Research

Peer-Reviewed Publications

“How Personalist Parties Undermine State Capacity in Democracies.” Comparative Political Studies 56, no. 13 (2023): 2030–2065. (with Joseph Wright) (pre-print with appendix; reproduction files)
“Personalist Ruling Parties in Democracies.” Democratization 29, no. 5 (2022): 918–938. (with Erica Frantz, Andrea Kendall-Taylor, and Joseph Wright) (pre-print; appendix; reproduction files)

Working Papers

Manipulated Date and Motivated Vote: How Changing Election Dates Shapes Turnout (abstract) (2nd round R&R at Political Behavior)
Lying Low or Signaling Support: Preference Falsification Under Autocratization (abstract) (under review)
When They Flex Muscles: Military Parade and Citizens’ Falsification in Political Expression (abstract) (under review)
Attack or Affirm: A Comparative Assessment of Propaganda Strategies on Overseas Nationals (with Rosemary Pang) (abstract) (under review)
Surfing Waves or Making Waves? Declining Trust in Democracy and Election of Personalist Leaders (with Yuehong Cassandra Tai and Rosemary Pang) (abstract )
Mark Dictators’ Calendars: The Manipulation of Election Schedules in Autocracies (abstract)
I Leave in Peace: Autocratic Elections and Negotiated Regime Transitions (abstract)
A Chill on Science: Anticorruption Campaigns and University Research Output (with Zhongyang He) (abstract) (under review)

Select Work in Progress
(* Student co-author)

Scheduling Coups: Election Calendar and Coup Risk in Autocracies (with John Chin)
Political Violence, Ethnic Identity, and Voter Turnout (with Zeeshan Saeed* and Ebenezer Botsio*)

Editor-Reviewed Publications

“Democracy under Threat: How the Personalization of Political Parties Undermines Democracy”. Transatlantic Security, Center for a New American Security, February 28, 2023. (with Erica Frantz, Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Joseph Wright, Carisa Nietsche, Nicholas Lokker, and Nikolai Rice)
Book review of Authoritarianism and the Elite Origins of Democracy by Michael Albertus and Victor Menaldo. Democratization 27, no. 3 (2020): 497-499.
“Insider Story: A Learned Evaluation of ‘One Country Two Systems’ in Hong Kong”. Book review of The Quest for Rule of Law in Hong Kong under One Country Two Systems (in Chinese) by A. H. Y. Chen. New Frontiers in Asian Scholarship, Harvard-Yenching Institute, January 28, 2013.

Dissertation

Mark Dictators’ Calendars: An Informational Theory of Election Schedules in Autocracies (abstract) (Penn State Libraries)