Affiliation: Is professor and director of undergraduate studies in the political science department at the University of Iowa. She has authored and co-authored articles about voting behavior, women and politics, political party development, religion, seperatism, and regional autonomy. These studies generally have an area focus on Russia, Ukraine, and Lithuania. She has published in several journals including Electoral Studies, Women and Politics, Comparative Political Studies, American Political Science Review, and Europe-Asia Studies. She is also co-author or co-editor of four books; most recently: The 1999–2000 Electrons in Russia: Their Impact and Legacy (forthcoming, Cambridge University Press).