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Judicial Politics and Political MethodologyI am an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Georgia. I received my PhD from Texas A&M University in American Politics and Research Methodology in 2019. I pursue a dual research agenda in judicial politics and political methodology.
My substantive research focuses on judicial decision-making in the context of constitutional courts. More specifically, I seek to answer the question "When and how do constitutional courts invalidate laws as unconstitutional?" I also have an interest in the selection and retention of judges. While my theoretical contributions are generalizable across all courts, my research primarily relies on data relating to American courts. My methodological interests focus on modelling observational data that have temporal, spatial, or spatiotemporal components. More specifically, I focus on developing regression models for autocorrelated data that enable scholars to estimate spillover effects in time and space. Long-term, I am working to create a truly general-to-specific modelling strategy that is applicable to time series, cross-sectional, and time-series cross-sectional data regardless of the distribution of the dependent variable. |
Contact Information:
Physical Office: 409 Baldwin Hall
Mailing Address: 180 Baldwin Hall
Athens, GA 30602
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Mailing Address: 180 Baldwin Hall
Athens, GA 30602
[email protected]