Research
Journal Articles
"Does the Presence or Absence of Elections Remove Gender Differences in Ambition for Public Service?" Forthcoming. British Journal of Political Science. (With Hans J. G. Hassell and Matthew R. Miles)
"Seeking the Public Good: Public Service Motivation and Political Ambition." 2024. Political Behavior. Advance Access Publication. (With Hans J. G. Hassell and Matthew R. Miles)
"Executive Appointee Reliability Under Separated Powers: Presidential Loyalty Among Leaders of U.S. Federal Agencies." 2024. Journal of Political Institutions and Political Economy 5(3):415-441. (With George A. Krause)
"Agency Control through the Appointed Hierarchy: Presidential Politicization of Unilateral Appointees." 2024. Journal of Public Policy 44(1):44-66. (With Lawrence S. Rothenberg)
"Legislative Responses to Shared Executive Authority: How Executive Branch Coordination Affects Congressional Budgetary Authority under Separated Powers." 2023. Presidential Studies Quarterly 53(3):334-353. (With George A. Krause)
"Still the Same? Revealed Preferences and Ideological Self-Perception Among Former Members of Congress." 2022. American Politics Research. 50(6):781-791. (With Jonathan D. Klingler and Adam J. Ramey)
"Legislative Influence on Administrative Decisionmaking in Pennsylvania's Abandoned and Orphan Well Plugging Program." 2022. Public Administration. 100(3):737-758. (With In Sik Bang)
"Appointee Vacancies in US Executive Branch Agencies." 2021. Journal of Public Policy 41(4):653-676. (With Matthew Dull, William G. Resh, and Patrick S. Roberts)
"Considerations in Personality Measurement: Replicability, Transparency, and Predictive Validity." 2021. Journal of Law and Courts 9(2):397-405. (With Matthew E. K. Hall, Jonathan D. Klingler, and Adam J. Ramey)
"Attributes Beyond Attitudes: Measuring Personality Traits on the U.S. Supreme Court." 2021. Journal of Law and Courts 9(2):345-369. (With Matthew E. K. Hall, Jonathan D. Klingler, and Adam J. Ramey)
"The Structure of Appointment Politics: Consistency or Change?" 2021. Legislative Studies Quarterly 46(2):391-426. (With Lawrence S. Rothenberg)
"(Sympathy for) The Devil You Know? Openness, Psychological Entropy, and the Incumbency Advantage." 2021. Frontiers in Political Science 3:636784. (With Jonathan D. Klingler and Adam J. Ramey)
"Appointments and Attrition: Time and Executive Disadvantage in the Appointments Process." 2020. Journal of Public Policy 40(3): 473-491. (With Lawrence S. Rothenberg)
"The Effects of Polarization on Ideological Certainty: An Application to Executive Order Issuance." 2020. American Politics Research 48(4): 506-522. (With Mark D. Brockway)
"Allegiance, Ability, and Achievement in the American Civil War: Commander Traits and Battlefield Military Effectiveness." 2020. International Studies Quarterly 64(1): 194-206. (With Jeffrey B. Arnold and J. Tyson Chatagnier)
"Why Public Employees Rebel: Guerrilla Government in the Public Sector." 2020. Public Administration Review 80(1): 64-74. (With Matthew R. Miles and Chad B. Newswander)
"The Use of Text as Data Methods in Public Administration: A Review and an Application to Agency Priorities." 2019. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 29(3): 474-490.
"What I Like About You: Legislator Personality and Legislator Approval." 2019. Political Behavior 41(2): 499-525. (With Jonathan D. Klingler and Adam J. Ramey)
"Measuring Elite Personality Using Speech." 2019. Political Science Research and Methods 7(1): 163-184. (With Jonathan D. Klingler and Adam J. Ramey)
"Patronage Appointments and Agency Independence." 2018. Journal of Politics 80(4): 1411-1416.
"Welcome to the Machine: A Model of Legislator Personality and Communications Technology Adoption." 2018. SAGE Open 8(3): 2158244018802883. (With Jonathan D. Klingler and Adam J. Ramey)
"Don't Know What You Got: A Bayesian Hierarchical Model of Neuroticism and Nonresponse." 2018. Political Science Research and Methods 6(3): 549-569. (With Jonathan D. Klingler and Adam J. Ramey)
"The Who, When, and Where of Executive Nominations: Integrating Agency Independence and Appointee Ideology." 2018. American Journal of Political Science 62(2): 296-311. (With Lawrence S. Rothenberg)
"The Incompetence Trap: The (Conditional) Irrelevance of Agency Expertise." 2017. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 27(2): 217-235.
"Presidential Appointments and Policy Priorities." 2017. Social Science Quarterly 98(1): 162-184.
