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My research examines political authority from several directions: the credibility of scientific expertise, public confidence and political agency, crises and executive power, the historical emergence of political institutions, and evidence about how students learn. Each title below opens the project itself, not another landing page.
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Science, climate & expertise
10 worksGreen Deceit
Memories, movements, and money behind climate change denial.
Explore this research →Research manuscriptScience Confidence and Ideology
The ideological reversal in confidence in the scientific community, 1975–2024.
Explore this research →Published · 2022Climate Contrarian Networks
Who Are the 3 Per Cent? The Connections Among Climate Change Contrarians.
Explore this research →Published · 2024Neoliberalism and Climate Change Denial
What is the political connection between market-centered ideology and climate change denial?
Explore this research →Published · 2018Measurement of Hazardous Air Pollutants in Metro Atlanta: A Political Analysis Regarding Environmental Justice
How can the measurement of hazardous pollutants inform questions of environmental justice?
Explore this research →Under review · ManuscriptMistrusting the Messenger: Political Generations and the Framing of Scientific Authority
Does the generation in which someone came of age affect how claims to scientific authority are interpreted?
Explore this research →Under review · ManuscriptDisempowered by Design: Political Efficacy and the Roots of Climate Skepticism
How might perceived political power and institutional responsiveness relate to climate skepticism?
Explore this research →Under review · ManuscriptClimate Science and its Dissenters: A Comparative Study of Petition Signatories and the Demographics of Consensus and Contrarianism
Who signs public statements on opposing sides of climate-science debate, and how do their backgrounds compare?
Explore this research →Manuscript · Listed under review in 2026 CVGenerational Memory and the Formation of Science Trust
Can formative exposure to institutional crises shape durable political generations in their evaluations of science?
Explore this research →Collaborative research · In developmentRight-Wing Parties and Climate Rhetoric
Why do right-wing parties differ in how they use climate-change language?
Explore this research →Political behavior & public opinion
5 worksWhen Elections Matter
Elections, democratic responsiveness, and environmental spending preferences.
Explore this research →Revise and resubmit · ManuscriptFrom Collective Trust to Individual Disaffection: How Economic Perceptions and Institutional Confidence Shape Black Men's Vote Choice in the Post-Obama Era
How do economic perceptions and confidence in institutions relate to Black men's vote choice after the Obama presidency?
Explore this research →Submitted · ManuscriptWhy Citizens Endorse Public-Health Conspiracy Theories: Authoritarianism, Trust, and Information Processing in Comparative Perspective
Why do conspiratorial interpretations of public-health crises endure even in educated, information-rich societies?
Explore this research →Research direction · In developmentPolitical Agency and Climate Belief Across Europe
Can perceived political responsiveness illuminate cross-national differences in environmental attitudes?
Explore this research →Research direction · In developmentIntersectional Memory and Epistemic Trust
How do race, gender, political memory, and media context intersect in evaluations of science?
Explore this research →Presidential power & institutions
2 worksUnilateral Presidential Policy Making and the Impact of Crises
When do crises create opportunities for presidents to act unilaterally?
Explore this research →Collaborative research · In developmentDisasters, Crises, and Presidential Rhetoric
How do crises affect presidential rhetoric, public approval, and the exercise of authority?
Explore this research →State formation & international relations
6 worksWhen Scarcity Made the State
A comparative historical book project on scarcity, warfare, and state capacity.
Explore this research →Published · 2023Confirming Carneiro: Resource Scarcity and Pre-Modern Warfare
How do constrained resources and environmental conditions shape premodern conflict?
Explore this research →Published · 2022Testing Tilly: Does War Really Make States?
Can Charles Tilly's famous claim that war makes states withstand a comparative quantitative test?
Explore this research →Published academic book · 2019Game of Thrones and the Theories of International Relations
How can a fictional political world help readers understand competing international-relations theories?
Explore this research →Published handbook chapter · 2019The Comparative Politics of Public Relations
How do different political institutions shape the communication strategies and opportunities of public relations?
Explore this research →Published encyclopedia entry · 2018Celebrity Diplomacy
What happens when high-profile public figures act as diplomatic participants outside ordinary government channels?
Explore this research →Teaching, learning & AI
5 worksAn Assessment of Scaffolding in Senior Capstone Courses
Can staged, revisable assignments strengthen undergraduate research writing?
Explore this research →Published · 2018Using Game of Thrones to Teach International Relations
What can a sustained political simulation teach students about alliances, bargaining, and international-relations theory?
Explore this research →Published instructional materials · 2019Classroom Activities for OpenStax American Government
How can an introductory government course become an opportunity to practice political reasoning?
Explore this research →Published chapter · 2018Bringing the Study of American Government to Life in a Diverse Classroom: Internationalization and Personalization
What teaching approaches help students from diverse backgrounds find meaning in American government?
Explore this research →Published conference paper · 2017Cybersecurity: Scenario-Based Inquiry for Engagement in Computer Literacy Education
Can realistic problem scenarios make cybersecurity more accessible in computer-literacy education?
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