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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. 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 enabling scholars to make causal inferences with observational data that have spatial, temporal, or spatiotemporal dimensions. In particular, my work enables scholars to estimate carryover and spillover effects using spatiotemporal regression models. Long-term, I am working to causally identify the empirical estimands scholars pursue with regression models and weaken the assumptions necessary to use regression for causal inference. |
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]