I am an associate professor of political science and (by courtesy) economics at Binghamton University (SUNY). I am also a fellow in the Center on Democratic Performance at Binghamton. I received my Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 2011, and I hold master's degrees in political science from the University of Michigan and in mathematical methods in the social sciences from Northwestern University. From 2011 to 2013, I was a postdoctoral fellow in the Political Institutions and Public Choice (PIPC) Program at Duke University. My research interests focus on American political institutions, elections, and political geography. I joined the Binghamton faculty in the fall of 2013 and teach courses on legislative politics, the presidency, parties and interest groups in American politics as well as courses in game theory.