Publications and Working Papers​

Participation Research

“Rejoinder: Reinvestigating The Causal Relationship Between Higher Education and Political Participation” (with Cindy D. Kam). The Journal of Politics 73(3): 659-63.

“Reconsidering the Effects of Education on Political Participation” (with Cindy D. Kam). The Journal of Politics 70(3): 612-31.

“The Effect of Policy Disagreement and Self-Interest on Participation” (with John D. Griffin).

“The Effect of Policy Disagreement and Emotion on Participation” (with John D. Griffin).

“The Politics of Participation” (with John D. Griffin).

Stereotyping Research

“Priming Assad: An Experiment of Ethnic Priming and Attitudes toward Military Action in Syria” (with Randy S. Clemons and Rolfe D. Peterson). Foreign Policy Analysis 12(3): 433-49.

“A Tale of Two Cues: The Impact of Subliminal and Implicit Appeals for Racialized Issue Opinion.”

“Which Cues Matter? The Implications of Stereotype Appeals and Explicit Predispositions for Group-Centric Issue Opinion.”

“Political Socialization and Group-Centrism.”

Framing Research

“Caught in the Crossfire: The Competing Influence of Outcome and Beneficiary Cues on Perceptions of Antipoverty Spending.” Politics, Groups, and Identities 6(1): 95-115.

“The Narrative Policy Framework and Sticky Beliefs: An Experiment Studying Islamophobia” (with Randy S. Clemons, Mark McBeth, and Rolfe D. Peterson. International Journal on Minority and Group Rights 27(3): 472-500.

“Hey, That’s Me! Social Identity and Group-Implicating Rhetoric in a Dynamic Framing Environment.”

“Driven to Extremes? Motivated Bias and Attitude Polarization in One-Sided Communication Flows.”

Attractiveness Research

“Halo Effects and the Attractiveness Premium in Perceptions of Political Expertise” (with Rolfe D. Peterson). American Politics Research 44(2): 353-82.

“The Effects of Physical Attractiveness on Political Attitudes” (with Rolfe D. Peterson). Politics and the Life Sciences 36(2): 3-16.

“Physical Attractiveness, Halo Effects, and Social Joining” (with Rolfe D. Peterson). Social Science Quarterly 102(1): 552-66.

Personality Research

“The Prejudiced Personality? Using the Big Five to Predict Susceptibility to Stereotyping Behavior” (with Philip G. Chen). American Politics Research 46(2): 276-307.

“The Dark Triad and Nascent Political Ambition” (with Rolfe D. Peterson). Forthcoming
at Journal of Elections, Public Opinion, and Parties.

“Toxic Mask-ulinity: The Link Between Masculine Toughness and Affective Reactions to Mask Wearing in the COVID-19 Era” (with Rolfe D. Peterson). Politics & Gender 16(4): 1044-51.

“The Dark is Rising: Contrasting the Dark Triad and Light Triad on Measures of Political Ambition and Participation” (with Rolfe D. Peterson). Frontiers in Political Science 3: 657750.

“Pieces of the Whole: Exploring Facets of the Big Five Personality Traits and Political Behavior” (with Rolfe D. Peterson).

“Personality and Resistance to Persuasion” (with Rolfe D. Peterson)