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Op-Eds and Public Facing Scholarship
- Jesse Rhodes, Adam Eichen, Doug Rice, Greg Wall, and Tatishe Nteta. 2025. “What MAGA means to Americans.” The Conversation.
- Tatishe Nteta, Adam Eichen, Jesse Rhodes, and Lane Cuthbert. 2025. “New research shows the American public continues to support diversity, equity, and inclusion policies.” The Conversation.
- Doug Rice, Jesse Rhodes, Tatishe Nteta, and Adam Eichen. 2025. “New research shows the American public continues to support diversity, equity, and inclusion policies.” LSE United States Politics and Public Policy.
- Tatishe Nteta, Jesse Rhodes, and Adam Eichen. 2024. “Question 1 delivered a harsh verdict on the Legislature.” Commonwealth Beacon.
- Adam Eichen, Jesse Rhodes, and Tatishe Nteta. 2024. “State residents remain mixed on changing name of Columbus Day.” Commonwealth Beacon.
- Jesse Rhodes, Tatishe Nteta, and Adam Eichen. 2024. “How Will Racial Prejudice Impact the 2024 Election?.” Newsweek.
- Adam Eichen, Jesse Rhodes, and Tatishe Nteta. 2024. “How Sexism Will Play a Role in Close Harris-Trump Presidential Race.” Chicago Sun-Times.
- Tatishe Nteta, Ray La Raja, and Adam Eichen. 2024. “Voters Are in Agreement: They Don’t Like Project 2025.” Boston Globe.
- Adam Eichen, Jesse Rhodes, and Tatishe Nteta. 2024. “The time is now for same-day voter registration.” Commonwealth Beacon.
- Tatishe Nteta, Adam Eichen, Doug Rice, Jesse Rhodes, and Justin Gross. 2024. “Yes, Efforts to Eliminate DEI Programs are Rooted in Racism.” The Conversation.
- Tatishe Nteta, Adam Eichen, and Jesse Rhodes. 2024. “Yes, Sexism Among Republican Voters Helped Sink Nikki Haley’s Presidential Campaign.” The Conversation.
- Tatishe Nteta, Jesse Rhodes, and Adam Eichen. 2023. “Politicians Should Know When to Retire.” Newsweek.
- Jesse Rhodes, Ray La Raja, Tatishe Nteta, and Alexander Theodoridis. 2022. “Martin Luther King Was Right That Racism and Opposition To Democracy Are Linked, Our Research Shows.” The Washington Post.
- Tatishe Nteta, Adam Eichen, Maddi Hertz, Ray La Raja, Jesse Rhodes and Alexander Theodoridis. 2022. “Americans just elected two lesbian governors. Have attitudes changed that much?” Washington Post.
- Laura Williamson and Jesse Rhodes. 2021. “Same Day Registration is Essential To Voting Rights Debate.” The Hill.
- Brian Schaffner, Jesse Rhodes, and Ray La Raja. 2020. “Research shows just how much more power White voters wield in local politics". Washington Post.
- Jill Greenlee, Tatishe Nteta, Jesse Rhodes, and Elizabeth Sharrow. 2018. “Here’s How Female Candidates Can Sway Fathers’ Votes - If Their First Child is a Daughter,” Washington Post.
- Tatishe Nteta, Brian Schaffner, and Matthew MacWilliams. 2017. “Racially Biased People Are Far More Likely to Oppose Black Athletes’ Protests. Here’s the Evidence.” The Washington Post.
- Brian Schaffner, Bernard Fraga, Jesse Rhodes, and Sean McElwee. 2017. “Why Did Trump Win? More Whites, and Fewer Blacks, Actually Voted.” Washington Post.
- Jesse Rhodes. 2017. “How Voter Fraud Crusades Undermine Voting Rights,” The Conversation.
- Tatishe Nteta and Brian Schaffner. 2016. “New Poll Shows Trump Supporters More Likely to Fear a Majority-Minority U.S.” The Washington Post.
- Jesse Rhodes. 2016. “Violence Has a Long History in American Elections.” Newsweek.
Academic Papers
- Rhodes, Jesse, Tatishe Nteta, Lilliauna Hopkins, and Greg Wall. 2024. “Why Reparations? Race and Public Opinion Toward Reparations.” The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences 10(3): 30-48.
- Rhodes, Jesse and Tatishe Nteta. 2024. “The New Racial Spillover: Donald Trump, Racial Attitudes, and Public Opinion Toward Accountability for Perpetrators and Planners of the January 6th Capitol Attack.” Political Science Quarterly 139(2): 159-176.
- Tatishe Nteta, Jesse Rhodes, Greg Wall, Ray La Raja, Alexander Theodoridis, Matthew MacWilliams, Allecia Reid, Katherine Dixon-Gordon, Brian Lickel, & Ezra Markowitz. 2023. “Primarily Partisan or Rooted in Racism? Party, Racial Attitudes, and Public Opinion Toward Statehood for Washington D.C.” Political Research Quarterly 76(3): 1486-1501.
Reports
Media Appearances
- Tatishe Nteta. 2024. “Swing State Polls Show Movement Toward Harris.” All In With Chris Hayes.
- Tatishe Nteta. 2024. Uncounted Millions: The Power of Reparations. MSNBC.
- Jesse Rhodes. 2023. “Civil Rights Leaders, scholars, descendants of slaves speak out on reparations for Black Americans.” Fox News.
- Tatishe Nteta. 2021. “Recent Polling Data Shows Why Nearly 2/3 of Americans Oppose Cash Reparations.” National Public Radio’s All Things Considered.
- Tatishe Nteta. 2021. “Republicans Are Trying To Restrict Voting Rights. Poll Shows Americans Don’t Want That.” Matter of Fact with Soledad O’Brien.
- Tatishe Nteta. 2020. “Next Test for Candidates: What Do Voters in More Diverse States Want?” Matter of Fact with Soledad O’Brien.