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Executive succession in personalistic regimes
(2020-12)
When a dictator dies, who steps in as a replacement? While considerable research has examined the dynamics of regime change, little work has focused on the dynamics of leadership transitions in nondemocratic regimes. This ...
How far behind is my state? The role of economic activity and state partisanship in determining EPR policy
(2023-05)
In 2018, the United States Environmental Protection Agency estimated that the total generation of municipal solid waste in the U.S. alone was 292.4 million tons, approximately 25% of which are plastics, glass, and metal ...
Ad or editorial? Native advertising and shifting political attitudes
(2023-05)
This study seeks to evaluate whether a causal relationship exists between native advertising and voter’s attitudes towards political candidates. Native ads are often paid for by a third-party source, and they are tactically ...
Effects of the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) on mobilization: Analysis of mobilization as a compliance mechanism
(2023-05)
Human rights treaty compliance remains an open question in comparative politics literature. There have been treaties like CEDAW, which have achieved remarkable women’s rights improvement. But how this treaty accomplishes ...
Party and punishment: How party control affects the adoption of drug sentencing reform at the state level
(2022-12)
How does state party control affect the adoption of drug sentencing reforms? Historically, both elected Democrats and Republicans have supported harsh sentencing policies and tough-on-crime policy attitudes. Recently, there ...
Effects of growing up and aging out of the foster care system on political participation
(2020-05)
This study seeks to take a more in depth look at the role parents play in socializing their children to political activity. To get a better understanding of parent's role I looked at adults who grew up and aged out of the ...
Diversity and Innovation: An Analysis of Policy Reinvention
(2019-05-01)
This study explores a diversity-innovation relationship in state legislatures. The research includes three measures of diversity: occupational, gender, and racial diversity. The author uses two measures to capture diversity: ...
Lobbying regulations and unintended consequences of interest group influence
(2021-05)
This paper studies and analyzes the effects of lobbying and campaign finance regulations on interest group influence in state legislatures. The conventional wisdom supports the belief that lobbying regulations lead to ...
When is the party over? Examining the success of liberal ballot measures in conservative states
(2023-05)
Party ID continues to be a dominant force in American politics and generally is one of the most reliable predictors of voter behavior up and down the ballot. Some recent electoral results have challenged this narrative, ...
Race, incarceration, and inmates' political motivation
(2021-05)
How does race affect an inmate's intention to vote? The effects of incarceration on the political motivation of current and former inmates have not received sufficient attention in scholarly literature. My research adds ...