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Environmental Regulation and Policy

“The Health Consequences of Excess Emissions: Evidence from Texas,” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 108, 102449 (2021) (with Alex Hollingsworth and Nikos Zirogiannis).

“Chain of Command vs. Who’s in Command: Structure, Politics, and Regulatory Enforcement,” Policy Studies Journal  (with Chris Reenock and Matt Uttermark).

“Understanding Excess Emissions from Industrial Facilities: Evidence from Texas,” Environmental Science & Technology vol. 52 no.5 (2018): 2482-2490 (with Nikos Zirogiannis and Alex Hollingsworth).

“Environmental Federalism and the Trump Presidency: A Preliminary Assessment,” Publius: The Journal of Federalism vol. 48 no. 3 (2018): 345-371 (with Neal Woods).

“Gone with the Wind: Federalism and the Strategic Placement of Air Polluters,” American Journal of Political Science vol. 61 no. 2 (2017) : 257-270 (with Jamie Monogan and Neal Woods).

“Environmental Policy,” In Politics in the American States, 11th ed. Virginia Gray, Russell L. Hanson, and Thad Kousser, eds. Washington, DC: CQ Press, pp. 451-477 (2018) (with Neal Woods)

“Environmental Policy, Federalism, and the Obama Presidency,” Publius: The Journal of Federalism vol. 46 no. 3 (2016), pp. 366-391 (with Neal Woods).

“When Governments Regulate Governments,” American Journal of Political Science vol. 60 no. 3 (2016), pp. 559-574 (with Manny Teodoro).

“Environmental Policy,” In Guide to State Politics and Policy, Dick Niemi and Josh Dyck, eds. Washington, DC: CQ Press (2014), pp.383-393.

“Environmental Free Riding in State Water Pollution Enforcement,” State Politics & Policy Quarterly vol. 12, no. 3 (2012), pp. 227-252 (with Neal Woods).

“Measuring State Environmental Policy,” Review of Policy Research vol. 29, no. 4 (2012), pp. 544-569 (with Neal Woods).

“Environmental Policy,” In Politics in the American States, 10th ed. Virginia Gray, Russell L. Hanson, and Thad Kousser, eds. Washington, DC: CQ Press (2012), pp. 469-500 (with Neal Woods).

“Exporting Air Pollution? Regulatory Enforcement and Environmental Free Riding in the United States,” Political Research Quarterly vol. 63, no. 4 (2010), pp. 771-782 (with Neal Woods).

“Assessing U.S. State Susceptibility to Environmental Regulatory Competition,” State Politics and Policy Quarterly vol. 9, no. 4 (2009), pp. 404-428.

“You Get What You Pay For: Environmental Policy and Public Health,” Publius: The Journal of Federalism vol. 39, no. 1 (2009), pp. 95-116 (with Neal Woods and Ann Bowman).

“Regulator Attitudes and the Environmental Race to the Bottom Argument,” Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory vol. 18, no. 2 (2008), pp. 321-344.

“Regulatory Competition and Environmental Enforcement: Is There a Race to the Bottom?” American Journal of Political Science vol. 51, no. 4 (2007), pp. 853-872.

“Local Institutions and Environmental Outcomes: Evidence from Wetlands Protection in Massachusetts,” Policy Studies Journal vol. 35, no. 3 (2007), pp. 481-502 (with Steve Meyer).

“Adopting Local Environmental Institutions: Environmental Need and Economic Constraints,” Political Research Quarterly vol. 60, no. 1 (2007), pp. 3-16 (with Steve Meyer).

Environmental Justice

“Environmental Injustice in Clean Water Act Enforcement: Racial and Income Disparities in Inspection Time,” Environmental Research Letters 6, 084020 (2021) (with Chris Reenock and Shannon Conley).

“Racial, Ethnic, and Income Disparities in Air Pollution: A Study of Excess Emissions in Texas,” PLOS ONE, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220696 (August 2, 2019) (with Zhengyan Li and Nikos Zirogiannis).

“Regulatory Enforcement, Riskscapes, and Environmental Justice,” Policy Studies Journal vol. 46 no. 1 (2018): 7-36 (with Chris Reenock).

“Environmental Justice,” In Environmental Governance Reconsidered: Challenges, Choices, and Opportunities, 2nd ed., Robert F. Durant, Daniel J. Fiorino, and Rosemary, O’Leary, eds. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, in press.

“Environmental Justice Delayed: Failed Promises, but Some Hope for the Future,” Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development vol. 58 no. 2 (2016), pp. 4-15.

“Compliance Bias and Environmental (In)Justice,” The Journal of Politics vol. 75, no. 2 (2013), pp. 506-519 (with Chris Reenock).  [Received Pi Sigma Alpha Best Paper Award for paper presented at the 2012 Southern Political Science Association conference.]

