Research

Published

• 6. Editor's Choice: Measuring Candidate Quality using Local Newspaper Endorsements Journal of Politics, 2026
• 5. A Drag on the Ticket? Estimating Top-of-the-Ticket Effects on Down-Ballot Races (with Daniel Moskowitz and Benjamin Schneer) American Journal of Political Science, 2025
• 4. A Partisan Solution to Partisan Gerrymandering: The Define-Combine Procedure (with Maxwell Palmer and Benjamin Schneer) Political Analysis, 2024
• 3. The Power of Characters: Evaluating Machine Learning Modified Bayesian Improved Surname Geocoding Inference of Race in Redistricting (with John A. Curiel) State Politics & Policy Quarterly, 2024
• 2. Validating the Applicability of Bayesian Inference with Surname and Geocoding to Congressional Redistricting (with John A. Curiel) Political Analysis, 2023
• 1. American Election Results at the Precinct Level (with Samuel Balz et al.) Scientific Data, 2022

Under review

• 1. Local News in the Crosshairs: Audience Perceptions of Algorithmic News Sites (with David A. Beavers) R&R, Political Communication

Working papers

• 2. Performance Cues in News Coverage Predict Presidential Approval and Election Outcomes (with Zoe Kava) Working Paper
• 1. The Influence of Biased Local Newspaper Endorsements Working Paper

In progress

• 4. Optimal Media Bias and Co-Partisan Accountability
• 3. Publicity-as-Lobbying: Newsies Little Merchants and Newspapers Fight for Labor Exemptions
• 2. Reverse Media Capture: Editorial Blackmail and the Newspaper Preservation Act of 1970 (with Andrew Beingessner and Marina Legoretta)
• 1. The Decline of Evening Newspapers: Partisan Slant's Impact on Election Results (with Tyler Simko, James M. Snyder Jr., and B.K. Song)