About the Authors

• Published date: 01 February 2015
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/lsq.12069
• Date: 01 February 2015

About the Authors

Sarah Binder is Professor in the Department of Political Science at

George Washington University and Senior Fellow in Governance Studies

at the Brookings Institution. She received her Ph.D. in political science

from the University of Minnesota in 1995. She is a former co-editor of

Legislative Studies Quarterly, and is the author or co-author of four

books on legislative politics. Her workhas also appeared in the American

Political Science Review,American Journal of Political Science, and

elsewhere.

Email: binder@gwu.edu

http://sarahbinder.weebly.com/

Nathaniel A. Birkhead is Assistant Professor of Political Science at

Kansas State University. He received his Ph.D. from Indiana University

in 2012. Birkhead’s research focuses on representation, legislative elec-

tions, and legislative behavior. His work has been published in American

Politics Research and Political Research Quarterly.

Email: birkhead@ksu.edu

Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier is the Vernal Riffe Professor of the Political

Science and Sociology (courtesy) and Distinguished University Scholar.

Box-Steffensmeier directs the Program in Statistics and Methodology

(PRISM). She received her Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin

in 1993. Her research focuses on event history, time series, and network

methodology as well as interest groups, congress, and elections. Her

recent work includes Time Series for Social Scientists and has appeared

in Social Networks and the American Political Science Review.

Email: steffensmeier.2@osu.edu

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LEGISLATIVE STUDIES QUARTERLY, 40, 1, February 2015167

DOI: 10.1111/lsq.12069

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