Mitchell Brown
Biographic Data
| ID | 3702255 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mitchell Brown |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mitchell |
| FAMILY NAME | Brown |
| SIGNATURE | BROWN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Auburn University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3076-9585 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 390 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Election Fraud in the American Mind
Objective Disputes over election fraud have become a defining feature of contemporary American politics, yet it remains unclear whether partisans are disagreeing about the same underlying phenomenon. This article examines how Americans understand and interpret the phrase “election fraud” and whether partisan divisions reflect differences in concern about fraud or differences in what the term itself is taken to mean. Methods We use novel survey qu…
The Racial Typification of Election Officials and Trust in Elections
Who do Americans think runs their elections? This paper examines the racial typification of election officials, that is, how Americans perceive the racial composition of the people who administer elections and what drives those perceptions. Using survey data from a module in the 2024 Cooperative Election Study paired with county-level demographic data, we model perceptions of election official racial composition as a compositional dependent varia…
Restoring Trust in US Elections through Effective Election Administrator Messaging
During the 2020 election cycle, numerous national, state, and local organizations mounted campaigns designed to counter mis- and disinformation about election activities and to foster public trust in election processes. Local and state election offices focused intently on creating and disseminating accurate messages about when, where, and how to vote. Despite these efforts, trust in the 2020 election remained confoundingly low. This research anal…
Teaching Undergraduate Political Methodology
Journal of Political Science Education Editors’ Report, 2019–2020
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Journal of Political Science Education Editors’ Report
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Editor’s Report for the Journal of Political Science Education
The editorial team for the Journal of Political Science Education has now been running the journal for the last two years with support from APSA and specifically from Jon Gurstelle, Director of Publishing. In our second year working on the journal the process has gone well and we have a good team of managing editors and editorial assistants at the University at Albany and at Roger Williams University
Highlights from the Journal of Political Science Education Editors’ Report, 2016–2017
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Gender and Women's Studies, Applied Research on
Kill Them All—Old and Young, Girls and Women and Little Children: An Examination of the Organizational Choice of Targeting Civilians
What factors make it more likely that non-state organizations will target civilians as a political strategy? This study examines targeting civilians as a tactical and normative choice, and hypothesizes that the targeting of civilians (compared to the general use of violence) is a function of the ideological make-up of organizations, organization weakness and state repression. Other factors related to organizational capability will not have a diff…
Administering Elections: How American Elections Work
1. Introduction 2. Understanding Election Administration as a System 3. The Structure of Election Administration at the State and Local Levels 4. The Evolving Federal Role in Election Administration 5. The Legal Framework of Election Administration in the Modern Era 6. Pluralism, Participation, and Third-party Groups 7. State Innovation in Election Administration 8. Continuing Challenges in Election Administration 9. Appendix
Community Service Provision by Political Associations Representing Minorities in the Middle East and North Africa
What factors make it more likely that political associations will engage in community service provision? This article examines the service provision activities of minority-identified political associations in the Middle East prior to the Arab Spring, giving an important view of associational activity during the period leading up to substantial political change in the region. Drawing from two distinct bodies of literature—on nonprofit organization…
Enhancing and Measuring Organizational Capacity: Assessing the Results of the U.S. Department of Justice Rural Pilot Program Evaluation
A significant goal of public administrators in this era of shrinking public funds has been to find ways to enhance and measure organizational capacity and sustainability with minimal outlays of resources. One attempt to address this goal was the Rural Pilot Program, funded by the Office of Violence Against Women in the U.S. Department of Justice. Based on the evaluation of the program, this article (1) describes how capacity was measured, (2) dis…
Why Split? Organizational Splits among Ethnopolitical Organizations in the Middle East
Why do political organizations split? Drawing insight from organizational theory and social movement literature, this article explores the effect of organizational factors on group schism. Using a new data set of 112 ethnopolitical organizations in the Middle East, the article examines to what extent organizational factors such as leadership structure, organizational legality, and tactical intensity, as well as contextual variables such as state …
