Elected Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2006-
Elected Fellow, American Academy of Political and Social Science
2004-
Courses, undergraduates:American Legal System, American Government, Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law,Current Controversies on the Supreme Court, Defendants’ Rights, Interest Group Politics, Judicial Processes,Politics of Litigation, Research Design and Methods, U.S. Supreme Court
Courses, Ph.D. students:American Political Institutions, Constitutional Interpretation, Judicial Politics, Law andPolitics, U.S. Supreme Court
Courses, J.D. students:Constitutional Courts, Constitutional Law, Law and Social Change, Judicial BehaviorWorkshop, Law and Political Economy Colloquium, Law and Politics, Law in Social Science, The RobertsCourt, Social-Scientific Research for Lawyers, U.S. Supreme Court
Workshops:Conducting Empirical Legal Scholarship,Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models, JudicialBehavior, Social Science Research Methods, Statistics: An Introduction, The U.S. Supreme Court Database
Epstein, Lee, editor. 2013 (in press). The Economics of Judicial Behaviour. Edward Elgar: Cheltenham,
UK. (Two volumes in Elgar’s series on Economic Approaches to Law, edited by Richard A. Posner &
Francesco Parisi.)
The Constitutional Law for a Changing Americabooks received the 2003 Teaching and Mentoring Award,which “recognizes innovative teaching and instructional methods and materials in law and courts,”presented by the Law and Courts Section of the American Political Science Association and supportedby a contribution from the Division for Public Education of the American Bar Association.
Epstein, Lee, Jeffrey A. Segal, Harold J. Spaeth, & Thomas G. Walker. 2012 (5th ed.). 2007 (4th ed.). 2003 (3rd
ed.). 1996 (2nd ed.). 1994 (1st ed.). The Supreme Court Compendium: Data, Decisions, and Developments.
Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly, Inc.
Named by Choiceas an Outstanding Academic Title for 2007.
Recognized as an Outstanding Academic Reference Book in Political Science, Published over the PastFive Years, Choice, June 1998.
Listed as an Excellent Reference, 1995’s Best Research Tools, (Law), Lingua franca.
Listed in the American Association of Law Libraries, Best Legal Reference Books of 1994. 87 Law LibraryJournal310 (1995)
Recipient of a “Special Recognition” honor, presented by the Law & Courts Section of the AmericanPolitical Science Association, 1994.
Recipient of an “Outstanding Academic Book Award,” presented by Choice, 1994.
Recipient of an “Honorable Mention” award presented by the Association of American Publishers, 1994.
Research findings discussed/described/reviewed on C-SPAN, Book TV, January 7, 2006; and in the SanFrancisco Chronicle, May 31, 2009, A23; the New York Times,January 9, 2006, A16; Chronicle of HigherEducation,November 11, 2005; Wall Street Journal,October 28, A5; National Law Journal,October 24,2005, 1; Washington Post,October 16, 2005, T04; Suffolk Lawyer,October 2005, 29; Kansas City StarSun,October 9, 2005; Christian Science Monitor,September 13, 2005; slate.com, September 5, 2005;msnbc.msn.com, September 5, 2005; San Francisco Chronicle,September 4, 2005, B1; The AmericanProspect,September 1, 2005, 37.
Chapter 5 summarized and partially excerpted in The Politics of Appointments Meets the Politics ofJudging,St. Louis Post-Dispatch, July 24, 2005, B1.
Epstein, Lee, editor. 2005. Courts and Judges. Volume included in The International Library of Essays in Law andSociety. Hampshire, England: Ashgate.
Murphy, Walter F., C. Herman Pritchett, Lee Epstein, & Jack Knight. 2005 (6th ed.). 2002 (5th ed.). Courts,Judges, & Politics. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Epstein, Lee & Jack Knight. 1998. The Choices Justices Make. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly
Press.
To be excerpted in 2013. Richard Seamon, Andrew Siegel, Joseph Thai & Kathryn A. Watts. 2013. TheSupreme Court Sourcebook.Aspen.
Winner of the Lasting Contribution Award “for a book or journal article, 10 years or older, that hasmade a lasting impression on the field of law and courts,” presented by the Law and Courts Section ofthe American Political Science Association, 2010.
