A selection of research articles, books, and pedagogical scholarship. Published work is listed separately from manuscripts under review and projects in development.
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Laura D. Young and Erin B. Fitz. British Journal of Political Science 52(4): 1503–1522.
Examines expertise and organized connections among signatories to documents challenging the climate consensus; published online 2021 and in the 2022 journal issue.
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Laura D. Young. Presidential Studies Quarterly 43(2): 328–352.
Investigates executive policymaking and the exercise of unilateral authority in crisis periods.
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Laura D. Young, Marie Ratchford, L. Lea Bourland, and Dovilė Budrytė. Journal of Political Science Education (published online 2025).
A coauthored, multi-instructor study of research-writing support in senior capstone education.
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Laura D. Young and Alfie Hoar. Florida Political Chronicle 31(2).
Kathryn Zimmerman, Laura D. Young, and Kelsey Woodard. In Environmental Chemistry, American Chemical Society.
Laura D. Young. Global Journal of Human Social Science: Political Science 23(1).
Laura D. Young. Social Evolution & History 21(1): 65–89. (2022).
A comparative quantitative test of war and state capacity using premodern historical data.
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Laura D. Young and Ñusta Carranza Ko. Lexington Books.
Coauthored academic book connecting political theory to an accessible cultural case.
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Laura D. Young and James McCann. In The Global Public Relations Handbook, 3rd edition, Routledge.
Laura D. Young, Ñusta Carranza Ko, and Michael Perrin. Journal of Political Science Education.
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Michael Lewkowicz, Dovilė Budrytė, Scott Boykin, Laura Young, and Yohannes Gedamu. Political Science Ancillary Materials 2.
Laura D. Young. In Gordon Martel (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Diplomacy. John Wiley & Sons.
Michael Lewkowicz, Laura D. Young, Dovilė Budrytė, and Scott Boykin. In Handbook of Research on Curriculum Internationalization and the Future of Global Education. IGI Global, pp. 1–17.
David Kerven, Kristine Nagel, Stella Smith, Sherly Abraham, and Laura D. Young. ACM SIGCSE Technical Symposium, pp. 303–308.
Read publication →A selection of current projects; these are not listed as publications.
The Memories, Movements, and Money Behind Climate Change Denial.
About the manuscript ↗Research on collective memory and science trust, climate skepticism, Black men's political behavior, and public-health conspiracy beliefs. Current statuses and authorship are detailed in the academic CV.
The following are not published works. Status is stated explicitly to preserve the distinction essential to a scholarly record.
Andre Cross and Laura Young.
Laura Young and Dovilė Budrytė.
Laura D. Young, Alexis Vanderhoof, L. Lea Bourland, Peyton McGuire, Andre Cross, and Alfie Hoar.
Laura D. Young, Alfie Hoar, and William Ripple.
Laura D. Young.
Coauthored manuscript, submitted to Health Policy. Confirm final title and author order prior to publication.
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Working projects, listed here separately from manuscripts under review.
Cross-national study of political agency and the ideological pathway to climate beliefs.
Investigates how race, gender, and media regimes structure confidence in science in the United States.
Project with Isaiah Campbell and David Felsen examining the embrace of climate change rhetoric by right-wing parties in Europe.
Ongoing collaborations examine disaster declarations, economic perceptions, presidential approval, and foreign policy crises from 1946–2020.
Research collaborations, academic appointments, visiting positions, invited talks, teaching, and institutional leadership.