Ardoin, Phillip J. and William D. Hicks. 2024. "Fear and Loathing: ChatGPT in the Political Science Classroom." PS: Political Science & Politics FirstVIew DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1049096524000131
Norris, Robert J., William D. Hicks, and Kevin J. Mullinix. 2023. The Politics of Innocence: How Wrongful Convictions Shape Public Opinion. New York: NYU Press. 
Hicks, William D. and Seth C. McKee. 2021. ``Pennsylvania in 2018: How Redistricting Does and Doesn't Matter.'' State and Local Government Review 53(2): 172-180.
Hicks, William D., Kevin J. Mullinix, and Robert J. Norris. 2021. ``The Politics of Wrongful Conviction Legislation.'' State Politics & Policy Quarterly 21(3): 306-325.  
Hicks, William D., Seth C. McKee, and Daniel A. Smith. 2021. ``Contemporary Views of Liberal Democracy and the 2016 Presidential Election.'' PS: Political Science & Politics. 54(1): 33-40. 
Bullock, Charles S., III, William D. Hicks, M.V. Hood, III, Seth C. McKee, and Daniel A. Smith. 2020. "The Election of African American State Legislators in the Modern South." Legislative Studies Quarterly. 45(4): 581-608
Hicks, William D., Jefferson E. Holcomb, Melissa A. Alexander, and Tammatha A. Clodfelter. 2020. "Drug Testing and Community Supervision Outcomes." Criminal Justice and Behavior. 47(4): 419-436. 
Gronke, Paul, William D. Hicks, Seth C. McKee, Charles Stewart III, and James Dunham. 2019. "Voter ID Laws: A View from the Public." Social Science Quarterly ​100(1): 215-232. 
Hicks, William D., Carl E. Klarner, Seth C. McKee, and Daniel A. Smith. 2018. "Revisiting Majority-Minority Districts and Black Representation." Political Research Quarterly 7(2): 408-423
Hicks, William D. and Carol S. Weissert. 2018. "Home Rule Be Damned: Exploring Policy Conflicts between the Statehouse and City Hall" (Guest Editors' Introduction). PS: Political Science & Politics 51(1): 26-38 
Holcomb, Jefferson E., Marian R. Williams, William D. Hicks, Tomislav V. Kovandzic, and Michele Bisaccia Meitle. 2017. "Civil Asset Forfeiture Laws and Equitable Sharing Activity by the Police." Criminology and Public Policy 17(1): 101-127
Hicks, William D. and Adam J. Newmark. 2017. "Comparing Introductory State and Local Government Textbooks." PS: Political Science & Politics: 50(2): 542-548
Hicks, William D., Seth C. McKee, and Daniel A. Smith. 2016. ``The Determinants of State Legislator Support for Restrictive Voter ID Laws.'' State Politics & Policy Quarterly 16(4): 411-431.
Hicks, William D., Seth C. McKee, and Daniel A. Smith. 2016. ``A Bipartisan Election Reform? Explaining Support for Online Voter Registration in the American States.'' American Politics Research: 44(6): 1008-1036.
Hicks, William D. 2015. ``Partisan Competition and the Efficiency of Lawmaking in American Legislatures, 1991-2009.'' American Politics Research 43(5): 743-770. 
Hicks, William D., Seth C. McKee, Mitchell D. Sellers, and Daniel A. Smith. 2015. ``A Principle or a Strategy? Voter Identification Laws and Partisan Competition in the American States.'' Political Research Quarterly 68(1):18-33. 
Hicks, William D. and Daniel A. Smith. 2014. ``State Campaigns and Elections." In Oxford Handbook of State and Local Government. Donald Haider-Markel (ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.  
Hicks, William D. 2013. ``Initiatives Within Representative Government: Political Competition and Initiative Use in the American States.'' State Politics & Policy Quarterly 13(4): 471-494.