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Assistant Professor
of
Politics
B.A., Swarthmore College, 1992; M.P.A., Princeton University, 2000;
M.A., U.C. Berkeley, 2001; Ph.D., U.C. Berkeley, 2008 (Expected)
Email:
Phone:
(212) 992-8078
Office Address:
NYU Department of Politics, 19 W. 4th Street New York, NY 10012
Office Room Number:
327
For a full list of my work, see my
Vita.
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Areas of Research/Interest: public opinion, public policy, and their relationship in American politics; public opinion and the judiciary; lesbian, gay and bisexual issues and politics; campaigns and elections
Select Publications:
WORKING PAPERS
"Issue Ownership and Representation: A Theory of Legislative Responsiveness to Public Opinion"
"When the Supreme Court Leads, Does the Public Follow? Evidence from a Survey Experiment" (with Jack Citrin)
"Explaining the Distinctiveness of Lesbians, Gays, and Bisexuals in American Politics" (under review)
PUBLICATIONS
Political Behavior and Civic Engagement of Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals (LGBs) in the U.S.
Read our report on the most comprehensive survey ever conducted on LGBs' identity, political attitudes, and civic engagement. With Murray S. Edelman and Kenneth Sherrill.
Public Opinion and Constitutional Controversy
An edited volume examining the trajectory of opinion on controversial issues addressed by the Supreme Court over the past fifty years. Includes chapters on desegregation, the rights of the accused, school prayer, abortion, the death penalty, gay rights, national security/civil liberties, and federalism. Co-edited with Nathaniel Persily and Jack Citrin. (Oxford University Press, 2008.)
What Gays Think About Gay Marriage
Marriage and the shifting
priorities of a new generation of gays and lesbians. With Kenneth Sherrill. (PS: Political Science and Politics, April 2005.)
Neither an In-Law Nor Outlaw Be
Over-time trends in Americans' attitudes toward gay people. With Kenneth Sherrill. (Public Opinion Pros, February 2005.)
Toward More Open Democracies
The worldwide expansion of freedom of information laws. With Bruce E. Cain and Sergio Fabbrini. (in Democracy Transformed? Expanding Political Opportunities in Advanced Industrial Democracies, Oxford University Press, 2003.)
Assessing Baker v. Carr
The impact of the one person,
one vote principle on political competition and representation. With Nathaniel A. Persily and Thad Kousser. (North Carolina Law
Review, May 2002.)
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