Ph.D. — Washington University in St. Louis (1998) M.A. — Washington University in St. Louis (1995) B.A. — Gustavus Adolphus College (1993)
Researching and teaching (within and beyond the classroom) about the least understood branch of the federal government is my passion. I am an expert on the U.S. Supreme Court, oral arguments and decision making, judicial politics, empirical legal studies, and American political institutions.
I have won six National Science Foundation Grants (2017, 2016, 2006, 2004, 2003, and 1997) and a variety of teaching and research awards during my 23 year career.
You can find articles I wrote, but that were never published, here.