John Huber's (Ph.D. University of Rochester,1991) research focuses on the comparative study of democratic processes. He is the author of Rationalizing Parliament (Cambridge), Deliberate Discretion? Institutional Foundations of Bureaucratic Autonomy (Cambridge) (with Charles Shipan), and numerous articles. Deliberate Discretion was awarded the Richard Fenno Prize, Gregory Luebbert Prize, and William Riker Prize. Huber’s current research examines how institutional arrangements influence the representation of poor individuals. He is also studying the impact of religion on representation processes.