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The School of Government and International Affairs is actively engaged in research that addresses pressing political, administrative, and global challenges. Faculty research spans American politics, public administration, comparative politics, and international relations, contributing to scholarly knowledge and public understanding alike.

Research Areas

American Government and Political Theory

Faculty research in American Government and Political Theory explores the foundations and functioning of U.S. political institutions, political behavior, and constitutional democracy. Areas of focus include elections and public opinion, political communication, civil rights, disability politics, political philosophy, and the historical development of American political thought.

Faculty in This Research Area:

  • Collins, S. D., & DeWitt, J. R. (2023). Words Matter: Presidents Obama and Trump, Twitter, and U.S. Soft Power. World Affairs 186(3), 530–571. https://doi.org/10.1177/00438200231161631

    Collins, S. D., & DeWitt, J. R., & LeFebvre, R. K. (2019). Hashtag Diplomacy: Twitter As a Tool for Engaging in Public Diplomacy and Promoting US Foreign Policy. Place Branding and Public Diplomacy, 15(2), 78–96. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41254-019-00119-5

    Azriel, J., & DeWitt, J. (2022) We Fight Like Hell: Applying the Brandenburg Test to Trump’s Speech Surrounding the Siege at the U.S. Capitol. Criminal Law Practitioner 12(2,: 23–53. https://www.crimlawpractitioner.org/post/we-fight-like-hell-applying-brandenburg-to-trump-s-speech-surrounding-the-u-s-capitol-siege

    Carlson, C. S., Azriel, J., DeWitt, J., & Swint, K. (2014). An Applied Learning Experience Field Research and Reporting at the 2012 National Party Conventions. International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 8(2). https://doi.org/10.20429/ijsotl.2014.080214 

    Carlson, C. S., DeWitt, J., & Swint, K. (2012). A Comparative Case Study of Georgia Delegations at the 2012 National Party Conventions. Georgia Journal of Public Policy 2(1). https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1014&context=gjpp

    DeWitt, J. R. (2012). Political Sophistication and Presidential Candidate Considerations: Disentangling the Effects of Interest, Knowledge, and Media Exposure. American Review of Politics 33, 271–293. https://journals.shareok.org/arp/article/view/27

    DeWitt, J. R., & Engstrom, R. N. (2011). The Impact of Prolonged Nomination Contests on Presidential Candidate Evaluations and General Election Vote Choice: The Case of 2008. Politics & Policy, 39(5), 741–759. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-1346.2011.00311.x 

    DeWitt, J. R. (2011). Considering Congressional Candidates: Substantive Salience and Incumbency Advantage in U.S. House Elections. Journal of Political Science 38, 51–75. https://digitalcommons.coastal.edu/jops/vol38/iss1/3/

    DeWitt, J. R. (2010). Using Collaborative Research Projects to Facilitate Active Learning in Methods Courses. Journal of Faculty Development 24, 22–29. ISSN: 0275-7648, https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/facpubs/58/

    Pieper, A. L., & DeWitt, J. R. (2021). The Republican Resistance: #NeverTrump Conservatives and the Future of the GOP. Lexington Books.

    American Political Behavior
    Political Communication
    Public Opinion
    US Elections

  • Kaga, S. D., & Johnson, A. A. (2025). Does Money Buy Happiness? Examining Spending and Approval of Senators. The Kennesaw Journal of Undergraduate Research, 12(1), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.62915/2474-4921.1337 

    Johnson, A. A., & Dunlap, W. (2024). Impairing the Vote: The Effect of State Election Policy on Disabled Voter Turnout. Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal, 19(3-4).

    Harrington, T., & Johnson, A. A. (2024). No Excuses: The Effect of Absentee Voting System on Voter Turnout. The Kennesaw Journal of Undergraduate Research, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.62915/2474-4921.1249 

    Johnson, A. A., & Powell, S. (2024). An Untapped Coalition: Partisanship and Political Participation Among People with Disabilities. Politics, Groups, and Identities, 12(3), 559–580. https://doi.org/10.1080/21565503.2023.2224758

    Johnson, A. A., & Powell, S. (2020). Disability and Election Administration in the United States: Barriers and Improvements. Policy Studies, 41(2–3), 249–270. https://doi.org/10.1080/01442872.2019.1694654

