Victor, Jennifer Nicoll, Alexander H. Montgomery, and Mark Lubell, eds. 2017. The Oxford Handbook of Political Networks<\/em><\/a>. Oxford\u202f; New York: Oxford University Press Inc.<\/p>\n Ringe, Nils and Jennifer Nicoll Victor. 2013. Bridging the Information Gap: Legislative Member Organizations in the United States and the European Union<\/em><\/a>. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press (2013).<\/p>\n Book website and Database<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bynion, Timothy, and Jennifer Victor<\/strong>. 2026. \u201cMeeting Students Where They Are: A field experiment of classroom interventions for voter turnout among college students.\u201d Social Science Quarterly. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/ssqu.70149<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Lubell, Mark and Jennifer N. Victor<\/strong>. 2025. \u201cPresidential Powers and the Evolution of Polycentric Governance Systems,\u201d Policy Studies Journal.<\/em> https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/psj.70069<\/a><\/p>\n Victor, Jennifer N<\/strong>. 2025. \u201cDo Network Connections Between Republican and Democratic Members of Congress Encourage Bipartisan Cooperation?\u201d American Politics Research<\/em>, March, 1532673X251324140. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/1532673X251324140<\/a>.<\/p>\n Stein, Robert M., Barry C. Burden, Matt Lamb, Gayle Alberda, Lonna Atkeson, Lisa Bryant, Rachael Cobb, Michael Gilbert, Joshua Hostetter, David C. Kimball, Kenneth Mayer, Costas Panagopoulos, Andrew Reeves, Corwin Smidt, and Jennifer Victor.<\/strong> 2025. \u201cGuardians at the Gates: Poll Worker Retention in a Challenging Election Environment.\u201d Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy<\/em> 24 (1): 62\u201373. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1089\/elj.2024.0017<\/a>.<\/p>\n Victor, Jennifer Nicoll<\/strong>. 2020. \u201cLet\u2019s Be Honest about Election Forecasting.\u201d PS: Political Science & Politics<\/em>, October, 1\u20133. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/S1049096520001432<\/a>.<\/p>\n Stein, Robert Stein, Christopher Mann, Charles Stewart III, with Zachary Birenbaum, Anson Fung, Jeb Greenberg, Farhan Kawsar, Gayle Alberda, R. Michael Alvarez, Emily Beaulieu, Nathaniel A. Birkhead, Frederick Boehmke, Joshua Boston, Barry C. Burden, Francisco Cantu, Rachael Cobb, David Darmofal, Thomas C. Ellington, Terri Fine, Charles J. Finocchiaro, Michael Gilbert, Victor Haynes, Brian Janssen, David Kimball, Charles Kromkowski, Elena Llaudet, Ken Mayer, Matthew R. Miles, David Miller, Lindsay Nielson, Yu Ouyang, Costas Panagopoulos, Andrew Reeves, Min Hee Seo, Haley Simmons, Corwin Smidt, Rachel VanSickle-Ward, Jennifer Nicoll Victor<\/strong>, Abby Wood, Julie Wronski. \u201cWaiting to Vote in the 2016 Presidential Election: Evidence from a Multi-County Study<\/a>.\u201d Political Research Quarterly<\/em>, March, 2019.<\/p>\n Victor, Jennifer Nicoll<\/strong>, and Gina Yannitell Reinhardt. 2016. \u201cCompeting for the Platform: How Organized Interests Affect Party Positioning in the United States<\/a>.\u201d Party Politics<\/i>, December, 1354068816678888.<\/p>\n Victor, Jennifer Nicoll<\/strong> and Gregory Koger. 2016. \u201cFinancing Friends: How Lobbyists Create a Web of Relationships among Members of Congress<\/a>.\u201d Interest Groups & Advocacy<\/em>. On-line first 24 May 2016.<\/p>\n Ringe, Nils, Jennifer Nicoll Victor<\/strong>, and Justin H. Gross. 2013. \u201cKeeping Your Friends Close and Your Enemies Closer? Information Networks in Legislative Politics<\/a>. British Journal of Political Science<\/em>, 43(3): 601-628.<\/p>\n Victor, Jennifer Nicoll<\/strong>. 2011. \u201cLegislating versus Campaigning: The Legislative Behavior of Higher Office Seekers<\/a>.\u201d American Politics Research<\/em>, 39(1): 3-31.<\/p>\n Victor, Jennifer Nicoll<\/strong> and Nils Ringe. 2009. \u201cThe Social Utility of Informal Institutions: Caucuses as Networks in the 110th U.S. House of Representatives<\/a>.\u201d American Politics Research<\/em>, 37(5): 742-66.<\/p>\n Koger, Gregory and Jennifer Nicoll Victor<\/strong>. 