Excerpted in Choices: An American Government Reader. 2002. Boston, MA: Pearson Custom Publishing.
Excerpted in Walter F. Murphy, C. Herman Pritchett, Lee Epstein, & Jack Knight. 2005 (6thed.). 2002(5thed.). Courts, Judges, & Politics.New York: McGraw-Hill.
Excerpted in Samuel Kernell and Steven S. Smith, eds. 2000 (1sted.). 2003 (2nded). Principles andPractice in American Politics: Classic and Contemporary Readings. Washington, D.C.: CongressionalQuarterly Press.
Subject of the Law and Courts Authors’ Meet Critics Roundtable, held at the annual meeting of theSouthern Political Science Association, 1999.
Winner of the C. Herman Pritchett Award for the best book published on law and courts, presented bythe Law and Courts Section of the American Political Science Association, 1998.
Subject of the Law and Courts Authors’ Meet Critics Roundtable, held at the annual meeting of theAmerican Political Science Association, 1998.
Described in What 15 Top Political Scientists are Working on Now,Chronicle of Higher Education,September 15, 1997.
Epstein, Lee. 1985 (cloth). 1988 (paper). Conservatives in Court. Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press.
(Revised version of my dissertation.)
2.2 Books: Under Contract
Epstein, Lee and Stefanie A. Lindquist, editors. The Oxford Handbook of American Law and the Judiciary.
Oxford University Press.
Brennan, Thomas, Lee Epstein & Nancy Staudt. A Macro-Theory of the Court: How National and LocalTrends Affect Judicial Decision Making. University of Chicago Press.
Epstein, Lee, William M. Landes & Richard A. Posner. 2013 (in press). “How Business Fares in the Supreme
Court.”Minnesota Law Review 97: 1431-1472 (invited as Lead Article).
Research findings discussed/described/reviewed in the New York Times, June 27, 2012; Detroit Free Press,April 1, 2012; Chicago Tribune, March 31, 2012; Los Angeles Times, March 31, 2012; New York Times,March 30, 2012
Winner of the Pi Sigma Alpha Award for the best paper delivered at the 2007 annual meeting of theMidwest Political Science Association.
Research findings described in the Boston Globe,August 8, 2010; Richmond Times Dispatch,August 8,2010; Asheville Citizen Times,August 8, 2010; Washington Post,May 11, 2010; Oakland Tribune,June17, 2009; San Mateo County Times, June 17, 2009; Almeda Times-Star,June 17, 2009; Contra CostaTimes,June 17, 2009; Lowell Sun,June 16, 2009; Topeka Capital-Journal,June 15, 2009; HattiesburgAmerican,June 12, 2009; Slate, June 10, 2009; International Herald Tribune,June 5, 2009; New YorkTimes,June 4, 2009; Washington Independent,May 26, 2009; Christian Science Monitor,May 18, 2009;Newsweek,April 20, 2009; Slate,April 11, 2009
Research findings described in ABA Journal,July 2007, 25-27; The New Republic, June 18, 2007; theWall Street Journal, June 12, 2007; Timemagazine, April 26, 2007, 57; Washington Post,March 26,2007, A13.
An abbreviated version of this paper appears in 101 Northwestern University Law Review Colloquy127(2007), followed by reflections from Stephen Burbank, Linda Greenhouse, and David Strauss.
Epstein, Lee, Andrew D. Martin, Jeffrey A. Segal, & Chad Westerland. 2007. “The Judicial Common Space.”Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization 23: 303-325 (Revised version of a paper presented at the 2005
annual meeting of the Law & Society Association and the 2005 Conference on Law and Positive Political
Theory at Northwestern University School of Law).
Staudt, Nancy, Lee Epstein, & Peter Wiedenbeck. 2006. “The Ideological Component of Judging in the Taxation
Context.”Washington University Law Review 84: 1797-1821 (Revised version of a paper presented at the 2006
Conference on Regulating Business: Beyond Doctrine at Washington University School of Law)
(Symposium).
Epstein, Lee, Andrew D. Martin & Matthew Schneider. 2006. “On the Effective Communication of the Results of
Empirical Studies, Part I.”Vanderbilt Law Review 59: 1811-1871 ( (Revised version of a paper presented
at the Vanderbilt University, School of Law, 2006 Conference on Empirical Scholarship 2006)
(Symposium).
