Nicole Kalaf-Hughes
Biographic Data
| ID | 4124100 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nicole Kalaf-Hughes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nicole |
| FAMILY NAME | Kalaf-Hughes |
| SIGNATURE | KALAF-HUGHES N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bowling Green State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1244-5301 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 46 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The Efficacy Gap: Resentment and its Impact on External and Internal Political Efficacy
Political efficacy—the belief in one’s ability to influence political outcomes—is an impactful predictor of support for democracy and political participation. However, the increasing rise of resentment politics—the belief that some groups are getting more than their fair share—may have dramatic consequences on citizens’ efficacy. Using the American National Election Study, we find resentful voters decrease their sense of external efficacy, that i…
Congresswomen, Legislative Entrepreneurship, and the Basis for Effective Legislating in the U.S. House, 1973–2008
Research indicates that congresswomen are more effective at moving bills through the lawmaking process than their male counterparts. To investigate why, we discuss what legislative entrepreneurship involves and explain why it can serve as the basis for problem-solving and effective lawmaking in the U.S. Congress. We also examine the entrepreneurial work that members of Congress did on behalf of bills that they sponsored from 1973 to 2008. Among o…
Promoting Information Literacy and Visual Literacy Skills in Undergraduate Students Using Infographics
Because research and communication proficiency is ubiquitous in the academic and professional world, teaching students the necessary information literacy (IL) and visual literacy (VL) skills has become increasingly important. Integrating IL and VL pedagogy into substantive coursework can enhance students’ comprehension of the material and teach them to make a meaningful contribution to public awareness and understanding of political science. Yet,…
Nasty women and bad hombres: The effect of racial and gender resentment on evaluations of presidential candidate valence
The competence, integrity, and experience of political candidates, i.e., their character valence, play an important role in voter decision-making. As character valence reflects the ability of a candidate to govern effectively and honestly – traits all voters generally value regardless of partisanship – candidates with higher valence should have an advantage in elections, yet 2016 saw candidates struggle to capitalize on their valence. Further, rh…
That Woman from Michigan: How Gender Resentment Shapes the Efficacy of Stay-at-Home Policies
The United States has the highest number of COVID-19 cases, yet many Americans have responded indifferently toward policies designed to combat the spread of the virus. While nearly all 50 states have implemented some type of stay-at-home policy to encourage social distancing, there has been high variation in the degree of compliance. We argue that this variance is partly driven by gender resentment. Gender resentment reduces trust in female polit…
Representation by the Minute: The Influence of Ethnicity, Partisanship and District Fit on Legislator One-Minute Floor Speeches
Much of the research on minority representation in the U.S. House has focused on how group preferences are reflected in recorded votes, yet most opportunities for position-taking exist outside the roll call arena. This research explores the conditions under which descriptive representation enhances substantive representation by examining an area where members have a great deal of freedom to register their preferences - speeches on the House floor…
Framed for Compromise? The Role of Bill Framing in State Legislative Behavior on Natural Gas Policy
State legislative decision making on natural gas policy has become a balancing act, as legislators are forced to grapple with tensions between economically beneficial policies and environmental impacts. Despite increased public attention to the benefits and costs related to hydraulic fracturing, there has been little scholarly attention paid to how policy framing affects legislator behavior on this issue. We analyze recorded votes on bills relati…
Agency policy preferences, congressional letter-marking and the allocation of distributive policy benefits
When allocating distributive benefits, bureaucrats must balance their own policy preferences with requests from members of Congress. The elimination of earmarking may provide agency personnel with greater discretion in the allocation of distributive benefits. Using a novel data set of congressional letters written in support of their community’s air traffic control towers, we estimate a model that explores the Federal Aviation Administration’s de…
Position-taking in House debate and the issue of immigration
Traditional studies of legislative behavior often rely on analyses of roll-call votes. However, this approach ignores variation in legislator position that may not be expressed through a recorded vote. To better examine legislative position-taking, I rely on legislative speech and explore what factors motivate a member of Congress to take a position on immigration. I apply Wordfish, a text-scaling algorithm, to House debate from the 104th and 109…
Agency policy preferences, congressional letter-marking and the allocation of distributive policy benefits
When allocating distributive benefits, bureaucrats must balance their own policy preferences with requests from members of Congress. The elimination of earmarking may provide agency personnel with greater discretion in the allocation of distributive benefits. Using a novel data set of congressional letters written in support of their community’s air traffic control towers, we estimate a model that explores the Federal Aviation Administration’s de…
That Woman from Michigan: How Gender Resentment Shapes the Efficacy of Stay-at-Home Policies
The United States has the highest number of COVID-19 cases, yet many Americans have responded indifferently toward policies designed to combat the spread of the virus. While nearly all 50 states have implemented some type of stay-at-home policy to encourage social distancing, there has been high variation in the degree of compliance. We argue that this variance is partly driven by gender resentment. Gender resentment reduces trust in female polit…
Framed for Compromise? The Role of Bill Framing in State Legislative Behavior on Natural Gas Policy
State legislative decision making on natural gas policy has become a balancing act, as legislators are forced to grapple with tensions between economically beneficial policies and environmental impacts. Despite increased public attention to the benefits and costs related to hydraulic fracturing, there has been little scholarly attention paid to how policy framing affects legislator behavior on this issue. We analyze recorded votes on bills relati…
Representation by the Minute: The Influence of Ethnicity, Partisanship and District Fit on Legislator One-Minute Floor Speeches
