Jesse M. Crosson, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Purdue University, a Faculty Affiliate of the Center for Effective Lawmaking at Vanderbilt University and the University of Virginia, and an Advisory Board Member at the Carl Levin Center State Oversight Academy. He holds a PhD in political science from the University of Michigan. Broadly, his work examines how competition over partisan control of institutions has transformed American politics, and how institutional reforms could help or harm in ameliorating the challenges that hyperpartisanship introduces. His research 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. His work has appeared in American Political Science Review, Political Science Research and Methods, and Legislative Studies Quarterly, among other outlets.