Epstein, Lee & Jeffrey A. Segal. 2006. “Trumping the First Amendment.Journal of Law & Policy 21: 81-121
(Revised version of a paper presented at the 2005 Conference on Rehnquist Court and the First Amendment
at Washington University School of Law) (Symposium).
Staudt, Nancy, Lee Epstein, Peter J. Wiedenbeck, Rene Lindstadt, & Ryan J. Vander Wielen. 2005.
“Judging Statutes: Interpretive Regimes.”Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review 38: 1909-1970
(Symposium).
Epstein, Lee, Daniel E. Ho, Gary King, & Jeffrey A. Segal. 2005. “The Supreme Court During Crisis.”NYULaw Review 80: 1-116 (Revised version of papers presented at the 2004 annual meeting of the
Midwest Political Science Association, the 2004 Symposium on Fear and Risk Perception in
Times of Democratic Crisis at the University of Missouri School of Law, and the 2003 Symposium
on At War with Civil Rights and Civil Liberties at Florida International University School of
Law).
Winner of the McGraw-Hill Award for the the best journal article on law and courts written by a politicalscientist. Presented by the Law and Courts Section of the American Political Science Association, 2006.
“Honorable Mention” for the Law and Society Association Article Prize, awarded to “recognize exceptionalscholarship in the field of sociolegal studies for an article published in the previous two years.” Presentedby the Law & Society Association, 2006.
Winner of the Pi Sigma Alpha Award for the best paper delivered at the 2004 meeting of the MidwestPolitical Science Association. Presented by the Midwest Political Science Association, 2005.
Winner of the Robert H. Durr Award for the best paper delivered at the 2004 annual meeting ofthe Midwest Political Science Association “applying quantitative methods to a substantive problem”Presented by the Midwest Political Science Association, 2005.
“Honorable Mention” for the American Judicature Society Award for the “best paper on law and courtspresented at the previous year’s meeting of the American, Midwest, Northeastern, Southern, Southwest,or Western Political Science Associations.” Presented by the Law and Courts Section of the AmericanPolitical Science Association, 2005.
Excerpted in Samuel Kernell and Steven S. Smith, eds. 2006 (3rded). Principles and Practice in AmericanPolitics: Classic and Contemporary Readings. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Press.
Research findings described in the Wall Street Journal,February 1, 2006, A4; Washington Post,November1, 2004, A19; the Cleveland Plain Dealer,October 28, 2004, A11.
Epstein, Lee, Andrew D. Martin, Lisa Baldez, & Tasina Nitzschke. 2004. “Constitutional Sex Discrimination.”Tennessee Journal of Law and Policy 1: 11-68 (Inaugural issue of the journal).
Epstein, Lee, Jeffrey A. Segal, & Jennifer Nicoll Victor. 2002. “Dynamic Agenda Setting on the U.S. Supreme
Court: An Empirical Assessment.”Harvard Journal on Legislation 39: 395-433 (Revised version of papers
presented at the 1997 meeting of the Conference Group on the Scientific Study of Judicial Politics and the
1997 annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association).
Epstein, Lee & Gary King. 2002. “The Rules of Inference.”University of Chicago Law Review 69: 1-133; and
Epstein, Lee & Gary King. 2002. “Empirical Research and the Goals of Legal Scholarship: A Response.”
University of Chicago Law Review 69: 191-209.
To be translated into Portuguese for publication in Revista da Faculdade de Direito da UFRGS.
Translated into Chinese and published in 2004. Journal of Legal Methods.
Described in The Boston Globe,November 21, 2004, K5.
Subject of a symposium in the Journal of Legal Educationin 53 (3) (2003) (Infrastructure discussion inSection IX).
Subject of a symposium in 2002. University of Chicago Law Review69 (1).
To be reprinted in The Economics of Judicial Behaviour,ed. Lee Epstein. Cheltenham, UK: Edward ElgarPublishing.
Epstein, Lee, Jack Knight, & Olga Shvetsova. 2001. “Comparing Judicial Selection Systems.”William & Mary Billof Rights Law Journal 10:7-36 (Revised version of a paper presented at the 2001 Conference on Constitutional
Courts at Washington University School of Law) (Symposium).
