My research is at the intersection of comparative political behavior and public policy, with a substantive focus on immigration and a regional focus on Western Europe. I employ designs to identify causal effects using observational data, methods for text-as-data, as well as machine learning approaches.

Peer-Reviewed Publications

  1. “The Electoral Impacts of Immigration without Ethnic Difference: The Case of Co-ethnic Migration in Germany. ” With D. Attewell and A. Jozwiak. (2025). Political Behavior. [Link]
  2. “Do Hate Crimes Change Native Attitudes Towards Refugees?” With R. Maxwell. (2024). Political Science Research and Methods. [Link].
  3. “Does local context affect asylum seeker integration? County-level data from Germany.” With R. Maxwell. (2023). West European Politics. [Link].
  4. “Journey Effects? Waiting Periods in European Transit Countries and Subsequent Economic Integration of Refugees in Switzerland”. (2022). International Migration Review.[Link]
    • Winner: Prothro Best Paper Award, UNC-Chapel Hill Political Science Department (2020). [Link]
  5. “Does policy threat mobilise? 287(g) and Latino voter registration in North Carolina and Florida”. (2020). Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. [Link]

Working Papers & Projects in Progress

  1. “Directional Updating: Native Value Change and Immigrant Acculturation.” With E. Dinas and A. Waldendorf. (Working Paper).
  2. “Transnational Political Participation Among Dual Citizens.” With K. Alper. (Working Paper.)
  3. “Constraint or Compartmentalization Across National Contexts? The Political Belief Systems of Dual Citizens.” With K. Alper. (Working Paper).
  4. “Balancing National Security and Human Security at the Southern Border? Public Opinion towards Asylum Policy in the United States.” With V. Donnaloja. (In Progress.)
  5. “Who is Ambivalent about Immigration?.” With V. Donnaloja. (In Progress.)
  6. “The Politics of Race and Class in 21st Century Europe”. With D. Attewell and E. Harris. (In Progress.)