Ryan D. Williamson
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Elections
“Nationalization and the Incumbency Advantage.” 2020. Political Research Quarterly 73(1): 156-168. with Jamie Carson and Joel Sievert

“Capacity to Address Natural and Man-made Vulnerabilities: The Administrative Structure of U.S. Election System Security.” 2020. Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, & Policy 19(2): 180-199. with Mitchell Brown, Lindsey Forson, Kathleen Hale, and Robert Smith

​“Security and Integrity: Administrative Structure, Capacity, and American Elections.” 2020. Journal of Political Institutions and Political Economy 1(2): 189-207. with Mitchell Brown and Kathleen Hale.

“Candidate Ideology and Electoral Success in Congressional Elections.” 2018. Public Choice 176: 175-192. with Jamie Carson. 

“Evaluating Candidate Positioning and Success in the 2018 Midterm Elections.” 
2018. The Forum 16(4): 675-686.

“Electoral Politics in Georgia and Their Impact on Future Gubernatorial Races.” 2018. Presidents and Executive Politics Report 40(2): 18-22. 
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“Candidate Emergence in the Era of Direct Primaries.” 2018. In Handbook of Primary Elections. Robert Boatright, editor. Routledge. with Jamie Carson. 

“Introduction to Congressional Elections.” 2016. In Guide to U.S. Elections 7th ed. Deborah Kalb, editor. Congressional Quarterly Press. with Jamie Carson. 

“Smith v. Allwright: Examining External Reform and the Electoral Connection." with Aaron A. Hitefield and Adam G. Rutkowski.

“Constituent Evaluations of U.S. Senators Over the Electoral Cycle.” with Joel Sievert. Under Review.


“Examining Exit Decisions and Their Effect on House Elections.” with Joel Sievert. Working paper.

“Challengers, Choices, and Competition in Congressional Primaries.” with Jason Byers and Jamie Carson. Working paper.

Nationalized Politics: Examining Electoral Politics Across Time. with Jamie Carson and Joel Sievert. Book manuscript. 
Under Review.


Redistricting
“Examining the Effects of Partisan Redistricting on Candidate Entry Decisions.” 2019. Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, & Policy 18(3): 214-226.

“Institutional Control of Redistricting and the Geography of Representation.” 2017. Journal of Politics 79(2): 722-726. with Michael Crespin, Barry Edwards, and Maxwell Palmer. 


“Re-evaluating the Effects of Redistricting on Electoral Competition, 1972-2012.” 2014. State Politics & Policy Quarterly 14(2): 162-174. with Jamie Carson and Michael Crespin. 

“Redistricting and Electoral Competition in American Politics.” 2019. In Oxford Bibliographies in Political Science. Ed. Sandy Maisel. New York: Oxford University Press. 


“Recent Developments in Congressional Redistricting.” 2020. In New Directions in Congressional Politics 2nd ed. Jamie Carson and Michael Lynch, editors. New York: Routledge. 
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“Redistricting and Incarceration: Examining the Effect of New York's Prohibition on Prison Gerrymandering.” with Bridgett King.
Invited to Revise & Resubmit at State Politics & Policy Quarterly.


“Examining the Effect of Redistricting Methods on Citizen Attitudes.” with Florian Justwan. Working paper.

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Policy
“Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic for Federalism and Infrastructure: A Call to Action.” 2021. Public Works Management & Policy. 26(1): 6-12. with John C. Morris.

“Policymaking by the Executive: Examining the Fate of Presidential Agenda Items.” 2020. Congress & the Presidency. 47(1): 1-31. with Jason Byers and Jamie Carson.

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“Institutional Variation, Professionalization, and State Implementation Choices: An Examination of Investment in Water Quality Across the 50 States.” with John C. Morris and Jonathan M. Fisk. Invited to Revise & Resubmit at American Review of Public Administration.

“Promise and Performance: The Water Quality Act at Thirty.” with John C. Morris, Jan C. Hume, and Lien Nguyen. Under review.

“Examining the Divergence of Foreign and Domestic Human Rights Support Within the United States.” with Shelby Hall. Working paper.

“Green Stimulus or Industry Bailout: Assessing the Implementation of State Well-Plugging Programs.” with Jonathan M. Fisk, John C. Morris,
and Steven Nelson. 
Working paper.

“Block Grants, State Choice, and National Policy Goals: The Case of Clean Water State Revolving Loan Funds.” with John C. Morris. 
Working paper.


Procedure
“Rules, Polarization, and the Future of the Senate.” 2019. PS: Political Science & Politics 52(2): 401-403.

“Questions of Order in the United States Senate: Procedural Uncertainty and the Role of the Parliamentarian.” 2019. Social Science Quarterly 100(4): 1343-1357. with Anthony Madonna and Michael Lynch. ​

“The Vice President in the U.S. Senate: Examining the Consequences of Institutional Design.” 2018. Congress & the Presidency 45(2): 145-165. with Michael Lynch, Anthony Madonna, and Mark Owens. 

“Public Attitudes Toward Presidential Veto Powers.” 2018. Research & Politics 5(1): 1-6. with Joel Sievert. 

“Interbranch Warfare: Senate Amending Process and Restrictive House Rules.” with Anthony Madonna. Under Review.

“Who Gets Blamed When Congress and the President Collide?” with Joel Sievert. Working paper.