2009. \u201cPolarized Agents: Campaign Contributions by Lobbyists<\/a>.\u201d PS: Politics & Political Science<\/em>, 42(3): 485-488.<\/p>\n Victor, Jennifer Nicoll<\/strong>. 2007. \u201cStrategic Lobbying: Demonstrating how Legislative Context Affects Interest Groups\u2019 Lobbying Tactics<\/a>\u201d American Politics Research<\/em>, 35(6): 826-845.<\/p>\n Bottom, William P., Gary J. Miller, Cheryl L. Eavey, and Jennifer Nicoll Victor<\/strong>. 2000. \u201cThe Institutional Effect on Majority Rule Instability: Bicameralism in Spatial Policy Decisions<\/a>.\u201d The American Journal of Political Science<\/em>. \u00a0 44(3): 523-540.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ocampo, Angela, Seth Masket, and Jennifer N. Victor<\/strong>. 2022. \u201cManaging online harassment in the academy,\u201d in Strategies for Navigating Graduate School and Beyond<\/em>. Kevin G. Lorenz, II, Daniel J. Mallinson, Julia Marin Hellwege, Davin Phoenix, J. Cherie Strachan, eds. American Political Science Association; Washington, DC.<\/p>\n Victor, Jennifer Nicoll<\/strong>. 2019 (forthcoming<\/em>). \u201cLobbying Networks,\u201d in The Oxford Handbook of Electoral Persuasion<\/em>, Elizabeth Suhay, Bernard Grofman, and Alexander Treschel, eds. Oxford University Press: New York.<\/p>\n Victor, Jennifer Nicoll<\/strong> and Elsa T. Khwaja. 2019 (forthcoming<\/em>). \u201cNetwork Analysis: Theory and Testing\u201d, in The Sage Handbook of Research Methods in Political Science & IR<\/em>, Luigi Curini and Robert Franzese, eds. Sage Publications: Thousand Oaks, CA.<\/p>\n Stein, Robert Stein, Christopher Mann, Charles Stewart III, with Zachary Birenbaum, Anson Fung, Jeb Greenberg, Farhan Kawsar, Gayle Alberda, R. Michael Alvarez, Emily Beaulieu, Nathaniel A. Birkhead, Frederick Boehmke, Joshua Boston, Barry C. Burden, Francisco Cantu, Rachael Cobb, David Darmofal, Thomas C. Ellington, Terri Fine, Charles J. Finocchiaro, Michael Gilbert, Victor Haynes, Brian Janssen, David Kimball, Charles Kromkowski, Elena Llaudet, Ken Mayer, Matthew R. Miles, David Miller, Lindsay Nielson, Yu Ouyang, Costas Panagopoulos, Andrew Reeves, Min Hee Seo, Haley Simmons, Corwin Smidt, Rachel VanSickle-Ward, Jennifer Nicoll Victor<\/strong>, Abby Wood, Julie Wronski. (forthcoming) <\/em>\u201cPolling Place Practices,\u201d in Kathleen Hale and Bridgett A. King, eds.\u00a0The Future of Election Administration,<\/em>\u00a0Palgrave.<\/p>\n Victor, Jennifer Nicoll<\/strong>. 2017. \u201cUnraveling 2016: Comments on Gelman and Azari\u2019s 19 Things<\/a>.\u201d Statistics and Public Policy<\/em> 4 (1): 1\u20133.<\/p>\n Victor, Jennifer Nicoll<\/strong>. 2016. \u201cCampaign Finance and Political Polarization: When Purists Prevail<\/a>.\u201d The Forum<\/em> 14 (4).<\/p>\n Ringe, Nils, Jennifer Nicoll Victor<\/strong>, and Wendy Tam Cho. 2016. \u201cLegislative Networks,\u201d in Oxford Handbook of Political Networks<\/em>, Jennifer Nicoll Victor, Alexander H. Montgomery, and Mark Lubell, eds. Oxford University Press.<\/p>\n Van Thomme, Jack, Ringe, Nils, and Jennifer Nicoll Victor<\/strong>. 2015. “Explaining Reelection: Expertise, Influence, and Intergroups.” In Kaeding, Michael and Niko Switek (eds.): Die Europawahl<\/em> 2014. Wiesbaden (Germany): Springer VS.<\/p>\n Victor, Jennifer Nicoll<\/strong>. 2012. \u201cGridlock Lobbying: Breaking, Creating, and Maintaining Legislative Stalemate.\u201d In Interest Group Politics, 8th ed, Allan J. Cigler and Burdett A. Loomis, eds. Washington, DC: CQ Press. Reprinted in Principles and Practice of American Politics: Classic and Contemporary Readings<\/em>, 6th ed., Samuel Kernell and Steven S. Smith, eds., Washington, DC: CQ Press (2015).<\/p>\n Epstein, Lee, Jeffrey A. Segal, and Jennifer Nicoll Victor<\/strong>. 2002. \u201cDynamic Agenda Setting on the U.S. Supreme Court: An Empirical Assessment<\/a>.\u201d Harvard Journal on Legislation<\/em>, 39(2).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n BOOK PROJECT: Root and Branch: The Network Origins of Political Capital in the US Congress <\/i>[In progress; 90% complete; advance contract with Cambridge University Press.]