Research

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Strength in Numbers? Gender Composition, Leadership, and Women’s Influence in Teams

Karpowitz, Christopher F., Stephen D. O’Connell, Jessica Preece, and Olga Stoddard. Conditionally accepted. “Strength in Numbers? Gender Composition, Leadership, and Women’s Influence in Teams.” Journal of Political Economy.

Crediting Invisible Work: Congress and the Lawmaking Productivity Metric (LawProM)

Eatough, Mandi and Jessica Preece. Conditionally accepted. “Crediting Invisible Work: Congress and the Lawmaking Productivity Metric (LawProM).” American Political Science Review.

CQ Press Award Best Paper on Legislative Studies at APSA 2020

Pi Sigma Alpha Award for Best Paper at SPSA 2021

Marian Irish Award for Best Paper on Women and Politics SPSA 2021

Selecting for Masculinity: Women's Representation in the Republican Party

Karpowitz, Christopher, J. Quin Monson, Jessica Preece, and Alejandra Aldridge. Conditionally Accepted. “Selecting for Masculinity: Women's Representation in the Republican Party.” American Political Science Review.

Media coverage: NPR Radio West, Utah Business Magazine, Y Magazine

Individual Valuing of Social Equality in Political and Personal Relationships

Davis, Ryan and Jessica Preece. 2022. “Individual Valuing of Social Equality in Political and Personal Relationships.” Review of Philosophy and Psychology, 13: 177-196.

Personality and Gendered Selection Processes in the Political Pipeline

Dynes, Adam M., Hans H.G. Hassell, Matthew R. Miles, and Jessica Robinson Preece. 2021. Personality and Gendered Selection Processes in the Political Pipeline. Politics & Gender, 17(1): 53-73.

How Political Parties Can Diversity Their Leadership

Aldridge, Alejandra Teresita Gimenez Aldrige, Christopher Karpowitz, Quin Monson, and Jessica Preece. 2020. “How Political Parties Can Diversify Their Leadership” in Good Reasons to Run: Women and Political Candidacy, edited by Mirya Holman, Rachel Bernhard, Shauna Shames, and Dawn Teele. Temple University Press.

How to Elect More Women: Gender and Candidate Success in a Field Experiment

Karpowitz, Christopher F., J. Quin Monson, and Jessica Robinson Preece. (2017). How to Elect More Women: Gender and Candidate Success in a Field Experiment. American Journal of Political Science61(4), 927-943.

Recruitment and Perceptions of Gender Bias in Party Leader Support

Butler, Daniel M. and Jessica Robinson Preece. (2016). Recruitment and Perceptions of Gender Bias in Party Leader Support. Political Research Quarterly69(4), 842-851.

Gender Inequalities in Campaign Finance

Barber, Michael, Daniel M. Butler, and Jessica Preece. (2016). Gender Inequalities in Campaign Finance. Quarterly Journal of Political Science, 11(2), 219-248.

Run Jane, Run: Gendered Responses to Political Party Recruitment

Preece, Jessica Robinson, Olga Bogach Stoddard, and Rachel Fisher. (2016). Run Jane, Run: Gendered Responses to Political Party Recruitment. Political Behavior38(3): 561-577.

Mind the Gender Gap: The Influence of Self-Efficacy on Political Interest

Preece, Jessica Robinson. (2016). Mind the Gender Gap: The Influence of Self-Efficacy on Political Interest. Politics & Gender12(1), 198-217.

Why Women Don’t Run: Experimental Evidence on the Role of Competition Aversion

Preece, Jessica and Olga Stoddard. (2015). Why Women Don’t Run: Experimental Evidence on the Role of Competition Aversion. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization117(September): 296-308.

Does the Message Matter? A Field Experiment on Political Party Recruitment

Preece, Jessica Robinson and Olga Bogach Stoddard. (2015). Does the Message Matter? A Field Experiment on Political Party Recruitment. Journal of Experimental Political Sceince2(2): 1-10.

How the Party Can Win in Personal Vote Systems: The “Selectoral Connection” and Legislative Voting in Lithuania

Preece, Jessica Robinson. (2014). How the Party Can Win in Personal Vote Systems: The “Selectoral Connection” and Legislative Voting in Lithuania. Legislative Studies Quarterly, 39(2): 147-167.

UNDER REVIEW

Persistence of Treatment Effects from “How to Elect More Women: Gender and Candidate Success in a Field Experiment,” with Alejandra Teresita Gimenez Aldridge, Chris Karpowitz and Quin Monson (Revise and Resubmit)

Bipartisanship Reconsidered: Minority Party Contributions to Lawmaking in the 101st to 113th Congresses, with Mandi Eatough (Under Review)