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”
“When Congress Is Not Watching: Legislative Accountability and the Politics of Indian Termination” (with Scott Cooley, University of Chicago)
“Assimilation and 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"
“Collective Landholding, Eminent Domain, and the Politics of Environmental Governance” (with Francesca Lupi, Columbia University)
“Effects of Culturally Based Policy in Heterogeneous Places: Evidence from Schools in Alaska”
OTHER PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
“Indigenous Authority and Democracy in Alaska and Greenland.” Chapter in Understanding Indigenous Politics:
Engagement, Opportunities, and Challenges in a Changing World, edited by Richard C. Witmer and Kirsten Matoy
Carlson (Expected 2027)
“Teaching Indigenous Politics.” 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”
“When Congress Is Not Watching: Legislative Accountability and the Politics of Indian Termination” (with Scott Cooley, University of Chicago)
“Assimilation and 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"
“Collective Landholding, Eminent Domain, and the Politics of Environmental Governance” (with Francesca Lupi, Columbia University)
“Effects of Culturally Based Policy in Heterogeneous Places: Evidence from Schools in Alaska”
OTHER PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
“Indigenous Authority and Democracy in Alaska and Greenland.” Chapter in Understanding Indigenous Politics:
Engagement, Opportunities, and Challenges in a Changing World, edited by Richard C. Witmer and Kirsten Matoy
Carlson (Expected 2027)
“Teaching Indigenous Politics.” Chapter in Elgar Encyclopedia of Teaching and Pedagogy in Political Science.
Edward Elgar Publishing (Expected 2026)





