Publications

Peer Reviewed Articles

• "Consequences of an Anti-Corruption Experiment for Local Government Performance in Brazil" (with Erica Owen). Forthcoming at the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. [Link] [PDF] [Replication]

• "Women to the Rescue: The Gendered Effects of Public Discontent on Legislative Nominations in Latin America" (with Magda Hinojosa and Jenn Piscopo). Forthcoming at Party Politics. [Link] [PDF] [Replication]
  • Featured in the Washington Post.

• "If the Shoe Fits: Gender Role Congruity and Evaluations of Public Managers." 2019. Journal of Behavioral Public Administration 2(1): 1-10. [Link] [PDF] [Replication] [Supplemental]

• "Representative Budgeting: Women Mayors and the Composition of Spending in Local Governments" (with Andy Philips). 2019. Political Research Quarterly 72(1): 19-33. [Link] [PDF] [Replication] [Supplemental]
  • Winner of the 2019 PRQ Best Article Award and 2015 Marian Irish Award for Best Paper on Women & Politics preseted at SPSA.
  • Featured in a Political Research Quarterly Podcast.

• "Leading Toward Equality: The Effect of Women Mayors on Gender Equality in Local Bureaucracies" (with Thiago Silva and Maria Escobar-Lemmon). 2019. Politics, Groups, and Identities 7(3): 554-573. [Link] [PDF] [Replication]

• "Still Left Behind? Gender, Political Parties, and the Pink Tide" (with Magda Hinojosa and Jenn Piscopo). 2017. Social Politics 24(4): 399-424. [Link] [PDF] [Replication] [Supplemental]
  • Featured in the Washington Post.

• "The Impact of Committee Composition and Agendas on Women's Participation: Evidence from a Legislature with Near Numerical Equality" (with Laura Morales and Misha Taylor-Robinson). 2017. Politics & Gender 13(2): 253-275. [Link] [PDF] [Replication]

• "Women and Public Administration in Comparative Perspective: The Case of Representation in Brazilian Local Governments" (with Ken Meier). 2017. Administration & Society 49(1): 121-142. [Link] [PDF] [Replication]
  • Featured in Global Government Forum.

• "Gendered Governing? Women's Leadership Styles and Participatory Institutions in Brazil." 2015. Political Research Quarterly 68(3): 564 - 578. [Link] [PDF] [Replication]

• "Gender Balance in Committees and How it Impacts Participation: Evidence from Costa Rica's Legislative Assembly" (with Misha Taylor-Robinson). Revista Uruguaya de Ciencia Política 23(2): 111-134. [Link] [PDF] [Replication]

Book Chapters

• "Women's Representation in Subnational Governments: Replicating National Institutions or Forging a Unique Path?" (with Maria Escobar-Lemmon). 2018. In Gender and Representation in Latin America, ed. Leslie Schwindt-Bayer, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 99-118. (Peer reviewed) [Link] [PDF] [Appendix]

• "Experiments and the Classical Roots of Public Administration: Comments on the Potential Utility of Experiments for Contemporary Public Management" (with Ken Meier). 2017. In Experiments in Public Administration Research: Challenges and Contributions, eds. Oliver James, Sebastian Jilke, and Gregg Van Ryzin, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 37--55. [Link] [PDF]

Encyclopedia Entries

• "Politics and Gender." 2018. In Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance, ed. Ali Farazmand. New York: Springer. [Link] [PDF]

• "Contemporary State and Local Responses to Immigration in the State of Virginia" (with Francisco Pedraza). 2015. In Contemporary Immigration in America: A State-by-State Encyclopedia, ed. Kathleen Arnold. Santa Barbara: Greenwood Press, ABC-CLIO. [Link] [PDF]