Thad Kousser is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego. He has written or edited several books, including Politics in the American States (10th edition, 2012), The Logic of American Politics (5th edition, 2011) and Term Limits and the Dismantling of State Legislative Professionalism (2005). He is a recipient of the UCSD Academic Senate's Distinguished Teaching Award, as well as the Faculty Mentor of the Year Award.
Justin H. Phillips is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Columbia University. His research has been published in the American Political Science Review and the American Journal of Political Science. He is a fellow at the Columbia University Applied Statistics Center and at the Institute for Social and Economic Research.