Writing
Papers
Peer-reviewed articles, chapters, work in progress, and public writing. Full text is linked where available; a complete list with DOIs is on my CV and Google Scholar.
Articles
- 2026Opinion Change in Nonpartisan Contexts: The Case of Residential Zoning ReformConditionally acceptedPolitical Behavior
- 2025Toward a Qualitative Study of the American Voterwith Anna Berg · Perspectives on Politics
- 2025The Demise of Organized Labor and the Rise of Postindustrial PopulismInvited essayContemporary Sociology 54(5): 362–65
- 2025Union Decline and the Heartland’s Turn to the RightInvited essayMiddle West Review 11(2): 287–92 · Symposium on the Midwest & the 2024 Election
- 2024American Journal of Sociology 130(2): 293–343★ Jane Addams Award, ASA Community & Urban Sociology
- 2024with Ángela Zorro-Medina & Robert Vargas · Social Forces 102(4): 1310–31
- 2024Old Patronage in the New Deal: Did Urban Machines Use Work Relief Programs to Benefit the Democratic Party?with Simon Yamawaki Shachter · Studies in American Political Development 38(1): 56–69
- 2024The Local Politics of National Realignments: U.S. Political Transformation from the New Deal to the Religious RightJournal of Historical Political Economy 4(2): 221–253
- 2022American Political Science Review 116(3): 1096–1109
- 2022with Jeffrey Nathaniel Parker · Social Problems 71(2): 437–454
- 2022The Journal of Politics 84(1): 226–41
Book Chapters
- 2023Rage Against the Machine: How 21st-Century Political Machines Constitute Their Own Oppositionwith Jeffrey Nathaniel Parker · The Elgar Handbook of Urban Social Movements
- Qualitative Approaches to the Study of Local Contexts & Political Behavior: Case Studies, Ethnography, and In-Depth InterviewingUnder contractThe Handbook of American Political Geography · De Gruyter
Book Reviews
- Review of Who We Are Is Where We Are: Making Home in the American Rust Belt, by Amanda McMillan LequieuAmerican Journal of Sociology 131(5): 1255–57
Under Review & In Progress
- The Politics of Concentrated Advantage★ Best Paper in American Political Economy, APSA APE Section
- Pathways of Local Opinion Formation: The Case of Housing Policywith António Câmara & Aidan Connaughton
- Varieties of Suburban Politicswith Michael Shepherd & Dominic Skinnion
- The Geographic Roots of Black Partisanshipwith Marcel Roman & Michael Strawbridge
- Cultural Dynamics of Working-Class Politics in Europe and the United Stateswith Linus Westheuser, Koen Damhuis & Michèle Lamont
Public Writing
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- 2024Contexts Blog
- 2021The Washington Post · Monkey Cage
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- 2020The Washington Post · Monkey Cage