Research Activities
August 2010–present:
- Primary investigator and Director, Center for Electoral Forensics.
September 2010–March 2011:
- Statistical consultant for Lisa Brown (Pennsylvania State University, NASA). Analyzed pre- and port-unit surveys to detect a change in student warmth toward science.
May 2007–June 2008:
- Research Scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Project: Research scientist on the Group Violent Intent Modeling (GVIM) Project, in coordination with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate.
June 2006–May 2007:
- Primary Coder of Venezuelan “Legislative Activity Reports” dataset. (Jana Morgan, University of Tennessee at Knoxville)
August 2005–May 2006:
- Associate Investigator, First Use of Violent Force (FUVF) dataset, Phase II.
June 2004–May 2005:
- Coder for First Use of Violent Force (FUVF) project. Worked with Mary Caprioli (University of Minnesota at Duluth) and Peter Trumbore (Oakland University) on coding which state in a militarized interstate dispute first used violent force.
September 2003–March 2004:
- Survey consultant. Worked with Jennie Cassie and David Feldman (University of California at Davis), in conjunction with the SSEB and SEWPI, to create and manage a survey designed to determine the effects of water on fuel selection and power plant placement.
Teaching Positions
Oklahoma State University
Adjunct Professor
Adjunct Professor
Loyola College in Maryland
Adjunct Professor
Adjunct Professor
Creighton University
Resident Assistant Professor
Resident Assistant Professor
- Spring 2008: Introduction to World Politics (PLS105)
- Spring 2008: Terrorism: A Study in Scarlet (PLS440)
- Spring 2008: International Law (PLS537)
- Fall 2007: Introduction to American Politics (PLS121)
- Fall 2007: Issues in American Foreign Policy (PLS341)
- Fall 2007: Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Democracy (PLS405)
University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Lecturer
Lecturer
- Spring 2007: Introduction to Political Science (POL102)
- Spring 2007: Contemporary Issues in International Relations (POL370)
- Spring 2007: Ethnic Conflict in Foreign Countries (POL451)
- Fall 2006: Introduction to Political Science (POL102)
- Fall 2006: Introduction to International Relations (POL365)
- Fall 2006: International Law (POL470)
Tennessee Technology University
Adjunct Lecturer
Adjunct Lecturer
- Spring 2006: Introduction to American Politics (POLS2210)