B.A.  Dartmouth College
M.A. Yale University
Ph.D. Yale University

Courses:

Critical Issues for the United States (Maxwell Course)
Democratic Theory and Practice
Local Political Internship
Classic Theories of American Politics

Recent Publications:

The Trusted Leader:  Building the Relationships that Make Government Work.  Washington, D.C.:  CQ Press, 2008.  With Terry Newell and Peter Ronayne.

First Person Political: Legislative Life and the Meaning of Public Service. New York: New York University Press, 2006.

“Reform and Remembrance: The Meaning of the Private Sector in the Future of Health Care Policy,” Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 2003.

Click On Democracy: The Internet’s Power to Change Political Apathy into Civic Action. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 2002. With Steve Davis and Larry Elin.

The Insider’s Guide to Political Internships: What To Do Once You’re in the Door (editor and contributor). Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 2002. With Mack Mariani.

Research Interests:

Democratic processes and the dynamics of representation; social justice; health care politics and policy; legislative behavior

Current Research Projects:

Two books:  "An Examination of Political Representation Through the Lens of Legislatively-oriented Activity" and "An Examination of Representation and Citizen Political Efficacy in Situations of Extreme Political Inequality."