"The When and Why of Nominations: Determinants of Presidential Appointments." 2017. American Politics Research 45(2): 280-303. (With Lawrence S. Rothenberg)
"Presidential Appointments and Public Trust." 2016. Presidential Studies Quarterly 46(3): 618-639.
"The Political Determinants of Ambassadorial Appointments." 2015. Presidential Studies Quarterly 45(3): 445-466.
"Vacancies, Vetting, and Votes: A Unified Dynamic Model of the Appointments Process." 2015. Journal of Theoretical Politics 27(2): 206-236.
"Naïve Cronyism and Neutral Competence: Patronage, Performance, and Policy Agreement in Executive Appointments." 2015. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 25(2): 341-372.
"Presidents and Patronage." 2014. American Journal of Political Science 58(4): 1024-1042. (With Gabriel Horton and David E. Lewis)
"Does It Really Hurt to Be Out of Step?" 2013. Political Research Quarterly 66(4): 856-867. (With Lawrence S. Rothenberg and Kristin K. Rulison)
"Seeking the Public Good: Public Service Motivation and Political Ambition." 2024. Political Behavior. Advance Access Publication. (With Hans J. G. Hassell and Matthew R. Miles)
"Executive Appointee Reliability Under Separated Powers: Presidential Loyalty Among Leaders of U.S. Federal Agencies." 2024. Journal of Political Institutions and Political Economy 5(3):415-441. (With George A. Krause)
"Agency Control through the Appointed Hierarchy: Presidential Politicization of Unilateral Appointees." 2024. Journal of Public Policy 44(1):44-66. (With Lawrence S. Rothenberg)
"Legislative Responses to Shared Executive Authority: How Executive Branch Coordination Affects Congressional Budgetary Authority under Separated Powers." 2023. Presidential Studies Quarterly 53(3):334-353. (With George A. Krause)
"Still the Same? Revealed Preferences and Ideological Self-Perception Among Former Members of Congress." 2022. American Politics Research. 50(6):781-791. (With Jonathan D. Klingler and Adam J. Ramey)
"Legislative Influence on Administrative Decisionmaking in Pennsylvania's Abandoned and Orphan Well Plugging Program." 2022. Public Administration. 100(3):737-758. (With In Sik Bang)
"Appointee Vacancies in US Executive Branch Agencies." 2021. Journal of Public Policy 41(4):653-676. (With Matthew Dull, William G. Resh, and Patrick S. Roberts)
"Considerations in Personality Measurement: Replicability, Transparency, and Predictive Validity." 2021. Journal of Law and Courts 9(2):397-405. (With Matthew E. K. Hall, Jonathan D. Klingler, and Adam J. Ramey)
"Attributes Beyond Attitudes: Measuring Personality Traits on the U.S. Supreme Court." 2021. Journal of Law and Courts 9(2):345-369. (With Matthew E. K. Hall, Jonathan D. Klingler, and Adam J. Ramey)
"The Structure of Appointment Politics: Consistency or Change?" 2021. Legislative Studies Quarterly 46(2):391-426. (With Lawrence S. Rothenberg)
"(Sympathy for) The Devil You Know? Openness, Psychological Entropy, and the Incumbency Advantage." 2021. Frontiers in Political Science 3:636784. (With Jonathan D. Klingler and Adam J. Ramey)
"Appointments and Attrition: Time and Executive Disadvantage in the Appointments Process." 2020. Journal of Public Policy 40(3): 473-491. (With Lawrence S. Rothenberg)
"The Effects of Polarization on Ideological Certainty: An Application to Executive Order Issuance." 2020. American Politics Research 48(4): 506-522. (With Mark D. Brockway)
"Allegiance, Ability, and Achievement in the American Civil War: Commander Traits and Battlefield Military Effectiveness." 2020. International Studies Quarterly 64(1): 194-206. (With Jeffrey B. Arnold and J. Tyson Chatagnier)
"Why Public Employees Rebel: Guerrilla Government in the Public Sector." 2020. Public Administration Review 80(1): 64-74. (With Matthew R. Miles and Chad B. Newswander)
"The Use of Text as Data Methods in Public Administration: A Review and an Application to Agency Priorities." 2019. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 29(3): 474-490.
"What I Like About You: Legislator Personality and Legislator Approval." 2019. Political Behavior 41(2): 499-525. (With Jonathan D. Klingler and Adam J. Ramey)
"Measuring Elite Personality Using Speech." 2019. Political Science Research and Methods 7(1): 163-184. (With Jonathan D. Klingler and Adam J. Ramey)
"Patronage Appointments and Agency Independence." 2018. Journal of Politics 80(4): 1411-1416.
