Articles

The Group-Basis of Political Behaviour among Minoritized Communities: The Case of LGBTQ+ Linked Fate and Sexual and Gender Minorities
British Journal of Political Science, 2025 (with Nathan Chan) (article) (replication data)

Voter Attitudes and Politicians with Health Conditions and Disabilities
Social Science Quarterly, 2024 (with Andrew Reynolds) (article)

Candidate Identity and Campaign Priming: Analyzing Voter Support for Pete Buttigieg’s Presidential Run as an Openly Gay Man
Political Research Quarterly, 2024 (with Andrew Reynolds) (article) (replication data)

How Crises Shape Circles of Solidarity: Evidence from the COVID-19 Pandemic in Italy
Comparative Political Studies, 2024 (with Jeremy Ferwerda, Liesbet Hooghe, Gary Marks) (article)

Boundaries of Solidarity: Immigrants, Economic Contributions, and Welfare Attitudes
American Journal of Political Science, 2024 (article) (replication data)

The Persistence of Prejudice: Voters Strongly Penalize Politicians with HIV
Political Behavior, 2022 (with Andrew Reynolds) (article) (replication data)

Voter Preferences and the Political Underrepresentation of Minority Groups: Lesbian, Gay and Transgender Candidates in Advanced Democracies
Journal of Politics, 2021 (with Andrew Reynolds) (article) (replication data)

Economic Inequality, Immigrants, and Selective Solidarity: From Perceived Lack of Social Mobility to Ingroup Favoritism
British Journal of Political Science, 2021 (article) (replication data)

Women Want an Answer! Field Experiments on Elected Officials and Gender Bias
Journal of Experimental Political Science, 2021 (with Zoila Ponce de Leon) (article) (replication data)

What is a Career Politician? Theories, Concept, and Measures
European Political Science Review, 2020 (with Nicholas Allen, Donald Searing, Philip Warncke) (article)

Candidate Sexual Orientation Didn’t Matter (in the Way You Might Think) in the 2015 UK General Election
American Political Science Review, 2018 (with Andrew Reynolds) (article) (replication data)

It’s the Emotions, Stupid! Anger about the Economic Crisis, Low Political Efficacy, and Support for Populist Parties
Electoral Studies, 2017 (article)

Other publications

LGBTQ+ Women in Politics: The Challenging Journey to Inclusion (book chapter)
Gender and Elections, 2025 (6th Ed). Cambridge University Press. Eds. by Richard Fox, Kelly Dittmar

Field Experiments: Women Want an Answer! Field Experiments on Elected Officials and Gender Bias (book chapter) (with Zoila Ponce de León)
Political Science Research in Practice, 2025 (3rd Ed). Routledge. Eds. by Akan Malici, Elizabeth Smith

Why Europe’s Right Embraces Gay Rights
Journal of Democracy, 2023 (with Andrew Reynolds) (article)

Elections and the Role of LGBT Issues in the United States and Abroad
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics, 2020 (article)

LGBTI Issues and Representation in the 2019 European Elections. Gender Update.
European Journal of Politics and Gender, 2019 (report)

Policy reports

Pride and Pressure: Exploring Mental Health Among LGBTQ+ Elected Officials
LMU LGBTQ+ Politics Research Initiative & LGBTQ+ Victory Institute, 2024 (with Elliot Imse and Pooja Prabhakaran) (report)

The Experiences of LGBTQ+ Women Candidates: A Report from the When We Run Survey
LMU LGBTQ+ Politics Research Initiative & LGBTQ+ Victory Institute, 2024 (with Elliot Imse) (report)

The Experiences of Black LGBTQ+ Candidates: A Report from the When We Run Survey
LMU LGBTQ+ Politics Research Initiative, LGBTQ+ Victory Institute & Black Leaders Caucus, 2024 (with Elliot Imse) (report)

When We Run: The Motivations, Experiences and Challenges of LGBTQ+ Candidates in the United States
LMU LGBTQ+ Politics Research Initiative & LGBTQ+ Victory Institute, 2023 (with Elliot Imse) (report)

Under review

Immigrants’ Identity, Economic Contributions, and Public Attitudes (with Zoila Ponce de León) (revise and resubmit)

Immigration Attitudes and Crime (with Cesar Vargas Nunez and Hans Lueders)

The Year of the (Lesbian) Woman? LGBTQ+ Candidates and Electoral Results (with Andrew Reynolds)

Immigration Attitudes in the United States and Brazil (with Zoila Ponce de León)

Book project

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Candidates: Running for Office and Winning Elections

Work in progress

Minority Candidates and the Electability Curse: Exploring Causes and Remedies through the Lens of LGBTQ+ Candidates (Winner of the Cynthia Weber Best Conference Paper Award, American Political Science Association, 2025)

Solidarity and Hostility toward Outgroups Under Economic Inequality

Public Support for and Opposition to Immigration (with Cesar Vargas Nunez and Hans Lueders)