Conference Papers

Not Just Partisan Symbols: Right Wing Flag Displays as Visual Discourses of Exclusion — Coauthored with Joseph Boakye

Cultural Legacies and Public Policy: Evaluating Welfare Attitudes Across Tennessee’s Grand Divisions (2025)

The Effectiveness of Renewable Energy Policies in the American States: A Meta-Analysis (2024) — Coauthored with Neal D. Woods, Jack DeOliveira, Christopher Eddy, and Jiyoon Kang

Disincentivizing Incentives: The Consequences of Delayed WOTC Certification Determination (2023)

The Unrealized Aims of the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (2023)

A Meta-Analysis of State Renewable Energy Policies (2023) — Coauthored with Neal D. Woods, Jack DeOliveira, Christopher Eddy, and Jiyoon Kang

Assessing the Impact of Clean Energy and Climate Policies: A Meta-Analysis (2022) — Coauthored with Neal D. Woods and Jiyoon Kang

Resource Blessings or Curses: An Analysis of State Unemployment System Effectiveness (2021)

Panel Activity

New England Political Science Association: 2021

Southwest Social Science Association: 2021

Southern Political Science Association: 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

Midwest Political Science Association: 2022, 2023

Publications

Lowder, M. A. (2026). Historical Legacies and the Racial Foundations of Government Trust in the South. Race
and Social Problems, 18(2), 42. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12552-026-09505-0

Lowder, M. A. (2025), Reframing Welfare Policy: Experimental Impacts on Public Perceptions. Poverty &
Public Policy, 17: e70039. https://doi.org/10.1002/pop4.70039.

Lowder, M.A. (2025), Culture Regions and Policy Attitudes: Evaluating Welfare Spending Preferences Across Tennessee’s Grand Divisions. Social Science Quarterly, 106: e70045. https://doi.org/10.1111/ssqu.70045

Lowder, Morgan A., Anthony Hobert, and Kelsey Shoub. 2023. “Institutional Legacies and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Spending Decisions: The Case of the Freedmen’s Bureau.” Journal of Public Policy 43(3): 578–600. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0143814X23000168

Woods, N. D., Kang, K., and Lowder, M.. 2022. “ Do green policies produce green jobs?.” Social Science Quarterly 00: 1– 15. https://doi.org/10.1111/ssqu.13233

Lowder, M. A., & Carpenter, A. T. (2016). Securing the World’s Water: International Climate Negotiations and Their Impacts. Journal‐American Water Works Association, 108(11), 44-54.