I am Horace T. Morse Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Law at the University of Minnesota. I have published more than 45 articles or chapters and six books including SCOTUS and COVID: How the Media Reacted to the Livestreaming of Supreme Court Oral Arguments (2023), Oral Arguments and Coalition Formation on the U.S. Supreme Court (2012), A Good Quarrel (2009), Oral Arguments and Decision Making on the U.S. Supreme Court (2004), and The Logic of American Politics (11th edition, 2023). Findings from many of these projects, along with my legal and political commentary, have been covered by The Economist, The Guardian, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, NPR, C-SPAN, Slate, USA Today, ABC, CNN, MPR, and WCCO.

Beyond research I am passionate about teaching and advising students. During my time at Minnesota I have mentored 15 graduate students and have overseen more than 200 undergraduate research projects (including 10 UROPS). In 2018 I was named a semi-finalist for the prestigious Robert F. Cherry Award for Great Teaching and was awarded the American Political Science Association's Distinguished Teaching Award.