President Pro Tempore, Vermont State Senate, 2023-present

Senator, Vermont State Senate, District Chittenden-Central, 2010-present

Candidate, Vermont State Senate, District Chittenden, 2020, 2022

Majority Leader, Vermont State Senate, 2013-2017

Member, Appropriations Committee

Chair, Joint Committee on Rules

Member, Joint Fiscal Committee

Vice Chair, Joint Legislative Management Committee

Member, Judiciary Committee

Member, PreKindergarten-16 Council

Chair, Rules Committee

Member, Task Force on Campus Sexual Harm

Member, Vermont Child Poverty Council

Former Member, Agriculture Committee, Vermont State Senate

Former Member, Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs Committee, Vermont State Senate

Former Chair, Education Committee, Vermont State Senate

Former Member, Joint Legislative Information Technology Committee, Vermont State Senate

Former Member, Joint Rules Committee, Vermont State Senate

Former Vice Chair, Rules Committee, Vermont State Senate

Former Member, Sexual Harassment Panel, Vermont State Senate

Professor, English Department, University of Vermont, 1993-present

Former Commentator, Vermont Public Radio

No organizational membership information on file.

Favorite Book:

Nobody's Fool, Ironweed, How The Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, The Homemaker, Shadow Child, Clarissa

Favorite Movie:

Diner, Amadeus, Groundhog Day, The English Patient, Thelma and Louise

Favorite Quote:

Barack Obama: "They are trying to hoodwink you."

Favorite TV Shows:

The Six Million Dollar Man. That's it. It was all downhill after that.

Favorite Type of Music:

U2, Marvin Gaye, Emmy Lou Harris

Publications:

"The Brothers Boswell," "The X President"