    Powell, S., & Johnson, A. A. (2019). Patterns and Mechanisms of Political Participation Among People with Disabilities. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 44(3), 381–422. https://doi.org/10.1215/03616878-7367000 

    Wronski, J., Bankert, A., Amira, K., Johnson, A. A., & Levitan, L. C. (2018). A Tale of Two Democrats: How Authoritarianism Divides the Democratic Party. The Journal of Politics, 80(4), 1384–1388. https://doi.org/10.1086/699338 

    Johnson, A. A., & LeFebvre, R. (2018). Contextual Predictors of Protest Behavior on Social Media: A #Ferguson Case Study. Journal of Information Technology & Politics, 15(1), 50–65. https://doi.org/10.1080/19331681.2017.1354245

    Electoral Behavior 
    Disability Politics
    Political Psychology
    Public Opinion
    Mass Media and Political Communication
    Experimental Research Methods
    Contextual Influences
    Parties and Party Systems

  • White, K. M., Binder, M., Ledet, R., & Hofstetter, C. R. (2006). Information, Misinformation, and Political Participation. American Review of Politics, 27, 71–90. https://doi.org/10.15763/issn.2374-7781.2006.27.0.71-90 

    White, K. (2015). The American Republic: Socrates, Paine, Lincoln, and King (1st ed.). Kendall Hunt. 

    American Founding
    Political Philosophy
    Civil Rights
    Drug Policy
    Political Behavior
    Presidential Studies.

  • Barnes, A., & Grayer, M. (2025). Divisive Concept Legislation in the Classroom: Assessing Teacher Discretion-as-Perceived. Administration & Society, 57(3), 399-420. https://doi.org/10.1177/00953997251313973

    Barnes, A., & Grayer, M. (2023). Does Language Matter? Perceptions of the Use of Diversity Training in the Public Sector Workforce. Public Personnel Management, 52(2), 240-262. https://doi.org/10.1177/00910260221143075

    King, B. A., & Barnes, A. (2019). Descriptive Representation in Election Administration: Poll Workers and Voter Confidence. Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy, 18(1), 16–30. https://doi.org/10.1089/elj.2018.0485

    Representation in Government
    Street-level Bureaucracy
    Citizen Perception

  • Pieper, A. L. (2011). Flouting Faith? Religious Hostility and the American Left, 1977-2000. American Politics Research, 39(4), 754-778. https://doi.org/10.1177/1532673X10396301

    Pieper, A. L., & DeWitt, J. R. (2021). The Republican Resistance: #NeverTrump Conservatives and the Future of the GOP. Lexington Books.

    Religion and Politics
    Academic Freedom
    Political Behavior
    American Political Thought

  • Pincock, H. (2018). Can Democratic States Justify Restricting the Rights of Persons with Mental Illness? Presumption of Competence, Voting, and Gun Rights. Politics, Groups, and Identities, 6(1), 20–38. https://doi.org/10.1080/21565503.2017.1318757

    Pincock, H., & Hedeen, T. (2016) Where the Rubber Meets the Clouds: Anticipated Developments in Conflict and Conflict Resolution Theory. Ohio State Journal of Dispute Resolution 31(3), 431-449.

    Pincock, H. (2013). Does Mediation Make Us Better? Exploring the Capacity‐building Potential of Community Mediation. Conflict Resolution Quarterly, 31(1), 3–30. https://doi.org/10.1002/crq.21077 

     

    Democratic Civic Capacities
    Rights of Citizenship/Citizens
    Political Polarization
    Civic Bonds

  • Taylor, J. B., Swint, K., & Reilly, S. (2024). How Runoff Elections and the Form of Local Administration Affect the Costs of Elections. State and Local Government Review, 57(3), 205-222. https://doi.org/10.1177/0160323X241265301

    Houck, A. M., King, A. S., & Taylor, J. B. (2024). The Effect of Experts on Attitude Change in Public-facing Political Science: Scientific Communication on Term Limits in the United States. Public Understanding of Science, 34(1), 19-37. https://doi.org/10.1177/09636625241246084 

    Minooie, M., Taylor, J. B., & Vargo, C. J. (2023). Agendamelding and Covid-19: The Dance of Horizontal and Vertical Media in a Pandemic. Frontiers in Political Science, 5. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpos.2023.1021855 

    Houck, A. M., King, A. S., & Taylor, J. B. (2021). Updating With Others: Testing the Effect of Informational Social Influence on Political Attitudes. Politics & Policy, 49(1), 87–125. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12394 

    Richey, S., & Taylor, J. B. (2020). Google Books Ngrams and Political Science: Two Validity Tests for a Novel Data Source. PS: Political Science & Politics, 53(1), 72–77. doi:10.1017/S1049096519001318

    Political Behavior
    Public Opinion
    Research Methods

Public Administration

Research in Public Administration examines the management and governance of public and nonprofit organizations. Faculty study public management, social equity, nonprofit leadership, public service delivery, community engagement, and policy implementation, with an emphasis on improving effectiveness and fairness in the public sector.

