Research
I have published papers on the legitimacy of the American courts in the wake of the 2000 Presidential Election, on racism in popular culture, and on Pan-Africanism in African American public opinion.
2010. “Context, Black Empowerment, and African American Political Participation”, American Political Research (forthcoming)
2010. “Episodic Frames, HIV/AIDS, and African American Public Opinion” Political Research Quarterly (forthcoming)
2009. “Local Political Participation and Black Political Empowerment”, Urban Affairs Review 2:274-285.
2007. “AIDS, Context, and Black Politics.” National Political Science Review 11:87-102.
2005. “True to their Native Land: Distinguishing Attitudinal Support for Pan-Africanism from Black Nationalism.” The Dubois Review: Social Science Research on Race. 2 (1): 91-111.
2005. “Why Do People Accept Public Policies They Oppose? Testing Legitimacy Theory with a Survey-Based Experiment.” Political Research Quarterly 58 (2): 187-201.
2005 “Race and the Green Mile.” National Political Science Review. 10: 136-46.
2004. “Race and Representation in Detroit’s Community Development Coalitions, 1985-1993″ Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 594: 125-142. (with Todd Shaw)
2003. “The Supreme Court and the US Presidential Election of 2000: Wounds, Self-Inflicted or Otherwise?” British Journal of Political Science. 33 (4): 535-556. (with James Gibson and Greg Caldeira)
2003. “Measuring Attitudes Towards the Supreme Court.” American Journal of Political Science. 47 (2):354-367. (with James Gibson and Greg Caldeira)
2002. “The Role of Theory in Experimental Design: Experiments Without Randomization.” Political Analysis 10: 362-375. (with James Gibson and Greg Caldeira)
2001. “African American Presidential Convention and Nomination Politics: Alan Keyes in the 1996 Republican Presidential Primary and Convention.” National Political Science Review 7: 188-209. (with Hanes Walton)