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Faculty Advisory Committee

• Affiliation(s)

  • Assistant Professor, Political Science
    Professor, Organizational Studies

• Fields of Study

  • American politics, interest groups, political parties, social movements, social networks

• Education

  • University of Chicago, Ph.D. (Political Science and Public Policy)
  • Yale University, Postdoctoral Fellowship (2004-2005)
  • Indiana University, M.A. (Political Science)
  • University of Northern Iowa, M.P.P. (Public Policy) and B.A. (Economics)

• Presentations

  • American Political Science Association (2000-01, 2003-12)
  • American Sociological Association (2005, 2007, 2009)
  • Kent State University, Political Science (April, 2012)
  • Georgetown University, Political Science (March,2011)
  • Michigan State University, Political Science (November,2010 (November)

• Selected Publications:

• Books

  • Party in the Street: The Democratic Party and the Antiwar Movement after 9/11

• Articles

  • (2011) The Partisan Dynamics of Contention, Mobilization: An International Journal
  • (2011) The Partisan Politics of Antiwar Legislation in Congress, 2001-2011, The University of Chicago Legal Forum
  • (2010) Organizing Women as Women, Perspectives on Politics

• Book Chapters

  • (2012) Bridging the Gap between Political Parties and Interest Groups, Interest Group Politics
  • (2011) Campaigning in the Internet Age, The Electoral Challenge: Theory Meets Practice
  • (2010) Linking Political Parties and Interest Groups, The Oxford Handbook of American Political Parties and Interest Groups