People

Co-Directors

Jesse Crosson, examines the transformation of American politics by partisan competition for control of institutions, and studies their response to the challenges that hyperpartisanship has introduced. He specializes in legislative politics, policy expertise, lobbying, and money in politics, and his work has examined how a variety of institutional changes, such as primary reform and the introduction of term limits, have influenced politics in each of these areas. Previously, he was Assistant Professor of Political Science at Trinity University, as well as Fellow and Visiting Research Scholar at the Center for the Study of Democratic Politics at Princeton University. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Michigan. Currently, Crosson is a Faculty Fellow with the Center for Effective Lawmaking, an advisory board member at the Levin Center’s State Oversight Academy, a Jack Miller Center Fellow, and a research contributor to both Unite America and New America’s Electoral Reform Research Group. 

Logan Strother, Co-Director, focuses primarily on law and judicial institutions, often with a focus on the interactions between courts and the mass public. Previously, he has been a Visiting Fellow at the Program on Law and Public Affairs at Princeton University, and at the Harry S Truman School of Public Affairs at the University of Missouri. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University.

Research Fellows

Ayoung Chun joins PAIR as its first postdoctoral scholar, beginning in Fall 2025. She will work on a variety of projects at the intersection of legislatures, policymaking, and money in politics.

Rylee Crum joins PAIR as its first official Graduate Fellow. She will build on her work in economics as she explores a variety of topics in institutional design in her first-year coursework.

Faculty Affiliates

Kathryn Cramer Brownell
| Director, Center for Political History & Technology

Professor of History 

Robert X Browning
| Director, C-SPAN Archive

Professor of Political Science 

Cherie Maestas
| Head, Department of Political Science

Professor of Political Science  

Sebastian Graham
| Assistant Teaching Professor

Cornerstone Integrated Liberal Arts 

Brian Kogelmann
| Associate Professor 

Departments of Philosophy and Political Science  

J.P. Messina
| Associate Professor

Department of Philosophy  

Kaylyn Jackson Schiff
| Co-Director, Governance and Responsible AI Lab

Assistant Professor of Political Science  

Robin Stryker
| Distinguished Professor

Department of Sociology  

Research Assistants