Political Science

Education

• Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1997
• MA, University of Michigan, 1994
• BA, Washington University in St. Louis, 1991
• Curriculum Vitae [PDF]

Interests and Expertise

• American government and politics
• Political learning and civic competence
• Scholarship of teaching and learning
• Campaigns and elections
• Voting behavior and public opinion

Courses

Fall 2024

• PLSC 113: American Government Honors, Mondays and Wednesdays, 9:30-10:45 AM, Honors Reception Room

Selected Publications and Presentations

• Vital Statistics on American Politics, 2017-2020 (with Amanda C. Shannon).  Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2022.
• “Using Think-Alouds to Understand How Students Balance Free Speech and Inclusion” (with Cameron W. Armstrong). First Amendment Studies, Volume 55, Number 1, pages 22-43, 201.
• Teaching Research Methods in Political Science. Editor and contributing author.  London: Edward Elgar Publishers, 2021.
• “Unifying SoTL Methodology: Internal and External Validity.”  Teaching and Learning Inquiry, Volume 6, Issue 2, pages 115-126, 2018.
• “Major Factors in the Development of Political Attitudes” (with Hailey L. Huckestein and Steven M. Mikulic). Learning and Teaching in the Social Sciences, Volume 11, Issue 3, pages 25-48, 2018.
• “Using Creative Assignments to Help Students Integrate their Learning in a Campaigns and Elections Class” (with Anastasija Deljevic, Emily Kindred, Elizabeth Krochmalny, and Annie Somerville). Journal of Political Science Education, Volume 14, Issue 4, pages 440-455, 2018.
• “Finding Moments of Meaning in Undergraduate Education: How the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Can Help.” International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Volume 12, Issue 1, Article 2, 2018.
• Enhancing Teaching and Learning Through Collaborative Structures. Co-editor (with Brooke A. Flinders) and contributing author. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2016.
• “Overcoming Methods Anxiety: The Impact of Frequent Feedback and Moving from Qualitative to Quantitative Work" (with Brooke Allen). Journal of Political Science Education, Volume 9, Issue 1, pages 1–15, 2013. 
• Citizenship Across the Curriculum. Co-editor (with Michael B. Smith and Rebecca S. Nowacek) and contributing author. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2010.