Published Writing

Alongside long-form essays published on this site, I also write op-eds and editorials that appear in local and regional media outlets, as well as research and academic work. This page is an archive of that work.

We Don’t Have To Do Politics This Way — Knox News (June 2026), with William Lyons

Knoxville is Thriving. So Why Are People So Unhappy — Knox News (June 2026)

Knoxville Won’t Ever Be “Affordable” Again — Knox News (April 2026)

Knoxville voters should reject referendum establishing at-large electoral system — Knox News (October 2024)

2024 Housing Forecast — East Tennessee REALTORS® (February 2024)

Addressing Knoxville’s housing crisis will require leaders’ political courage — Knox News (October 2023)

2023 State of Housing Report — East Tennessee REALTORS® (May 2023)

2023 Housing Forecast — East Tennessee REALTORS® (December 2022)

A New Model for Civic Education in America’s Public Universities — Institute of American Civics at the University of Tennessee (August 2022), with Marianne Wanamaker, William Lyons, and John M. Scheb

2022 State of Housing Report — East Tennessee REALTORS® (March 2022)

What’s next for Knoxville’s housing market? Some bold and not so bold predictions — Knox News (November 2021)

KCS has the authority to publish school-level COVID-19 data. Here’s why. — Knox News (August 2021)

On the brink of crisis, Knoxville needs more housing — Knox News (July 2021)

2020 Has Presented Enormous Challenges to Black-Owned Businesses — The Thinking Republic (October 2020), with Marianne Wanamaker

Proms and Circumstance — Compass Knox (June 2020)

Unintended Consequences? The Impact of Targeted Economic Sanctions on Terrorism — Howard H. Baker Center for Public Policy (May 2020)

Human cost of coronavirus should give us a different perspective — The Tennessean (May 2020)

A Crisis Called Panic — Knox News (July 2018)

We must have honest religion — Knox News (August 2017)