I am an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Yale University. My research interests include political institutions and the political economy of media, with a focus on election laws and the role of local newspapers in politics.
I am also a Resident Fellow at the Institution for Social and Policy Studies (ISPS) and Faculty Affiliate at the Center for American Political Studies (CSAP), both at Yale. Previously, I was an affiliate of the Center for American Political Studies (CAPS) and Institute for Quantitative Social Sciences (IQSS) at Harvard. I have also worked for the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) and was part of the Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project.
Published Research Articles
Redistricting and Gerrymandering
4. The Power of Characters: Evaluating Machine Learning Modified Bayesian Improved Surname Geocoding Inference of Race in Redistricting. Curiel, John A. and Kevin DeLuca. [Accepted Upon Approval of Replication] State Politics & Policy Quarterly
1. American Election Results at the Precinct Level. 2022. Baltz, Samuel, Alexander Agadjanian, Declan Chin, John Curiel, Kevin DeLuca, James Dunham, Jennifer Miranda, Connor Phillips, Annabel Uhlman,Cameron Wimpy, Marcos Zárate, and Charles Stewart. Scientific Data 9, 651. [Publisher Link]
3. A Partisan Solution to Partisan Gerrymandering: The Define-Combine Procedure. 2023. Palmer, Maxwell, Benjamin Schneer, and Kevin DeLuca. Political Analysis, First View, 1-16. [Publisher Link]
2. Validating the Applicability of Bayesian Inference with Surname and Geocoding to Congressional Redistricting. 2023. DeLuca, Kevin, and John A. Curiel. Political Analysis, 30(3): 465-471. [Publisher Link]
Select Working Papers
Local Newspapers, Candidate Quality, and Elections
Editor’s Choice: Measuring Candidate Quality using Local Newspaper Endorsements. DeLuca, Kevin. 2023. APSA Preprints. [Under Review]
(Previous Version: Newspaper Endorsements, Candidate Quality, and Election Outcomes in the United States, 1950-2020. DeLuca, Kevin. 2022. APSA Preprints. Covered in Grid News, Science of Politics)
Candidate Quality, Incumbency, and Election Outcomes in the United States. DeLuca, Kevin. 2023. APSA Preprints.
The Influence of Biased Local Newspaper Endorsements. DeLuca, Kevin. 2023. APSA Preprints. (Presented at the 94th Annual Southern Political Science Association Meeting, January 2023.)