Ethnic Visibility. 2023 (Early view). American Journal of Political Science.

Ethnic Diversity, Segregation, and Ethnocentric Trust in Africa. 2020. British Journal of Political Science 50 (1): 217-239.
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Coethnicity and Corruption: Field Experimental Evidence from Public Officials in Malawi. 2020. Journal of Experimental Political Science 7 (1): 61-65.
(with Brigitte Seim)
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Segregation, Ethnic Favoritism, and the Strategic Targeting of Distributive Goods. 2018. Comparative Political Studies 51 (9): 1111-1143.
(with Simon Ejdemyr and Eric Kramon)
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Nationalism and Social Sanctioning across Ethnic Lines: Experimental Evidence from the Kenya-Tanzania Border. 2017. Journal of Experimental Political Science 4 (1): 1-20.
(with Sangick Jeon and Tim Johnson)
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Ethnic Visibility. 2017. Comparative Politics Newsletter-APSA 27 (2): 79-89.
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Internal Borders: Ethnic-Based Market Segmentation in Malawi. 2016. World Development 87: 371–384.
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Nationalism and Interethnic Trust: Experimental Evidence from an African Border Region. 2016. Comparative Political Studies 49 (14): 819-854.
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Who’s Asking? Interviewer Coethnicity Effects in African Survey Data. 2016. Comparative Political Studies. 49 (12), 1630-1660.
(with Claire Adida, Karen Ferree, and Daniel Posner)
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National versus Ethnic Identification in Africa: Modernization, Colonial Legacy, and the Origins of Territorial Nationalism. 2014. World Politics 66 (4): 709–746.
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Geographic Axes and the Persistence of Cultural Diversity. 2012. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 (26): 10263–10268.
(with David D. Laitin and Joachim Moortgat)
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Inventing Traditional Authority: Lhomwe Chiefs in Malawi. Forthcoming. Journal of Modern African Studies.

Ethnic Associations and Politics in Contemporary Malawi. 2019. Journal of East African Studies 13 (4): 718-738.
(with Paul C. Banda and Gift Kayira )
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The Political Logic of Cultural Revival: Ethnic Visibility, Linked Fate, and Electoral Politics in Africa. Book manuscript.

Why (Some) Immigrants Resist Assimilation: US Racism and the African Immigrant Experience. 2023. Quarterly Journal of Political Science 18 (3): 295-338.
(with Claire Adida)

Are Black Immigrants Viewed as an “Elevated Minority”? White Americans’ Stereotypes about African Immigrants. Research in progress.
(with Claire Adida and Devin Wright)

Islamophobia and the Racial Self-Identification of Black Muslim Immigrants. Research in progress
(with Claire Adida)

How to Close the Gender Gap in Political Participation: Lessons from Matrilineal Societies in Africa. 2021. British Journal of Political Science 51 (1): 68-92.
(with Jessica Gottlieb)
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Deeper Decentralization, Fewer Women? Decentralization and Women’s Candidacies for Local Office in Benin and Malawi. 2021. in Leonardo Arriola, Martha Johnson, and Melanie Phillips (eds.), Women and Power in Africa: Aspiring, Campaigning, and Governing. Oxford University Press. pp. 85-116.
(with Amanda Clayton, Martha Johnson, and Ragnhild Muriaas)

(How) Do Voters Discriminate Against Women Candidates: Experimental and Qualitative Evidence from Malawi. 2020. Comparative Political Studies 53: 3-4: 601-630.
(with Amanda Clayton, Martha Johnson, and Ragnhild Muriaas)
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Do Men and Women Have Different Policy Preferences in Africa? Determinants and Implications of Gender Gaps in Policy Prioritization. 2018. British Journal of Political Science. 48 (3), 611-636.
(with Jessica Gottlieb and Guy Grossman)
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Gender, Deliberation, and Natural Resource Governance: Experimental Evidence from Malawi. Working paper, under review.
(with Amanda Clayton, Boniface Dulani, and Katrina Kosec)

Collective Efficacy and Women’s Political Engagement in Malawi. EGAP Metaketa V: Women’s Action Committees and Local Services. Research in progress.
(with Asiyati Chiweza, Amanda Clayton, and Boniface Dulani)

Triggers of Escalations in Violence Against Civilians by Non-State Actors in Africa. 2021. Terrorism and Political Violence 10: 1–19.
(with Hollie Nyseth Brehm and Mini Saraswati)

Colonial Rule and Its Political Legacies in Africa. 2019. In Nic Cheeseman (editor), Oxford Encyclopedia of African Politics. Oxford University Press.
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Who is Targeted in Corruption? Disentangling the Effects of Wealth and Power on Exposure to Bribery. 2018. Quarterly Journal of Political Science 13 (3): 313-331.
(with Brigitte Seim) PDF Appendix

Urban Citizens or Temporary Sojourners? The Political Implications of Urban-Rural Linkages in Kenya. Working paper.
(with Soh Hyeon Kim and Rachel Beatty Riedl)

Can Americans Depolarize? Assessing the Effects of Reciprocal Group Reflection on Partisan Polarization. Working paper, under review. Policy Brief
(with Hannah Baron, Robert A. Blair, Donghyun Danny Choi, Laura Gamboa, Jessica Gottlieb, Steven C. Rosenzweig, Megan M. Turnbull, and Emily A. West)