A Cross-National Exploration of the Conditions that Produce Interpersonal Violence: Asal/Brown / Interpersonal Violence
In this article we take advantage of newly available data provided by WomanStats to suggest (1) a quantifiable approach to scaling the prevalence of interpersonal violence; and (2) a model of those factors that account for different levels of interpersonal violence cross-nationally. We specifically draw from the human rights literature to determine which economic, cultural, and political factors explain different levels of interpersonal violence …
Structure, Empowerment and the Liberalization of Cross-National Abortion Rights
Economic, cultural, and political opportunity structures have been separately shown to facilitate and constrain abortion rights. We examine two central and related questions: First, which factors explain liberalization of different types of abortion laws? Second, which factor or set of factors is the most important in explaining abortion laws? The cross-national literature suggests a three-pronged explanation for the existence of abortion rights,…
Power, Identity, and the Limits of Agency
This article presents an analysis of the limits of "power to" and agency through an examination of the Barry administration in Washington, DC. I begin by asking why this administration, born of the civil rights movement and tremendous optimism, was unable to live up to its expectations. I provide an in-depth examination of Barry's efforts at reform, his popular appeal, and his appeal to business within the context of Washington's local political …
Teaching Research Methods Track Summary
The Teaching Research Methods Track at the third annual APSA Teaching and Learning Conference included 26 participants from schools ranging from small colleges to major research universities. The program included presentations on the state of the undergraduate research methods field, information literacy, and a variety of teaching innovations, culminating in a large group discussion where we agreed upon a common set of strengths, opportunities, a…
Inequality, Trust, and Civic Engagement
This article examines why people violate rationality and take part in their communities, differentiating by types of participation, particularly political versus other, more communal types of participation. The authors argue that trust plays an important role in participation levels, but contrary to more traditional models, the causal relationship runs from trust to participation. In addition, the authors posit that trust is strongly affected by …
Inequality, Trust, and Civic Engagement
This article examines why people violate rationality and take part in their communities, differentiating by types of participation, particularly political versus other, more communal types of participation. The authors argue that trust plays an important role in participation levels, but contrary to more traditional models, the causal relationship runs from trust to participation. In addition, the authors posit that trust is strongly affected by …
Why Split? Organizational Splits among Ethnopolitical Organizations in the Middle East
Why do political organizations split? Drawing insight from organizational theory and social movement literature, this article explores the effect of organizational factors on group schism. Using a new data set of 112 ethnopolitical organizations in the Middle East, the article examines to what extent organizational factors such as leadership structure, organizational legality, and tactical intensity, as well as contextual variables such as state …
Structure, Empowerment and the Liberalization of Cross-National Abortion Rights
Economic, cultural, and political opportunity structures have been separately shown to facilitate and constrain abortion rights. We examine two central and related questions: First, which factors explain liberalization of different types of abortion laws? Second, which factor or set of factors is the most important in explaining abortion laws? The cross-national literature suggests a three-pronged explanation for the existence of abortion rights,…
Kill Them All—Old and Young, Girls and Women and Little Children: An Examination of the Organizational Choice of Targeting Civilians
What factors make it more likely that non-state organizations will target civilians as a political strategy? This study examines targeting civilians as a tactical and normative choice, and hypothesizes that the targeting of civilians (compared to the general use of violence) is a function of the ideological make-up of organizations, organization weakness and state repression. Other factors related to organizational capability will not have a diff…
Restoring Trust in US Elections through Effective Election Administrator Messaging
During the 2020 election cycle, numerous national, state, and local organizations mounted campaigns designed to counter mis- and disinformation about election activities and to foster public trust in election processes. Local and state election offices focused intently on creating and disseminating accurate messages about when, where, and how to vote. Despite these efforts, trust in the 2020 election remained confoundingly low. This research anal…
A Cross-National Exploration of the Conditions that Produce Interpersonal Violence: Asal/Brown / Interpersonal Violence
