RESEARCH INTERESTS
Civil Society and Civil Society Organizations, Comparative Public Administration and Policy, Democratization, Governance, Institutional Analysis, International Development, Research Design and Methods. Regional focus on the Global South, East Africa, and the Caribbean.
ARTICLES
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.
BOOK CHAPTERS
2020. “Goods and Rules: Civil Society Organizations and the Laws Affecting their IAD Action Situations.” With Chrystie Swiney. In Shelia Foster and Chrystie Swiney (Eds.) The Cambridge Handbook of Commons Research Innovations. Cambridge University Press. [Under Contract Summer 2020].
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
“An Institutional Approach to Understanding the Development of CSO Regulatory Regimes: An Historical Analysis of East African Countries.”
"Taking Time and Distinct Law Types Seriously: Effects of Civil Society Laws Vary by Type and Unfold Over Time"
“Understanding Formal Sector Salary Differentials in Developing Countries: Biases in Low-Information Environments.” With Alasdair C. Rutherford.
“International Development Buzzwords: Understanding their Adoption and Use among NGOs, Academics, and the World Bank.” With Allison Schnable, Rachel Sullivan Robinson, Jennifer N. Brass.
“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
WORKS IN PROGRESS
Regulating Freedom: Policies that Help and Hinder Civil Society Organizations. Book-length Dissertation. [Expected Summer 2020].
“The Incentives of ‘Closing Space’ Institutional Change: The Logic and Measurable Effects of Anti-Civil Society Laws.”
“Beyond Reference Points: Currencies, Contracts, and Fringe Benefits Used to Attract Workers in Developing Countries.”
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Regulating Freedom: Policies that Help and Hinder Civil Society Organizations. Book-length dissertation combining qualitative coding of 200+ laws, quantitative analysis of policy adoption and diffusion, and qualitative and archival fieldwork to understand their historical implementation.
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).