Faculty in This Research Area:

  • Lim, S., Young, S. L., Kommeh, A., & Yang, S. G. (Under review).  Promoting Equity in Accessing Public Schools: A Two-level Intersectional Prevention Framework. Public Management Review.

    Young, S. L., Wiley, K. K., & Grayer, M. (2024). The New Scarlet Letter: Global Challenges of Motherhood in Public Administration Programs and How We Could Solve Them. Public Administration and Development, 44(4), 342-357. https://doi.org/10.1002/pad.2068

    Young, S. L., Wiley, K. K., & Searing, E. A. M. (2024). Nonprofit Human Resources: Crisis Impacts and Mitigation Strategies. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 54(1), 176-202. https://doi.org/10.1177/08997640241251491

    Young, S. L., Wiley, K. K., & Cepiku, D. (2025). Intersecting Public Management and Social Equity: Introduction to the Special Issue of Public Management Review. Public Management Review, 27(2), 385–394. https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2023.2288261

    Collins, C. M., Salazar, A. M., Hoffman-Cooper, A., Johnson, R. M., Schmidt, L., Tiller, L., & Young, S. (2023). Mixed Methods Evaluation of Two Georgia College Campus Support Programs for Students with Experience in Foster Care. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 42(2), 197–218. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10560-023-00941-0 

    Lim, S. & Young, S. L. (2023). Why the Network Coordinator Matters: The Importance of Learning, Innovation, and Governance Structures in Coproduction Networks. Journal of Civil Society, 19(1), 94-118. https://doi.org/10.1080/17448689.2023.2206157 

    Young, S. L., & Redding, C. L. (2025). Community Change in Action: A Roadmap for Students. Routledge.

    Wiley, K., Young, S., & Cepiku, D. (2025). Social Equity and Public Management Theory: A Global Outlook (1st ed.). Routledge. 

    Rinfret, S. R., Young, S. L., & McDonald III, B. D. (2024). Mentorship in Higher Education (1st ed.). Routledge. 

    Intersections of Nonprofit, Public Management, and Equity During Crisis

  • Seelarbokus, C. B. (2024). The Kashmir Dispute: Very Much An International Affair, with Erga Omnes Obligation. Indonesian Journal of International & Comparative Law, 11(1), 29-111. 

    Seelarbokus, C. B. (2014). Assessing the Effectiveness of International Environmental Agreements (IEAs): Demystifying the Issue of Data Unavailability. Sage Open, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244014521820

    Seelarbokus, C. B. (2014). International Environmental Agreements (IEAS): An Integrated Perspective on the Concept of Effectiveness. International Journal of Environmental Protection and Policy, 2(2), 76. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijepp.20140202.15 

    Seelarbokus, C. B. (2014). Theorizing State Participation in International Environmental Agreements (IEAs). World Environment, 4(3), 121-142. http://article.sapub.org/10.5923.j.env.20140403.04.html

    Seelarbokus, C. B. (2014). The Influence of Treaty Design on the Participation of Developing and Developed Nations in International Environmental Agreements (IEAs). African Journal of Political Science and International Relations, 8(8), 288–301. https://doi.org/10.5897/ajpsir2014.0688 

    Seelarbokus, C. B. (2005). Effectiveness of Environmental Treaties: Trend Analysis of Treaty-based Environmental Indicators. Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management, 7(3), 493–541. https://doi.org/10.1142/s1464333205002146 

    Seelarbokus, C. B. (2021). International Environmental Cooperation and the Global Sustainability Capital Framework. Elsevier. 

