I am a Professor of Political Science at the University at Buffalo. With Tracy Osborn (University of Iowa) and Jon Winburn (University of Mississippi), I am also serving as co-editor of State Politics & Policy Quarterly, the official publication of the State Politics and Policy Section of the American Political Science Association.
My research and teaching interests are in American Politics, where I study both mass and elite political behavior with a substantive focus on issues of electoral competition, representation, and public policy—in particular, campaign finance law and health policy.
I have co-authored three books and published more than 35 articles in peer-reviewed journals. In addition to my research, I routinely teach classes on voting and political participation, political communication, political parties and interest groups, and campaigns and elections.
You can find my CV here, and my Google Scholar profile here.
Prior to joining the Department of Political Science at the University at Buffalo in Fall 2023, I was a faculty member in the Department of Political Science at the University of Mississippi (2012-23) and a postdoctoral research associate in the Center for the Study of American Politics in the Institution for Social and Policy Studies at Yale University (2008-12). I received my Ph.D. and M.A. in Political Science from Binghamton University and my B.A. in Political Science from James Madison University.