Publications
Cole, Geneva (forthcoming), Measuring White Identity. Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics.
Bates, Genevieve and Geneva Cole (forthcoming), Democratic Facades, Authoritarian Practices: Subnational Democracy and Human Rights Violations in the United States. Journal of Human Rights.
Cole, Geneva (2026), Recontextualizing Whiteness: Understanding White Identity in the Era of Black Lives Matter. Perspectives on Politics. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1537592725104167
Cole, Geneva (2024), Mobilizing Middlemen: The Conservative Political Action Conference and the Creation of Party Activists. Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties . https://doi.org/10.1080/17457289.2024.2343384
Cole, Geneva (2020), Types of White Identification and Attitudes About Black Lives Matter. Social Science Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1111/ssqu.12837
- Winner, 2023 Seymour Sudman Student Paper Award, American Association for Public Opinion Research (earlier draft)
- 2023 Working Paper Series in American Politics, UCL Centre on US Politics (earlier draft)
Bates, Genevieve and Geneva Cole (forthcoming), Democratic Facades, Authoritarian Practices: Subnational Democracy and Human Rights Violations in the United States. Journal of Human Rights.
Cole, Geneva (2026), Recontextualizing Whiteness: Understanding White Identity in the Era of Black Lives Matter. Perspectives on Politics. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1537592725104167
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Cole, Geneva (2024), Mobilizing Middlemen: The Conservative Political Action Conference and the Creation of Party Activists. Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties . https://doi.org/10.1080/17457289.2024.2343384
- Related: In 2020, conservatives believe they're battling to save America's soul by supporting Trump, Washington Post Monkey Cage. 2020.
Cole, Geneva (2020), Types of White Identification and Attitudes About Black Lives Matter. Social Science Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1111/ssqu.12837
- Top 10 most downloaded paper in year following publication
Working Papers
Racial Justice as Transitional Justice: Human Rights and Public Support for Racial Justice Initiatives in the United States with Genevieve Bates
Can Knowledge of Racially Restrictive Covenants Increase Support for Racial Redress Policies? with Bryant Moy
Radical or Resonant? How Americans Understand Defunding the Police with Genevieve Bates
Liberal White Identity: How Colorblind Orientation Shapes Policy Preferences Among Partisans with Philip Chen and Christina Farhart
Solidarity and Strategy: Small Business Collective Action in Response to ICE Operations in Minnesota
Can Knowledge of Racially Restrictive Covenants Increase Support for Racial Redress Policies? with Bryant Moy
Radical or Resonant? How Americans Understand Defunding the Police with Genevieve Bates
Liberal White Identity: How Colorblind Orientation Shapes Policy Preferences Among Partisans with Philip Chen and Christina Farhart
Solidarity and Strategy: Small Business Collective Action in Response to ICE Operations in Minnesota
Select Works in Progress
- White Identity and the Making of Interracial Solidarity (book project)
- Walking with the Enslaved: The Effects of Memorializing Racial Injustice in the Contemporary United States with Genevieve Bates
- Care and Confrontation: The Dual Infrastructure of anti-ICE Organizing
- The Process is the Product: Engaging the Public in Knowledge Production for Social Change with Bryant Moy
- Ostracism and White Identity with Lauren O'Rourke