    International Environmental Policy

  • Purcell, J. W., Doberneck, D. M., McDonald, J., & Rodriguez, D. X. (2024). Community-Engaged Scholars, Practitioners, and Boundary Spanners: Identity, Well-Being, and Career Development. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 28(3), 7-21. https://openjournals.libs.uga.edu/jheoe/issue/view/369

    Kniffin, L. E., Van Schyndel, T. L., Purcell, J. W., & Muse, S. (2024). Next Generation Practitioner-scholars Navigating Community Engagement Professional Development: A Collaborative Autoethnography. Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education, 13(1), 57–77. https://scholars.indianastate.edu/jcehe/vol13/iss1/5

    Purcell, J. W., & Smith, D. N. (2023). Disciplinary Expertise and Faculty Credentialing in Leadership Studies: Advancing a Necessary Conversation. Journal of Leadership Studies, 17(2), 5–21. https://doi.org/10.1002/jls.21851 

    Purcell, J. W., Rodriguez, D. X., & Ring, K. A. (2022). The Covid Shift: Working Women’s Punctuated Equilibrium. Leadership & Organization Development Journal, 43(8), 1217–1233. https://doi.org/10.1108/lodj-01-2022-0044 

    Purcell, J. W., Pearl, A., & Van Schyndel, T. (2021). Boundary Spanning Leadership Among Community-engaged Faculty: An Exploratory Study of Faculty Participating in Higher Education Community Engagement. Engaged Scholar Journal, 6(2), 1–30. https://doi.org/10.15402/esj.v6i2.69398

    Kuban, A. J., Purcell, J. W., & Jones, B. (2020). Leveraging Reflective Practice to Advance the Field and Enhance Impact: Learning from Failure and Missteps in Community-engaged Scholarship. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 26(1), 125–144. https://openjournals.libs.uga.edu/jheoe/article/view/1593

     

     

    Public Leadership
    Organization Learning and Development
    Boundary Spanning
    Higher Education Community Engagement

  • Herbel, J. (2018). Religion and Civic Purpose in Sophocles’s Philoctetes. Journal of Religious Ethics, 46(3), 548–569. https://doi.org/10.1111/jore.12231 

    Herbel, J. (2018). Humanism and Bureaucracy: The Case for a Liberal Arts Conception of Public Administration. Journal of Public Affairs Education, 24(3), 395–416. https://doi.org/10.1080/15236803.2018.1429819

    Herbel, J. (2015). Shakespeare’s Machiavellian Moment: Discovering Ethics and Forming a Leadership Narrative in Henry V. Public Integrity, 17(3), 265–278. https://doi.org/10.1080/10999922.2015.1033914

    Herbel, J., & Edmondson, H. T. (2015). Symposium on Shakespeare and Governance. Public Integrity, 17(3), 243–246. https://doi.org/10.1080/10999922.2015.1034513

    Literature and Public Administration
    Public Human Resource Management

  • Lewis, G. B., Boyd, J., & Pathak, R. (2017). Progress Toward Pay Equity in State Governments? Public Administration Review, 78(3), 386–397. https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.12897 

    Lewis, G., Boyd, J., & Pathak, R. (2021). Progress Toward Increasing Women’s and Minorities’ Access to Top State Government Jobs? Public Personnel Management, 51(2), 213-234. https://doi.org/10.1177/00910260211056569

    Higher Education Policy
    Veteran Issues
    Pay Gaps for Women and Minorities
    Representation in the Public Sector Workforce

Comparative Politics and International Relations

Faculty working in Comparative Politics and International Relations focus on political systems and global issues beyond the United States. Research areas include international security, political economy, democratization, governance in developing and developed nations, regional studies, and global policy challenges, contributing to a deeper understanding of politics in an interconnected world.

Faculty in This Research Area:

  • Han, K. J., & Castater, E. G. (2021). It’s Not Just Where You Stand, it’s How You Got There: Social Pacts and Manual Worker Support for Radical Right-wing Parties. European Politics and Society, 24(2), 188–212. https://doi.org/10.1080/23745118.2021.1973214

    Castater, E. G., & Han, K. J. (2025). Social Identity and Working Class Support for the Populist Radical Right: From Economic and Political Distress to Cultural Grievances. Oxford University Press.

    Comparative Politics
    International Relations

  • Nisley, T. J. (2025). The Peace Corps and the Popular Perception of the United States in Africa. Politics & Policy, 53(6). https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.70101 

    Nisley, Thomas J. (2021). Peace Corps and Latin America: In the Last Mile of U.S. Foreign Policy. Lexington Books. 