Knight, Jack & Lee Epstein. 1996. “The Norm of Stare Decisis.”American Journal of Political Science. 40:
1018-1035.
To be reprinted in The Economics of Judicial Behaviour,, ed. Lee Epstein. Cheltenham, UK: EdwardElgar Publishing.
Excerpted in Walter F. Murphy, C. Herman Pritchett, Lee Epstein, & Jack Knight. 2005 (6thed.). 2002(5thed.). Courts, Judges, & Politics.New York: McGraw-Hill.
George, Tracey E. & Lee Epstein. 1992. “On the Nature of Supreme Court Decision Making.”American PoliticalScience Review 86: 323-337 (Revised version of a paper delivered at the 1991 annual meeting of the Midwest
Political Science Association).
Listed in 1999. “The Top 25 American Political Science Review Articles Most Frequently Downloadedfrom JSTOR,” PS, (September): 654.
Reprinted in Alan Ware, ed. 1995. The International Library of Politics and Comparative Government,Volume 1.Hampshire, UK: Ashgate.
Reprinted in Kermit Hall, ed. 1995. Equal Justice Under Law: The Supreme Court in American Life.NewYork: Carlson.
Epstein, Lee & C.K. Rowland. 1991. “Debunking the Myth of Interest Group Invincibility in the Courts.”American Political Science Review 85: 205-217 (Revised version of papers delivered at the 1989 annual
meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association and at the 1988 annual meeting of the Law & Society
Association).
O’Connor, Karen & Lee Epstein. 1983. “The Rise of Conservative Interest Group Litigation.”Journal of Politics
45: 479-489 (Revised version of a paper delivered at the 1982 annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science
Association).
Reprinted in Sheldon Goldman and Austin Sarat, eds. 1988 (2nded.). American Court Systems.W.H.Freeman and Co.
Reprinted in Henry Glick, ed. 1990. Courts in American Politics.McGraw-Hill.
2.4 Book Sections
Epstein, Lee & Jeffrey A. Segal. 2012. “Judicial Selection.” In The Oxford Companion to American Politics.
Oxford University Press.
Epstein, Lee & Thomas G. Walker. 2012.“The Supreme Court of the United States.” In The OxfordCompanion to Comparative Politics, ed. Margaret E. Crahan, Craig N. Murphy, and Ayse Kaya. Oxford
University Press.
Epstein, Lee Andrew D. Martin, Kevin Quinn, & Jeffrey A. Segal. 2012. “Ideology and the Study of Judicial
Behavior.” In Ideology, Psychology, and Law, ed. Jon Hanson. Oxford University Press.
Epstein, Lee & Jeffrey A. Segal. 2009. “Nominating Federal Judges and Justices.” In The Oxford Handbookon the American Presidency, ed. George C. Edwards III and William G. Howell. Oxford University
Press.
Epstein, Lee. 2008. “The U.S. Supreme Court.” In The Oxford Handbook of Law and Politics, ed. Keith E.
Whittington, R. Daniel Kelemen, and Gregory A. Caldeira. Oxford University Press.
Epstein, Lee & Andrew D. Martin. 2005. “Coding Variables.” In The Handbook of Social Measurement, ed.
Kimberly Kempf-Leonard. Academic Press.
Epstein, Lee & Jack Knight. 2003. “Walter F. Murphy.” In Pioneers of Judicial Behavior, ed. Nancy
Maveety. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press.
Epstein, Lee & Lynn Mather. 2003. “Beverly Blair Cook.” In Pioneers of Judicial Behavior, ed. Nancy
Maveety. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press.
Epstein, Lee. “Foreword.” 2002 (2nd ed.). 2000 (1st ed.). In The U.S. Supreme Court and the PoliticalProcess, ed. by David Ryden. Georgetown University Press.
Epstein, Lee, Jack Knight, & Olga Shvetsova. 2002. “Selecting Selection Systems.” In Judicial Independenceat the Crossroads: An Interdisciplinary Approach, ed. Stephen B. Burbank & Barry Friedman. American
Academy of Political and Social Science/Sage Publications (Revised version of a paper presented at
the 2000 meeting of the Conference Group on the Scientific Study of Judicial Politics).
