Working Paper
Smith, Kylie N. “The End of Pro-Government Militia Relationships: Agency Slack and the Breakdown of Delegation” Under Review
Works in Progress
Smith, Kylie N. “Renegotiating Existence: Excluded Armed Groups and the Informal Foundations of Durable Peace”
Smith, Kylie N. and Daniel Little. “Up in Arms: The Effect of Militia Demonstrations on Local Policy During the Drag Panic of 2022-2024 ”
Findley, Michael G. “Do Aid Shocks Cause Violent Conflict? Evidence from the Global Retrenchment of U.S. Foreign Assistance.” (With Kylie Smith, ChangHa Kim, and Others)
Field Work
Guatemala - Guatemala City & Quetzeltenango (Summer 2025)
Northern Ireland - Belfast (Summer 2023)
Presentations
European Political Science Society Conference at Queen’s University Belfast (June 2026)
Presentation: The End of Pro-Government Militia Relationships: Agency Slack and the Breakdown of Delegation
Texas Triangle Conference at the University of Texas at Austin (February 2026)
Presentation: Pro-Government Militia Termination: Mitigating Agency Slack in the Principal-Agent Relationship
Terrorism and Civil Wars Conference at the University of Houston (February 2025)
Presentation: Pro-Government Militia Termination: Mitigating Agency Slack in the Principal-Agent Relationship
Conflict Research Society Conference at Queen’s University Belfast (September 2022)
Presentation: The Mediated State: Multi-Layered Rebel Governance in Ethnic Armed Organizations in Myanmar
Academic Projects
Dissertation University of Texas at Austin
Committee: Dr. Michael Findley (chair), Dr. Scott Wolford, Dr. Max Goplerud, Dr. Sabine Carey (external)
Now What? Patterns of Violence and Organizational Change in Post-Conflict Armed Groups
Master’s Thesis University of Texas at Austin (May 2024)
Committee: Dr. Michael Findley (chair), Dr. Scott Wolford
Pro-Government Militia Termination: Mitigating Agency Slack in the Principal-Agent Relationship
Master’s Dissertation Queen’s University Belfast (September 2022)
Advisor: Dr. Ronit Berger-Hobson
Mediated States as Resilient Statebuilding: Ethnic Armed Organizations in Myanmar following the 2021 Coup D’état