    International Security
    US Foreign Policy and the Peace Corps

     

  • Collins, S. D., DeWitt, J. R., & LeFebvre, R. K. (2019). Hashtag Diplomacy: Twitter As a Tool for Engaging in Public Diplomacy and Promoting US Foreign Policy. Place Branding and Public Diplomacy, 15(2), 78–96. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41254-019-00119-5 

    Collins, S. D. (2017). Europe’s United Future After Brexit: Brexit Has Not Killed the European Union, Rather It Has Eliminated the Largest Obstacle to EU Consolidation. Global Change, Peace & Security, 29(3), 311–316. https://doi.org/10.1080/14781158.2017.1385597 

    Collins, S. D. (2015) The Global Strategic Effects of South-South Foreign Aid, New England Journal of Political Science, 8(1), Article 4.

    Collins, S. D. (2014). State‐sponsored Terrorism: In Decline, Yet Still a Potent Threat. Politics & Policy, 42(1), 131–159. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12061 

    Collins, S. D. (2010). Indigenous Rights and Internal Wars: The Chiapas Conflict at 15 Years. The Social Science Journal, 47(4), 773–788. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soscij.2010.05.006 

    Collins, S. D. (2010). Regional Trade Agreements and Democracy Promotion: Measuring the Influence of Democracy Requirements in Regional Trade Agreements. Politics & Policy, 38(4), 737–764. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-1346.2010.00256.x

    Collins, S. D. (2009). Democracy Sanctions: An Assessment of Economic Sanctions as an Instrument of Democracy Promotion. Taiwan Journal of Democracy, 5(2).

    Collins, S. D. (2009). The Efficacy of Economic Sanctions: Economic Sanctions and American Foreign Policy in the Unipolar Era. New England Journal of Political Science 3(2), Article 6.

    Collins, S. D. (2009). Can America Finance Freedom? Assessing U.S. Democracy Promotion via Economic Statecraft. Foreign Policy Analysis, 5(4), 367–389. http://www.jstor.org/stable/24909884

    American Foreign Policy
    Diplomacy
    Nuclear Weapons Proliferation
    Economic Statecraft
    International Political Economy
    Terrorism
    Democracy and Human Rights
    Armed Conflict and Conflict Resolution
    Economic Development
    Political Communications
    Technoloyy and Global Politics
    US Politics

  • Moran, J. P. (2022). Anna Karenina: The Tragic Heroine of a Liquid Society. The Political Science Reviewer, 46(2), 177–196. 

    Moran, J. P. (2021). Red Team or Red Herring? Lessons Learned from the Policy  Counter Terrorism Evaluation Group. The International Journal of Intelligence, Security, and Public Affairs, 23, 1-25.

    Moran, J. P. (2019). The Holes of an Ordinary Life: Tolstoy’s Pauline Revision. Catholic Social Science Review, 24, 163–176. https://doi.org/10.5840/cssr20192439 

    Moran, J. P. (2017). Between Scylla and Charybdis: Legitimacy, Public Opinion, and Church Doctrine. Catholic Social Science Review, 22, 189–202.

    Moran, J. P. (2015). A Pilgrim of the Heart: Humility and the Power of Conundrum in The Way of a Pilgrim. Cistercian Studies Quarterly, 50(4), 441–461.

    Moran, J. P. (2014). Tolstoy’s Hedgehog: Violence, Conflict, and the Deification of Reason. Perspectives on Political Science, 43(3), 153–161. https://doi.org/10.1080/10457097.2014.917245 

    Moran, J. P. (2013). Dostoevsky on Christian Humility and Humiliation. Cistercian Studies Quarterly, 48(1), 79–105.

    Moran, J. P. (2024). A Prophet of Modern Delusions: Tolstoy's Critique of Modernity. Lexington Books.

    Moran, J. P. (2009). The Solution of the Fist: Dostoevsky and the Roots of Modern Terrorism. Lexington Books.

    Moran, J. P. (2002). From Garrison State to Nation-State: Political Power and the Russian Military Under Gorbachev and Yeltsin. Greenwood Publishing Group.

