Research Interests
American Politics, Political Institutions, American Political Development, Federalism, Public Policy, Political Participation, and Organized Labor
Academic Publications
Divided Unions: the Wagner Act, Federalism, and Organized Labor (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2020)
“Partisan Preemption: the Strategic use of Federal Preemption Legislation,” with Mallory SoRelle, Publius: the Journal of Federalism, Fall 2016.
“The Historical Presidency: The Fibre of which Presidents Ought to be Made”: Union Busting from Rutherford Hayes to Scott Walker,” Presidential Studies Quarterly, March 2016.
"Labor's Enduring Divide: The Distinct Path of Public Sector Unions in the United States," Studies in American Political Development, October 2014.
“Citizenship,” with Suzanne Mettler, for The Oxford Handbook on Social Policy in the United States, edited by Daniel Beland, Christopher Howard, and Kimberley Morgan, Oxford University Press 2014.
"Policy Speech in the Nineteenth Century Rhetorical Presidency: The Case of Zachary Taylor’s 1849 Tour," with Richard J. Ellis, Presidential Studies Quarterly, June 2007.
“Partisan Preemption: the Strategic use of Federal Preemption Legislation,” with Mallory SoRelle, Publius: the Journal of Federalism, Fall 2016.
“The Historical Presidency: The Fibre of which Presidents Ought to be Made”: Union Busting from Rutherford Hayes to Scott Walker,” Presidential Studies Quarterly, March 2016.
"Labor's Enduring Divide: The Distinct Path of Public Sector Unions in the United States," Studies in American Political Development, October 2014.
“Citizenship,” with Suzanne Mettler, for The Oxford Handbook on Social Policy in the United States, edited by Daniel Beland, Christopher Howard, and Kimberley Morgan, Oxford University Press 2014.
"Policy Speech in the Nineteenth Century Rhetorical Presidency: The Case of Zachary Taylor’s 1849 Tour," with Richard J. Ellis, Presidential Studies Quarterly, June 2007.
Public Outreach Publications
“Want to Kick Start a Progressive Agenda? Start With Public-Sector Labor Law Reform,” The American Prospect (January 17, 2020): https://prospect.org/economy/progressive-agenda-public-sector-labor-reform/.
“How Congressional Lawmakers from Both Parties Preempt State Power to Achieve Partisan Policy Goals,” with Mallory SoRelle, Scholars Strategy Network, August 2017: https://shar.es/1SeRDv.
"Both Democrats and Republicans Care About "States' Rights"--When It Suits Them,” with Mallory SoRelle, The Washington Post, Monkey Cage Blog, June 23, 2017: https://t.co/xCIQHMDyRI.
“How U.S. Labor laws Have Divided Public and Private Sector Workers and Undermined Union Clout,” Scholars Strategy Network, SSN Basic Facts, October 2013: http://www.scholarsstrategynetwork.org/brief/how-us-labor-laws-have-divided-public-and-private-sector-workers-and-undermined-union-clout.
“How Congressional Lawmakers from Both Parties Preempt State Power to Achieve Partisan Policy Goals,” with Mallory SoRelle, Scholars Strategy Network, August 2017: https://shar.es/1SeRDv.
"Both Democrats and Republicans Care About "States' Rights"--When It Suits Them,” with Mallory SoRelle, The Washington Post, Monkey Cage Blog, June 23, 2017: https://t.co/xCIQHMDyRI.
“How U.S. Labor laws Have Divided Public and Private Sector Workers and Undermined Union Clout,” Scholars Strategy Network, SSN Basic Facts, October 2013: http://www.scholarsstrategynetwork.org/brief/how-us-labor-laws-have-divided-public-and-private-sector-workers-and-undermined-union-clout.
Working Papers
"The Origins of the United States’ Exceptionalism on Paid Family Leave" (with Dagny Ahrend, Under Review).
“The Politics of Policy Near Misses” (In Preparation).
"The Public Face of Labor: The Heterogeneous Political Preferences and Behavior of Public and Private Sector Union Members" (In Preparation).
"Fractured Union: Divided Labor Law and Public and Private Sector Union Conflict" (In Preparation).
“Primary Voting and General Election Turnout” with Michael Jones-Correa (In Preparation).
“Stigmatized or Politically Disillusioned Recipients? Policy Feedback and the Dampening Effect of Means-Tested Programs on Recipients’ Participation” (In Preparation).
“The Politics of Policy Near Misses” (In Preparation).
"The Public Face of Labor: The Heterogeneous Political Preferences and Behavior of Public and Private Sector Union Members" (In Preparation).
"Fractured Union: Divided Labor Law and Public and Private Sector Union Conflict" (In Preparation).
“Primary Voting and General Election Turnout” with Michael Jones-Correa (In Preparation).
“Stigmatized or Politically Disillusioned Recipients? Policy Feedback and the Dampening Effect of Means-Tested Programs on Recipients’ Participation” (In Preparation).
Research Outreach
Member, Scholars Strategy Network