<\/p>\n Bynion, Tim, and Jennifer Nicoll Victor. \u201cTeaching Research Methods Through Residential Learning Communities\u201d WORKING PAPER.<\/p>\n Victor, Jennifer Nicoll and Molly Izer. \u201cThe persistence and proliferation of congressional caucuses.\u201d WORKING PAPER.<\/p>\n Victor, Jennifer Nicoll. \u201cAre connected legislators more effective? Evidence from congressional caucus networks.\u201d WORKING PAPER.<\/p>\n Victor, Jennifer Nicoll. \u201cAre American political parties resilient? A campaign finance analysis of party networks.\u201d WORKING PAPER.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cPolitical Capital: Legislative Power Through Networks,\u201d August 7, 2026, presented at the 19th Political Networks Conference, Manchester, England.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Social Capitol: How Legislators Build Political Capital in the US Congress\u201d presented at the American Political Science Association APSA, Vancouver, BC September 2025, and at the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago Illinios in April 2026<\/p>\n \u201cThe Social Capitol: How Legislators Build Political Capital in the US Congress\u201d August 2025, presented at the 18th Political Networks Conference, Cambridge, MA.<\/p>\n “The Barriers to Student Voting,” Bynion, Tim and Jennifer Nicoll Victor, MPSA, Chicago April 2025.<\/p>\n \u201cMember to member campaign contributions as determinants of political capital in the US Congress,\u201d presented at the Money in Politics conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 28, 2024; Women in Legislative Studies WiLS, Madison, WI, September 2024; APSA Philadelphia, September 2024.<\/p>\n \u201cSocial Capitol: How legislators build political capital in the US Congress,\u201d presented at American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA September 2026; Midwest Political Science Association Chicago, Illinios, April 2024.<\/p>\n \u201cMeeting Students Where They Are: A randomized control trial of classroom interventions for voter turnout among college students,\u201d presented at the Students Learn Students Vote Research Workshop, Chicago Illinios, April 2024, and at the Midwest Political Science Association.<\/p>\n \u201cSocial Capitol: How legislators create and spend political capital in the US Congress,\u201d presented at the Women in Legislative Politics conference at Brown University, October 26-27, 2023.<\/p>\n \u201cAuthority and Influence in the U.S. House of Representatives,\u201d presented at Washington University in St. Louis, June 9, 2023, at a legislative politics conference and celebration of Steven S. Smith.<\/p>\n \u201cAssessing Interventions to Increase Turnout Among Residential College Students: An Experimental Study,\u201d presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, ILL, April 13 \u2013 16, 2023, with Tim Bynion and Ashley Jardina.<\/p>\n \u201cRethinking Congressional Power,\u201d presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Montr\u00e8al, Quebec, September 15 \u2013 18, 2022.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Persistence and Proliferation of Congressional Caucuses,\u201d presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Montr\u00e8al, Quebec, September 15 \u2013 18, 2022, and the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, ILL, April 13 \u2013 16, 2023, with Molly Izer.<\/p>\n \u201cConnecting Congress: How power, trust, and resilience emerge from legislative networks,\u201d presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Meetings, April 6 \u2013 11, 2022, Chicago, Illinois; also presented in virtual format at the 2022 meetings of Annual Political Networks Workshops and Conference, hosted by the University of Iowa, May \u2013 June 2022.<\/p>\n \u201cAre American Political Parties Resilient? A campaign finance analysis of party networks,\u201d presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Meetings, April 6 \u2013 11, 2022, Chicago, Illinois, with Sasha Silva.<\/p>\n \u201cPolitical Connections: How relationships determine political outcomes,\u201d presented at the14th Annual Political Networks Workshops and Conference, held in virtual format, hosted by Penn State University, June \u2013 July 2021.