“Examining Environmental Justice in Facility-Level Regulatory Enforcement,” Social Science Quarterly vol. 91, no. 3 (2010), pp. 835-855 (with Tyler Schario).

“The Limited Effects of Federal Environmental Justice Policy on State Enforcement,” Policy Studies Journal vol. 37, no. 3 (2009), pp. 475-496.

“Inequities in Enforcement? Environmental Justice and Government Performance,” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management vol. 28, no. 1 (2009), pp. 102-121.

Public Opinion on Energy and the Environment

“Ascendant Public Opinion: The Rising Influence of Climate Change on Americans’ Attitudes about the Environment,” Public Opinion Quarterly, in press (with Pat Egan and Megan Mullin).

“Personal Attributes and (Mis)perception of Environmental Risk,” Review of Policy Research, (with Zhengyan Li).

“Proximity, NIMBYism, and Public Support for Energy Infrastructure,” Public Opinion Quarterly 84(2): 391-481 (2020) (with  Stephen Ansolabehere, and Sanya Carley).

“Extreme Weather and Climate Opinion: Evidence from Australia,” Climatic Change 163(2): 723-743 (with Llewelyn Hughes and Sandra Potter).

“Energy Policy and Public Opinion: Patterns, Trends, and Future Directions,” Progress in Energy 2(3) (2020): 032003 (with Parrish Bergquist and John Kotcher).

“Energy Infrastructure, NIMBYism, and Public Opinion: A Systematic Literature Review of Three Decades of Empirical Survey Literature,” Environmental Research Letters, 15(9) (2020) (with Sanya Carley, Zoya Atiq, and Nick Land).

“Backyard Voices: How Sense of Place Shapes Views of Large-Scale Energy Transmission Infrastructure,” Energy Research & Social Science, 2020 (with Parrish Bergquist, Steve Ansolabehere, and Sanya Carley)

“Are all Electrons the Same? Evaluating Support for Local Transmission Lines through a Survey Experiment,” PLOS ONE, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219066 (July 17, 2019) (with Sanya Carley and , Stephen Ansolabehere).

“Environmental Attitudes across Race and Ethnicity,” Social Science Quarterly vol. 100 no. 4 (2019): 1039-1055 (with Adam McBride Lazri).

“The Greening of Christianity? A Study of Environmental Attitudes Over Time,” Environmental Politics vol. 27 no. 2 (2018): 267-291. [Supplementary Materials]

“Extreme Weather Exposure and Support for Climate Adaptation,” Global Environmental Change 46 (2017): 104-113 (with Llewelyn Hughes, Charlie Kaylor, and Aaron Ray).

“Extreme Weather Events and Climate Change Concern,” Climatic Change vol. 134 no. 4 (2016), pp. 533-547 (with Llewelyn Hughes and Charles H. Kaylor).

“The Role of Religion in Environmental Attitudes,” Social Science Quarterly vol. 96 no. 5 (2015), pp. 1244-1263  (with Matt Arbuckle).

“The American Public’s Energy Choice,” Daedalus vol. 141, no. 2 (2012), pp. 61-71 (with Steve Ansolabehere).

“Public Preferences for Environmental Policy Responsibility,” Publius: The Journal of Federalism vol. 41, no. 1 (2010), pp. 76-100.

“Public Attitudes toward Construction of New Power Plants,” Public Opinion Quarterly vol. 73, no. 3 (2009), pp. 566-577 (with Steve Ansolabehere).

“Environmental Policy Attitudes: Issues, Geographical Scale, and Political Trust,” Social Science Quarterly vol. 89, no. 5 (2008), pp. 1066-1085 (with Jeff Milyo and Lilliard Richardson).

“Bureaucratic and Public Attitudes toward Environmental Regulation and the Economy,” State and Local Government Review vol. 40, no. 3 (2008), pp. 139-149.

U.S. Energy Transition and Energy Justice

 “Behavioral and financial coping strategies among energy insecure households,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(36) (2022) (with Sanya Carley, Michelle Graff, and Trevor Memmott).

“Municipal Government Adaptive Capacity Programs for Vulnerable Populations during the U.S. Energy Transition,” Energy Policy, 167 (2022) (with Laura Helmke-Long and Sanya Carley).

“Energy Insecurity and the Urgent Need for Utility Disconnection Protections,” Energy Policy 159, 112663 (2021) (with Shalanda Baker and Sanya Carley).

“Expanding the Scope of Just Transitions: Towards Localized Solutions and Community-level Dynamics,” Energy Research & Social Science 80 (2021), 102245 (with Morgan D. Bazilian, Sanya Carley, Hisham Zerriffi, Sandeep Pai, and Brad Handler).

