She is the author of Women in the Club: Gender and Policy Making in the Senate (University of Chicago Press 2013) and The Difference Women Make: The Policy Impact of Women in Congress (University of Chicago Press 2002). She is co-author of Women and Politics: Paths to Power and Political Influence. 2nd Edition (with Julie Dolan and Melissa Deckman, Prentice Hall 2010). Her research on gender differences in legislative behavior has also been published in journals including, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Journal of Women, Politics, & Policy, Politics & Gender, and PS: Political Science as well as several edited volumes.