In this article we take advantage of newly available data provided by WomanStats to suggest (1) a quantifiable approach to scaling the prevalence of interpersonal violence; and (2) a model of those factors that account for different levels of interpersonal violence cross-nationally. We specifically draw from the human rights literature to determine which economic, cultural, and political factors explain different levels of interpersonal violence …
Power, Identity, and the Limits of Agency
This article presents an analysis of the limits of "power to" and agency through an examination of the Barry administration in Washington, DC. I begin by asking why this administration, born of the civil rights movement and tremendous optimism, was unable to live up to its expectations. I provide an in-depth examination of Barry's efforts at reform, his popular appeal, and his appeal to business within the context of Washington's local political …
Journal of Political Science Education Editors’ Report, 2019–2020
An abstract is not available for this content. As you have access to this content, full HTML content is provided on this page. A PDF of this content is also available in through the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Editor’s Report for the Journal of Political Science Education
The editorial team for the Journal of Political Science Education has now been running the journal for the last two years with support from APSA and specifically from Jon Gurstelle, Director of Publishing. In our second year working on the journal the process has gone well and we have a good team of managing editors and editorial assistants at the University at Albany and at Roger Williams University
Highlights from the Journal of Political Science Education Editors’ Report, 2016–2017
An abstract is not available for this content. As you have access to this content, full HTML content is provided on this page. A PDF of this content is also available in through the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Community Service Provision by Political Associations Representing Minorities in the Middle East and North Africa
What factors make it more likely that political associations will engage in community service provision? This article examines the service provision activities of minority-identified political associations in the Middle East prior to the Arab Spring, giving an important view of associational activity during the period leading up to substantial political change in the region. Drawing from two distinct bodies of literature—on nonprofit organization…
Teaching Research Methods Track Summary
The Teaching Research Methods Track at the third annual APSA Teaching and Learning Conference included 26 participants from schools ranging from small colleges to major research universities. The program included presentations on the state of the undergraduate research methods field, information literacy, and a variety of teaching innovations, culminating in a large group discussion where we agreed upon a common set of strengths, opportunities, a…
Inequality, Trust, and Civic Engagement
This article examines why people violate rationality and take part in their communities, differentiating by types of participation, particularly political versus other, more communal types of participation. The authors argue that trust plays an important role in participation levels, but contrary to more traditional models, the causal relationship runs from trust to participation. In addition, the authors posit that trust is strongly affected by …
Teaching Research Methods Track Summary
The Teaching Research Methods Track at the third annual APSA Teaching and Learning Conference included 26 participants from schools ranging from small colleges to major research universities. The program included presentations on the state of the undergraduate research methods field, information literacy, and a variety of teaching innovations, culminating in a large group discussion where we agreed upon a common set of strengths, opportunities, a…
Structure, Empowerment and the Liberalization of Cross-National Abortion Rights
Economic, cultural, and political opportunity structures have been separately shown to facilitate and constrain abortion rights. We examine two central and related questions: First, which factors explain liberalization of different types of abortion laws? Second, which factor or set of factors is the most important in explaining abortion laws? The cross-national literature suggests a three-pronged explanation for the existence of abortion rights,…
Power, Identity, and the Limits of Agency
This article presents an analysis of the limits of "power to" and agency through an examination of the Barry administration in Washington, DC. I begin by asking why this administration, born of the civil rights movement and tremendous optimism, was unable to live up to its expectations. I provide an in-depth examination of Barry's efforts at reform, his popular appeal, and his appeal to business within the context of Washington's local political …
A Cross-National Exploration of the Conditions that Produce Interpersonal Violence: Asal/Brown / Interpersonal Violence
In this article we take advantage of newly available data provided by WomanStats to suggest (1) a quantifiable approach to scaling the prevalence of interpersonal violence; and (2) a model of those factors that account for different levels of interpersonal violence cross-nationally. We specifically draw from the human rights literature to determine which economic, cultural, and political factors explain different levels of interpersonal violence …
Enhancing and Measuring Organizational Capacity: Assessing the Results of the U.S. Department of Justice Rural Pilot Program Evaluation
