Research
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Research on Constituency Service & Representation: 
    Publications: 

1.  "How Shifting Priorities and Capacity Affect Policy Work and Constituency Service:  Evidence from a Census of Legislator Requests to U.S. Federal Agencies" (joint with Devin-Judge Lord and Justin Grimmer, forthcoming American Journal of Political Science)
2. ​“Legislator Advocacy on Behalf of Constituents and Corporate Donors:  A Case Study of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission” (joint with Devin Judge-Lord and Justin Grimmer, in Accountability Reconsidered: Voters, Interests, and Information in   US Policymaking)  

    In Progress: 

1. "Words and Deeds: Do Legislators’ Public Messages Reflect Their Less Visible Work with Federal Agencies?” (joint with Jessie Munson, Rochelle Snyder, and Devin Judge-Lord)
2. "Who Gets Constituency Service?" (joint with Rochelle Snyder, Devin Judge-Lord and Justin Grimmer)
3. Unequal Invisible Representation: Constituents, Donors and Policy-Work (Book Manuscript, joint with Rochelle Snyder and Devin Judge-Lord

Research on Congressional Committees: 
    Publicatons: ​

1. ​"Congressmen in Exile: The Politics and Consequences of Involuntary Committee Removal" (joint with Justin Grimmer, Journal of Politics)
2. "Money in Exile: Campaign Contributions and Committee Access" (joint with Justin Grimmer,  Journal of Politics)

Additional Research on Legislative Politics: 
  Publications: 

1. ​"Women in Legislative Studies: Improving Gender Equality," (joint with Leslie Schwindt-Bayer and Gisela Sin, PS: Political Science and Politics")

 Work in Progress:

1. "Private and Public Lobbying on Election Reform: The Electoral Count Reform Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act" (Joint with Veronica Judson)
   
2. "Ideology and Party Pressure in Congress: A (New) Data-Based Approach" 
3. ​ "Gridlock Intervals, Judicial Appointments and the US Senate" (Joint with Daniel Metcalf and Ryan Owens)

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Research on Money in Politics: 
         Publications:

1. "Politics and Healthcare Spending in the United States: A Case Study from the Passage of the Medicare Modernization Act" (Joint with Zack Cooper, Amanda Kowalski and Jennifer Wu, Journal of Health Economics)
2. “Legislator Advocacy on Behalf of Constituents and Corporate Donors:  A Case Study of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission” (joint with Devin Judge-Lord and Justin Grimmer, in Accountability Reconsidered: Voters, Interests, and Information in US Policymaking)  
3. "Money in Exile: Campaign Contributions and Committee Access" (joint with Justin Grimmer,  Journal of Politics)
4.  "Professional Societies, Political Action Committees, and Party Preferences"(joint with Steven L. Bernstein and Carol L. Barsky, American Journal of  Public Health)
5. "Driving Support: Workers, PACs, and Congressional Support of the Auto Industry" (joint with Ryan T. Moore & Andrew Reeves, Business & Politics)

      ​Work in Progress:​

1. Book: Where Money Matters in Congress: A Window into How Parties Evolve ​(under contract Cambridge University Press)​
2. "Private and Public Lobbying on Election Reform: The Electoral Count Reform Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act" (Joint with Veronica Judson)
3. "A Preliminary Look at Money in Judicial Politics" (joint with Maya Sen)​
4. "Private Sponsorship Lower for Conferences with Climate Change Topics'' (joint with Yu Lu, Christopher Kucharik, Mark N. Lubelland, and Adena Rissman) 

Research on Political Parties:
   Publications: ​

1. ​Book: Where Money Matters in Congress: A Window into How Parties Evolve ​(under contract Cambridge University Press)​   
2. "Understanding The Party Brand: Experimental Evidence on the Role of Valence" (Joint with Daniel M. Butler, Journal of Politics) 
3. "Revisiting Electoral Volatility in Post-Communist Countries: New Data, New Results and New Approaches" (Joint with Joshua A. Tucker, British Journal of Political Science)
4. "Crowded Space, Fertile Ground: Party Entry and the Effective Number of Parties" (Joint with Daniel Kselman and Joshua A. Tucker  Political Science Research and Methods). 
5. "Little is Known about Party System Volatility in Post-Communist Europe, but we have New Methods and Data for Studying It" (joint with Joshua A. Tucker, British Journal of Political Science) 

   Work in Progress:

1. "Ideology and Party Pressure in Congress: A (New) Data-Based Approach" 
2. Book Project: Broken Party Brands: How Deteriorating Party Reputations Influence Legislative Action​ (Joint with Daniel M. Butler)

Additional Research: 

1. "Revisiting Public Opinion  in the 1930s and 1940s" (Joint with Adam Berinsky, Eric Schickler and Ian Yohai, PS: Political Science & Politics)
2. "How Not to Lie Without Statistics" (Joint with Gary King)