Peer Reviewed Publications

1. Disease and dissent: Epidemics as a catalyst for social unrest
Rebecca Cordell, Reed M. Wood and Thorin M. Wright. 2023.
Global Studies Quarterly. Accepted.

2. Judiciary institutions and violent crime across American Indian nations
Florian G. Kern, Kristian Skrede Gleditsch and Rebecca Cordell. 2023.
Governance.

3. Disaggregating repression: Identifying physical integrity rights allegations in human rights reports
Rebecca Cordell, K. Chad Clay, Christopher J. Fariss, Reed M. Wood and Thorin M. Wright. 2022. International Studies Quarterly ​66(2).
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4. The political costs of abusing human rights: International cooperation in extraordinary rendition
Rebeccca Cordell. 2021. Journal of Conflict Resolution 65(2-3): 255-282.
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5. Extant commitment, risk, and UN peacekeeping authorization
Rebecca Cordell, Thorin M. Wright and Paul F. Diehl. 2021. International Interactions 47(1): 135-160.
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6. Measuring institutional variation across American Indian constitutions using automated content analysis
Rebecca Cordell, Kristian Skrede Gleditsch, Florian G. Kern and Laura M. Saavedra-Lux. 2020. Journal of Peace Research 57(6): 777-788.
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7. Changing standards or political whim? Evaluating changes in the content of US state department human rights reports following presidential transitions
Rebecca Cordell, K. Chad Clay, Christopher J. Fariss, Reed M. Wood and Thorin M. Wright. 2020. Journal of Human Rights 19(1): 3-18.
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8. Security-civil liberties trade-offs: International cooperation in extraordinary rendition
Rebecca Cordell. 2019. International Interactions 45(2): 369-400.
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9. Measuring extraordinary rendition and international cooperation: A response to Blakeley and Raphael
Rebecca Cordell. 2018. International Area Studies Review  21(2): 179-187.

10. Measuring extraordinary rendition and international cooperation
Rebecca Cordell. 2017. International Area Studies Review 20(2): 179-197.
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Works in progress

1. Public attitudes toward human rights: Violation characteristics, framing and elite cues
Rebecca Cordell
Pre-registration

2. Human rights violations in the name of countering terrorism
Rebecca Cordell
                                                                                                                  
3. Transnational repression: International cooperation in silencing dissent
Kashmiri Medhi and Rebecca Cordell

4. Public perception of dissent and repressive response
​Chelsea Estancona and Rebecca Cordell
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5. Classifying the content of physical integrity rights allegations using supervised machine learning methods
Rebecca Cordell, K. Chad Clay, Christopher J. Fariss, Reed M. Wood and Thorin M. Wright

6. Measuring sub-national levels of repression: A latent variable model
Rebecca Cordell, K. Chad Clay, Christopher J. Fariss, Reed M. Wood and Thorin M. Wright

7. All repression is local: The sub-national determinants of physical integrity rights abuse
Rebecca Cordell, K. Chad Clay, Christopher J. Fariss, Reed M. Wood and Thorin M. Wright

8. Assessing refugee rights: New data and analysis
Lamis Abdelaaty, Rebecca Cordell and Idean Salehyan

Book Reviews

1. Kathryn Sikkink. 2017. “Evidence for Hope: Making Human Rights Work in the 21st Century”
Rebecca Cordell 2019. Journal of Peace Research.

Public Scholarship

1. Social unrest during epidemics
Rebecca Cordell, Reed M. Wood, Thorin M. Wright 2021. Science Node.

2. The Political Costs of Abusing Human Rights
Rebecca Cordell 2021. Political Violence @ a Glance.

3. Do pandemics contribute to social unrest?
Rebecca Cordell, Reed M. Wood, Thorin M. Wright 2021. Indiana University IT News and Events.

4. Human rights has made giant strides, philanthropy can help drive movement through transition
Rebecca Cordell 2019. Alliance Magazine.

5. Security-Civil Liberties Trade-offs: International Cooperation in Extraordinary Rendition
Rebecca Cordell 2018. Political Violence @ a Glance.

6. How does the Trump administration think about human rights? Evidence from the State Department country reports
Rebecca Cordell, K. Chad Clay, Chris J. Fariss, Reed M. Wood, Thorin M. Wright 2018. Political Violence @ a Glance.

7. The U.S. carried out extraordinary renditions from 2001-2005. Here are 15 countries that helped
Rebecca Cordell 2017. Monkey Cage, Washington Post.

8. Nepal Earthquake: Fears that relief efforts could exasperate poor political record
Rebecca Cordell 2016. Human Rights Centre Blog, University of Essex.

9. CIA torture is out in the open – but Guantanamo Bay detainees are still going nowhere
Rebecca Cordell 2014. The Conversation.