Research

I currently have two peer-reviewed publications and multiple works in progress.

In addition, for several research and data collection projects I have led or participated in there is information below. Some of them are linked to GitHub repositories with tutorials and code.

Peer-Reviewed Publications

  1. “Discursive Shifts in the German Right-Wing Newspaper Junge Freiheit 1997-2019: A Computational Approach.” With Christian Czymara. 2025. German Politics, 34(1): 128–155. doi:10.1080/09644008.2023.2231353.

  2. “Rebel Actors and Legitimacy Building.” Margaret McWeeney and Kathleen Gallagher Cunningham. 2023. International Politics, Online First. doi:10.1057/s41311-023-00493-1.

Works in Progress

  1. “Where Do Mediators Try to Prevent Civil War?” With David Cunningham, Megan Lloyd and Sloan Lansdale. 2025. Under Review.

  2. “The Nonviolent Legacies of Rebel Group Origins.” With Kathleen Gallagher Cunningham. 2024. Under Review.

  3. “Rebel Organizational Legacies and Civilian Victimization.” With Jessica Maves Braithwaite, Kathleen Gallagher Cunningham, Margaret McWeeney and Sean Rao. 2024. Working Paper.

  4. “Media Manipulation Strategies During Protest in Autocracies: Evidence from the German Democratic Republic.” 2024. Working Paper.

Recent Projects


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