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Forgotten Institutions: Indirect roles in drought & war. [Dissertation Prospectus]

Author: Quantitative analysis investigating how institutions condition violent interstate & intrastate conflict under drought using the AfroGrid dataset and the Transboundary Freshwater Dispute Database (TFDD).
Defended & passed April 2025.

Another Russia: Elite group attitudes as signals of divergence in autocratic politics.

Author: Quantitative analysis of differing Russian elite attitudes of the Ukraine, NATO, & EU using the Survey of Russian Elites (SRE) dataset.
Project was accepted for conference presentations in 2023 & 2024.

From the Other Side of the Border: Mexican Public Attitudes of American Politics.

Co-authors: Sergio Wals & Kianna Moore | Early stages of quantitative analysis & drafting manuscripts (in English & Spanish). We ask if – and how – Mexican partisanship and institutions longitudinally frame public attitudes (e.g., migration) as American presidents are elected, using five nationally representative surveys from 2003-2024.

Nebraska Water Allocation Legislation: Narrative Policy Framework Analyses, 1971-2023.

Co-author: Sarah Michaels & Taylor Gold | Seeking to trace how historical political narratives about water allocation in NE affected legislative outcomes.
Early stages of quantitative and qualitative data collection.