Welcome

I am an associate professor at the University of Rochester Department of Political Science.

I study conflict and ethnic identities. I've written books and articles about conflicts over migration and ethnic territorial autonomy public support for war, and war costs.

Currently, I am writing a global comparative study of nativism titled Strangers and Settlers: Migration and Conflict in a Nativist World. This book will be a combined treatment of political movements against international immigration and activism against internal population flows. A draft introductory chapter is available here (pdf).

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Books

Nativism and Economic Integration Across the Developing World: Collision and Accommodation

With Rikhil Bhavnani. Cambridge University Press, 2018

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Table of contents and introduction (pdf) | data

Rival Claims: Ethnic Violence and Territorial Autonomy under Indian Federalism

University of Michigan Press, 2017

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Table of contents and foreword (pdf) | data

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Research by topic

Migration and sons of the soil politics

Nativism and Economic Integration Across the Developing World: Collision and Accommodation. With Rikhil Bhavnani. Cambridge University Press, 2018

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Shared territory, regime alignment, and forced migration. With Karen Albert and Emily VanMeter. pdf

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The effects of weather-induced migration on sons of the soil violence in India. With Rikhil Bhavnani. World Politics, 2015. pdf | data

Popular culture and politics

Who watches the MCU? Race, sex, and the role of on-screen diversity. pdf

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National anthem protests and whites’ views of black NFL players. pdf

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Recently for the Washington Post:

Is `Wakanda Forever' too `woke' for Marvel’s own good? November 11, 2022.
Nearly all NFL head coaches are White. What are the odds? February 7, 2022.
The Academy Awards will have new diversity rules to qualify for an Oscar. But there’s a huge loophole. April 23, 2021. | Additional information (Google doc)
Why NFL owners are supporting Black players' protests—for now. September 13, 2020. | Additional information (pdf)
Why are the #OscarsSoWhite? Google searches give us a clue. February 9, 2020. | Additional information (pdf)
The latest Star Wars film satisfies the right wing. Will the left start trolling? January 18, 2020.
Who will be angry when the Star Wars episode IX trailer drops today? April 12, 2019. | Additional information (pdf)
The smash success of Captain Marvel shows us that conservatives are ignoring the alt-right. March 15, 2019. | Additional information (pdf)
Since the NFL anthem protests, white fans like the white players more—and the black ones less. January 19, 2020. | Additional information (pdf)
Who hates Star Wars for its newfound diversity? Here are the numbers. September 6, 2018. | Additional information (pdf)

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Ethnic territorial conflict

Rival Claims: Ethnic Violence and Territorial Autonomy under Indian Federalism.

University of Michigan Press, 2017

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When does regional autonomy prevent separatist conflict? pdf

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Opposition to ethnic territorial autonomy in the Indian parliament. Ethnopolitics, 2020. pdf | data.

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Periphery versus periphery: The stakes of separatist war. Journal of Politics, 2015. pdf | data at JOP Dataverse

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How governments shape the risk of civil violence: India's federal reorganization, 1950-56. American Journal of Political Science, 2014. pdf | data at AJPS Dataverse

Ethnic politics and economic welfare

How wide is the ethnic border? With Scott F. Abramson and Brendan Cooley. Available on request.

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Fiscal federalism at work? Central responses to internal migration in India. With Rikhil Bhavnani. World Development, 2017. pdf | data

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Public support for war

Military losses and public support for domestic counterinsurgency. pdf

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Culture clash or democratic peace? Results of a survey experiment on the effect of religious culture and regime type on foreign policy opinion formation. With Charlotte Lee. Foreign Policy Analysis, 2013. pdf | data

Conflict severity

The waning of war is real: A response to Gohdes and Price. With Nils Petter Gleditsch. Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2013. pdf | data

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Explaining the severity of civil wars. Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2006. pdf | data

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The declining risk of death in battle. With Bruce Russett and Nils Petter Gleditsch. International Studies Quarterly, 2006. pdf | data at ISQ Dataverse

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Monitoring trends in global combat: A new dataset of battle deaths. With Nils Petter Gleditsch. European Journal of Population, 2005. pdf | data on PRIO website

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Northeast India

India’s stabilizing segment states. Ethnopolitics, 2014. pdf

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The problem of political stability in Northeast India: Local ethnic autocracy and the rule of law. Asian Survey, 2009. pdf

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Does counterinsurgency theory apply in Northeast India? India Review, 2007. pdf

Other research

Conflicts over shared rivers: Resource wars or fuzzy boundaries? With Nils Petter Gleditsch, Kathryn Furlong, Håvard Hegre, and Taylor Owen. Political Geography, 2006. pdf | data on PRIO website

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From side show to centre stage: Civil conflict after the Cold War. Security Dialogue, 2004. pdf