AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Political Parties -- Nominations, activists and party organization, parties in Congress, party ID, party decline/resurgence, candidate-centered vs. party-centered politics, social network theory

Public Opinion -- Ideology, attitude change, issue evolution, party ID, American and European opinion, race and racism, elite-mass interaction

Elections -- Campaigns and advertising, party activity, candidate strategies, presidential elections

Presidency -- Nominations, primary elections.

Congress/Legislatures -- Parties and party leadership, elections, formal models

Formal Modeling -- Rational choice, game theory, bounded rationality, evolutionary models, spatial models, voting models, coordination and cooperation, delegation, models of uncertainty and learning, social network theory

Quantitative Methods -- Ideal point estimation, latent trait models, voting models, measurement error, social networks, introductory statistics

Political Theory -- Liberal theory, Rawls, Mill, voting and democracy, ideology

Public Health Regulations -- Regulation and prohibition of alcohol, tobacco, drugs, fats and prostitution

Politics and Popular Culture/Film