Research

Book 

Davenport, Lauren D. 2018. Politics Beyond Black and White: Biracial Identity and Attitudes in America. New York: Cambridge University Press. Available at Amazon and Cambridge University Press.

Articles

Anoll, Allison, Lauren D. Davenport, and Rachel Lienesch. “Racial Context(s) in American Political Behavior.” Forthcoming at American Political Science Review. 
     Winner of the 2022 Best Paper Award, American Political Science Association, Race and Ethnic Politics Section.

Davenport, Lauren D., Shanto Iyengar, and Sean J. Westwood. 2022. “Racial Identity, Group Consciousness, and Attitudes: A Framework for Assessing Multiracial Self-Classification.” American Journal of Political Science 66(3): 570-586. Blog summary.

Davenport, Lauren D., Annie Franco, and Shanto Iyengar. 2022. “Multiracial Identity and Political Preferences." Journal of Politics 84(1): 620-624.

Davenport, Lauren D. 2020. “The Fluidity of Racial Classifications." Annual Review of Political Science 23: 221-240.

Davenport, Lauren D. 2016. “The Role of Gender, Class, and Religion in Biracial Americans’ Racial Labeling Decisions.” American Sociological Review 81(1): 57-84. Appendices. Replication Code.

Davenport, Lauren D. 2016. “Beyond Black and White: Biracial Attitudes in Contemporary U.S. Politics.” American Political Science Review 110(1): 52-67.  Replication Code.

Adida, Claire L., Lauren D. Davenport, and Gwyneth McClendon. 2016. “Ethnic Cueing Across Minorities: A Survey Experiment on Candidate Evaluation in the U.S.” Public Opinion Quarterly 80(4): 815-836.

Working Papers and Projects in Progress

“Deconstructing Race: An Examination of ‘Black’ as a Sociopolitical Category” (with Hakeem Jefferson and Hunter Rendleman, under review)

“Redefining Whiteness?: The Effects of Multiracial Census Frames on Whites’ Perceptions of Racial In-Group Membership” (with Rachel Lienesch, in progress)

“The Dynamics of Inclusion: How Rising Multiracialism Shapes Ethnoracial Minorities’ Group Boundaries” (with Rachel Lienesch, in progress)

“The Political Impact of Growing Diversity: Comparing Ethnoracial Group Responses to Demographic Change” (with Rachel Lienesch, in progress)

“Racial Identity Over Politics? Exploring How Shared Black Identity Influences Black Democrats’ Attitudes Toward Black Republicans” (with Paige Hill and Kasey Rhee, in progress)