I am Claudius O. and Mary W. Johnson Distinguished Professor and Director of the School of Politics, Philosophy and Public Affairs at Washington State University where I teach courses in American Politics, Elections, Media and Politics, Political Behavior, Research Methods and Statistics. In addition, I am co-director of the Wesleyan Media Project, which has tracked all political ads aired in the United States since 2010. I also serve as co-editor-in-chief of Political Communication. In early 2023, I was a Fulbright Scholar at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. I am an elected member of the Washington State Academy of Sciences and am a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Electoral Integrity Project.
My broad areas of research interest include political communication, campaigns and elections, campaign finance and political participation, and presidential nominations.
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