Research

Publications:

"A Bargaining Theory of Criminal War," with Sarah Z. Daly.  Forthcoming at International Studies Quarterly.   

"Vaccine Diplomacy: How COVID-19 vaccine distribution increases trust in foreign governments in Latin America," with Sarah Z. Daly, Julian Gerez, John Marshall, and Oscar Pocasangre. World Politics 75 no. 4 (October 2023). 

"Teaching the hidden curriculum in Political Science," with Colleen Wood. PS: Political Science & Politics 55 no. 2 (2022): 324-328. 

"Messaging interventions that increase COVID-19 vaccine willingness in Latin America," with Pablo Argote Tironi, Sarah Z. Daly, Julian Gerez, John Marshall and Oscar Pocasangre. pLoS ONE 16 no. 10 (2021): e0259059. 

"The Shot, the message, and the messenger: COVID-19 vaccine acceptance in Latin America," with Pablo Argote Tironi, Sarah Z. Daly, Julian Gerez, John Marshall and Oscar Pocasangre. npj Vaccines 6 (2021): Article no. 118. 

"Complicit states and the governing strategy of privilege violence: When weakness is not the problem," with Rachel Kleinfeld. Annual Review of Political Science 21 (2018): 215-238. 

Working Papers:

"Legacies of Land Reform for Criminal Violence," Draft available upon request. 

"Military Collusion in Autocracy," Draft available upon request.

"Intersectional Vulnerability to Criminal Violence," Draft available upon request.

"Land conservation between environmental norm diffusion and economic pressures," with Ella Bayi and María Victoria Murillo. Draft available upon request.

"Uprooting the Gang: Public housing demolition and gang violence," with Sarah Z. Daly. Draft available upon request.

Other Writing:

"Colombia's lawmakers are debating how to regulate cocaine. Here's what we know about decriminalization." Monkey Cage October 19, 2020. 

Selected Works-in-Progress: 

"State-building on the Frontier," Data analysis.