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Steven Andrew Light is Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Administration and Co-Director of the Institute for the Study of Tribal Gaming Law and Policy at the University of North Dakota. He received a B.A. from Yale University and a Ph.D. in political science from Northwestern University. Light has published widely on Indian gaming as well as policy implementation, affirmative action, environmental racism, and voting rights. He is co-author of three books: Indian Gaming and Tribal Sovereignty: The Casino Compromise; Indian Gaming Law and Policy; and Indian Gaming Law: Cases and Materials; and is writing “The Law is Good”: The Voting Rights Act, Redistricting, and Black Regime Politics. Light has testified on Indian gaming regulation before the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs and was featured on C-SPAN’s Book TV. He is a member of the International Masters of Gaming Law and writes a regular column on tribal gaming in Casino Lawyer. With Rand, he blogs on Indian gaming at http://IndianGamingToday.com.