My major areas of scholarly interest are social policy (especially education
policy), political parties, and the American presidency. My book, An Education in
Politics: The Origins and Evolution of No Child Left Behind, has been published by
Cornell University Press. With support from the Spencer Foundation, I am also analyzing
the effects of education standards, testing, and accountability policies on citizenship;
and with a Faculty Research Grant, I am investigating patterns of presidential partisan
rhetoric. My research on political parties includes a longterm project, with Sidney
Milkis, on the developing relationship between the presidency and the political parties
during the presidencies of George W. Bush and Barack Obama; and a multi-article study,
with Shamira Gelbman, of the factors that inhibit or permit parties to embrace new
positions on racial issues. I have published articles in Perspectives on Politics,
Publius, Polity, and The Forum.

American political development

Barack Obama, the Democratic Party, and the Future of the "New American Party System" (with Sidney M. Milkis), The Forum (2011)

Ascending to the presidency in the midst of a severe economic crisis and an ongoing...

 

American politics

Review of Presidential Party Building: Dwight D. Eisenhower to George W. Bush, The Forum (2011)

This article reviews Daniel Galvin's Presidential Party Building (Princeton University Press, 2010).

 

political parties

Barack Obama, the Democratic Party, and the Future of the "New American Party System" (with Sidney M. Milkis), The Forum (2011)

Ascending to the presidency in the midst of a severe economic crisis and an ongoing...

 

American presidency

Barack Obama, the Democratic Party, and the Future of the "New American Party System" (with Sidney M. Milkis), The Forum (2011)

Ascending to the presidency in the midst of a severe economic crisis and an ongoing...

 

political science

Barack Obama, the Democratic Party, and the Future of the "New American Party System" (with Sidney M. Milkis), The Forum (2011)

Ascending to the presidency in the midst of a severe economic crisis and an ongoing...