I am a political scientist at Missouri Southern State University. I earned my Ph.D. from The University at Buffalo, SUNY. My fields of study are International Relations and American Politics. My other research interests include interstate conflict, public policy, public opinion, direct democracy, game theory, experimental political science, and causal inference. I am an Assistant Professor r of Political Science at Missouri Southern State University. I regularly teach: Introduction to Political Science, Introduction to American Politics, Introduction to International Relations, the Policy Process, American Public Policy, and The Politics of the European Union. I earned a Master of Science in International Studies and a Master of Business Administration from St. John Fisher College in 2008.