My Work
Publications
Davis, B. (2022). The Politics of Racial Abjection. DuBois Review: Social Science Research on Race, 1- 20. doi: 10.1017/S1742058X22000182
Davis, B. (2021). Feeling Politics: Carceral Contact, Well-Being and Participation. Policy Studies Journal. 49(2), 591-615
Davis, B. (2021). Predation in State and Nation. Race and Justice, 11(2), 205-225
Davis, B. (2020). Testing Mechanisms: Carceral Contact and Political Participation. Social Science Quarterly. 101(2), 909-924
Davis, B. (2019). Are Majority Minority Districts Too Safe?: A look at the Alabama State Legislature. DuBois Review: Social Science Research on Race. 16(1), 157-175
Book Chapters
Davis, B. (Forthcoming) “Criminal Justice in State and Nation.” Chapter 10 in T. Kousser, C. Tolbert, and J. Michener, eds., Politics in the American States: A comparative analysis. 12th Edition, Congressional Quarterly Press.
Davis, B. (Forthcoming) "Liberty is for Everyone" in D. D'Amico and A. Martin, eds. Marginalized Groups and the Market Processes.
Davis, B. (Forthcoming) "Predatory States and Predacious Institutions" in F. Rojas and C. Stern, eds. Freedom is a Social Process.
Davis, B (Forthcoming). Redistricting. In T. King-Meadow, K. Middlemass, & V. Sinclair-Chapman (Eds.), African Americans in the American Political System: An Encyclopedia of African Americans as Voters, Candidates, and Office Holders. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.
Davis, B (Forthcoming). Stop and Frisk. In T. King-Meadow, K. Middlemass, & V. Sinclair-Chapman (Eds.), African Americans in the American Political System: An Encyclopedia of African Americans as Voters, Candidates, and Office Holders. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.
Book Review
Davis, B. (2022). The Ethics of Policing: New Perspectives on Law Enforcement. Edited by Ben Jones and Eduardo Mendieta. New York: New York University Press, 2021. 311p. $99.00 cloth, $35.00 paper. Perspectives on Politics, 20(1), 330-331.doi:10.1017/S1537592721003777
Under Review
Carceral Classrooms: Gendered Pathways into the Welfare State (R&R)
Faith, Race, and Immigration: Religiosity and Racial Resentment
Public Assistance and Participatory Behavior
Working Papers
Race of Prosecutors and Adjudication Outcomes
Race of Judges and Sentencing Outcomes
Carceral Contact, Trust, and Participation
Policing Queerness: LGBTQ+ and Carceral Contact
Antigone: Autonomy and the State
Book Project
We Dare Defend Our Rights: The Alabama Democratic Conference
Grants
NSF CAREER: We Dare Defend Our Rights: The Political Use of Law in the Enforcement of Voting Rights (Funded - $483, 302/5 years)
EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program Track-1. Adaptive and Resilient Infrastructure driven by Social Equity (ARISE). (Senior Personnel). (Funded: $20,000,000)
Center for Governance and Markets, University of Pittsburgh. 2021. “We Dare Defend Our Rights: The Alabama Democratic Conference” (Funded - $8,318)
Federal Statistical Research Data Center
Pending Data Proposal
Davis, B. (2022). The Politics of Racial Abjection. DuBois Review: Social Science Research on Race, 1- 20. doi: 10.1017/S1742058X22000182
Davis, B. (2021). Feeling Politics: Carceral Contact, Well-Being and Participation. Policy Studies Journal. 49(2), 591-615
Davis, B. (2021). Predation in State and Nation. Race and Justice, 11(2), 205-225
Davis, B. (2020). Testing Mechanisms: Carceral Contact and Political Participation. Social Science Quarterly. 101(2), 909-924
Davis, B. (2019). Are Majority Minority Districts Too Safe?: A look at the Alabama State Legislature. DuBois Review: Social Science Research on Race. 16(1), 157-175
Book Chapters
Davis, B. (Forthcoming) “Criminal Justice in State and Nation.” Chapter 10 in T. Kousser, C. Tolbert, and J. Michener, eds., Politics in the American States: A comparative analysis. 12th Edition, Congressional Quarterly Press.
Davis, B. (Forthcoming) "Liberty is for Everyone" in D. D'Amico and A. Martin, eds. Marginalized Groups and the Market Processes.
Davis, B. (Forthcoming) "Predatory States and Predacious Institutions" in F. Rojas and C. Stern, eds. Freedom is a Social Process.
Davis, B (Forthcoming). Redistricting. In T. King-Meadow, K. Middlemass, & V. Sinclair-Chapman (Eds.), African Americans in the American Political System: An Encyclopedia of African Americans as Voters, Candidates, and Office Holders. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.
Davis, B (Forthcoming). Stop and Frisk. In T. King-Meadow, K. Middlemass, & V. Sinclair-Chapman (Eds.), African Americans in the American Political System: An Encyclopedia of African Americans as Voters, Candidates, and Office Holders. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.
Book Review
Davis, B. (2022). The Ethics of Policing: New Perspectives on Law Enforcement. Edited by Ben Jones and Eduardo Mendieta. New York: New York University Press, 2021. 311p. $99.00 cloth, $35.00 paper. Perspectives on Politics, 20(1), 330-331.doi:10.1017/S1537592721003777
Under Review
Carceral Classrooms: Gendered Pathways into the Welfare State (R&R)
Faith, Race, and Immigration: Religiosity and Racial Resentment
Public Assistance and Participatory Behavior
Working Papers
Race of Prosecutors and Adjudication Outcomes
Race of Judges and Sentencing Outcomes
Carceral Contact, Trust, and Participation
Policing Queerness: LGBTQ+ and Carceral Contact
Antigone: Autonomy and the State
Book Project
We Dare Defend Our Rights: The Alabama Democratic Conference
Grants
NSF CAREER: We Dare Defend Our Rights: The Political Use of Law in the Enforcement of Voting Rights (Funded - $483, 302/5 years)
EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program Track-1. Adaptive and Resilient Infrastructure driven by Social Equity (ARISE). (Senior Personnel). (Funded: $20,000,000)
Center for Governance and Markets, University of Pittsburgh. 2021. “We Dare Defend Our Rights: The Alabama Democratic Conference” (Funded - $8,318)
Federal Statistical Research Data Center
Pending Data Proposal
