Research

Publications

Contextual Determinants of Observed Negative Emotional States in Police-Community Interactions. (with David A. Makin, Dale W. Willits, Wendy Koslicki, Rachael Brooks, and Rachel L. Bailey) (Forthcoming, Criminal Justice and Behavior)
Geovisual Text Analytics for Exploring Spatiotemporal Variation in Public Discourse on Twitter. (with Caglar Koylu and Ryan L. Larson) (Cartography and Geographic Information Science)
Emotional Arousal Predicts Votes on the Supreme Court. (with Ryan D. Enos and Maya Sen) (Forthcoming, Political Analysis)

When Candidates Debate, Does Social Media Listen? (with Courtney Juelich), 2018, Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties 28(2): 208-224.
Personality and Legislative Politics: The Big Five Trait Dimensions among U.S. State Legislators (with Scott Lasley, Jeffery J. Mondak, Megan L. Remmel and Joel Turner), 2012, Political Psychology 33(2):179-306.

If a Picture is Worth a Thousand Words, What is a Video Worth? In Exploring the C-SPAN Archives: Advancing the Research Agenda, Robert X. Browning, ed. Purdue University Press, 2015.

Pitch Perfect: Vocal Pitch and the Emotional Intensity of Congressional Speech on Women. (with Matt Hayes and Diana O'Brien) (Revise and Resubmit)
Gender Dynamics in Elite Political Contexts: Evidence from Supreme Court Oral Arguments. (with Ryan D. Enos and Maya Sen)
Do Legislators Emphasize Some Groups More Than Others? (with Diana Z. O'Brien and Jielu Yao)