Academic Publications
Jamil Scott, Kesicia A. Dickinson, and Pearl K. Dowe. 2020. “Who is Stacey Abrams? An Examination of Gender and Race Dynamics in State-Level Candidacy.” in Good Reasons to Run: Women and Political Candidacy, Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 56-67. [Find Manuscript Here]
Kesicia A. Dickinson, Jasmine Jackson, and Princess Williams. 2020. “Jackson State University: Challenging Minds and Cultivating the Political Science Pipeline.” PS: Political Science and Politics 53(1): 14850. doi: 10.1017/S1049096519001148. [Find Manuscript Here]
Jamil Scott, Kesicia A. Dickinson, Eric Gonzalez Juenke, and Steven Thomas. 2020. “The Summer Research Opportunities Program at Michigan State University.” PS: Political Science and Politics 53(1): 13739. doi: 10.1017/S1049096519001057. [Find Manuscript Here]
Public Scholarship
Kesicia A. Dickinson. “Students as Knowledge Brokers: Bringing Voter Engagement Back Home To Their Families.” State of the Student Vote Substack. December 13, 2023. [URL]
Kesicia A. Dickinson, Marty Jordan, Sarah Reckhow, and Joshua Sapotichne. “InnovateGov in Detroit: Connecting the University’s Most Vital Resource to a City’s Most Urgent Challenges.” Urban Affairs Forum. January 8, 2020. [URL]
Working Papers
Kesicia A. Dickinson, Jasmine Jackson, and India Lenear. “History v. HERstory: Understanding the Media’s Coverage of Historic Firsts.” Conditional Acceptance.
Kesicia A. Dickinson. “Unpacking Voters Preferences About Candidate Training Programs.” Revise and Resubmit.
Maricruz Ariana Osorio, Stephanie L. DeMora, Melissa R. Michelson, Kesicia A. Dickinson, Jasmine Jackson, and Jazmin Jimenez. “Students as Knowledge Brokers: Voter Information Sharing and the Political Consequences of Informing Students of Color and First-Generation Students on Electoral Politics.” Revise and Resubmit.
Works in Progress
In Her Own Words: A Case Study of Black Women’s Perceptions as Latent Candidates
How She Wins: The Role of Formal Training in Evaluations of Black Women Candidates.
The Role of Emotions in Explaining African American Political Participation with Byron D. Orey
Trauma, Mental Health, and African American Political Participation with Byron D. Orey
Black Women Candidates and How They Show Up: Examining Women’s Self-Presentation as Candidates with Jamil Scott
Differences in Attitudes About Constitutional Rights by Race and Sex with Miles Armaly and Adam Enders
“Demand for Female Candidates in the 2018 and 2020 Elections with Jamil Scott and Nazita Lajevardi
Sources We Can Believe In: The Effect of Elite-Cueing on Black Americans Attributions of Black Inequality with Byron D. Orey and Shayla C. Nunnally
Hollow Prizes?: The Expectations and Successes of Women of Color Mayors with Jamil Scott and Erika Vallejo (Book Project)