Ongoing Research

Book Project

Borders of Compassion: How Nationalists Can Embrace Immigration

• Best Dissertation Award, APSA Migration and Citizenship Section (Honorable Mention)

Working Papers

“Immigration Backlash in Reverse” (with James Dennison)

“Ethnic Demography and Social Cohesion: Historical Evidence From Brazil” (with Giuliana Pardelli)

“(In)effectiveness of Populism: A Conjoint Experiment of Campaign Messages” (with Yaoyao Dai)

“Seat Safety and Female (Under)representation in the U.S. Congress” (with Maikol Cerda, Akhil Rajan, Frances Rosenbluth, and Ian Shapiro)

“The Rise of Safe Seats and Party Indiscipline in the U.S. Congress” (with Akhil Rajan, Maikol Cerda, Frances Rosenbluth, and Ian Shapiro)

Research in Progress

“Beyond Changing Minds: Raising the Issue Importance of Expanding Legal Immigration”

“Emigration Opportunities and Effective Governance”

“Administrative Unit Proliferation and Ethnic Politics” (with Giuliana Pardelli)

“The Attitudinal Effects of Informing Voters about Immigration Policy” (with Landgrave M.)

“The Evolution of Intellectual Elite’s Immigration Attitudes: A Big-Data Analysis of 6 Million+ Academic Articles, News Coverage, and Policy Reports” (with Yaoyao Dai, Benjamin Radford, and Candace Miller)