I am a professor of political science at the University of Utah.
For my research on electoral politics, I have been the winners of the Byran Jackson Award from the American Political Science Association, the Ted Robinson Award from the Southwestern Political Science Association, the Artinian Award from Southern Political Science Association, and the Jessie Ball duPont Summer Fellow at the National Humanities Center.
I have published more than 30 peer-reviewed articles in professional journals such as the Social Science Quarterly; American Politics Research; Sociological Methods and Research; PS: Political Science and Politics; Urban Affairs Review, Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race, American Review of Politics, Journal of Urban Affairs, Politics and Policies, and Political Behavior. I have also published seven scholarly books including the forthcomging Political Volatility in the United States; Solving the Mystery of the Model Minority; The Election of Barack Obama; and Race Rules: Electoral Politics in New Orleans, 1965-2006. My books were highly recommended by professional reviews from journals such as American Review of Politics and Urban Affairs Review.
As an expert on redistricting, I have published peer-reviewed journal articles and books on the cutting-edge techniques used by academic professionals and supported by courts concerning voting rights cases. I have provided my analyses and testimonies on redistricting in states such as Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, South Carolina, Georgia, New York, Illinois, Louisiana, Utah, Colorado, and Tennessee. I have also been invited to be an instructor of RPV analysis in expert training programs from such organizations as Native American Rights Fund, Ford Foundation, Southern Coalition for Social Justice, and LDF regarding both the post-2010 and post-2020 rounds of redistricting.