“The House Whip System and the Textbook Congress,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, January 2008 (with C. Grandy,* J. Lane,* J. Litten,* and B. Schultheis*).

“The One Thing You Need to Know about Congress: The Middle Doesn't Rule,” presented at the Conference in Honor of Richard G. Niemi, Department of Political Science, University of Rochester, November 2007.

“The Minority Whip System in the U.S. House: An Exploration,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 2007 (with J. Butts,* A. Downing,* K. Klovers,* and M. Moll*).

“The Senate Whip System: An Exploration,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, January 2006 (with E. Bradbury* and R. Davidson*). Revised version presented at the Conference on Party Effects in the Senate, Duke University, April 2006.

“Parties, Preferences, and the House Whip Process,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, January 2006 (with C. Behringer* and E. Materese*).

“Tax Cuts, Contras, and Partisan Influence in the U.S. House,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 2005 (with S. Brown,* K. Devereaux,* K. Haase,* W. Marlow,* and J. McHenry*). Winner of the Patrick J. Fett Award for the best paper on Congress and the Presidency presented at the conference.

“Holds, Legislation, and the Senate Parties,” presented at the Conference on the U.S. Senate, Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford, March 2005 (with D. Lipinski)

“The House Whip Process and Party Theories of Congress: An Exploration,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, August 2003 (with D. Roscoe, T. Deering,* and M. O’Neill*)

“The Institutional Context of Veto Bargaining,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 2003 (with S. Ng*). Winner of the Patrick J. Fett Award for the best paper on Congress and the Presidency presented at the conference.

"Informal Leadership in Congress," presented at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C., May 2002

"Senators, Dairy Issues, and the Evolution of Political Conflict," presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, November 2001 (with E. Isaacs*)

"Senators, Drug Imports, and Representation," presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, September 2001

"Message Politics and Partisan Theories of Congress," presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 2001 (with M. Oleszek*)

* Current or former William and Mary student