Publications | GVPT l Government & Politics Department l University of Maryland

Corey Lang, Casey J Wichman, Michael J Weir, Shanna Pearson‐Merkowitz. "Cost misperception and voting for public goods." American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2025
Natalie Fenn, Alia AlSanea, Ellie McClean, Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz, Manshu Yang, Mark L Robbins. "A Qualitative Investigation of Civic Engagement and Well-Being among Non-College-Bound Young Adults." MDPI
Natalie Fenn, Allegra Sacco, Kathleen Monahan, Mark Robbins, Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz. "Examining the relationship between civic engagement and mental health in young adults: a systematic review of the literature." Journal of Youth Studies
Andrew Bechard, Corey Lang, Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz. "Voter Approval of Bond Referendums: The Role of Bond Amount and Ballot Characteristics." Cambridge University Press
Corey Lang, Shanna Pearson‐Merkowitz, Zachary Scott. "Voter support for bond referenda: Does it matter if costs are presented as aggregate vs. personal costs?" Public Budgeting & Finance
Carrie Gill, Corey Lang, Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz. "The aftermath of ballot box success and failure: evidence from land preservation referendums." Cambridge University Press
Natalie Fenn, Manshu Yang, Shanna Pearson‐Merkowitz, Mark Robbins. "Civic engagement and well‐being among noncollege young adults: Investigating a mediation model." Journal of community psychology
David Karol. "How Party Position Change Happens. The Case of LGBT Rights in the U.S." Political Research Quarterly. 2023 Ungated David Karol, %22How does Party Position Change Happen? The case of LGBT RIghts in the US%22.pdf463.99 KB
"How Does Party Position Change Happen? The Case of LGBT Rights in the U.S." Political Research Quarterly May 2023 10659129231176212.pdf720.26 KB
Black, Ryan C., Ryan J. Owens, and Patrick C. Wohlfarth. 2023. "Considering Constitutional Change: Survey Evidence on Public Attitudes Toward Term Limits for Federal Judges." New Political Science 45(2): 335-358. BlackOwensWohlfarth2023.pdf2.7 MB
John McTague, Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz. "“The worker deserves his wages”? Religion and support for organized labor in the US Senate." Cambridge University Press
Joshua J Dyck, Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz. "The power of partisanship." Oxford University Press
Pearson, Rithmire and Tsai, "China’s Political Economy and International Backlash: From Interdependence to Security Dilemma Dynamics," International Security (fall 2022) Pearson.Rithmire.Tsai_.Int'l Security.2022.pdf1.47 MB
Ura, Joseph Daniel and Patrick C. Wohlfarth. 2022. "Greater Public Confidence in the U.S. Supreme Court Predicts More Jurisdiction Stripping." Political Science Research and Methods 10(4): 831-839. UraWohlfarth_PSRM2021.pdf243.78 KB
Nicholas D Bernardo Jr, Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz, Gretchen A Macht. "The effect of ballot characteristics on the likelihood of voting errors." State Politics & Policy Quarterly
Michael Davidson and Margaret M. Pearson, “Static Electricity: Institutional and Ideational Barriers to China’s Electricity Market Reforms,” Studies in Comparative International Development (May 2022). DOI 10.1007/s12116-022-09358-9 (open access). Davidson and Pearson.Static Electricity.SCID_.pdf3.05 MB
Gimpel, James, Tristan Hightower, and Patrick C. Wohlfarth. 2021. "The Geography of Law: Understanding the Origin of State and Federal Redistricting Cases." Political Research Quarterly 74(4): 779-794. gimpelHightowerWohlfarth2021_0.pdf5.13 MB
Black, Ryan C., Ryan J. Owens, Justin Wedeking, and Patrick C. Wohlfarth. 2021. "On Estimating Personality Traits of U.S. Supreme Court Justices." Journal of Law and Courts 9(2): 371-396. BlackEtAl_2021JLC.pdf474.51 KB
Black, Ryan C., Ryan J. Owens, Justin Wedeking, and Patrick C. Wohlfarth. 2021. "Conscientiousness and Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings in the Senate Judiciary Committee." British Journal of American Legal Studies 10(3): 379-408. BlackOwensWedekingWohlfarth2021.pdf4.02 MB
Antoine Banks, Ernesto Calvo, David Karol and Shibley Telhami. "#Polarized Feeds: Three Experiments on Polarization, Framing and Social Media"( 2020.) The International Journal of Press/Politics #PolarizedFeeds.pdf1.16 MB
David Karol and Chloe Thurston. "From Personal to Partisan: Abortion, Party and Religion among California State Legislators. " (2020) Studies in American Political Development. from_personal_to_partisan_abortion_party_and_religion_among_california_state_legislators.pdf344.94 KB
Fogarty, Brian, Nasser Qadri, and Patrick C. Wohlfarth. 2020. "Personalizing the U.S. Supreme Court Through Attention to Individual Justices." Social Science Quarterly 101(2): 825-841. fogartyQadriWohlfarth2020.pdf520.42 KB
Jones, Calvert W. and Teresa M. Bejan. “Reconsidering Tolerance: Insights from Political Theory and Three Experiments.” Forthcoming in the British Journal of Political Science, published online in FirstView in 2019.
Owens, Ryan J. and Patrick C. Wohlfarth. 2019. "The Influence of Home State Reputation and Public Opinion on Federal Circuit Court Judges." Journal of Law and Courts 7(2): 187-214. owensWohlfarth2019.pdf474.02 KB
Adler, Eric and Calvert W. Jones. “What Do Classicists Think? Perspectives on Politics, Scholarship, and Disciplinary Crisis.” 2019. TAPA 149(2): 89-116