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Research and Teaching

Please use the links below to find information on my teaching and research.

Research:

Books:

U.S. Attorneys, Political Control, and Career Ambition (Oxford University Press)

Immigration Judges and U.S. Asylum Policy (University of Pennsylvania Press)

Replication Data for Immigration Judges and U.S. Asylum Policy: 
http://dx.doi.org/10.7910/DVN/26474

Articles:
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The Influence of Diversity and Qualifications in Presidential Nominations: The Case of United States Attorneys

To Stay or Not to Stay: Patent Litigation in the Federal District Courts

​Swineherds and Hogs on Ice: Leadership Impacts for State Chief Judges​

The Preferences of Political Elites and Humanitarian Immigration to the United States

Haphazard, Systematic, or Both? An Empirical Investigation of the U.S. Attorney Firings in 2006

​Small-Group Dynamics, Ideology, and Decision Making on the US Courts of Appeals

Case Citation Patterns in the U.S. Courts of Appeals and the Legal Academy

Judicial Specialization and Decision Making in the US Courts of Appeals

Leveling the Odds: The Effect of Quality Legal Representation in Cases of Asymmetrical Capability

Second-Order Evaluations of the European Court of Human Rights

How Draconian Are the Changes to US Asylum Law? A Monthly Time Series Analysis (1990-2010)

Beyond Grant or Deny: A More Nuanced Ordering of U.S. Asylum Outcomes

The Effect of Per Se Recusal Rules on Donor Behavior in Judicial Elections

Explaining Divergence in Asylum Grant Rates Among Immigration Judges: An Attitudinal and Cognitive Approach

Experts Judging Experts: Agency Review on a Specialized Court

Describing the State Solicitors General

Expertise, Experience and Ideology on a Specialized Court: The Case of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

The Federalist Society's Impact on the Federal Judiciary
Syllabi:

Introduction to American Politics (undergraduate)

Judicial Politics (undergraduate)

Proseminar in Law & Courts (graduate)

Constitutional Law (graduate)

Law & the Policy Process (graduate)

Law, Science, & Policy (undergraduate)
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