A little out of order, sure--but not by accident!
No One Can Whistle a Symphony, Part IV: Policy Recommendations
The second half of my dissertation's conclusion, written for campaign operatives.
No One Can Whistle A Symphony, Part III: Academic Conclusion
Bottom line up front. This is the half written for academics.
No One Can Whistle a Symphony, Part II: Acknowledgements
You might skip over this part when you read books. But it was by far my favorite section to write.
No One Can Whistle a Symphony, Part I: Executive Summary
A year ago (or so) I defended my doctoral dissertation, No One Can Whistle a Symphony: Essays on Congressional Campaign Teams and Talent. I learned many things, among them that only committee members and parents read doctoral dissertations. So here it is, in bite-sized chunks!
Policy Framing, Learning, and Change After Crisis: Lessons from the Texas blackout
Varun Rai and I wanted to understand how policy changed (and didn't) after Winter Storm Uri shut Texas down in February 2021. Here is the abstract for that paper, which we are preparing for submission to an energy policy-focused journal. As extreme weather events continue to cause policy crises, energy policy scholars have an opportunity …
Follow Which Leader? Mimetic Isomorphism Across Space
Willamette professor and fellow Rutgers awardee Colin Birkhead and I are curious about the question of why firms might choose to structure themselves as employee-owned. We decided to look specifically at U.S. breweries, many of which are employee-owned. Here is the first paragraph of the abstract for that paper, which we are preparing for submission …
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Predicting Firm Creation in Rural Texas: A Multi-Model Machine Learning Approach to a Complex Policy Problem
Supported by a grant from the IC2 Institute, Varun Rai, Vivek Shastry and I conducted a study of the factors predicting new firm growth in rural Texas. It is under review for publication in PLOS ONE, and you can read a draft on SSRN. What factors predict firm creation in rural America? Policymakers asking this …
Policy Narrators During Crisis: A micro-level analysis of the sourcing, synthesizing, and sharing of policy narratives in rural Texas
Supported by a grant from the IC2 Institute, Varun Rai, Megan Morris and I spent the first summer of the Covid-19 pandemic tracking how rural leaders in Texas helped make sense of and respond to change. This paper is under review for publication in Policy Studies Journal. How do leaders respond to crises? The Narrative …
Human Capital in Temporary Organizations
UNC-Flagler business professor Sekou Bermiss and I are working to prepare a portion of my dissertation for publication in management journals. Below is the abstract accepted for presentation at the People & Organizations Conference at the Wharton School in the fall of 2022. Contemporary markets have seen a marked increase in the frequency and influence …
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