Peer-reviewed publications

The Long Shadow of Extraction: The Origins of Indigenous Autonomy Demands, Princeton University Press, 2025

Research from this project featured in the Global Development Review Podcast, Governance Uncovered Podcast, and Social Science Matrix Research Highlights.

A Space for Autonomy: Indigenous Rights in Post-Independence Latin America. (Forthcoming at Perspectives on Politics)

Balancing Bossism: State Expansion in the Face of Elite Capture with Anna F. Callis. 2026. American Journal of Political Science. | Replication materials | Blog post

Awarded Best Paper Award, Presidential and Executive Politics Section, APSA 2025

National Identity After Conquest with Daniel W. Gingerich. 2026. American Journal of Political Science | Replication materials | Blog post

Expanding the State: Rural Mobilization and Bureaucratic Presence in Peru with Madai Urteaga-Quispe. 2026. Comparative Political Studies. | Replication materials

Awarded an Honorable Mention for the Sage Prize, APSA Comparative Politics Section

Extraction, Assimilation, and Accommodation: The Historical Foundations of Indigenous-State Relations in Latin America. 2024. American Political Science Review. | Replication materials | APSA Public Scholarship Program

The Representational Effects of Communal Property: Evidence from Peru's Indigenous Groups. 2021. Comparative Political Studies. | Replication materials

The Autonomy-Representation Dilemma: Indigenous Groups and Distributive Benefits in the Americas. 2022. Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics.

Party System Erosion: Evidence from Peru. 2020. Party Politics.

Disrupting Regulation, Regulating Disruption: The Politics of Uber in the United States. Perspectives on Politics. 2019. With Ruth Collier and Veena Dubal

Working papers

Disrupting the Dominant Party: The Personalization of Autocratic Rule with Anna F. Callis (under review).

​Democratizing Political Parties: Experiences of Political Participation and Efficacy with Mathias Poertner (under review).

Awarded the Leon Weaver Best Paper Prize, APSA Representation and Electoral Systems Section

Ethnic Threats and the Making of Nation and State on the Frontier with Paola Galano Toro, Federico Lombisano, and Jorge Mangonnet (under review).

Machines of Imperialism: Government-Linked Firms under Occupation with Daniel W. Gingerich.

Institutional Entrepreneurs: The Roots of Local Indigenous Organizations with Diana Dávila Gordillo.

Does National Identity Foster Environmental Concern? Experimental Evidence from Bolivia. With Emily Gregory.