Media
U.S. Congress (and other political science)
"Despite Internal Struggles, GOP Congress Enacts 113 New Laws" CQ Roll Call, Jan. 6, 2016
"Kasich confrontational in Colorado debate" Cleveland Dispatch, Oct. 29, 2015
"Round three for the GOP: Candidates to spar over 'your money'" KPCC Take Two, Oct. 28, 2015
"Predicting the Next U.S. President's Legislative Agenda" Presidential Power, Sept. 18, 2015
"The State Department hasn't been authorized in 13 years" Politico, Sept. 3, 2015
"Congress and the President: Set Your Sights Low" Roll Call, December 3, 2014, with John Wilkerson
"Michael Bennet and Cory Gardner look ahead for Colorado, their careers" Denver Post, Nov. 23, 2014
"Campaign mailers can affect voter attitudes" LSE American Politics and Policy Blog, Sep. 10, 2014
"The cost of those bills Congress doesn't pass" Marketplace, Feb. 26, 2014
"2013 Election: State and Local Race Results" Governing, Nov. 6, 2013
"Super PACs in the San Diego mayoral race" San Diego CityBeat, Oct. 30, 2013
"The Sequester: Already Hurting?" You're The Boss blog, The New York Times, Mar. 4, 2013
"A Public Affair" KGNU Public Radio Dec. 2, 2012
"Don’t Fear the Fiscal Cliff" Colorado Public Radio, Nov. 21,2012
"Right or wrong, Fiscal cliff is a deep drop off" CBS News, Denver Nov. 14, 2012
"Is Washington Broken" Planet America, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, June 22, 2012
"G.O.P. Missteps" Room for Debate, The New York Times, Oct. 26, 2010
In the Loop, Minnesota Public Radio, Feb. 24, 2010
“Congress is Shirking Many of Its Most Basic Responsibilities” Roll Call (Washington, D.C.), Feb. 16, 2010, with Thad Hall
"An Imperfect Storm" CQ Weekly Report, Jan. 25, 2010
"Gay Candidate Wins a Colorado Primary" The New York Times, Aug. 13, 2008
“The Biggest Problem Facing Congress? Ex-members say: Itself” Roll Call (Washington, D.C.), Oct. 25, 2006, with John Wilkerson
"Ten Bills That Really Mattered" Roll Call (Washington, D.C.), May 3, 2005
"Seniority, Loyalty And Political Needs Shape Makeup of Committees" CQ Weekly Report, Apr. 11, 2005
"New Department, Old Issues" CQ Weekly Report, Aug. 31, 2002
College Athletics
"College sports' fastest-rising expense: Paying coaches not to work" Washington Post, Dec. 11, 2015
"Kansas faces another big decision in hiring a football coach" Kansas City Star, Nov. 27, 2014
"A Coaching Salary Analysis...Do Schools Get What They Pay For?" Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Aug. 25, 2013
"Hey, Buffaloes: Meet big data" ColoradoBiz, Jan. 10, 2013
"Researcher E. Scott Adler on Coaching Change" Winthrop Intelligence, Jan. 7, 2013
"Is Changing the Coach Really the Answer?" Freakonomics blog, Dec. 21, 2012
Sport and Society for Arete, Sports Literature Association blog, Dec. 19, 2012
"Round We Go" The Economist, Dec. 11, 2012
Outside The Lines, ESPN, Dec. 5, 2012 [audio only]
"The coaching carousel in college football" Washington Post, Dec. 5, 2012
"Coaching changes don't guarantee turnaround" Raleigh News Observer, Dec. 1, 2012
"The Tricky Economics of Firing a Football Coach" The Chronicle of Higher Education, Nov. 30, 2012
"Firing a Coach, at a Price, With Little Evidence the Move Pays Off" The New York Times, Nov. 28, 2012
"Firing a Lousy Coach Rarely Brings Wins" Wired, Nov. 21, 2012
"Forget the Coaches. Maybe Fire the Players" Ideas Market Wall Street Journal, Nov. 20, 2012
"Study: College football coaching changes are overrated" USA Today, Nov. 16, 2012
"Fire the Coach? Not So Fast, Says New Study" Science Daily, Nov. 16, 2012
"What’s the Effect of Changing Coaches in CFB?" The Sports Economist blog, Nov. 15, 2012
"CU-led study: Firing head football coach doesn't change much" Denver Post, Nov. 14, 2012
"Have we given up on leaders?" editorial, Denver Post, June 15, 2007
“Buffalo brainpower,” editorial, Boulder (CO) Daily Camera, August 17, 2004
"Changes to hit CU athletics; New chain of command will emphasize academics,” Denver Post, May 28, 2004
“A delicate balance: Panel’s endorsement of faculty plan a recognition of lingering problems,” co-authored op/ed, Rocky Mountain News, May 22, 2004
"Colorado sets its course for major reform" San Diego Union-Tribune, May 9, 2004
Public Lectures
"The 2016 Election and the Colorado Political Climate Survey," Longmont Rotary Club, Oct. 27, 2016
"The GOP Civil War and the Presidential Nomination" Social Sciences Today Forum, University of Colorado, Oct. 20, 2015
"Congress, College Football, and the Limitations of Leadership" Pi Sigma Alpha Lecture, Loyola University Chicago, Apr. 10, 2013
"Problem Solving in the 112th Congress: The Debt Crisis and Beyond" Highland City Club, Boulder, Jan. 25, 2012
"Problem Solving in the 112th Congress: The Debt Crisis and Beyond" Miller Center, University of Virginia, Nov. 18, 2011
Knight Commission Faculty Summit on Intercollegiate Athletics, Oct.15, 2007, National Press Club, Washington, D.C.
"Contentiousness and Consensus in Congress" Rotary Club, Boulder, June 10, 2005