Expertise
Election administration; Polling; Redistricting; U.S. campaigns and elections; Voter turnout
Background
Current Positions
Associate Professor, George Mason University, Department of Public and International Affairs
Past Positions
Visiting Fellow, Brookings (May 2004-December 2006); Election Assistance Commission (Feb. 2005-present); Guest Editor, Editorial Board member, State Politics and Policy Quarterly, National Exit Poll; Media Consultant; Redistricting consultant for Alaska, Arizona, California, Michigan, New York; Campaign consultant in California and Virginia state legislative elections; previously taught at University of Illinois, Springfield and Vanderbilt University
Education
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Harvard University, 1998-1999; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego; B.S., Economics, California Institute of Technology, 1989