A significant goal of public administrators in this era of shrinking public funds has been to find ways to enhance and measure organizational capacity and sustainability with minimal outlays of resources. One attempt to address this goal was the Rural Pilot Program, funded by the Office of Violence Against Women in the U.S. Department of Justice. Based on the evaluation of the program, this article (1) describes how capacity was measured, (2) dis…
Why Split? Organizational Splits among Ethnopolitical Organizations in the Middle East
Why do political organizations split? Drawing insight from organizational theory and social movement literature, this article explores the effect of organizational factors on group schism. Using a new data set of 112 ethnopolitical organizations in the Middle East, the article examines to what extent organizational factors such as leadership structure, organizational legality, and tactical intensity, as well as contextual variables such as state …
Administering Elections: How American Elections Work
1. Introduction 2. Understanding Election Administration as a System 3. The Structure of Election Administration at the State and Local Levels 4. The Evolving Federal Role in Election Administration 5. The Legal Framework of Election Administration in the Modern Era 6. Pluralism, Participation, and Third-party Groups 7. State Innovation in Election Administration 8. Continuing Challenges in Election Administration 9. Appendix
Community Service Provision by Political Associations Representing Minorities in the Middle East and North Africa
What factors make it more likely that political associations will engage in community service provision? This article examines the service provision activities of minority-identified political associations in the Middle East prior to the Arab Spring, giving an important view of associational activity during the period leading up to substantial political change in the region. Drawing from two distinct bodies of literature—on nonprofit organization…
Gender and Women's Studies, Applied Research on
Kill Them All—Old and Young, Girls and Women and Little Children: An Examination of the Organizational Choice of Targeting Civilians
What factors make it more likely that non-state organizations will target civilians as a political strategy? This study examines targeting civilians as a tactical and normative choice, and hypothesizes that the targeting of civilians (compared to the general use of violence) is a function of the ideological make-up of organizations, organization weakness and state repression. Other factors related to organizational capability will not have a diff…
Editor’s Report for the Journal of Political Science Education
The editorial team for the Journal of Political Science Education has now been running the journal for the last two years with support from APSA and specifically from Jon Gurstelle, Director of Publishing. In our second year working on the journal the process has gone well and we have a good team of managing editors and editorial assistants at the University at Albany and at Roger Williams University
Highlights from the Journal of Political Science Education Editors’ Report, 2016–2017
An abstract is not available for this content. As you have access to this content, full HTML content is provided on this page. A PDF of this content is also available in through the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Journal of Political Science Education Editors’ Report
An abstract is not available for this content. As you have access to this content, full HTML content is provided on this page. A PDF of this content is also available in through the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Journal of Political Science Education Editors’ Report, 2019–2020
An abstract is not available for this content. As you have access to this content, full HTML content is provided on this page. A PDF of this content is also available in through the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Teaching Undergraduate Political Methodology
Restoring Trust in US Elections through Effective Election Administrator Messaging
During the 2020 election cycle, numerous national, state, and local organizations mounted campaigns designed to counter mis- and disinformation about election activities and to foster public trust in election processes. Local and state election offices focused intently on creating and disseminating accurate messages about when, where, and how to vote. Despite these efforts, trust in the 2020 election remained confoundingly low. This research anal…
Election Fraud in the American Mind
Objective Disputes over election fraud have become a defining feature of contemporary American politics, yet it remains unclear whether partisans are disagreeing about the same underlying phenomenon. This article examines how Americans understand and interpret the phrase “election fraud” and whether partisan divisions reflect differences in concern about fraud or differences in what the term itself is taken to mean. Methods We use novel survey qu…
The Racial Typification of Election Officials and Trust in Elections
Who do Americans think runs their elections? This paper examines the racial typification of election officials, that is, how Americans perceive the racial composition of the people who administer elections and what drives those perceptions. Using survey data from a module in the 2024 Cooperative Election Study paired with county-level demographic data, we model perceptions of election official racial composition as a compositional dependent varia…
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