Publications:
- “Public Perceptions of Wartime Atrocities: Evidence from a Conjoint Experiment” with Meg K. Guliford and Bailee Donahue (Published Online First, Political Research Quarterly).
- “Democratic Erosion, Partisanship, and Election Observers: Evidence from a Survey Experiment” with Charles Crabtree (Published Online First, International Interactions).
- Curtice Travis and Eric Reinhardt. “The politics of human rights trade sanctions: evidence from the African Growth and Opportunity Act.” European Journal of International Relations. Mar. 2024, 30(1):227-51.
- Curtice, Travis. “Co-ethnic bias and policing in an electoral authoritarian regime: Experimental evidence from Uganda.” Journal of Peace Research, May 2023, Vol. 60(3) 395-409.
- Blair, Robert A., Travis Curtice, David Dow and Guy Grossman. 2022. “Public trust, policing, and the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from an electoral authoritarian regime.” Social Science Medicine 305:115045.
- Curtice, Travis B. “How Repression Affects Public Perceptions of Police: Evidence from Uganda.“Journal of Conflict Resolution, Nov. 2021, Vol. 65(10) 1680–1708.“
- Opportunistic Repression: Patterns of civilian targeting by the state in response to COVID-19” with Don Grasse, Melissa Pavlik, and Hilary Matfess. International Security, Oct. 2021, Vol. 46(2) 130-165.
- Curtice, Travis B. “Rebels and the Regime: The Politics of Civilian Victimization.” Journal of Global Security Studies, June 2021, Vol. 6(2) ogaa025.
- Curtice, Travis B., and Brandon Behlendorf. “Street-Level Repression: Protest, Policing, and Dissent in Uganda.” Journal of Conflict Resolution, Jan. 2021, Vol. 65(1) pp. 166–194.
- Curtice, Travis B., and Daniel Arnon. “Deterring threats and settling scores: How coups influence respect for physical integrity rights.” Conflict Management and Peace Science, 2020, Vol. 37(6) 655-673.
- Curtice, Travis. “The Autocrat’s Dilemma: The Politics of Ethnic Policing.” CP: Newsletter of the Comparative Politics Organized Section of the American Political Science Association, 28(1): 24–29.
Working Papers/Works in Progress:
- “Who Makes the State? National Ownership and International Statebuilding: Evidence from an Electoral Authoritarian Regime” with Susanna Campbell and Yolande Bouka.
- “Securing the Ballot or the Voter: The Politics of Policing Election Violence.”
- “Neighborhood Watches and Reporting Crime in Uganda: Evidence from a List and Endorsement Experiment” EGAP ID: 20180605AC.
Selected Media Publications:
- “Soldiers and police are on the streets as Ugandans prepare to vote,” Washington Post (January 2021).
- “Democracy in Crisis: Do Americans Support Deploying Election Monitors?” (with Charles Crabtree) Political Violence at a Glance (November 2020).
- “Autocratic governments are using coronavirus as pretext to clamp down on opponents,” (with Donald Grasse, Melissa Pavlik, and Hilary Matfess) Washington Post (July 2020).
- “The Political Backlash of Repressive Policing,” Political Violence at a Glance (June 2020)
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“Trump wants to pull Cameroon’s preferential trade status. Here’s what you need to know,” Washington Post (November 2019).
- “Ugandan police are attacking protesters. Here’s how that backfires” (with Brandon Behlendorf) Washington Post (January 2019).
- “Do coups improve human rights in countries like Gabon?” (with Daniel Arnon) Democracy in Africa (January 2019).
- “The Curse of Doing Nothing for Aleppo” (with Tobias Winright) Sojourners (December 2016).
Book Project:
The Repression Dilemma: Trust, Political Violence, and Policing (under review)
Policing in non-democracies is puzzling. On the one hand, police are the institution responsible for providing law and order as a public good, ensuring the safety and security of the state. In this capacity, police must be able to solicit information and cooperation from the communities they are protecting to provide safety and security. On the other hand, police in non-democracies are the security agents tasked with everyday acts of repression to deter dissent, ensuring control for political authorities. The willingness of agents to repress depends on whether their preferences are aligned with the community or the political authorities. Examining the politics of repression and its direct and indirect effects on civilian-police interactions, i) I provide a theoretical and empirical examination of the effects of repression on public perceptions of the police; ii) I explore the role of in-group bias in shaping patterns of cooperation; and iii) I examine the implications of repression for crime and social order. I argue that repression affects support for the police and has a conditional effect on coethnic bias, which undermines the provision of law and order. I demonstrate that repression by the police and actions political authorities take to ensure police are willing to comply with orders to repress affect how people view the police, decreasing support for police and citizens’ cooperation in the provision of law and order and weakening the ability of states to deter crime and provide security.
Travis B. Curtice 