RESEARCH INTERESTS
Civil Society and Civil Society Organizations, Comparative Public Administration and Policy, Human Rights, Institutional Analysis, International Development, Law and Politics, Policy Process Theory, Public Law, Research Design and Mixed-Methods Research. Regional focus on the Global South—East Africa and the Caribbean—and the Global North in a comparative perspective.
PUBLICATIONS
DISSERTATION
2020. Domesticating Civil Society: How and Why Governments Use Laws to Regulate CSOs. Indiana Univserity, Department of Political Science and O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs. Doctoral Dissertation. https://pqdtopen.proquest.com/pubnum/28148186.html.
- Awarded three American Political Science Association (APSA) 2021 best dissertation awards in the fields of Public Law (Edward S. Corwin Award), Public Administration (Leonard D. White Award), and the Best Dissertation Award in Human Rights.
PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES
2021. "Biases in Low-Information Environments: Understanding For-Profit and Non-Profit Salary Differentials in Haiti." The Journal of International Development. With Alasdair C. Rutherford. (Accepted for Publication).
2021. “International Development Buzzwords: Understanding Their Use Among Donors, NGOs, and Academics.” Journal of Development Studies. 57(1): 26-44. With Allison Schnable, Rachel Sullivan Robinson, and Jennifer N. Brass.
2019. “Covenants, Constitutions, and Distinct Law Types: Investigating Governments' Restrictions on CSOs Using an Institutional Approach.” VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 30(6), 1229-1255.
2019. “Toward a Coherent Framework: A Typology and Conceptualization of CSO Regulatory Regimes.” Nonprofit Policy Forum, 9(4), 1-17.
EDITOR-REVIEWED BOOK CHAPTERS
2021. “Taking Time and Distinct Law Types Seriously: How the Effect of CSO Laws Vary by Types and Unfold Over Time.” In Bobbi Herzberg, Rosemarie Fike, and Rosolino Candela (Eds.) Institutions & Incentives in Public Policy. Lanham: Roman & Littlefield. [Under Contract 2021].
2021. “Ostromian Logic Applied to Civil Society Organizations and the Rules that Shape Them.” With Chrystie Swiney. In Shelia Foster and Chrystie Swiney (Eds.) The Cambridge Handbook of Commons Research Innovations. Cambridge University Press. [Under Contract 2021].
2019. “Was it Worth It?: The Effects of ODA, NGOs, and Time on the Haitian State.” In Stefanie Haeffele, Abigail R. Hall, and Adam Millsap (Eds.) Informing Public Policy. Lanham: Roman & Littlefield.
MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW
"The Multi-Method Comprehensive Review: Synthesis and Analysis when Scholarship is International, Interdisciplinary, and Immense." With Allison Schnable, Rachel Robinson, Jennifer Brass, and Wes Longhofer. R&R.
“Bureaucrats at Work: African Bureaucracies and Bureaucrats from the Sociological, Historical, and Political Perspectives.”
“The Global Diffusion of Civil Society Restrictions, 1994-2014.” With Luke M. Shimek.
"Laws in Translation: Comparing Techniques to Translate Legal Texts.” With Nick Gertler, Takumi Shibaike, and Elizabeth A. Bloodgood.
“Type I Error and Power Rates for Time-Invariant Predictors in Discrete Multilevel Survival Models: A Simulation Study.” With Julie Lorah, Yiming Qian, Poh Li Lau
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Laws, Judiciaries, and National Security Agencies: Advancing Theory and Concepts of Civil Society Laws. National Science Foundation Award #2004520. 2020-2022. (Principal Investigator $148,000).
NGO Knowledge Collective. Lead research assistant (2015-2017) to Jennifer N. Brass (Indiana University), Allison Schnable (Indiana University), Wes Longhofter (Emory University), and Rachel S. Robinson (American University). The research platform is the result of a systematic review of over 3,000 English, peer-reviewed, social science journal articles about NGOs in development published 1980-2014. www.ngoknowledgecollective.org
Cumulative Fieldwork Experience: Latin America and the Caribbean (primarily Haiti, 2011-2016); East Africa (primarily Kenya, 2018).
NGO Knowledge Collective. Lead research assistant (2015-2017) to Jennifer N. Brass (Indiana University), Allison Schnable (Indiana University), Wes Longhofter (Emory University), and Rachel S. Robinson (American University). The research platform is the result of a systematic review of over 3,000 English, peer-reviewed, social science journal articles about NGOs in development published 1980-2014. www.ngoknowledgecollective.org
Cumulative Fieldwork Experience: Latin America and the Caribbean (primarily Haiti, 2011-2016); East Africa (primarily Kenya, 2018).
