Assistant Professor of LawAreas of ExpertiseCivil Procedure, Election Law, Federal Courts and Jurisdiction, Laws of War, US-Canada Comparative Law, National Security Law, Legal and Constitutional HistoryEducationJ.D. Harvard University, 2005Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2002 M.A. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 1996 B.A. University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 1993 ExperienceDrake Professor since 2011Member, Iowa Public Information Board, 2012-present Attorney, Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., 2005-2008, 2009-2011 U.S. Navy Reserve Officer, 2006-2008, 2009-present U.S. Navy Officer, 2008-2009 Staff Officer, Joint Task Force 134, Multi-National Forces-Iraq, Baghdad, 2008-2009 History Lecturer, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2000-2001 Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1997-2000 Selected PublicationsBooksThe Last Battle of the Civil War: United States versus Lee, 1861-1883 (Louisiana State University Press, 2011) Articles “To End Gerrymandering: The Canadian Model for Reforming the Congressional Redistricting Process in the United States,” 41 Capital University Law Review __ (2013). “The Case for Limiting Federal Criminal Jurisdiction Over State and Local Campaign Contributions,” 65 Arkansas Law Review 587 (October 2012) “The Futility of Contribution Limits in the Age of Super PACs,” 60 Drake Law Review 755 (Spring 2012) “The Arlington Cemetery Case: A Court and a Nation Divided,” 37 The Journal of Supreme Court History 1 (March 2012) “Watergate, Judge Sirica, and the Rule of Law,” 42 McGeorge Law Review 343 (2011) “Woodrow Wilson and the Rise of Militant Interventionism in the New South,” LXV Journal of Southern History 771 (Nov. 1999) “Woodrow Wilson and the Legacy of the Civil War,” 43 Civil War History 225 (Sept. 1997) Significant AccomplishmentsDefense Meritorious Service Medal (for service in Iraq, 2008-2009)Iraq Campaign Medal (2009) Teaching Fellow, College of Letters and Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2001) Excellence in Teaching Award, The Graduate School, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2000) French-Felton Award for Inspirational Teaching, College of Letters and Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison (1998) Citation for Distinguished Teaching, Department of History, University of Wisconsin-Madison (1998) |
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