I am the CLASS Research Excellence Professor and Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Houston, as well as a faculty affiliate with the University of Houston Law Center. I earned my Ph.D. in Political Science from Indiana University. In addition to my training at Indiana University, I participated in the Summer Institute in Political Psychology at Stanford University. I earned undergraduate degrees from the University of Toledo. 

My research expertise is in judicial politics and encompasses judicial decision-making, public attitudes toward judicial institutions, and representation within the judiciary. My research has been published in journals such as Political Research Quarterly, Political Science Research and Methods, Political Behavior, and the Journal of Law and Courts, among others.

I teach undergraduate classes on American Government and the Supreme Court. At the graduate level, I offer a seminar on judicial processes. 

A copy of my CV is available here.