PUBLICATIONS: 

• Arnzen, C.; Brezicha, K., Childs, J., Germain, E., Horsford, S., Jenkins, D.A., & LoBue, A. (Eds.). (November 2023). “The Future of Democratic Education in an Era of Pandemics and Political Polarization.” [Special Issue Introduction]. Peabody Journal of Education.

• Arnzen, Cameron & David Houston. (November 2023). “Who Should Control Education Now? Revisiting Preferences for Local Control of Educational Decision-making.” Peabody Journal of Education. DOI: 10.1080/0161956X.2023.2261315  

• Arnzen, C.; Falabella, L., Jackson, J., Foster Shoaf, N., & Victor, K. (2023). “Rethinking the Political Science Major: Recruitment, Retention, and Careers.” Political Science Today, 3(3): 5-15. DOI:10.1017/psj.2023.53 

WORKING PAPERS: 

• Arnzen, C. & Cohodes, S. “Explaining the Gender Gap in Voting: Civic Returns to Education”

• Arnzen, C. “Explaining the Education Gap in Voter Turnout: The Administrative Burden of Voting in U.S. States”

• Arnzen, C. & Houston, M.  "Rural Attitudes toward U.S. Education & U.S. Education Policy"

• 2024. “The New Literacy Tests: Education & The Administrative Burdens of Voting.” Delivered at the American Political Science Association Conference. (September 2024) 

• 2024. “Teaching American Government through Education Policy.” Delivered at the American Political Science Association Teaching & Learning Conference. (September 2024)

• 2024. “The Link between Education & Voting: The Role of Administrative Burden.” Delivered at the Midwest Political Science Association Conference. (April 2024) 

• 2024. “Quantity vs. Quality of Education: Expanding Our Understanding of How Education Causes Voting.” Delivered at the American Education Research Association Conference. (April 2024) 

• 2024. “The Political Polarization of Education Politics: Implications for Democratic Education.” Delivered the American Education Research Association Conference. (April 2024)

• 2023. "Rural Attitudes toward Education & Education Reform." Poster Presentation at the American Political Science Association Annual Conference.

• 2023. "Education & Administrative Burden: The Case of Voting." Paper Presentation at the American Political Science Association Annual Conference.

• 2022. “Understanding How Education, School Type, & Gender Influence Civic Participation: Evidence from Massachusetts.” Paper Presentation at the Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management Conference. 

• 2022. “Revisiting Preferences for Local Control in Education.” Paper Presentation at the American Political Science Association Annual Conference.

• 2021. “Schools & Society: The Federal Role in Education.” Guest Lecture at The College of Idaho’s Schools & Society Seminar.

• 2020. “Common Core & The Federal Role in Education.” Guest Lecture at The College of Idaho’s Schools & Society Seminar.

• 2017. “Learned Distrust: Examining the Link Between Education and Trust in Government in Zambia.” Poster Presentation given at Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference.

• "Legislators need to confront local funding as they consider rewriting the state funding formula." Idaho Ed News. November 7, 2020. Link.

• "One third of Idaho districts protect LGBTQ employees with policies." Idaho Ed News. August 19, 2019. Link.

• "Most districts come close to complying with Idaho’s transparency laws." Idaho Ed News. July 29, 2019. Link.

• Gaffney, Elisabeth. 2023. "Experts say friendship between Rep. Randy Fine, Barbara Feingold complicates presidential search." in The University Press of Florida Atlantic University.