I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science at Columbia University. My main area of interest is judicial politics -- my dissertation examines the dynamics of collegial decision making on three-judge panels of the U.S. Courts of Appeals. I also have research interests in political methodology and formal theory, and have done research on congressional elections and public opinion. My dissertation advisers are Jeffrey Lax and David Epstein.
contact info
Columbia University
Department of Political Science
420 W. 118th St.
New York, NY 10027
Curriculum Vitae
Publications
- Panel Composition and Judicial Compliance on the U.S. Courts of Appeals, 2007. The Journal of Law, Economics & Organization. 23(2): 421-41.
- Using Graphs Instead of Tables in Political Science, with Eduardo Leoni. 2007. Perspectives on Politics. 5(4): 755-71.
- Predicting and Dissecting the Seats-Votes Curve in the 2006 U.S. House Election, with Andrew Gelman and Jamie Chandler. 2008. PS: Political Science and Politics. 41(1):139-145.
- Case Selection and the Study of Judicial Politics, with Jeffrey Lax. Forthcoming: Journal of Empirical Legal Studies.
Working Papers
- Panel Composition and Voting on the United States Courts of Appeals (under review)
- The Playing Field Shifts: Predicting the Seats-Votes Curve in the 2008 U.S. House Election, with Andrew Gelman and Jamie Chandler (under review)
- The Structure of Legal Rules and the Analysis of Judicial Decisions
- State Public Opinion and Senatorial Consideration of Supreme Court Nominees, with Jeffrey Lax and Justin Phillips
- Elite War? Analyzing War Opinions Across the Iraq, Vietnam and Korean Wars, with Jamie Chandler and Andrew Gelman