RESEARCH
PUBLICATION
Castañeda Dower, Sonja. “Assimilation and Delegation: A Formal Model of Federal-Tribal Dynamics” Journal of Political Institutions and Political Economy 5, no. 2 (2024): 305-334.
Castañeda Dower, Sonja. “Assimilation and Delegation: A Formal Model of Federal-Tribal Dynamics” Journal of Political Institutions and Political Economy 5, no. 2 (2024): 305-334.
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WORKING PAPERS
“When Exclusion Mobilizes: Institutional Design, Collective Action, and Political Participation” Job Market Paper
“Forced Assimilation and Demands for Self-Determination: Renaming Indigenous People in the U.S., 1890-1910”
WORKS IN PROGRESS
“Descriptive Representation and Electoral Accountability in Congress”
(with Jaclyn Kaslovsky, Washington University and Jon C. Rogowski, University of Chicago
“Seventh Generation Politics: Culture, Resources and Discounting for the Future in Alaska and Greenland"
“Congressional Selection of Tribes for Termination” (with Scott Cooley, University of Chicago)
“Collective Landholding, Eminent Domain, and the Politics of Environmental Governance”
(with Francesca Lupi, University of Chicago)
“Effects of Culturally-Based Policy in Heterogeneous Places: Evidence from Schools in Alaska”
OTHER PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
“Arctic Indigenous Politics.” Invited chapter in Understanding Indigenous Politics: Engagement, Opportunities, and Challenges in a Changing World, edited by Richard C. Witmer and Kirsten Matoy Carlson. (Expected: 2026)
“Teaching Indigenous Politics.” Invited chapter in Elgar Encyclopedia of Teaching and Pedagogy in Political Science. Edward Elgar Publishing. (Expected: 2026)
“When Exclusion Mobilizes: Institutional Design, Collective Action, and Political Participation” Job Market Paper
“Forced Assimilation and Demands for Self-Determination: Renaming Indigenous People in the U.S., 1890-1910”
WORKS IN PROGRESS
“Descriptive Representation and Electoral Accountability in Congress”
(with Jaclyn Kaslovsky, Washington University and Jon C. Rogowski, University of Chicago
“Seventh Generation Politics: Culture, Resources and Discounting for the Future in Alaska and Greenland"
“Congressional Selection of Tribes for Termination” (with Scott Cooley, University of Chicago)
“Collective Landholding, Eminent Domain, and the Politics of Environmental Governance”
(with Francesca Lupi, University of Chicago)
“Effects of Culturally-Based Policy in Heterogeneous Places: Evidence from Schools in Alaska”
OTHER PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
“Arctic Indigenous Politics.” Invited chapter in Understanding Indigenous Politics: Engagement, Opportunities, and Challenges in a Changing World, edited by Richard C. Witmer and Kirsten Matoy Carlson. (Expected: 2026)
“Teaching Indigenous Politics.” Invited chapter in Elgar Encyclopedia of Teaching and Pedagogy in Political Science. Edward Elgar Publishing. (Expected: 2026)





