Academic Positions
Assistant Professor of Political Science, 2007 – present
Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University
 
Director, 2008 – present
EU Center & Center for European Studies, Syracuse University
 
Senior Research Associate, 2007 – present
Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs, Syracuse University
 
Education
Ph.D., 2006, Pennsylvania State University, Political Science
* Visiting Junior Scholar, Oxford University, UK
* Visiting Researcher, Free University Brussels, Belgium
 
M.A., 2003, Pennsylvania State University, Political Science
* University of Essex, Social Science Data Analysis and Collection, Colchester, UK
 
B.A., 2001, Pennsylvania State University, Phi Beta Kappa
* University of Franche-Compté, Besançon, France
* University of Pittsburgh, Institute for Shipboard Education, Semester at Sea.
 
Books
Brussels versus the Beltway: Advocacy in the United States and the European Union. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press. (2008).

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Read a review in the Journal of Public Policy.

Read a related Op-ed in the European Voice.

Articles in Refereed Journals
“Converging Perspectives on Interest-Group Research in Europe and America.”  with Frank R. Baumgartner. West European Politics. Vol. 31(6): 1251-1271 (2008).

“The Two Faces of Framing: Individual-Level Framing and Collective Issue-Definition in the EU” with Frank R. Baumgartner. European Union Politics. Vol. 9(3):435-449 (2008).

“Networking vs. Allying: The Decision of Interest Groups to Join Coalitions in the US and the EU,” Journal of European Public Policy. Vol. 14(2):366-383 (2007).

“Lobbying Success in the United States and the European Union,” Journal of Public Policy.  Vol 27(2): 35-56 (2007).

“The Power of Institutions: State and Interest-Group Activity in the European Union,” European Union Politics. Volume 5 (4): 441–466 (2004). 

Book Chapters
“The Role of Interest Groups in Fostering Citizen Engagement: The Determinants of Outside Lobbying” Chapter in From National toward International Linkages? Civil Society and Multi-level Governance. William Maloney and Jan Van Deth Eds. Elgar Publishing. (2008).

“Interest Groups in Multilevel Governance” Chapter in Politics Beyond the State. Kris Deschouwer and Maarten Theo Jans Eds. Brussels: VUB University Press. (2007).

“Social Movements and the Rise of New Issues” with Frank R. Baumgartner. Chapter in Routing the Opposition: Social Movements, Public Policy and Democracy. Eds. Helen Ingram, Valerie Jenness and David S. Meyer. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. Pp. 65–86 (2004).

Other Publications

“Activating the Citizen” Book Review of Activating the Citizen: Dilemmas of Participation in Europe and Canada Edited by: Joan DeBardeleben & Jon H. Pammett in West European Politics (forthcoming)

“Assessing Horizontal and Vertical Coordination” Book Review of The Coordination of the European Union: Exploring the Capacities of Networked Governance in Public Administration Review (2008).

“Help versus Harm: The Impact of NGO Interventions” Book Review of Aiding Peace? The Role of NGOs in Armed Conflict in International Studies Review  (2007).

 “Negative Binomial Distribution,” “Probing” and “Coefficient of Determination” In Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods.  Eds. Michael S. Lewis-Beck, Alan Bryman and Tim Futing Liao. Oregon, OH: Sage (2003).

 
Works in Progress & Recent Presentations
"Corporate Lobbying Influence in the US and the EU" Presentation at the Workshop on “The Regulation of Ethics and Lobbying: What Can Europe and North American Learn from Each Other?”  EU Center of Excellence, Université de Montréal et McGill University. 28 May 2009.

"Building Civil Society from the Ground Up: Collective Action among the Forcibly Displaced” Paper presented at the Southern Political Science Association annual meetings. New Orleans, LA, USA. 8-10 Jan 2009.

"Collective & Individual Framing" Paper presented at the Transatlantic Collaboration on Civil Society. University of Antwerp, Belgium. October 23-25, 2008.

"EU Funding of Civil Society Groups" with Michael Beckstrand. Paper presented at the Cornell Center for European Studies Workshop. Ithaca, NY October 2008.

“Collective Action among the Forcibly Displaced’ Paper presented at the ‘In Search of Solutions’ workshop. Forced Migration Studies Programme WITS University in Johannesburg, South Africa. July 3-4, 2008.

“A Modular Approach to Collaborative Research” with Frank R. Baumgartner. Paper presented at the Final Connex Conference, University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany, March 7-8, 2008. 

“Gaining Government Allies.” Revision of 2002 Midwest Political Science Association paper for journal submission. With Frank R. Baumgartner.

“When To Go It Alone: The Determinants and Effects of Interest-Group Coalition Membership.” Revision of 2004 American Political Science Association paper for journal submission. With Frank R. Baumgartner.

 “The Co-evolution of Groups and Government.” Revision of 2003 American Political Science Association paper for journal submission. With Beth L. Leech and Frank R. Baumgartner.