<\/p>\n \u201cAre Networked Legislators better lawmakers?\u201d presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Meetings, held in virtual format, April 2021, and at the American Political Science Association Meetings, held in virtual format, September 9 \u2013 13, 2020.<\/p>\n \u201cCross-partisan agreement and the limited possibilities of legislative networks in Congress,\u201d presented at the Annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, DC, August 29 \u2013 September 1, 2019<\/p>\n \u201cDo viral political tweets promote discourse or belligerence?\u201d with Eric Vorst, presented at the 12th Annual Political Networks Conference, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, May 29, June 1 2019.<\/p>\n \u201cDo viral political tweets promote discourse or belligerence?\u201d with Eric Vorst, presented at the 12th Annual Political Networks Conference, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, May 29, June 1 2019.<\/p>\n “Using Tension to Advance Your Career<\/a>.” Invited address as Senior Distinguished Scholar at Visions in Methodology, Ohio State University, May 7, 2018.<\/p>\n \u201cLegislative Networks and Partisan Entrenchment,<\/a>\u201d presented at the Midwest Political Science Association meeting<\/u> in Chicago, Illinois, April 4-7, 2019, and Political Parties in Comparative Perspective<\/a>, Villa Le Balze, Florence, Italy, March 22 & 23, 2018; presented at the Midwest Political Science Association meetings<\/u> in Chicago, Illinois April 7, 2018; presented by invitation at the St. Louis Area Methods Meeting (SLAMM)<\/a>, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, April 20, 2018.<\/p>\n \u201cThe role of caucuses in partisan entrenchment in Congress,\u201d presented at the 10th Annual Political Networks Conference, Columbus, Ohio, June 16, 2017 [PAPER] [SLIDES]; American Political Science Association Meetings, San Francisco, CA Aug 31 \u2013 Sept. 2, 2017. [PAPER] [SLIDES]<\/p>\n \u201cCan Caucuses Alleviate Congressional Polarization?,\u201d with Stephen Haptonstahl and Nils Ringe. Paper presented at the Southern Political Science Association Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico, January 7-9, 2016; Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, April 8-10, 2016; Political Networks Annual Conference and Workshops, St. Louis, Missouri, June 23-25, 2016. [Slides] [Paper]<\/p>\n \u201c(Self)-Organizing the Legislature: Committees, LMOs, and Community Structures in EP and US Congress,\u201d paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, CA, Sept. 2-5, 2015. [Slides] [Paper]<\/p>\n \u201cFinancing Friends: Legislators, Lobbyists, and the Pervasive Influence of Campaign Finance,\u201d with Gregory Koger. Paper delivered on a panel at the 8th annual Workshops & Conference on Political Networks. Portland State University, Portland, Oregon. June 17-20, 2015. [Slides] [Paper]<\/p>\n \u201cLegislative Member Organizations in a Comparative Perspective: Exploring the Bridging Nature of LMO Ties in Three Parliaments,\u201d with Nils Ringe. Paper delivered on a panel at the meetings of the American Political Science Association, Washington, DC. Aug. 28-31, 2014. [Slides] [Paper]<\/p>\n \u201c(Self)-Organizing the Legislature: Committees, Intergroups, and Community Structures in the European Parliament,\u201d with Nils Ringe. Invited paper presentation at \u201cPolitical Networks in a Transatlantic Perspective Workshop.\u201d July 14-15, 2014, University of Colorado, Boulder. [Slides] [Paper]<\/p>\n \u201c(Self)-Organizing a Legislature: How lawmakers’ institutions reveal policy preferences and priorities\u201d, with Nils Ringe. Political Networks Conference, McGill University, Montreal, Ontario, Canada. \u00a0 May 29-May 31, 2014 [Slides] [Paper]<\/p>\n \u201cJane of all Trades, Master of None: The Representational Trade-off of Female Members of Congress.\u201d Presented at the Annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 2-5, 2014. [Slides] [Paper]<\/p>\n \u201cCoordinating the Congress: Explaining Caucus Persistence in the United States House,\u201d with Nils Ringe. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, August 29-September 1, 2013. [Paper<\/a>] [Presentation Slides<\/a>]<\/p>\n \u201cMultiplex Legislative Networks and the Power of Caucuses to Alleviate Partisan Polarization,\u201d with Stephen Haptonstahl and Nils Ringe. Presented at the 6th Annual Political Networks Conference, Bloomington, Illinois (Indiana University), June 27-29, 2013. [Paper<\/a>] [Presentation Slides<\/a>]<\/p>\n \u201cSolving Congressional Partisan Polarization one Caucus at a Time,\u201d with Nils Ringe (University of Wisconsin, Madison). Presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Meetings, Chicago, Ill, April 10-14, 2013. [Paper] [Presentation Slides]<\/p>\n \u201cCompeting for the Platform: The Politics of Interest Group Influence on Political Party Platforms,\u201d with Gina Yannitell Reinhardt (Texas A&M University). Presented at the 2013 Southern Political Science Association Meetings in Orlando, Florida, January 3-6, 2013 [Paper] & Meetings of the American Political Science Association, New Orleans, LA. Aug, 30 – Sept. 2, 2012 (conference canceled due to hurricane) [Paper]<\/p>\n \u201cSecond Street Gangs: Ad Hoc Policy Commissions in the Senate,\u201d with Kristen Coopie Allen, Ian Palmer Cook, and Zachary Auter (University of Pittsburgh). Presented at the 2013 Southern Political Science Association Meetings in Orlando, Florida, January 3-6, 2013 [Paper] [Presentation Slides] & Midwest Political Science Association Meetings, Chicago, IL April 10-14, 2013 [Presentation Slides] & 6th Annual Political Networks Conference, Bloomington, Illinois (Indiana University), June 27-29, 2013. [Paper] [Presentation Slides]<\/p>\n \u201cBridging the Information Gap: Legislative Member Organizations in the US & EU.\u201d Presented with Nils Ringe at the 2012 Political Networks Conference in Boulder, Colorado, June13-16, 2012. [Presentation Slides]<\/p>\n \u201cThe Friendly Legislator: How Social Connections Affect Legislative Voting in the European Parliament.\u201d Presented with Nils Ringe at the 2012 Meetings of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 12-15, 2012 & 2012 Meetings of the American Political Science Association, New Orleans, LA. Aug, 30 – Sept. 2, 2012 (conference canceled due to hurricane) [Paper]<\/p>\n \u201cNetworking the House: Caucuses in the U.S. House of Representatives.\u201d Presented at the Political Networks Conference, Duke University (May 19-22, 2010), the Political Networks Conference, University of Michigan (June 17-19, 2011) [Paper] [Presentation Slides], and the American Political Science Assoc. Meetings, Seattle, WA (September 1-4, 2011). [Paper] [Presentation Slides]<\/p>\n \u201cThe Agreement Score: Legislative Networks and Ideology.\u201d A working paper with Seth Masket (University of Denver), Betsy Sinclair (University of Chicago), and Gregory Koger (University of Miami). Presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Meetings, Chicago, IL (April 18-21, 2010), the American Political Science Association Meetings, Washington, DC (September 2-5, 2010) and the American Political Science Association Meetings, Seattle, WA (September 1-4, 2011). [Paper] [Presentation Slides]<\/p>\n \u201cShow Me the Money: Political Ambition, Specialization, and PAC Donations,\u201d with Alex Morin (Texas A&M University, graduate student). \u00a0 Presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Meetings, Chicago, IL (April 18-21, 2010). [Paper]<\/p>\n \u201cTed Kennedy, Orin Hatch, and other Strange Bedfellows: A Network Analysis of Legislative Voting,\u201d with Gregory Koger (University of Miami). Presented at the Visions in Methodology Conference, March 18-20, 2010, University of Iowa. [Paper] [Presentation Slides]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Contact author for older presentations<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Books Victor, Jennifer Nicoll, Alexander H. Montgomery, and Mark Lubell, eds. 2017. The Oxford Handbook of Political Networks. Oxford\u202f; New York: Oxford University Press Inc. 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