"Welcome to the Machine: A Model of Legislator Personality and Communications Technology Adoption." 2018. SAGE Open 8(3): 2158244018802883. (With Jonathan D. Klingler and Adam J. Ramey)
"Don't Know What You Got: A Bayesian Hierarchical Model of Neuroticism and Nonresponse." 2018. Political Science Research and Methods 6(3): 549-569. (With Jonathan D. Klingler and Adam J. Ramey)
"The Who, When, and Where of Executive Nominations: Integrating Agency Independence and Appointee Ideology." 2018. American Journal of Political Science 62(2): 296-311. (With Lawrence S. Rothenberg)
"The Incompetence Trap: The (Conditional) Irrelevance of Agency Expertise." 2017. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 27(2): 217-235.
"Presidential Appointments and Policy Priorities." 2017. Social Science Quarterly 98(1): 162-184.
"The When and Why of Nominations: Determinants of Presidential Appointments." 2017. American Politics Research 45(2): 280-303. (With Lawrence S. Rothenberg)
"Presidential Appointments and Public Trust." 2016. Presidential Studies Quarterly 46(3): 618-639.
"The Political Determinants of Ambassadorial Appointments." 2015. Presidential Studies Quarterly 45(3): 445-466.
"Vacancies, Vetting, and Votes: A Unified Dynamic Model of the Appointments Process." 2015. Journal of Theoretical Politics 27(2): 206-236.
"Naïve Cronyism and Neutral Competence: Patronage, Performance, and Policy Agreement in Executive Appointments." 2015. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 25(2): 341-372.
"Presidents and Patronage." 2014. American Journal of Political Science 58(4): 1024-1042. (With Gabriel Horton and David E. Lewis)
"Does It Really Hurt to Be Out of Step?" 2013. Political Research Quarterly 66(4): 856-867. (With Lawrence S. Rothenberg and Kristin K. Rulison)
Book Chapters
"How Effective Are Political Appointees?" 2019. In the Oxford Encyclopedia of Public Administration, eds. B. Guy Peters and Ian Thynne. New York: Oxford University Press.
Working Papers and Works in Progress
"Advice and Consent in the American Civil War: Senate Voting on Military Nominations." (With J. Tyson Chatagnier; in progress)
"Affective Personality Polarization: Evidence from Political Elites and the Mass Public." (With Jonathan D. Klingler and Adam J. Ramey; in progress)
"Ambition With and Without Elections: Do Elections Change the Types of Individuals Who Want to Enter Public Service?" (With Hans J. G. Hassell and Matthew R. Miles; revised and resubmitted to Political Behavior)
"Cold as Ice: Dark Triad Personality Traits and Congressional Behavior." (With Jonathan D. Klingler and Adam J. Ramey; in progress)
"Consistency and Change in the Judicial Nominations Process." (With Lawrence S. Rothenberg; in progress)
"More than Words: Extracting Latent Psychopolitical Traits and Preferences from Written Text." (With Jonathan D. Klingler and Adam J. Ramey; under revision)
"Personality Traits and Perceptions of Agency Politicization." (In progress)
Staffing the Government: The Conundrum of Political Appointments. (With Lawrence S. Rothenberg; in progress)
"Talk Authoritarian to Me: Measuring Authoritarianism Using Speech" (With Jonathan D. Klingler, Adam J. Ramey, and Julie Wronski; in progress)
"The Politics of Personnel: Examining the Relationship Between Bureaucratic Ideology and Bureaucratic Careers." (In progress)
"Affective Personality Polarization: Evidence from Political Elites and the Mass Public." (With Jonathan D. Klingler and Adam J. Ramey; in progress)
"Ambition With and Without Elections: Do Elections Change the Types of Individuals Who Want to Enter Public Service?" (With Hans J. G. Hassell and Matthew R. Miles; revised and resubmitted to Political Behavior)
"Cold as Ice: Dark Triad Personality Traits and Congressional Behavior." (With Jonathan D. Klingler and Adam J. Ramey; in progress)
"Consistency and Change in the Judicial Nominations Process." (With Lawrence S. Rothenberg; in progress)
"More than Words: Extracting Latent Psychopolitical Traits and Preferences from Written Text." (With Jonathan D. Klingler and Adam J. Ramey; under revision)
"Personality Traits and Perceptions of Agency Politicization." (In progress)
Staffing the Government: The Conundrum of Political Appointments. (With Lawrence S. Rothenberg; in progress)
"Talk Authoritarian to Me: Measuring Authoritarianism Using Speech" (With Jonathan D. Klingler, Adam J. Ramey, and Julie Wronski; in progress)
"The Politics of Personnel: Examining the Relationship Between Bureaucratic Ideology and Bureaucratic Careers." (In progress)