“Which Households are Energy Insecure? An Empirical Analysis of Race, Housing Conditions, and Energy Burdens in the United States,” Energy Research & Social Science 79 (2021), 102144 (with Michelle Graff, Sanya Carley, and Trevor Memmott).

“Climate Change and Energy Insecurity: A Growing Need for Policy Intervention,” Environmental Justice (with Michelle Graff, David M. Konisky, Sanya Carley and Trevor Memmott).

“An Analysis of Energy Justice Programs across the United States,” Energy Policy 152 (2021), 112219 (with Sanya Carley, and Caroline Engle).

“What We Can Learn from the Green New Deal about the Importance of Equity in National Climate Policy,” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 40(3) (2021): 996-1002 (with Sanya Carley).

“Sociodemographic Disparities in Energy Insecurity among Low-Income Households before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic,” Nature Energy 6 (2021): 186-193 (with Trevor Memmott, Sanya Carley, and Michelle Graff)

“Electric Utility Disconnection Policy and Vulnerable Populations,” The Electricity Journal 33(10): 106859 (with Matt Flaherty and Sanya Carley).

“The Justice and Equity Implications of the Clean Energy Transition,” Nature Energy vol. 5 (2020): 569-577  (with Sanya Carley).

“A Framework for Evaluating Geographic Disparities in Energy Transition Vulnerability,” Nature Energy vol. 3 (2018): 621-627 (with Sanya Carley, Tom P. Evans, and Michelle Graff).

“Adaptation, Culture, and the Energy Transition in American Coal Country,” Energy Research and Social Science vol. 37 (2018), pp. 133-139 (with Sanya Carley, Tom P. Evans).

“Stakeholder Perceptions of the U.S. Energy Transition: Local-Level Dynamics and Community Responses to the National Politics and Policy,” Energy Research and Social Science vol. 343 (2018): 144-157.

Other Articles

“The State of American Federalism 2021-2022: Federal Courts, State Legislatures, and the Conservative Turn in the Law,” Publius: The Journal of Federalism 52(3): 353-381 (2022) (with Paul Nolette).

“The State of American Federalism, 2020-2021: Deepening Partisanship Amid Tumultuous Times,” Publius: The Journal of Federalism 51(3) (2021): 327-364 (with Paul Nolette).

“Trajectories in Environmental Politics,” Environmental Politics 30(1-2) (2021): 4-16 (with Graeme Hayes, Sikina Jinnah, Prakash Kashwan, Sherilyn MacGregor, John M. Meyer, and Anthony Zito).

“The State of American Federalism 2019-2020: Polarized and Punitive Intergovernmental Relations,” Publius: The Journal of Federalism  50(3) (2020): 311-343 (with Greg Goelzhauser).

“The Killing of Cecil the Lion as an Impetus for Policy Change,” (with Stefan Carpenter), Oryx, in press.

“The State of American Federalism 2018-2019: Litigation, Partisan Polarization, and the Administrative Presidency,” Publius: The Journal of Federalism vol. 49 no. 3 (2019), pp. 379-406 (with Greg Goelzhauser).

“Personal and Collective Evaluations of the 2010 Health Care Reform,” Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law vol. 38, no. 5 (2013), pp. 921-956 (with Lilliard Richardson.)

“Case Selection in Public Management Research: Problems and Solutions,” Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory vol. 23, no. 2 (2013), pp. 361-393 (with Chris Reenock).

“Penalizing the Party: Health Care Reform Issue Voting in the 2010 Election,” American Politics Research vol. 40. no. 5 (2012), pp. 903-926 (with Lilliard Richardson).

“Public Approval of U.S. State Legislatures,” Legislative Studies Quarterly vol. 37, no. 1 (2012), pp. 99-116 (with Jeff Milyo and Lilliard Richardson).

“The Effects of Uncontested Elections on Legislator Performance,” Legislative Studies Quarterly vol. 36, no. 2 (2011), pp. 199-229 (with Michiko Ueda).

“The Introduction of Voter Registration and its Effect on Turnout,” Political Analysis vol. 14, no. 1 (2006), pp. 83-100 (with Steve Ansolabehere).

“Innovations in Public Participation and Environmental Planning: Examples from the Great Lakes Region,” Society and Natural Resources vol. 14, no. 9 (2001), pp. 815-826 (with Tom Beierle).

“What are We Gaining from Public Participation? Observations from Environmental Planning in the Great Lakes,” Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy vol. 19, no. 4 (2001), pp. 515-527 (with Tom Beierle).

“Over a Decade of Comparative Risk Analysis: A Review of the Human Health Rankings,” Risk: Health, Safety & Environment vol. 12, no. 1/2 (2001), pp. 41-58.

“Values, Conflict, and Trust in Participatory Environmental Planning.” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management vol. 19, no. 4 (2000), pp. 587-602 (with Tom Beierle).