I am Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in Political Science at Oklahoma State University.

I teach and research topics in American politics, public policy, and methodology. I am interested in how unequal representation and scarce resources in American state legislatures affects policy innovation and diffusion in the U.S. federal system. I am also interested in how the policies set by state legislatures shape political and economic inequality.

I am passionate about access to quality civic education in the United States. Dr. Eve Ringsmuth and I have an active research agenda — the Higher Education and Democracy Research (HEDR) Lab — to improve the delivery of civic education in higher education institutions and to better understand student growth in politically-consequential learning outcomes.

My research has been published in Perspectives on Politics, Policy Studies Journal, Political Research Quarterly, State Politics & Policy Quarterly, Journal of Public Policy, Policy & Politics, American Politics Research, and Journal of Political Science Education, among others.

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