PUBLICATIONS

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BOOK MANUSCRIPT

Coordination Failure: State Taxation and National Response from the New Deal to Today (under contract with Oxford University Press, expected delivery of final mansucript during the summer of 2025)

ACADEMIC JOURNAL ARTICLES

2020. “Explaining Increased Contestation in the 2018 State Legislative Elections.” (PS: Political Science and Politics)

2019.  “The Reapportionment Revolution and the Decline of Contested State Legislative Elections: The Case of Rhode Island.” (New England Journal of Political Science)

2018. “The Failed Diffusion of the Unicameral State Legislature, 1934-1944.” (Studies in American Political Development)

2018.  “Changing Patterns of Uncontested Seats in Southern State Legislative Elections, 1984-2012.” (Social Science Quarterly)

2016. “Electoral Incongruence and Delayed Republican Gains in Southern State Legislatures.” (American Review of Politics)

2013. “Secular Geographical Polarization in the American South: The Case of Texas, 1996-2010.” (Electoral Studies)

2010. With Curt Nichols. “Exploiting the Opportunity for Reconstructive Leadership: Presidential Responses to Enervated Political Regimes.” (American Politics Research)

BOOK CHAPTERS

2023. “Rhode Island and the Federal System.” In: State of Rhode Island: Politics and Government, eds. Moakley and Lynch, Rhode Island Publications Society.

2023. “The General Assembly.” In: State of Rhode Island: Politics and Government, eds. Moakley and Lynch, Rhode Island Publications Society.

2017. “The 2014 Senate and 2012 Presidential Elections in North Carolina: A Microgeographical Perspective.” In: Races, Reforms, and Policy: Implications of the 2014 Midterm Elections, eds. Sisco, Evans, and Galdieri. University of Akron Press.

PUBLIC WRITING

2021. “D.C. Statehood Would Increase Senate Malapportionment. This Would be Bad for American Democracy.” (medium.com)

2020. “The Ultra-Nationalized Wisconsin State Legislative Elections of 2020.” (medium.com)

2020. “Is the U.S. Senate Unusually Undemocratic?” (medium.com)

2018. “Why the 2018 State Legislative Elections May Bring a Surge in State Legislative Competition.” (LSE American Politics Blog)

2016. “Rhode Island Republicans Miss a Big Opportunity.” (Providence Journal)