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Dissertation: Preserving the Integrity of Courts: Can State Courts Influence Public Knowledge and Perceptions of the Judicial Branch? Committee: Vanessa Baird (Chair), Joshua Strayhorn, Harry Surden, Jeffrey Harden, Jennifer Wolak Major Fields: American Politics Ph.D. 2016 Assistant Professor, Tennessee State University

Dissertation: Taking the Lead: Congressional Staffers and Their Role in the Policy Process Committee: Ken Bickers (Chair), Scott E. Adler, Maxwell Boykoff, Wendy Ginsberg, Susan E. Clarke Major Fields: American Politics Ph.D. 2015 Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Colorado Colorado Springs

Dissertation: Committee: Major Fields: Comparative Politics, Methods, American Politics Ph.D. 2015 Program Director, Henry Luce Foundation Inc.

Dissertation: How Places Shape Partisanship Committee: Jennifer Wolak (Chair), Anand E. Sokhey, E. Scott Adler, Jennifer Fitzgerald, and Leaf Van Boven Major Fields: American Politics Ph.D. 2014 Program lead, Associate Professor, Political Science, Boise State University

Dissertation: The Dynamics Of Presidential Control And Agency Compliance Committee: Scott Adler (Chair), Kenneth Bickers, John Griffin, Jennifer Wolak Major Fields: American Politics Ph.D. 2014 Assistant Professor, Political Science and International Studies, Georgia Southern University

Dissertation: When the U.S. Supreme Court is Not the Last Word: Dialogue Between State Supreme Courts and its Role in State Constitutionalism Committee: John McIver (Chair), Vanessa Baird, Kenneth Bickers, Frank Colucci, Scott Moss Major Fields: American Politics Ph.D. 2013 Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at Weber State University

Dissertation: Bicameral Bargaining and Resolution in the United States Congress Committee: Scott Adler (Chair), Kenneth Bickers, Gregory Koger Major Fields: American Politics Ph.D. 2012 Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Utah State University

Dissertation: The Proximate Polity: Exit, Voice, and Space in Local Development Politics Committee: Kenneth Bickers (Chair), Susan Clarke, Scott Adler, Anand Sokhey, Richard Feiock Major Fields: American Politics Ph.D. 2012 Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, SUNY New Paltz

Dissertation: Policy Agendas and Procedural Avoidance in the Lower Federal Courts Committee: Vanessa Baird (Chair), Scott Adler, John McIver Major Fields: American Politics Ph.D. 2011 Previously at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law

Dissertation: Perceived Motivations In the Political Arena Committee: Jennifer Wolak (Chair), Vanessa Baird, Kenneth Bickers, John McIver, Charles Judd Major Fields: American Politics Ph.D. 2008 Professor of Political Science, Loyola University Chicago