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Dissertation: Beyond Chadha : The Modern Legislative Veto As Macropolitical Conflict Committee: Scott Adler (Chair), Kenneth Bickers Major Fields: American Politics Ph.D. 2008 Department Chair, Director of Graduate Studies, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Colorado Denver

Dissertation: Family Leave Policy in the United States: The Legacy Of 'Separate Spheres' Committee Major Fields: American Politics Ph.D. 2006 Associate Professor of Political Science and Women's and Gender Studies; Chair of the Department of Women's and Gender Studies, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

Dissertation: Determining Candidate Support: A Study Of Delegates to the 1998 Colorado Statewide Elections Committee: Walter Stone (Chair), John McIver, Lonna Atkeson, Vanessa Baird, Frances Costa Major Fields: American Politics Ph.D. 2004 Professor of Instruction, Public Administration, The University of Texas at San Antonio