Her research interests lie broadly in American politics and political behavior, with an emphasis on gender, public opinion, and representation. Her work has appeared in the Journal of Politics, Legislative Studies Quarterly, PS: Political Science & Politics, and Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, as well as in edited volumes such as Women and Legislative Representation, Grounding the Social Sciences in the Cognitive Sciences, The Oxford Handbook of American Public Opinion and the Media, and Political Women and American Democracy. Her teaching interests focus on women and politics and political methodology.