Publications

Gaynor, SoRelle W., John D. Rackey, and Marian Currinder. 2023. “Political Scientists in Congress: Opportunities for Employment and Improvement.” Political Science Today 3 (2): 12-15. https://doi.org/10.1017/psj.2023.27
Peay, P.C. and John D. Rackey. 2022. “When Good Trouble Sparks Agenda Change: Disentangling the evolution of the Congressional Black Caucus’ positions on Police Reform.” Social Science Quarterly 102 (7): 3158– 3169. https://doi.org/10.1111/ssqu.13104
Peay, P.C. and John D. Rackey. 2021. “From Complexity to Clarity: A Network Approach to Better Understanding Issues on a Black-Interest Agenda.” National Review of Black Politics 2(3-4): 145-170. https://doi.org/10.1525/nrbp.2021.2.3-4.145

Rackey, J.D. and Michael Thorning. “How Primary Elections Impact Behavior in the U.S. House of Representatives.” Bipartisan Policy Center. December 11, 2024.
Rackey, John D. and Lauren C. Bell. “Government by Committee: (Re)centering Congressional Committees in the Policy Process.” In “Congress after Chevron: Legislative Responses to Changing Deference Doctrines.” Foundation for American Innovation and The C. Boyden Gray Center. November 20, 2024.
Ferrer, Joshua, Michael Thorning, and J.D. Rackey. “The Effect of Open Primaries on Turnout and Representation.” Bipartisan Policy Center. October 30, 2024.

U.S. Congress, House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch. Fiscal Year 2026 Public Witness Day. April 9, 2025. https://docs.house.gov/meetings/AP/AP24/20250409/118124/HHRG-119-AP24-Wstate-RackeyJ-20250409.pdf
U.S. Congress, House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch. Fiscal Year 2025 Members’ Day Hearing and Public Witness Testimony. April 17, 2024. https://docs.house.gov/meetings/AP/AP24/20240417/117122/HHRG-118-AP24-Wstate-RackeyJ-20240417.pdf
U.S. Congress, House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch. Fiscal Year 2024 Members’ Day Hearing and Public Witness Testimony. March 24, 2023. https://docs.house.gov/meetings/AP/AP24/20230324/115451/HHRG-118-AP24-Wstate-RackeyJ-20230324.pdf
U.S. Congress, House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress. “Final Report, 117th Congress.” Washington: U.S. Government Publishing Office, December 15, 2022. (117-646). Lead Author, Primary Co-Author Marian Currinder.
U.S. Congress, House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress. “Recommendations to Foster Collaboration and Civility in Congress, to Modernize the Congressional Support Agencies, and to Encourage Evidence-Based Policy-Making.” Washington: U.S. Government Publishing Office, December 8, 2021. (46-273). Lead Author, with support from the American Political Science Association Public Service Fellowship.

C. Tyler Godines Camarillo and John D. Rackey. 2026. “Misinformation, Crisis, and Response: A Congressional Campaign Simulation.” In Beating the Clock: Short Games and Active Learning in the Political Science, eds. Derek Glasgow, Mark Harvey, Ryan Gibb, and James Fielder. Routledge Press.
Rackey, John D. and C. Tyler Godines Camarillo. 2022. “Stress Test: Three Case Studies on Vote By Mail During a Global Pandemic.” In The Roads to Congress 2020, eds., Sean D. Foreman, Marcia L. Godwin, and Walter Clark Wilson. Palgrave Macmillan Press.
Rackey, John D., C. Tyler Godines Camarillo, and Keith Gaddie. 2021. “Oklahoma: The Big Sort Continues.” In The New Politics of the Old South (7th), eds., Charles S. Bullock, III and Mark Rozell. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield Press.
Tyler Godines Camarillo and John D. Rackey. 2019. “Riptide: Two Republicans Prevail Against the Blue Wave.” In The Roads to Congress 2018, eds., Sean D. Foreman, Marcia L. Godwin, and Walter Clark Wilson. Palgrave Macmillan Press.
Rackey, John D. and Ronald Keith Gaddie. 2018. “Oklahoma: The New One-Party South.” In The New Politics of the Old South (6th), eds., Charles S. Bullock, III and Mark Rozell. Rowman and Littlefield Press.

Contributor to Encyclopedia of the American Presidency (4th), Alison D. Howard ed. Apple Books, 2021.
Contributor to American Biographies: American Political Leaders (2nd), Alison D. Howard, ed. Facts on File: New York, NY, 2018.