Epstein, Lee. “Foreword.” 2000. In Constitutional Process: A Social Choice Analysis of Supreme CourtDecision Making, written by Maxwell L. Stearns. University of Michigan Press.
Epstein, Lee. 1996. “Beverly Blair Cook.” In Women In Law, ed. Rebecca Mae Salokar & Mary Volcansek.
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
Epstein, Lee, Joseph F. Kobylka, & Joseph F. Stewart, Jr. 1995. “A Theory of Interest Groups and
Litigation.” In Research in Law and Policy Studies, ed. Stuart Nagel. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press
(Revised version of a paper delivered at the 1987 annual meeting of the Southwestern Political Science
Association).
Main, Eleanor, Lee Epstein, & Debra Elovich. 1992. “Interest Groups in Georgia.” In Interest Groups inthe South, ed. Clive Thomas & Ronald Hrebenar. University of Alabama Press (Revised version of a
paper delivered at the 1986 annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association).
Epstein, Lee. 1991. “Courts and Interest Groups.” In The American Courts: A Critical Assessment, ed.
Charles Johnson & John Gates. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press.
O’Connor, Karen & Lee Epstein. 1985. “The Reagan Administration and Abortion Policy.” In The ReaganAdministration and Human Rights, ed. Tinsley E. Yarbrough. New York: Praeger (Revised version of
a paper delivered at the 1984 annual meeting of the American Political Science Association).
O’Connor, Karen & Lee Epstein. 1984. “The Role of Interest Groups in Supreme Court Policy Formation.”
In Public Policy Formation, ed. Robert Eyestone. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press (Revised version of a
paper delivered at the 1983 annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association).
2.5 Working Papers
Epstein, Lee, Andrew D. Martin & Jeffrey A. Segal. 2012. “Must Grants, Clear Denials, and Mid-Level
Politics: The First Step Toward a Bounded Discretion Model of Certiorari Decisions.” Presented at
the 2012 meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago IL.
Epstein, Lee, Christopher M. Parker, & Jeffrey A. Segal “Do Justices Defend the Speech They Hate?
In-Group Bias, Opportunism, and the First Amendment.” Prepared for presentation at the 2012 Annual
Meeting of the American Political Science Association, New Orleans LA (meeting cancelled).
Research findings described in the New York Times(Opinionator), August 22, 2012
Epstein, Lee & Thomas G. Walker. 2011. “The Post-Court Activities of Supreme Court Justices: Is Sandra
Day OConnor Unique?” (For the Washington Post, November 6; see also LA Times, July 25, 2012.)
Study also discussed in The Economist, June 23, 2011; American Prospect; cnbc.com, June 27,
2011; National Review,December 20, 2010.
Boyd, Christina L. & Lee Epstein. 2009. “Female Justices Make A Difference,” Washington Post, May 3. (Also
published in Oakland Tribune, May 10, 2009; San Mateo County Times, May 10, 2009; ContraCosta Times, May 10, 2009; Alameda Times-Star, May 10, 2009; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 5,
2009; Miami Herald, May 5, 2009; Virginian-Pilot, May 5, 2009; Chapel Hill Herald, May 3,
2009.)
Epstein, Lee, Christina L. Boyd & Andrew D. Martin. 2008. “The Unseen Deciders.”Miller-McCune,
October.
Ryan Owens & Lee Epstein 2008. “Interest Groups.” In Enyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States, ed.
David S. Tanenhaus. Macmillan.
Epstein, Lee, Jeffrey A. Segal & Harold J. Spaeth. 2008. The Blackmun Digital Archive.Law and Courts (Spring)
28-30.
Reprinted in Susan Low Bloch, Vicki Jackson & Tom Krattenmaker, eds. 2007. Inside the Supreme Court:The Institution and Its Procedures.West Publishing.
Reprinted in Vicki C. Jackson & Mark Tushnet. 1999. Comparative Constitutional Law: Cases andMaterials.New York: Foundation Press.
Reprinted in Susan Low Bloch & Tom Krattenmaker, eds. Supreme Court Politics: The Institution andIts Procedures.West Publishing.
Reprinted in Spring 1992. In the Washington University Alumni Magazine.
Reprinted on March 23, 1992. In the San Diego Union Tribune.
