Publications

Articles:

“Don’t Sweat the Details!: Enhancing Congressional Committee Capacity Through the Use of Detailees.” (with Russell W. Mills), Legislative Studies Quarterly, forthcoming.

“Understanding Employee Turnover in the Public Sector: Insights from Research on Teacher Mobility.”  (with Jason A. Grissom and Samantha L. Viano), Public Administration Review 76(2):241-251 (2016).  Available at: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/puar.12435/abstract

“What Makes an Agency Independent?” American Journal of Political Science 59(4):971-987 (2015).  Available at: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ajps.12161/abstract

“Political Control and the Forms of Agency Independence.”  (With David E. Lewis), George Washington Law Review 83(4/5):1487-1516 (2015).

“Influencing the Bureaucracy: The Irony of Congressional Oversight.”  (With Joshua D. Clinton and David E. Lewis), American Journal of Political Science 58(2):387-401.  Available at: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ajps.12066/abstract

“The House as a Stepping Stone to the Senate: Why Do So Few African-American House Members Run?” (With Gbemende Johnson and Bruce I. Oppenheimer) American Journal of Political Science 56(2):387-399 (2012).  Available at: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-5907.2011.00562.x/abstract

Other Publications:

Sourcebook of United States Executive Agencies. (with David E. Lewis) Washington, DC: Administrative Conference of the United States (2012).  Available at: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/csdi/Sourcebook12.pdf