I use computational and quantitative methods to study historical political economy, political, ethnic, and racial conflict, and the environment & agriculture in the US.
Publications
“Black Troops, White Rage, and Political Violence in the Postbellum American South,” forthcoming in the American Political Science Review (with Joshua Byun)
“Subjective Political Polarization,” Sociological Science, 2023 (with John Levi Martin)
Under Review
“In Silico Sociology: Forecasting COVID-19 Polarization with Large Language Models” (with Austin Kozlowski and James Evans)
Manuscripts in Progress
“Black Troops and the Return of King Cotton in the Postbellum US South 1865-1880” (dissertation)
“War Widows” (with Joshua Byun)
“Crossing Borders, Building Barriers: The Dual Role of Immigrant Networks in Shaping Radicalism in late 19th Century Chicago” (with Joshua Silver)
“What Structures Political Ideas?” (with John Levi Martin)
“Beyond Counties” (with Becca Sealy and John Levi Martin)
Book Chapters
Social Pressures in Informal Groups, in Personal Networks: Classic Readings and New Directions in Ego-centric Analysis, edited by Mario L. Small, Brea L. Perry, Bernice Pescosolido, and Edward Smith, Cambridge University Press (with John Levi Martin)
Hyunku Kwon 