Research Statement
To remain effective and engaged in the classroom, I do my best to connect course concepts and themes with contemporary published works, including my own personal research. Following my current research projects related to executive authority in the United States, the efficacy of economic statecraft, and multilateral efforts of international security, I am able to address a number of issues related to American foreign policy and international relations.
Recent Publications
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Talking Tough in U.S. Foreign Policy (2023)
This book examines how presidents utilize their emergency powers, as well as factors that influence presidential rhetoric in U.S. foreign policy and declarations of national emergencies. Although scholars have examined presidential rhetoric and the influence it has on various policy arenas, this project is the first to take a text analytic approach to assess the nature of presidential rhetoric in the area of U.S. foreign policy and declarations of national emergencies. Broadly, Ouyang and Morgan seek to understand (1) how presidents exercise their authority to declare national emergencies and (2) how presidential rhetoric associated with each declaration of national emergencies changes over time. In addressing these questions, this book helps to advance our understanding of U.S. foreign policy generally, national emergencies specifically, as well as the impact of presidential rhetoric on the policy selection and execution.
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How Presidents Utilize Their Emergency Powers (with Yu Ouyang)
Presidential Studies Quarterly. 2019. 49(3): 718-732. (https://doi.org/10.1111/psq.12588)
Declarations of National Emergencies, Economic Sanctions, and the Unilateral Presidency: The Importance of Workflow in Research Projects (with Yu Ouyang)
SAGE Research Methods Cases: Politics & International Relations. 2019. (https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781526473387)
Presidential Studies Quarterly. 2019. 49(3): 718-732. (https://doi.org/10.1111/psq.12588)
Declarations of National Emergencies, Economic Sanctions, and the Unilateral Presidency: The Importance of Workflow in Research Projects (with Yu Ouyang)
SAGE Research Methods Cases: Politics & International Relations. 2019. (https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781526473387)