I am an Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota in political science, where I teach statistical methods and American politics. My dissertation examines whether policy change occurs primarily with electoral change (replacement), or incumbent members changing their votes (conversion). Here is my CV.
I graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1996, with a triple major in politics and government, economics, and German Studies.
Papers
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- Democracy as a Latent Variable, with Simon Jackman. American Journal of Political Science, 52(1): 201-217.
- Front and Center? The Policy Attitudes of Ideological Moderates, with Sunshine Hillygus.
- Measuring Ideology at the Constitutional Convention, with Jeremy Pope. Presented at the 2007 American Political Science Association meeting.
- Where Does the President Stand? Measuring Presidential Ideology. Presented at the 2008 Midwest Political Science Association meeting.
- Ideal Point Estimation Using Overlapping Constraints in the Senate Presented at the 2006 Southern Political Science Association meeting. An earlier version was presented at the 2004 Midwest Political Science Association meeting.
- Electoral Pressure and Policy Change: Conversion or Replacement? Presented at the 2003 Midwest Political Science Association meeting.
- Beyond Factor Analysis: Modern Tools for Social Measurement, with Simon Jackman. Presented at the Midwest Political Science Association annual meeting, April 25-28, 2002.