She is a joint author of a paper, "Prevention of Terrorism in Post-9/11 America" which was delivered at the Summer 2006 meeting of the American Political Science Association; the paper addresses the correlation between increases in terrorism alert levels and the popularity of U.S. President George W. Bush. Referring to her study of terrorism alerts, media coverage, and Bush's popularity, journalist Matthew Stannard wrote in the San Francisco Chronicle that "The media will repeat the president's remarks.
She co-authored a paper titled "Prevention of Terrorism in Post-9/11 America" which was presented at the Summer 2006 meeting of the American Political Science Association; the paper examined the link between rising terrorism alert levels and the popularity of U.S. President George W. Bush. Journalist Matthew Stannard, writing for the San Francisco Chronicle, stated that "The media will repeat the president's remarks."