    Political Thought
    Terrorism
    Intelligence
    Russia

  • Doleys, T. (2021). Is Anyone Listening? Measuring Faculty Engagement With Published SoTL Scholarship in Political Science. Journal of Political Science Education, 17(4), 541–559. https://doi.org/10.1080/15512169.2019.1667809

    Doleys, T. (2013). Managing the Dilemma of Discretion: The European Commission and the Development of EU State Aid Policy. Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade 13(1), 23-38.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10842-012-0140-y

    European Union Politics & Policy
    Organizational Design and Evolution
    Delegation Theory
    Principal-Agent Theory

  • Stobb, M., & Scalera‐Elliott, J. (2023). Crafting the Language of Borders: The European Court of Justice’s Strategic Opinion Writing in Rights Cases. Law & Policy, 46(1), 27–44. https://doi.org/10.1111/lapo.12227 

    Scalera-Elliott, J., Mitchell, S. M., Dion, M. L., Vargas, T. R., Krupnikov, Y., Milita, K., Barry Ryan, J., Smith, V., Style, H., Crawford, K. F., Windsor, L. C., Fattore, C., Breuning, M., & Ramos, J. (2022). Forum: Gendered Dynamics of Academic Networks. International Studies Perspectives, 24(2), 189–229. https://doi.org/10.1093/isp/ekac009 

    Breuning, M., Fattore, C., Ramos, J., & Scalera, J. (2021). The Great Equalizer? Gender, Parenting, and Scholarly Productivity During the Global Pandemic. PS: Political Science & Politics, 54(3), 427–431. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1049096520002036 

    Clifton, A., & Scalera, J. E. (2020). La légitimation du Rassemblement national et la lutte pour une Franceeuropéenne. In La France contemporaine: unitéet diversités, polarisations et solidarités. https://frenchteachers.org/shop/publications/french-review-special-issues/la-france-contemporaine-2/

    Scalera, J. E., & Wiegand, K. E. (2018). The motivation of European Union mediation in civil conflicts. European Security, 27(4), 434–452. https://doi.org/10.1080/09662839.2018.1514388

    Scalera, J. E., & Dixon, M. D. (2016). Crisis of Confidence: The 2008 Global Financial Crisis and Public Trust in the European Central Bank. European Politics and Society, 17(3), 388–400. https://doi.org/10.1080/23745118.2016.1168970 

    Allee, T. L., & Scalera, J. E. (2012). The Divergent Effects of Joining International Organizations: Trade Gains and the Rigors of WTO Accession. International Organization, 66(2), 243–276. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41428955

    Elliott, J. S. (2019). Negotiating Membership in the WTO and the EU: The Politics of Accession. Routledge.

    Advancement of Women in Political Science and International Studies

  • Hauser, M., & Kasianenko, N. (2024). To Blame or Not to Blame? The Place of the West in Ukrainian and Russian War Narratives. Ideology and Politics Journal, 2(26), 74–94. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.36169/2227-6068.2024.02.00004 

    Hauser, M. (2018). Does Electoral Manipulation Vary? Examining the Conditions for Instrumental and Informational Manipulation in Post-Soviet Elections. The Soviet and Post-Soviet Review, 45(1), 5–50. https://doi.org/10.1163/18763324-20171250 

    Moore, C. A., & Hauser, M. (2025). Political Illustration: The Visual Language of Propaganda, Censorship, and Dissent. Bloomsbury Visual Arts. 

    Hauser, M. (2019) Electoral Strategies Under Authoritarianism: Evidence from the Former Soviet Union. Lexington Books.

    Electoral Strategies and Manipulation in post-Soviet States
    Wartime Narratives in Russia and Ukraine

  • Kilinç, R., Kayaoglu, T., & Ugur, E. (2026). The Empty Quest for Muslim Democracy. Journal of Democracy, 37(1), 134–149. https://doi.org/10.1353/jod.2026.a977950 

    Kilinç, R. (2025). Beyond Reactionary Politics: Islamism, Democracy, and Authoritarianism in Turkey and the Muslim World. Muslim World Journal of Human Rights. https://doi.org/10.1515/mwjhr-2024-0016 

    Kilinç, R. (2021). From Honourable to Villainous: Political Competition and Sectarianisation in Turkey. Religion, State and Society, 49(2), 93–108. https://doi.org/10.1080/09637494.2021.1890972

    Kilinç, R., Neathery-Castro, J., & Akyüz, S. (2018). Ethnic Conflict and Gender Inequality in Education: The Case of Turkey. Turkish Studies, 19(3), 400–421. https://doi.org/10.1080/14683849.2017.1392860