National Science Foundation (Political Science, Support for Ph.D. student), SBR-9709926, 1997-98
National Science Foundation (Law & Social Sciences), SBR-9614130, 1997-2001
National Science Foundation (Law & Social Sciences), SBR-9631256, 1996-2000
National Science Foundation (Political Science), SBR-9511560, 1995-99
National Science Foundation (Law & Social Sciences; Political Science), SBR-9320284, 1994-98
National Science Foundation (Law & Social Sciences), SES-9024640, 1991-94
National Science Foundation (Law & Social Sciences) RUE supplement to SES-9024640, 1991-94
Earhart Foundation, 1988-89
2.8.2 Internal Research Grants
Weidenbaum Center, Washington University, 2002
Israel Treiman Faculty Fellowship, Washington University School of Law, 2001-02
Center for New Institutional Social Science (with Olga Shvetsova), Washington University, 2000-2001
Business, Law, and Economics Center, Washington University, 1992-1993
Southern Methodist University, 1990, 1987
3 Education
B.A.
Emory University, Political Science, Sociology (with High Honors), 1980
M.A.
Emory University, Political Science, 1982
Ph.D.
Emory University, Political Science, 1983
4 Professional Activities
4.1 Service
American Academy of Political and Social Science—Board of Directors, member, 2007-2013
American Judicature Society— Board of Directors, member, 1998-2004; Nominating Committee, member,
1999-2001; Membership Committee, member, 1999-2001
American Political Science Association— Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award Committee, member,
2010-11; Development Committee, member, 2005-08; Corwin Award Committee, chair, 2001-02;
Committee to Select the Best Political Science Publication in the Field of U.S. National Policy, member,
1999-00; Program Committee, member (Law and Courts Section), 1997, 1993; Committee on Organized
Sections, chair, 1998-99, member, 1995-1997
American Political Science Association, Law and Courts Section— Lifetime Achievement Award
Committee, member, 2007-08; Nominations Committee, chair, 2006-07; Ad Hoc Committee on
Mentoring, member, 2005-06 ; Chair, 1999-00; Chair-elect, 1998-99; Executive Committee, member,
1996-98; Awards Committee, chair, 1998, 1992; Law and Courts, columnist, 1996-98; Short Course,
co-convenor, 1993, participant, 2001, 2000, 1995, 1992; Nominations Committee, member, 1990
Association of American Law Schools, Section on Law and Social Sciences—Executive Committee, member,
2007-08
Conference Group on the Scientific Study of Judicial Politics—Conference Organizer, 1996
Institute for Law and Politics, University of Minnesota—Advisory Board, member, 2007-
International Society for New Institutional Economics (ISNIE)—President, 2012-13; 1st Vice President,
2011-12; Second Vice President, 2010-11
Law & Society Association—Kalven Prize Committee, member, 2010-11; Committee on Membership, chair,
2007-08 ; member, 2005-06; Program Planning Committee (2005 meeting), member, 2004-05; Minority
Fellowship Advisory Board, member, 2004- ; Didactic Workshop Committee, member, 2003-04; Jacobs
Book Award Committee, member, 2003; Publications Committee, member, 2001-03; Board of Trustees,
member, 2000-03; Graduate Student Workshop, faculty facilitator, 1997, 1995, 1994; participant, 2010;
Summer Institute, participant, 2001
Law School Admission Council—Grants Subcommittee, chair, 2008- ; member, 2005-08
Midwest Political Science Association—Program Co-Chair, 2009; Ad Hoc Committee on Journals, member,
2005-06 ; President, 2002-03; President-Elect, 2001-02; Committee to Select a New Press for the
American Journal of Political Science, member, 2001; Committee to Select the E-AJPS Editor,
member, 2000-; Committee to Select the New Executive Director, member, 2000; Journal Committee,
chair, 1999-00; Program Chair, 1998; Publications Committee, member, 1998-99; Nominating
Committee, chair, 1994-95; Nominating Committee, member, 1993-94; Executive Council, member,
1992-95
National Science Foundation— Committee of Visitors, 2008; Political Science Workshop on Infrastructure,
Participant, 1999; Law and Social Sciences Program Advisory Panel, member, 1994-96; Project on the
Supreme Court Board of Overseers, member, 1987-96
Southern Political Science Association— Committee to Select the Editor of the Journal of Politics, member,
1998-99; Committee to Select the Best Conference Paper, chair, 1996; Executive Council, member,
1994- ; V. O. Key Book Award Committee, member, 1993-94; Investment Committee, chair, 1992-93;
Membership Committee, member, 1985-1990; Program Committee (Law and Courts section), member,
1989
Southwestern Political Science Association— Committee to Select the Best Conference Paper, member,
1987
Women’s Caucus for Political Science— Nominations Committee, member, 1999; Mentoring Panel,
participant, 1999
Association of American Law Schools—Constitutional Law, Roundtable participant, 2008; National
meeting: Roundtable participant, 2010, 2008, 2007; Plenary Session Participant, 2006.
