Jason Douglas Todd

Jason Douglas Todd is a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at Duke University. His research spans American and comparative politics, with a particular emphasis on political institutions. His dissertation examines the case selection procedures at the U.S. Supreme Court within the context of the federal judicial hierarchy, while other projects include a field experimental test of responsiveness in authoritarian parliaments, ideal point estimation of federal judges, and the measurement of polarization at the Supreme Court. He holds a B.A. in International Studies from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.