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In 2021, I co-edited a special symposium published in the APSA journal PS on civically engaged research (CER) in political science. I co-wrote the introduction and one article, and co-edited the articles. Article topics cover defining CER, why do it, how to do it, using CER in the classroom, and ethical issues in engaged scholarship. (Articles may be behind a paywall. If so, please contact me for copies.)
Making it easier to vote does not threaten election integrity. New analysis for The Conversation on March 17, 2021.
A serious test of US democracy will come after Nov. 3. My op-ed for The Hill on October 29, 2020 using data from several months of the Grinnell College National Poll.
NVRA performance data set, MISSOURI. (January 14, 2019) Data and code book on voter registration and benefit transactions at Missouri’s Department of Social Services (DSS) offices from 2008 to 2018.
Declining Confidence In Election Results May Be Depressing Voter Turnout. My guest blog posting (January 2019) for the London School of Economics' United States Centre, discussing results from the 2018 Grinnell College National Poll.
Memo on the June 2017 list-maintenance letter to states from the Voting Section of the Department of Justice .
Hess, Hanmer, & Nickerson. (2016). Encouraging Local Compliance with Federal Civil Rights Laws: Field Experiments with the National Voter Registration Act. Public Administration Review, DOI: 10.1111/puar.12473
My guest blog on The Monkey Cage (July 4, 2015) about the National Voter Registration Act and the Election Assistance Commission
In 2021, I co-edited a special symposium published in the APSA journal PS on civically engaged research (CER) in political science. I co-wrote the introduction and one article, and co-edited the articles. Article topics cover defining CER, why do it, how to do it, using CER in the classroom, and ethical issues in engaged scholarship. (Articles may be behind a paywall. If so, please contact me for copies.)
- "Introduction to the Symposium: Civically Engaged Research and Political Science."
PS: Political Science & Politics , First View, August 6, 2021.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1049096521000834 - "Defining Civically Engaged Research as Scholarship in Political Science."
PS: Political Science & Politics , First View, August 6, 2021.
DOI: doi.org/10.1017/S1049096521000676
Making it easier to vote does not threaten election integrity. New analysis for The Conversation on March 17, 2021.
A serious test of US democracy will come after Nov. 3. My op-ed for The Hill on October 29, 2020 using data from several months of the Grinnell College National Poll.
NVRA performance data set, MISSOURI. (January 14, 2019) Data and code book on voter registration and benefit transactions at Missouri’s Department of Social Services (DSS) offices from 2008 to 2018.
Declining Confidence In Election Results May Be Depressing Voter Turnout. My guest blog posting (January 2019) for the London School of Economics' United States Centre, discussing results from the 2018 Grinnell College National Poll.
Memo on the June 2017 list-maintenance letter to states from the Voting Section of the Department of Justice .
Hess, Hanmer, & Nickerson. (2016). Encouraging Local Compliance with Federal Civil Rights Laws: Field Experiments with the National Voter Registration Act. Public Administration Review, DOI: 10.1111/puar.12473
My guest blog on The Monkey Cage (July 4, 2015) about the National Voter Registration Act and the Election Assistance Commission
| "A Review of National Voter Registration Act Compliance in SNAP Applications and How Anti-Hunger Groups Can Advocate for Improvements" |
| Lopatto & Hess (2016) Team Teaching. [Memo prepared for Ginnell College faculty.] |
| Hess & Lowry (2014) Toward a Hunger Free Alexandria |
Below is a community meeting in Alexandria, VA in 2017 that focuses on our report on "Toward a Hunger Free Alexandria."One of the recommendations in our report was the initiation of a new organization in the City. The nonprofit created is Hunger Free Alexandria.
| Hess & Herman (2009) Representational Bias in the 2008 Electorate |
| Mellor & Hess (2009) Improving Voter Registration Performance in Public Assistance Agencies through Modernizing Data Transfer Systems |
| Herman, Hess & Groarke (2009) A Review of Academic Literature on the Effectiveness of the National Voter Registration Act |
| Hess & Herman (2008) NVRA Section 7 Performance Indicators |
| Hess & Novakowski (2008) Unequal Access: Neglecting the NVRA, 1995-2007 |
| Herman & Hess (2008) Investigating Voting Rights in Colorado: Compliance with NVRA |
| Hess (2007) Representational Bias in the 2006 Electorate |
| Hess (2007) Investigating Voting Rights in Missouri: Compliance with NVRA |
| Hess, Wright & Uradomo (1996) Cheating Democracy: Implementation of the NVRA |