RESEARCH INTERESTS
Politics and Religion
Nationalism
East Asian Politics
Identity and Politics
“Remittances and Democracy in Asia” with Bora Jeong at the Midwest Political Science Association Conference (April 2025)
“Is Shinto a Nationalist Religion? Examining the Relationship between Shinto, Nationalist Sentiment, and Support for the LDP” at the Midwest Political Science Association Conference (April 2022)
“Does Confucianism Hinder Democracy?” with Bora Jeong at the Western Political Science Association Conference (March 2022)
"The Squeaky Wheel Gets the Grease: Comparing the Political Behaviors of Shinto Nationalists, Shinto Non-Nationalists, and Non-Shintoists" at the Southern Political Science Association Conference (January 2022)
“Political Appeals to Abe and Religious Nationalism by Japanese LDP Politicians” at the American Political Science Association Virtual Annual Meeting (September 2020)
“The Political Strategy of Appealing to Religious Nationalism: Examining Motivations to Join Religious Organizations by Japanese LDP Politicians” at the Politics of Race, Immigration and Ethnicity Consortium Conference (November 2019)
“Welcome Guest Workers? The Impact of Socioeconomic Status and Diversity on Immigration Attitudes” with Dr. Regina Branton at the Midwest Political Science Association Conference (April 2018)
Select Research
Jeong, Bora and Hope Dewell Gentry. Accepted 2026. "The Impact of Remittances on Democratization in Asia." Asian Journal of Comparative Politics. (Replication data and Do-file)
Jeong, Bora and Hope Dewell Gentry. 2024. “Does the Experience of Ethnic Conflict Enhance Ethnic Identity?” Politics, Groups, and Identities. 1-18. (Replication data and Do-file)
Branton, Regina P., Rachel S Torres, Justin Walsh, and Hope Dewell Gentry. 2022. "Mexican Immigrant Acculturation: The Impact of Political, Social, and Economic Characteristics of One's Sending State." Journal of Borderland Studies.
Dewell Gentry, Hope. 2021. “The Political Strategy of Appealing to Religious Nationalism: Examining Motivations to Join Religious Organizations by Japanese LDP Politicians” Politics and Religion. 14 (4): 691-711 (Replication data and Do-file)
Esparza, Diego, Santiago Arca Henon, and Hope Dewell Gentry. 2020. “Peacekeeping and Civil-Military Relations in Uruguay” Defense and Security Analysis. 36 (3): 314-334.
Dewell Gentry, Hope and Regina Branton. 2019.
Dewell Gentry, Hope and Bora Jeong (In Progress) "Does Confucianism Hinder Democracy?"
Dewell Gentry, Hope (In Progress) "The Strategic Use of Religion in a Secular State: The Impact of Religion on Japanese Nationalism"