Research

Partisan and Strategic Considerations in Conferee Selection in Congress (with Jamie Carson), Paper presented at the 2002 Midwest Political Science Association Meeting. (Abstract)

The Influence of Media Projections on Voter Turnout In Presidential Elections From 1980-2000 (with Michael Crespin), Paper presented at the 2002 Midwest Political Science Association Meeting. (Abstract)

Legislative Politics in a Bicameral System: Strategic Conferee Appointments in the U.S. Congress (with Jamie Carson), Paper presented at the 2002 Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Political Science Association Meeting. (Abstract)

Shirking in the Contemporary Congress published in Political Analysis: A Reappraisal (with Jeffery Jenkins and Michael Crespin), Paper presented at the 2002 Southern Political Science Association Meeting. (Abstract)

Variations in Party Voting in the House of Representatives 1953-2000 (with Michael Crespin and David Rohde), Paper presented at the 2002 Southern Political Science Association Meeting. (Abstract)

Congressional Conference Committee Bias, 1963-2002: (with Steven Smith), Paper presented at the 2003 American Political Science Association Meeting. (Abstract)

Analyzing the Effects of Elections on Strategic Position Taking in the U.S. Senate: Elections and Strategic Position Taking in the Senate (with Rene Lindstadt), Paper presented at the 2004 Midwest Political Science Association Meeting. (Abstract)

An Analysis of Party Dynamics in Congressional Control of Bureaucratic Institutions: A Study of Voting Behavior on Statutes Instructing the Environmental Protection Agency, Paper presented at the 2005 Midwest Political Science Association Meeting (Abstract)

Judging Statutes: Interpretive (or Contextual) Regimes (with Nancy Staudt, Lee Epstein, Peter J. Wiedenbeck, and Rene Lindstadt), paper published in Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review (Symposium) (Abstract)

Congressional Conference Committees and Policy Outcomes, Paper presented at the 2005 American Political Science Association Meeting (Abstract)