The 2022 Race for the US Senate: Nevada
Welcome to the race for the US Senate seat for Nevada! This race pits the incumbent Catherine Cortez Masto (D) against the challenger Adam Laxalt (R).
The 2022 Race for the US Senate: Georgia
Welcome to the race for the US Senate seat for Georgia! This race pits the incumbent Raphael Warnock (D) against the challenger Herschel Junior Walker (R).
The 2022 Race for the US Senate: Arizona
Welcome to the race for the US Senate seat for Arizona! This race pits the incumbent Mark Kelly, a Democrat, against the challenger Blake Masters, a Republican.
Top 9 Senate Races to Watch in 2022
Would you like to follow the most competitive Senate races this midterm election? Here are my picks for the top nine Senate races to watch in the 2022 midterms.
Why Cooperation Matters for Solving Climate Change
How and why do people choose to cooperate? This question is important for solving climate change and many other crucial issues in our political world today.
Why the Politics of Collective Action Matters for Solving Climate Change
How can political science help us solve climate change? The politics of collective action focus on understanding past failures to guide policy for the future.
The First Amendment and Citizen Activism
In this blog post, I focus on the First Amendment’s three freedoms of speech, assembly, and petition—the foundations for independent citizen activism.
Inside Story: Guns in America
As an American, a mother, and an educator, I was honored to join Al Jazeera’s Inside Story to speak about finding a solution to gun violence in the US.
Varieties of Democracy: Different Values of Democracy
Image from Lesekreis, Wikimedia Commons I love this quote from Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass, when Humpty Dumpty says to Alice: “When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean – neither more nor less.” Now, the political science research is...
Return to the Isle of Ted: Fishing!
Image from “Return to the Isle of Ted,” PS: Political Science and Politics (July 2020) In my team-taught, interdisciplinary course on climate change, my priority in my political science section was to help my students understand collective action problems—when people...