Working Papers
Sands, Melissa, Adam Thal, and Reagan Bijou. "The Political Consequences of Exposure to Inequality on Social Media: A Field Experiment." Revise and resubmit.
Dietrich, Bryce, and Melissa Sands. "Measuring Racial Avoidance on Virtual Streets." Under review.
Filindra, Alexandra, David Nickerson, Melissa Sands, Donald Snyder, and Alexander Theodoridis. "When Fear Chills Democracy: Do Permissive Gun Laws Hinder Poll Worker Recruitment?" Under review.
Dietrich, Bryce J., Melissa Sands, and Jasper Neath. "Man or Bear? A Large-Scale LiDAR Study of Women's Avoidance of Men in Public Spaces."
de Kadt, Daniel, Melissa Sands, Anton Strezhnev, and Maggie X. Wang. "Distance in Social Scientific Research." Draft coming soon.
Sands, Melissa. "The Distributive Politics of Education Policy: Party Control of State Government and Transfers to Localities."
King, Gary, and Melissa Sands. "How Human Subject Research Rules Mislead You and Your University, and What to Do About It."
Other Ongoing Projects
Green-Riley, Naima, and Melissa Sands. "Cultural Exchange or Cultural Clash? Exposure to Chinese Students and Attitudes Towards China."
Barari, Soubhik, Jacob Brown, Bryce Dietrich, Ryan Enos, and Melissa Sands. "Using Public Camera Feeds to Study Social Distancing and Pro-Health Behaviors in a Pandemic."
Sands, Melissa, and Kris-Stella Trump. "How Does Exposure to Local Inequality Shape Political Participation?"
de Benedictis-Kessner, Justin, Ryan Enos, Michael Hankinson, and Melissa Sands. "Neighborhood Stability and Civic Participation."
Hankinson, Michael, Melissa Sands, and Yamil Velez. "The Effects of Residential Stability on Civic Attitudes Via Housing Lottery."
de Benedictis-Kessner, Justin, and Melissa Sands. "Field Experimental Evidence on Smart City Technology and Voter Registration."
Sands, Melissa, and Daniel de Kadt. "Exposure to Inequality as an Explanation of the Robin Hood Paradox."