    Pelletier, I. R., Lundmark, L., Gardner, R., Ligon, G. S., & Kilinc, R. (2016). Why ISIS’s Message Resonates: Leveraging Islam, Sociopolitical Catalysts, and Adaptive Messaging. Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 39(10), 871–899. https://doi.org/10.1080/1057610X.2016.1139373

    Kilinç, R., & Warner, C. M. (2015). Micro-Foundations of Religion and Public Goods Provision: Belief, Belonging, and Giving in Catholicism and Islam. Politics and Religion, 8(4), 718–744. doi:10.1017/S1755048315000747

    Warner, C. M., Kilinç, R., Hale, C. W., Cohen, A. B., & Johnson, K. A. (2015). Religion and Public Goods Provision: Experimental and Interview Evidence from Catholicism and Islam in Europe. Comparative Politics, 47(2), 189–209. http://www.jstor.org/stable/43664139

    Kilinç, R. (2014). International Pressure, Domestic Politics, and the Dynamics of Religious Freedom: Evidence from Turkey. Comparative Politics, 46(2), 127–145. https://doi.org/10.5129/001041514809387324 

    Kilinç, R. (2014). Critical Junctures, Catalysts, and Democratic Consolidation in Turkey. Political Science Quarterly, 129(2), 293–318. https://doi.org/10.1002/polq.12180

    Kilinç, R. (2020). Alien Citizens: The State and Religious Minorities in Turkey and France. Cambridge University Press. 

    Warner, C. M., Kilinç, R., Hale, C. W., & Cohen, A. B. (2018). Generating Generosity in Catholicism and Islam: Beliefs, Institutions, and Public Goods Provision. Cambridge University Press. 

    State Policies Toward Religious Minorities
    Comparative Analysis of Religion
    Secularism
    Democracy
    Religion and Immigration
    Religion and Public Goods Provision

     

  • LeFebvre, R. (2023). Implementing Undergraduate Research in an Online Gateway Political Science Course. Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research, 6(3), 9–16. https://doi.org/10.18833/spur/6/3/4 

    Collins, S. D., & DeWitt, J. R., & LeFebvre, R. K. (2019). Hashtag Diplomacy: Twitter As a Tool for Engaging in Public Diplomacy and Promoting US Foreign Policy. Place Branding and Public Diplomacy, 15(2), 78–96. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41254-019-00119-5

    Johnson, A. A., & LeFebvre, R. (2018). Contextual Predictors of Protest Behavior on Social Media: A #Ferguson Case Study. Journal of Information Technology & Politics, 15(1), 50–65. https://doi.org/10.1080/19331681.2017.1354245

    LeFebvre, R. K., & Armstrong, C. (2016). Grievance-based Social Movement Mobilization in the #Ferguson Twitter Storm. New Media & Society, 20(1), 8-28. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444816644697 (Original work published 2018)

    LeFebvre, R., & Franke, V. (2013). Culture Matters: Individualism vs. Collectivism in Conflict Decision-making. Societies, 3(1), 128–146. https://doi.org/10.3390/soc3010128 

    Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
  • Rotnem, T. E. (2018). Putin’s Arctic Strategy: Collaboration or Conflict after Ukraine? Problems of Post-Communism, 65(1), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/10758216.2016.1222869
    Arctic Politics 
    Environmental and Resource Politics
    Russian Politics
    Comparative Democratization
    Russian Foreign Policy

     

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A Prophet of Modern Delusions. Tolstoy’s critique of modernity by John P. Moran.

 

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American Republic. Socrates, Paine, Lincoln, and King by Kenneth White

 

From Garrison State to Nation State. Political Power and the Russian Military under Gorbachev and Yeltsin by John P. Moran.

 

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International Environmental Cooperation and the Global Sustainability Capital Framework by Chenaz Seelarbokus.
Social Identity and Working Class Support for the Populist Radical Right by Eric Castater and Kyung Han.
“Alien Citizens by Ramazan Kilinc.”

 

“Community Change in Action by Sarah Young and Carly Redding.”
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“Generating Generosity in Catholicism and Islam by Ramazan Kilinc, Carolyn Warner, Christopher Hale, and Adam Cohen.”

 

“Negotiating Membership in the W.T.O and E.U. by Jamie Scalera Elliott”
“Political Illustration by Megan Hauser and Catherine Moore.”
“Social Equity and Public Management Theory by Sarah Young, Kimberly Wiley, and Denita Cepiku.”
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