Deborah Jordan Brooks

Selected Publications

• He Runs, She Runs: Why Gender Stereotypes Do Not Harm Women Candidates (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2013).  [FULL TEXT AVAILABLE HERE FROM PROJECT MUSE]

• “What’s Fair in International Politics? Equity, Equality, and Foreign Policy Attitudes” Journal of Conflict Resolution, accepted and forthcoming, with Katy Powers, Joshua Kertzer, and Deborah Brooks.

• "Do Partisan Types Stop at the Water's Edge?" The Journal of Politics, Vol. 43, No. 4 (October 2021), with Stephen Brooks and Joshua Kertzer, pp. 1764-1782

• “Double Whammy: Why the Underrepresentation of Women Among Workplace and Political Decision-makers Matters in Pandemic Times,” Politics and Gender, Vol. 16 (4), December 2020, with Lydia Saad, pp 1110-1122.

• “Measurement in the Study of Menstrual Health and Hygiene: A Systematic Review and Audit,” PLoS One, June 2020, with Julie Hennegan, Kellog Schwab, and G.J. Melendez-Torres. 

• “How Messages about Gender Bias in Elections Can Both Help and Hurt Women’s Representation,” American Politics Research, May 2019, Vol. 47 (3), with Danny Hayes, pp. 601-627.

• “The Demographic Transition Theory of War: Why Young Societies are Conflict Prone and Old Societies are the Most Peaceful,” International Security, Winter 2018/19, 43 (3), with Stephen G. Brooks, Mark L. Haas, and Brian Greenhill, pp. 53-95.

• “Assessing Accountability in a Post-Citizens United Era: The Effects of Attack Ad Sponsorship by Unknown Independent Groups,” American Politics Research, May 2012 (40), with Michael Murov, pp. 383-418.

• "Testing the Double Standard for Candidate Emotionality: Voter Reactions to the Tears and Anger of Male and Female Politicians," The Journal of Politics, April 2011, Vol. 73(2): 597-615.

• "A War of One's Own: Understanding the Gender Gap in Support for War," Public Opinion Quarterly, June 2011, Vol. 75(2), with Ben Valentino, pp. 270-286.

• "A Negativity Gap? Voter Gender and Attack Politics in American Elections," Politics and Gender, September 2010, Vol. 6(3), pp. 319-341.

• "Beyond Negativity: The Effects of Incivility on Voters," American Journal of Political Science, January 2007, Vol 51(1), with John Geer, pp. 1-16.

• "The Resilient Voter: Moving Toward Closure in the Debate over Negative Campaigning and Turnout," The Journal of Politics, August 2006, Vol 68(3), pp. 684-696. PDF