I am a political scientist and author of More Parties or No Parties: The Politics of Electoral Reform in America (2022). This book stated a deductive theory of electoral-system change, tested its implications against U.S. experience with the single transferable vote (1915-62), and suggested a party-embracing reform approach instead.

My journal-length work looks at representation in local politics, current U.S. electoral reforms, and issues in the party coalitions. I use a mix of quantitative and case-based research approaches.

I have taught at Queens College (CUNY), Drexel University, James Madison University (in DC), and Georgetown University. My most frequent offerings have been in political institutions, American political behavior, state/local politics, and undergraduate methods. Other courses are listed in my vita.

My Ph.D. and M.A. are from Georgetown University, and my B.A. is from McGill University. My M.A. focused on democratic institutions and problems of democratization. My Ph.D. extended these interests to the study of U.S. political parties and urban politics.