Sanchez Urribari, Raul, Susanne Schorpp, Kirk A. Randazzo, and Donald R. Songer. "Explaining Changes to Rights Litigation: Testing a Multivariate Model in a Comparative Framework. Journal of Politics.

Roy, Dona and Donald R. Songer. "Does the Attitudinal Model Explain Unanimous Reversals?" Justice System Journal.

Randazzo, Kirk A., Richard W. Waterman, and Michael P. Fix. "State Supreme Courts and the Effects of Statutory Constraint: A Test of the Model of Contingent Discretion." Political Research Quarterly.

Kassow, Benjamin, Donald R. Songer, and Michael P. Fix. "The Influence of Precedent on State Supreme Courts." Political Research Quarterly.

Jilani, Nadia, Donald R. Songer, and Susan Johnson. "Gender, Consciousness Raising, and Decision Making on the Supreme Court of Canada." Judicature.

Johnson, Susan, Donald R. Songer, and Nadia Jilani. "Judge Gender, Critical Mass, and Decision Making in the Appellate Courts of Canada." Journal of Gender, Politics, and Policy.

Fix, Michael P. and Kirk A. Randazzo. 2010. "Judicial Deference and National Security: Applications of the Political Question and Act of State Doctrines." Democracy and Security 6 (Number 1): 1-16.

Barnes Bowie, Jennifer and Donald R. Songer. 2009. "Assessing the Applicability of Strategic Theory to Explain Decision Making on the Courts of Appeals." Political Research Quarterly 62: 393-407.

Savchak, Elisha and A.J. Barghothi. 2007. "The Influence of Appointment and Retention Constituencies: Testing Strategies of Judicial Decisionmaking." State Politics and Policy Quarterly 7(4): 394-415.

Savchak, Elisha, Thomas G. Hansford, Donald R. Songer, Kenneth L. Manning, and Robert A. Carp. 2006. "Taking It to the Next Level: The Elevation of District Court Judges to the U.S. Courts of Appeals." American Journal of Political Science 50: 478-493.

Szmer, John and Donald R. Songer. 2005. "The Effects of Information on the Accuracy of Presidential Assessments of Supreme Court Nominee Preferences." Political Research Quarterly 58: 151-160.