Much of the research on minority representation in the U.S. House has focused on how group preferences are reflected in recorded votes, yet most opportunities for position-taking exist outside the roll call arena. This research explores the conditions under which descriptive representation enhances substantive representation by examining an area where members have a great deal of freedom to register their preferences - speeches on the House floor…
Position-taking in House debate and the issue of immigration
Traditional studies of legislative behavior often rely on analyses of roll-call votes. However, this approach ignores variation in legislator position that may not be expressed through a recorded vote. To better examine legislative position-taking, I rely on legislative speech and explore what factors motivate a member of Congress to take a position on immigration. I apply Wordfish, a text-scaling algorithm, to House debate from the 104th and 109…
Promoting Information Literacy and Visual Literacy Skills in Undergraduate Students Using Infographics
Because research and communication proficiency is ubiquitous in the academic and professional world, teaching students the necessary information literacy (IL) and visual literacy (VL) skills has become increasingly important. Integrating IL and VL pedagogy into substantive coursework can enhance students’ comprehension of the material and teach them to make a meaningful contribution to public awareness and understanding of political science. Yet,…
Nasty women and bad hombres: The effect of racial and gender resentment on evaluations of presidential candidate valence
The competence, integrity, and experience of political candidates, i.e., their character valence, play an important role in voter decision-making. As character valence reflects the ability of a candidate to govern effectively and honestly – traits all voters generally value regardless of partisanship – candidates with higher valence should have an advantage in elections, yet 2016 saw candidates struggle to capitalize on their valence. Further, rh…
Position-taking in House debate and the issue of immigration
Traditional studies of legislative behavior often rely on analyses of roll-call votes. However, this approach ignores variation in legislator position that may not be expressed through a recorded vote. To better examine legislative position-taking, I rely on legislative speech and explore what factors motivate a member of Congress to take a position on immigration. I apply Wordfish, a text-scaling algorithm, to House debate from the 104th and 109…
Agency policy preferences, congressional letter-marking and the allocation of distributive policy benefits
When allocating distributive benefits, bureaucrats must balance their own policy preferences with requests from members of Congress. The elimination of earmarking may provide agency personnel with greater discretion in the allocation of distributive benefits. Using a novel data set of congressional letters written in support of their community’s air traffic control towers, we estimate a model that explores the Federal Aviation Administration’s de…
Framed for Compromise? The Role of Bill Framing in State Legislative Behavior on Natural Gas Policy
State legislative decision making on natural gas policy has become a balancing act, as legislators are forced to grapple with tensions between economically beneficial policies and environmental impacts. Despite increased public attention to the benefits and costs related to hydraulic fracturing, there has been little scholarly attention paid to how policy framing affects legislator behavior on this issue. We analyze recorded votes on bills relati…
That Woman from Michigan: How Gender Resentment Shapes the Efficacy of Stay-at-Home Policies
The United States has the highest number of COVID-19 cases, yet many Americans have responded indifferently toward policies designed to combat the spread of the virus. While nearly all 50 states have implemented some type of stay-at-home policy to encourage social distancing, there has been high variation in the degree of compliance. We argue that this variance is partly driven by gender resentment. Gender resentment reduces trust in female polit…
Representation by the Minute: The Influence of Ethnicity, Partisanship and District Fit on Legislator One-Minute Floor Speeches
Much of the research on minority representation in the U.S. House has focused on how group preferences are reflected in recorded votes, yet most opportunities for position-taking exist outside the roll call arena. This research explores the conditions under which descriptive representation enhances substantive representation by examining an area where members have a great deal of freedom to register their preferences - speeches on the House floor…
Nasty women and bad hombres: The effect of racial and gender resentment on evaluations of presidential candidate valence
The competence, integrity, and experience of political candidates, i.e., their character valence, play an important role in voter decision-making. As character valence reflects the ability of a candidate to govern effectively and honestly – traits all voters generally value regardless of partisanship – candidates with higher valence should have an advantage in elections, yet 2016 saw candidates struggle to capitalize on their valence. Further, rh…
Congresswomen, Legislative Entrepreneurship, and the Basis for Effective Legislating in the U.S. House, 1973–2008
Research indicates that congresswomen are more effective at moving bills through the lawmaking process than their male counterparts. To investigate why, we discuss what legislative entrepreneurship involves and explain why it can serve as the basis for problem-solving and effective lawmaking in the U.S. Congress. We also examine the entrepreneurial work that members of Congress did on behalf of bills that they sponsored from 1973 to 2008. Among o…
Promoting Information Literacy and Visual Literacy Skills in Undergraduate Students Using Infographics
Because research and communication proficiency is ubiquitous in the academic and professional world, teaching students the necessary information literacy (IL) and visual literacy (VL) skills has become increasingly important. Integrating IL and VL pedagogy into substantive coursework can enhance students’ comprehension of the material and teach them to make a meaningful contribution to public awareness and understanding of political science. Yet,…
The Efficacy Gap: Resentment and its Impact on External and Internal Political Efficacy
Political efficacy—the belief in one’s ability to influence political outcomes—is an impactful predictor of support for democracy and political participation. However, the increasing rise of resentment politics—the belief that some groups are getting more than their fair share—may have dramatic consequences on citizens’ efficacy. Using the American National Election Study, we find resentful voters decrease their sense of external efficacy, that i…
Political science (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Economics (6 works) · Gender Politics and Representation (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Law and economics (4 works) · Legislature (4 works) · Psychology (4 works)