Peer-Reviewed Publications

Ruling Parties in Authoritarian Regimes: Rethinking Institutional Strength. Forthcoming at the British Journal of Political Science.

Gerrymandering Opposition: Minority-Concentrated Districts and Electoral Competition in Mexico. 2017. Studies In Comparative International Development 52:64-86. (with Brian Palmer-Rubin)

Working Papers

Accessing the State: Executive Constraints and Credible Commitment in Dictatorships (R&R at The Journal of Theoretical Politics)

Autocratic Constitutions and Leadership Succession: Evidence from Africa (under review)

The Law and Politics of Presidential Term Limit Evasion (under review, with Mila Versteeg, Tim Horley, Mauricio Gium, and Marilyn Guirguis)

Legacies of Violence: Independence Wars and Coup-Proofing in Africa

Elite Cooptation and Opposition Fragmentation in Electoral Authoritarian Regimes (with Leonardo Arriola and Jed DeVaro)

Works in Progress

At Risk: Thresholds of Democratic Breakdown (with Benjamin Helms, Jonathan Kropko, and David Leblang)

Elite Promotion with President Cabinets: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

Other Publications

A Case for Case Studies: A Multi-Method Strategy for Ecological Inference. 2012. Qualitative and Multi-Method Research, Vol 10, No 4, pp 21-26. (with Brian Palmer-Rubin)