I am a Professor of Statistics in the Department of Political Science, the Division of Biostatistics, and Division of Public Health Sciences at Washington University My research applies Bayesian modeling and data analysis (decision theory, testing, model selection, elicited priors) to questions in general social science quantitative methodology, political behavior and institutions, medical/health data analysis including dosage effects and psychiatric trauma, and epidemiological measurement/data issues, using computationally intensive tools (Monte Carlo methods, MCMC, stochastic optimization, non-parametrics). I split my time between the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Medicine.

In 2006, I was host (at UC-Davis) of the Summer Methods Meeting July 20-23. The conference program is still online.  See also:  photo set 1 and  photo set 2.

For the 2006-2007 academic year I was on leave at Harvard. I still have a dedicated web page  there.