I am a Ph.D. in American politics with a specialization in judicial politics from the Ohio State University. Though my interests range widely across the spectrum of judicial politics, most recently I have been focusing on diversity in judicial selection, media coverage of the U.S. Supreme Court and the influence of attitudes on judicial decisionmaking in a comparative context. At Oregon State University, I teach courses on American Government, Constitutional Law, Gender and Law, Judicial Process and Politics and Governing after the Zombie Apocalypse.