Publications & Working Papers

Publications

Organization Science

"Status Amplified Deterrence: Paul Manafort's Prosecution under the Foreign Agents Registration Act"

with Jin Hyung Kim and Jordan I. Siegel

Coverage: Research at Smith

Strategic Management Journal

"The Hidden Cost of Flatness on Applicant Pool Gender Diversity: Evidence from Experiments"

with Ronnie Lee and Justin Frake

Awards: 2022 Academy of Management Annual Meeting OMT Division Best Paper, 2022 Strategy Science Conference Best Paper Prize, 2022 Strategic Management Society Strategic Human Capital Interest Group Best Paper, 2022 Strategic Management Society Responsible Research Paper Prize (Finalist)
Coverage: Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal, The Loop, Wharton Magazine, Yahoo Finance, University of Michigan, Research at Smith

Administrative Science Quarterly

"Countervailing Claims: Pro-Diversity Responses to Stigma by Association Following the Unite the Right Rally"

Awards: 2022 Academy of Management Meeting OMT Division Best Student Paper, 2022 Strategic Management Society Conference Best PhD Paper, 2022 Strategic Management Society Responsible Research Paper Prize, 2022 Strategic Management Society Conference Stakeholder Strategy Interest Group Best Student Proposal, 2022 Michigan Ross PhD DEI Research Award, 2022 Organization Science/INFORMS Best Dissertation Proposal Competition (Finalist), 2022 Strategic Management Society Conference Best Paper (Honorable Mention)
Coverage: Smith Research

The Journal of Politics

"Strategically Ambiguous Identities: Evidence from Evangelical Clergy in Brazilian Elections"

Coverage: The JOP's Political Science Blog

International Studies Quarterly

"Down the Rathole? Public Support for US Foreign Aid"

with Taylor Tidwell and Darren Hawkins

Coverage: The Washington Post, The National Interest

Working Papers

Nature Human Behavior (R&R)

"Political Sorting in the U.S. Workplace is Large and Rising"

with Justin Frake and Max Kagan

Award: Dorothy Day Award for Outstanding Labor Research from the APSA Labor Politics Section
Coverage: Niskanen Center Science of Politics Podcast

Organization Science (R&R)

"VRscores: A Voter Registration-Based Approach for Measuring Workforce Politics"

with Max Kagan and Justin Frake

Management Science (R&R)

"When Autonomy Backfires: Adverse Selection in Startup Recruitment"

with Ronnie Lee

Administrative Science Quarterly (R&R)

"Organizational Civic Culture: Workplaces as Engines of Democratic Participation"

with Max Kagan, Matthew Lee, and Justin Frake

Under Review

"Sociopolitical Stance-taking and Labor Market Sorting: Evidence from Experiments"

with Ronnie Lee

Working Paper

"Corporate Political Stances and Employee Turnover"

with James White and Max Kagan

Awards: 2025 SMS Strategic Human Capital Interest Group Best Paper, 2025 SMS Best Conference Paper (Finalist)

Working Paper

"Public Good Perceptions and Polarization: Evidence from Higher Education Appropriations"

with Andrew Simon and Michael Ricks

Working Paper

"Workforce Backlash: Applicant Pool Implications and Employer Response"

Award: 2019 Michigan Ross Emeritus Award for best second-year PhD paper across all academic areas