Welcome! I am an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Florida Atlantic University. I study American political institutions with a focus on Congress, agenda setting, legislative-executive relations, and public opinion on political institutions. My research frequently touches on issues involving measurement, survey and experimental design, and computational analysis.

My research has been published in Legislative Studies Quarterly, Political Research Quarterly, Political Behavior, American Politics Research, and the Election Law Journal.

I earned a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Oklahoma, where I was a Carl Albert Congressional Research Fellow. I also hold M.A. and B.S. degrees in political science from the University of Southern Mississippi.