PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Persistence of Treatment Effects from “How to Elect More Women: Gender and Candidate Success in a Field Experiment
Conditionally accepted. Journal of Experimental Political Science, with Alejandra Teresita Gimenez Aldridge, Chris Karpowitz and Quin Monson
Strength in Numbers? Gender Composition, Leadership, and Women’s Influence in Teams
Karpowitz, Christopher F., Stephen D. O’Connell, Jessica Preece, and Olga Stoddard. 2025. “Strength in Numbers? Gender Composition, Leadership, and Women’s Influence in Teams.” Journal of Political Economy.
Crediting Invisible Work: Congress and the Lawmaking Productivity Metric (LawProM)
Eatough, Mandi and Jessica Preece. 2025. “Crediting Invisible Work: Congress and the Lawmaking Productivity Metric (LawProM).” American Political Science Review.
Awards: CQ Press Award Best Paper on Legislative Studies at APSA 2020; Pi Sigma Alpha Award for Best Paper at SPSA 2021; Marian Irish Award for Best Paper on Women and Politics SPSA 2021
Selecting for Masculinity: Women's Representation in the Republican Party
Karpowitz, Christopher, J. Quin Monson, Jessica Preece, and Alejandra Aldridge. 2024. “Selecting for Masculinity: Women's Representation in the Republican Party.” American Political Science Review.
Media coverage: NPR Radio West, Utah Business Magazine, Y Magazine
Individual Valuing of Social Equality in Political and Personal Relationships
Davis, Ryan and Jessica Preece. 2022. “Individual Valuing of Social Equality in Political and Personal Relationships.” Review of Philosophy and Psychology, 13: 177-196.
Personality and Gendered Selection Processes in the Political Pipeline
Dynes, Adam M., Hans H.G. Hassell, Matthew R. Miles, and Jessica Robinson Preece. 2021. Personality and Gendered Selection Processes in the Political Pipeline. Politics & Gender, 17(1): 53-73.
How to Elect More Women: Gender and Candidate Success in a Field Experiment
Karpowitz, Christopher F., J. Quin Monson, and Jessica Robinson Preece. (2017). How to Elect More Women: Gender and Candidate Success in a Field Experiment. American Journal of Political Science, 61(4), 927-943.
Recruitment and Perceptions of Gender Bias in Party Leader Support
Butler, Daniel M. and Jessica Robinson Preece. (2016). Recruitment and Perceptions of Gender Bias in Party Leader Support. Political Research Quarterly, 69(4), 842-851.
Gender Inequalities in Campaign Finance
Barber, Michael, Daniel M. Butler, and Jessica Preece. (2016). Gender Inequalities in Campaign Finance. Quarterly Journal of Political Science, 11(2), 219-248.
Run Jane, Run: Gendered Responses to Political Party Recruitment
Preece, Jessica Robinson, Olga Bogach Stoddard, and Rachel Fisher. (2016). Run Jane, Run: Gendered Responses to Political Party Recruitment. Political Behavior, 38(3): 561-577.
Mind the Gender Gap: The Influence of Self-Efficacy on Political Interest
Preece, Jessica Robinson. (2016). Mind the Gender Gap: The Influence of Self-Efficacy on Political Interest. Politics & Gender, 12(1), 198-217.
Why Women Don’t Run: Experimental Evidence on the Role of Competition Aversion
Preece, Jessica and Olga Stoddard. (2015). Why Women Don’t Run: Experimental Evidence on the Role of Competition Aversion. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 117(September): 296-308.
Does the Message Matter? A Field Experiment on Political Party Recruitment
Preece, Jessica Robinson and Olga Bogach Stoddard. (2015). Does the Message Matter? A Field Experiment on Political Party Recruitment. Journal of Experimental Political Sceince, 2(2): 1-10.
How the Party Can Win in Personal Vote Systems: The “Selectoral Connection” and Legislative Voting in Lithuania
Preece, Jessica Robinson. (2014). How the Party Can Win in Personal Vote Systems: The “Selectoral Connection” and Legislative Voting in Lithuania. Legislative Studies Quarterly, 39(2): 147-167.
Book Chapters
How Political Parties Can Diversity Their Leadership
Aldridge, Alejandra Teresita Gimenez Aldrige, Christopher Karpowitz, Quin Monson, and Jessica Preece. 2020. “How Political Parties Can Diversify Their Leadership” in Good Reasons to Run: Women and Political Candidacy, edited by Mirya Holman, Rachel Bernhard, Shauna Shames, and Dawn Teele. Temple University Press.
Bipartisanship Reconsidered: Minority Party Contributions to Lawmaking in the 101st to 113th Congresses, with Mandi Eatough
Forthcoming, Reconsidering Parties and Partisanship, edited by Christopher Karpowitz and Jeremy Pope