Publications

Alena Smith, Julianna J. Thomson (2025). The 2026 Midterms: Speaker Mike Johnson’s religious rhetoric will continue to shape how Republicans speak to their constituents. The London School of Economics and Political Science - USAPP.

Alena Smith, Julianna J. Thomson (2025). The Johnson Effect: How the New Speaker Sparked a Religious Rhetoric Surge. Religion in Public.

Thomas J. Carty, Julianna J. Thomson (2025). Catholic Senators and Abortion Politics: The Cases of Joe Biden and Ted Kennedy. In Religion and Congress: the intersection of faith and politics, edited by David A. Dulio and Colton C. Campbell.

Julianna J. Thomson, Alena Smith (2025). Sacred Speech: analyzing the influence of congressional leadership on religious rhetoric. Politics and Religion.

Julianna J. Thomson, Mark J. Rozell (2025). Challenges to Protecting Religious Freedoms: The Roles of Government and Societal Norms. Ethos. Quarterly of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin.