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Assistant Professor of Politics and Public Policy;
B.A., Swarthmore, 1992; M.P.A., Princeton, 2000; Ph.D., U.C. Berkeley, 2008
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Research Interests: public opinion, public policy, and their relationship in American politics; public opinion and the judiciary; lesbian, gay and bisexual issues and politics; campaigns and elections
Selected Works:
WORKING PAPERS
"How Citizens Integrate Information without Ideological Cues: Local Weather and Americans’ Beliefs about Global Warming" (with Megan Mullin, Temple University)
"Issue Ownership and Representation: A Theory of Legislative Responsiveness to Public Opinion" (under review)
"Opinion Leadership, Backlash, and Delegitimation:
Supreme Court Rulings and Public Opinion" (with Jack Citrin, UC Berkeley)
"Group Cohesion without Group Mobilization: The Case of Lesbians, Gays, and Bisexuals" (under review)
PUBLICATIONS
Bloomberg's Limited Win
Good government advocates have portrayed the extension of term limits for New York City elected officials as a "power grab" by Mayor Michael Bloomberg. In this New York Times op-ed piece, I argue that the change should actually boost the institutional power of City Council to act as a democratic check on executive power.
Political Behavior and Civic Engagement of Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals (LGBs) in the U.S.
Read our report on the most comprehensive survey ever conducted on LGBs' identity, political attitudes, and civic engagement. With Murray S. Edelman and Kenneth Sherrill.
Public Opinion and Constitutional Controversy
An edited volume examining the trajectory of opinion on controversial issues addressed by the Supreme Court over the past fifty years. Includes chapters on desegregation, the rights of the accused, school prayer, abortion, the death penalty, gay rights, national security/civil liberties, and federalism. Co-edited with Nathaniel Persily and Jack Citrin. (Oxford University Press, 2008.)
What Gays Think About Gay Marriage
Marriage and the shifting
priorities of a new generation of gays and lesbians. With Kenneth Sherrill. (PS: Political Science and Politics, April 2005.)
Neither an In-Law Nor Outlaw Be
Over-time trends in Americans' attitudes toward gay people. With Kenneth Sherrill. (Public Opinion Pros, February 2005.)
Toward More Open Democracies
The worldwide expansion of freedom of information laws. With Bruce E. Cain and Sergio Fabbrini. (in Democracy Transformed? Expanding Political Opportunities in Advanced Industrial Democracies, Oxford University Press, 2003.)
Assessing Baker v. Carr
The impact of the one person,
one vote principle on political competition and representation. With Nathaniel A. Persily and Thad Kousser. (North Carolina Law
Review, May 2002.)
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