Research

Books

Ainsworth, Scott H.; Brian M. Harward and Kenneth W. Moffett 2025. Strategic Responsiveness: How Congress Confronts Presidential Power. Ann Arbor, MI: The University of Michigan Press. Online Appendix.

• Reviewed in Library Journal, Choice, and Presidential Studies Quarterly.
• Subject of Author Meets Critics panels at the American Political Science Association (2025) and the Midwest Political Science Association (2026).

Rice, Laurie L. and Kenneth W. Moffett 2022. The Political Voices of Generation Z. New York, NY: Routledge. Online Appendix.

• Featured on The Democracy Matters Podcast.
• Reviewed in Perspectives on Politics.
• Awarded as an Outstanding Academic Title by Choice in 2023.

Moffett, Kenneth W. and Laurie L. Rice 2016. Web 2.0 and the Political Mobilization of College Students. Lanham, MD: Lexington Press (Paperback Released in 2018).

• Featured in The Hill and The Huffington Post.

Book Chapters

Rice, Laurie L. and Kenneth W. Moffett 2024. “Developing Empowered Citizens: How universities help build
efficacy.” In Leaning into Politics: Higher Education’s Role in Building the Democracy We Need. Charlotte, North Carolina: Information Age Publishing. Pages 183-198. Online Appendix.

Rice, Laurie L. and Kenneth W. Moffett 2024. “Against the Grain: Fostering Civic Engagement Through
Expanding Your Research Agenda.” In Civic Pedagogy: Teaching Civic Engagement in an Era of Divisive Politics, eds. Lauren C. Bell, Allison Rank and Carah Ong Whaley. New York City, New York: Palgrave MacMillan. Pages 289-301.

Moffett, Kenneth W. and Laurie L. Rice 2024. “Presidential Candidates on Campus and Civic Engagement among College Students.” In Generational Politics in the United States: From the Silents to Gen Z and Beyond, eds. Sally Friedman and David Schultz. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Press. Pages 260-296.

Rice, Laurie L. and Kenneth W. Moffett 2020. “College Students, Political Engagement, and Snapchat in the 2020 General Election.” In U.S. Election Analysis 2020: Media, Voters, and the Campaign, eds. Danielle Coombs, Dan Jackson, Darren Lilleker, Einar Thorsen, and Filippo Trevisan. Poole, United Kingdom: Bournemouth University. Pages 94-95. Online Appendix.

Moffett, Kenneth W. and Laurie L. Rice. 2015. “Taking Political Science Courses and Civic Activity.” Technology and Civic Engagement in the Classroom: Engaging the Unengaged, ed. Stephen Caliendo, Suzanne Chod and William Muck. New York City, New York: Palgrave MacMillan. Pages 13-47.

Journal Articles

Weeraratne, Suranjan; Laurie L. Rice; and Kenneth W. Moffett. “Life Difficulties, Violent Online Extremism and Support for Political Violence in the United States.” Forthcoming in Terrorism and Political Violence. Online Appendix.

Kim, Jae-Eun C.; Heather M. Dahlen; Daphney Dupervil; Timothy O. Ihongbe; Kenneth W. Moffett; Blake Hoffman; Benjamin Denison; Elissa C. Kranzler; Kathleen Yu; Katherine A. Margolis and Leah Hoffman. “Evaluating the Impact of the ‘We Can Do This’ Campaign’s Heavy-Up Advertising on Initial COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake.” Health Communication 40(11): 2300-2309.

Ainsworth, Scott H.; Brian M. Harward and Kenneth W. Moffett 2025. “Public Response to Trump’s Unilateral Policymaking: The Case of DACA.” Congress and the Presidency 52(1): 38-65. Online Appendix.

Kim, Jae-Eun C.; Elissa C. Kranzler; Kathleen Yu; Benjamin Denison; Heather M. Dahlen; Joseph N. Luchman; Timothy O. Ihongbe; Michael C. Marshall; Blake Hoffman; Kenneth W. Moffett; Daphney Dupervil; Katherine A. Margolis; and Leah Hoffman 2024. “The Association Between the We Can Do This Campaign and Vaccination Beliefs in the United States.” Journal of Health Communication 29(8): 502-513.

Moffett, Kenneth W.; Michael C. Marshall; Jae-Eun C. Kim; Heather Dahlen; Benjamin Denison; Elissa C. Kranzler; Morgan Meaney; Blake Hoffman; Ivica Pavisic; and Leah Hoffman 2024. “Analyzing Google COVID-19 Vaccine Intent Search Trends and Vaccine Readiness in the United States: Panel Data Study.” Online Journal of Public Health Informatics 16: e55422.

