yong


Place, Race, and the Politics of White Grievance
Political Behavior 46 , 1813 - 1835 (2024), with Ryan Dawkins, B. Kal Munis, and Francesca Verville

Emotional Reactions to COVID-19 Projections and Consequences for Protective Attitudes and Behavior
Political Psychology  44 (5), 1053 - 1076 (2023), with Jenn Merolla, Seth Hill, Mac Lockhart, Thad Kousser, and Mindy Romero


From Super Minority to Super Majority: “Critical Mass” and Legislative Influence
Party Politics 29 (6), 1161–1168 (2023), with Janine Parry


Incorporating Gender Politics into Introduction to US Government Curriculum
College Teaching 70 (3), 358 - 363 (2022), with Kelly Piazza and Seth Hill

Measuring the Rural Continuum in Political Science
Political Analysis 29 (3), 267 - 286 (2021), with Melissa Rogers

Contentious Federalism: Sheriffs, State Legislatures, and Political Violence in the American West
Political Behavior 43 (1), 247-270 (2021)

The Source of the Legislative Professionalism Advantage: Attracting More Knowledgeable Candidates
State Politics and Policy Quarterly 20 (4), 416-436 (2020), with Dan Butler



Book Chapter

Serving as a Graduate Teaching Assistant

Strategies for Navigating Graduate School and Beyond (2022), with Bianca Rubalcava



Book Reviews


Accountability in State Legislatures

The Forum 22 (1): 205 - 208 (2024


Rural Republican Realignment in the Modern South: The Untold Story

Public Opinion Quarterly 87 (2), 462-465 (2023) 



Current Projects


Water Quality Funding: Explaining State Allocation Shares Under the Water Quality Act of 1987, with Joe Airstrup and John Morris

Revised & Resubmitted to Publius


Legislative Control and Partisan Disparities in Dyadic Representation, with Dan Butler and Steve Rogers

Under review


Rural Americans' Perceptions of Respect in American State Governments (book chapter)

Under review with editor


Playing for Keeps: One-Party Monopolies in the American States (book manuscript), with Janine Parry