Our Public Law faculty research judicial politics from both an American and comparative angle. Their areas of interest include federal and state judicial selection, judicial decision-making, influence of courts on economic and social policy, role of litigants and outside actors, international law, transitional justice, and constitutional theory. Their work has been published in the discipline’s leading journals and book presses and been supported by prestigious funding agencies such as the National Science Foundation, and this scholarship has been cited in leading media outlets.
Michael Evans
Assistant Professor
Public Law, American Politics and Constitutionalism.
Michael Fix
Assistant Professor
Public Law/Judicial Politics and Research Methodology.
Robert Howard
Professor
Courts as institutions and Judicial politics, Public policy, Constitutional Law.
Susanne Schorpp
Assistant Professor
Judicial Politics, Legitimacy of Courts, American and Comparative Political Institutions, Separation of Powers.
Amy Steigerwalt
Associate Professor
Judicial politics/judicial behavior, constitutional law, interest groups, Congress.