Moffett, Kenneth W.; Kate Seserman; Katherine A. Margolis; Elissa C. Kranzler; Michael C. Marshall;
Heather Dahlen; Jae-Eun C. Kim; Benjamin Denison; Blake Hoffman; Daphney Dupervil; Kathleen Yu;
and Leah Hoffman. “Differences in Social Media Use by COVID-19 Vaccination Status.” Vaccine 42(9): 2166-2170.

Moffett, Kenneth W. and Laurie L. Rice 2024. “TikTok and Civic Activity among Young Adults.” Social Science Computer Review 42(2): 535-553. Online Appendix.

Ihongbe, Timothy O.; Jae-Eun C. Kim; Heather Dahlen; Elissa C. Kranzler; Kate Seserman; Kenneth W. Moffett; and Leah Hoffman 2024. “Trends in Primary, Booster, and Updated COVID-19 Vaccine Readiness in the United States, January 2021-April 2023: Implications for 2023-2024 Updated COVID-19 Vaccines.” Preventive Medicine 180: 187887.

Moffett, Kenneth W. and Laurie L. Rice 2022. “Creditable Civic Engagement? Aligning Work on Civic Activity with Faculty Incentives.” PS: Political Science and Politics 55(2): 401-403.

LaFond, Larry and Kenneth W. Moffett 2020. “Lexical Complexities in the St. Louis Dialect Island.” American Speech 95(2): 173-202.

Rice, Laurie L. and Kenneth W. Moffett 2019. “Snapchat and Civic Engagement among College Students.” Journal of Information Technology and Politics 16(2): 87-104. Online Appendix.

Mares, Dennis M. and Kenneth W. Moffett 2019. “Climate Change and Crime Revisited: An Exploration of Monthly Temperature Anomalies and UCR Crime Data.” Environment and Behavior 51(2): 502-529.

Moffett, Kenneth W. and Laurie L. Rice 2018. “College Students and Online Political Expression During the 2016 Election.” Social Science Computer Review 36(4): 422-439. Online Appendix.

Hayden Foster, Carly and Kenneth W. Moffett 2016. “Candidate Qualifications and Gender in U.S. Congressional Elections.” National Social Science Journal 47(2): 38-58.

Moffett, Kenneth W. 2016. “Partisan Vote Buying and Suspensions in the Postreform House.” Party Politics 22(4): 478-489.

Mares, Dennis M. and Kenneth W. Moffett 2016. “Climate Change and Interpersonal Violence: a “Global” Estimate and Regional Inequities.” Climatic Change 135(2): 297-310.

• Featured in The Alton Telegraph, Edwardsville Intelligencer, Forbes, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Undark Magazine, The Washington Post‘s Monkey Cage Blog, KTRS Radio, and KTVI Television (two appearances).

Moffett, Kenneth W.; Forrest Maltzman; Karen Miranda; and Charles R. Shipan 2016. “Strategic Behavior and Variation in the Supreme Court’s Caseload over Time.” Justice System Journal 37(1): 20-38.

• Featured in National Journal and The Washington Post‘s Monkey Cage Blog.

Moffett, Kenneth W.; Laurie Rice; and Ramana Madupalli 2014. “Young Voters and War: The Iraq War as a Catalyst for Political Participation.” Social Science Quarterly 95(5): 1419-1443.

Ainsworth, Scott; Brian M. Harward; Kenneth W. Moffett and Laurie Rice 2014. “Congressional Response to Statements of Administration Policy and Presidential Signing Statements.” Congress and the Presidency 41(3): 312-334.

Rice, Laurie; Kenneth W. Moffett and Ramana Madupalli 2013. “Campaign-related Social Networking and the Participation of College Students.” Social Science Computer Review 31(3): 257-279.

Ainsworth, Scott; Brian M. Harward and Kenneth W. Moffett 2012. “Congressional Response to Presidential Signing Statements.” American Politics Research 40(6): 1067-1091.

Moffett, Kenneth W. 2012. “Parties and Procedural Choice in the House Rules Committee.” Congress and the Presidency 39(1): 1-27.

Harward, Brian M. and Kenneth W. Moffett 2010. “The Calculus of Cosponsorship in the U.S. Senate.” Legislative Studies Quarterly 35(1): 117-143.

Statistical Software

Feldman, Thomas* and Kenneth W. Moffett 2016. “freqdist: A Package for Generating Frequency Distributions.” Available through The Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN).

* Undergraduate student coauthor