PUBLICATIONS

“Migration Without Movement: The Struggle over Incorporation and Citizenship as Borders Expanded in the Early United States.” The Journal of Early American History 15:1/2 (June 2025): 30-59. doi:10.1163/18770703-15010203.

“How Atlantic Mobility Shaped American Naturalization in the Confederation Period.” The Journal of American Ethnic History 41:2 (Winter 2022): 5-25. doi:10.5406/19364695.41.2.01.

“The Fading Mirage of Revolution: The French Expeditionary Force’s Disillusionment with America, 1780- 1782.” The Historian 81:3 (Fall 2019): 426-47. doi:10.1111/hisn.13199. 

“Executive Power and the Alien Enemies Act.” Defining Ideas journal, Stanford University, Hoover Institution Press. March 2025.

“The Tension between Openness and Security.” in "The Immigration Puzzle: Four Ways to Think About the Path to Citizenship." Stanford Magazine, Winter 2025.

“Lessons for American Immigration Policy from the Past.” Stanford University Hoover Institution Policy Brief No. 2404, Hoover Institution Press, October 2024.

 “The Enduring Relevance of Early American Migration Regulations.” The Panorama: Expansive Views from the Journal of the Early Republic, March 2024.

“Public Indifference: Newspaper Coverage of New York’s 1799 Gradual Emancipation Act.” Columbia Journal of History. May 2017.

“New Birth of Freedom: Columbia Alumni, The New York Manumission Society and the End of Slavery in New York.” Columbia and Slavery. Columbia University. January 2017.

“Alaska: Burden or Bounty for Imperial Russia?” The Birch: An Undergraduate Journal of Slavic, Eastern European, and Eurasian Studies. Columbia University. May 2015.

“The Battle of Stony Point: Defense of the Lifeline of the Colonies.” The SAR Magazine 105:2 , October 2010.

“American Immigration | Policy Stories with Cody Nager.” Policy Stories video series. Stanford University PolicyEd, Hoover Institution. July 2025.

"Solving America's Immigration Puzzle."  UnArchived:Lessons from the Past video series, Stanford University PolicyEd, Hoover Institution. March 2025.

"What is the Alien Enemies Act and how could it be used?" by Ben Brasch, The Washington Post, March 15, 2025.