Research Areas

Perceptions of Local Demographics ​

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Assessing Contextual Measurement Strategies (with Grace Wong), Journal of Politics 

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Are Citizens Receiving the Treatment? Assessing a Key Link in Contextual Theories of Public Opinion and Political Behavior (with Benjamin Newman, Todd Hartmann, and Alexa Bankert), Political Psychology 

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Group Size vs. Change? Assessing Americans’ Perception of Local Immigration (with Benjamin Newman), Political Research Quarterly 

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The Political Psychology of Contextual Effects

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Nothing to Fear? Anxiety, Numeracy, and Demographic Perceptions (with students in my 2017 Political Science by the Numbers class at Wesleyan), Research & Politics 

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Racial Diversity and the Dynamics of Authoritarianism (with Howard Lavine), Journal of Politics

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Ethnic Change, Personality, and Polarization over Immigration in the American Public (with Christopher Johnston and Benjamin Newman), Public Opinion Quarterly

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Demographic Change, Diversity, and Immigration

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Tuning In, Not Turning Out: Evaluating the Impact of Ethnic Television on Political Participation (with Benjamin Newman), American Journal of Political Science

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Residential Mobility Constraints and Immigration Restrictionism, Political Behavior

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Diversification of a Different Kind: Gentrification and Its Impact on Social Capital and Political Engagement in Black Communities (with Benjamin Newman and Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz), The Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics 

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Political Behavior​ 

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Sandy the Rainmaker: The Electoral Impact of a Superstorm (with David Martin), PS: Political Science & Politics 

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Independent Leaners: Ideals, Myths, and Reality (with Helmut Norpoth), The Forum