I am a Professor of Government and the John Wentworth Professor in the Social Sciences. I am also a co-founder and co-director of BrightLineWatch, which monitors threats to American democracy. From 2019-2024, I served as Dartmouth’s Associate Dean of Faculty for the Social Sciences. From 2009-2015, I was the chair of the College’s Department of Government.
I’ve published the following books:
- Campus Diversity: The Hidden Consensus (2020)
- Legislative Voting & Accountability (2009)
- Term Limits in the State Legislatures (2000)
- Executive Decree Authority (1998)
- Term Limits and Legislative Representation (1996)
- Presidents and Assemblies: Constitutional Design and Electoral Dynamics (1992)
as well as lots of academic journal articles, book chapters, and assorted commentaries. For access to articles, papers, and data, click on the navigation menu at the top of this page.
I received a Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, San Diego, in 1994. I came to Dartmouth in 2003. Before that, I was at the University of Rochester (1994-1997) and Washington University in St. Louis (1997-2003). I’ve also taught at the Universidad Católica de Chile, at Harvard, and at the Fundación Juan March in Madrid, Spain.
In 2012, I was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. In 2014, my co-author Matthew Shugart and I received the George H. Hallet Award from the American Political Science Association for our 1992 book, Presidents & Assemblies, judged to have made a lasting contribution to the study of representation and elections. Over the years, I’ve done consulting on electoral system design in Afghanistan, Canada, Israel, Jordan, Nepal, South Sudan, Tunisia, and Yemen.
Click here for my Google Scholar profile.
.