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About Me

With one of my dudes (2010)
With one of my dudes (2010)
Janelle and Adam at the beach (2007)
Janelle and Adam at the beach (2007)
Yes, I once had a beard (2007)
Yes, I once had a beard (2007)

I was born and raised in Santa Rosa, California . Since that time, I have lived in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Utah, Maryland, and San Diego. I speak Russian.

I graduated as political science valedictorian from Brigham Young University  in 2004 and earned and my MA (2006) and PhD (2008) at the University of California, San Diego , under the direction of Gary Jacobson, Thad Kousser, and Sam Kernell. My dissertation dealt with the roles that challengers and campaign donors play in U.S. gubernatorial elections. Learn more on my research page.

I began working at Brigham Young University in 2008. My CV is available here .

My wife, Janelle, is a stay-at-home mom and part-time professional harpist. Our first son was born in late 2006. Our second boy came in mid-2009. The third will come in early 2012. My boys' awesomeness defies description. (So does Janelle's.)

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