Conference on Empirical Legal Studies—Keynote Speaker, 2008; Discussant, 2012 , 2010, 2006; Paper
Presenter, 2007,2006; Panel Chair, 2007, 2006
Editorial & Advisory Boards (member)— American Journal of Political Science, 2001-06, 1991-1993; AmericanPolitical Science Review, 1992-1995; American Politics Research (formerly American Politics Quarterly), 2001-
; Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2007- ; GreenBag Almanac & Reader, 2012-
I∙CON: International Journal of Constitutional Law (NYU Law School), 2001-2009; Journal of Politics,1993-1997; Judicature, 2012- ; Law and Courts, 2005-07; Law and Courts SSRN, 2005-; Law &Courts PSN, 2007-; Law & Policy, 2008-; Law and Politics Book Review, 1992-99; Law andPositive Political Theory Abstracting Journal, 2005- ; Law and Social Inquiry (Journal of the
American Bar Foundation), 2001-05; Law and Society Review, 2000-07,1995-98; Oxford Handbooks
Online, Editorial Advisory Board (Political Science), 2012-; Political Research Quarterly (formerly
Western Political Quarterly), 1992-96; Politics and Governance, 2012-; Social Science Quarterly,
1994-
Web Master— American Political Science Association, Law and Courts Section, 1997-2002
5.2 Manuscript Reviews
Article-Length Manuscript Reviews— Adelaide Law Review, American Journal of Political Science;American Political Science Review; American Politics Quarterly; American Review of Politics;Comparative Political Studies, Comparative Politics; Congress & the Presidency; European Journalof Political Research; Harvard Law Review; International Review of Law and Economics; Journal ofEmpirical Legal Studies; Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law; Journal of Law & Courts; Journalof Law, Economics & Organization; Journal of Theoretical Politics; Journal of Politics; Journal ofWomen, Politics, & Policy; Judicature; Jurimetrics: The Journal of Law, Science, and Technology;Justice System Journal; Law & Policy; Law & Social Inquiry; Law & Society Review; Legislative StudiesQuarterly; Perspectives on Politics; Political Behavior; Political Research Quarterly; Politics & Policy;Polity; PS: Political Science and Politics; Public Opinion Quarterly; Social Science Journal; SocialScience Quarterly, Southeastern Political Review, Supreme Court Economic Review, University ofBritish Columbia Law Review
Book-Length Manuscript/Proposal Reviews— Blackwell Publishing; Cambridge University Press; CQ Press;
Duke University Press; John Wiley; Holt, Rinehart, and Winston; Houghton-Mifflin; Northwestern
University Press; Oxford University Press; Prentice Hall; Princeton University Press; Routledge, Taylor
& Francis; Sage Publications; St. Martin’s; University of Chicago Press; University of Michigan Press;
University Press of Kansas; University Press of Virginia; University of Tennessee Press; Westview Press;
Yale University Press
Grant Proposal Reviews— American Judicature Society; Earhart Foundation; Law School Admissions
Council; National Science Foundation (Instrumentation, Political Science, Law and Social Science,
Sociology); Project on Scientific Knowledge and Public Policy
6 University Activities
6.1 University-Level
Social Sciences Transformative Hiring Advisory Committee, USC—member, 2011-12
Academic Freedom and Tenure Hearing Committee, Washington U.—member, 2002
Senate Council Committee on Gender Pay Equity, Washington U.— member, 1997-02
Association of Women Faculty’s Committee on Tenure and Promotion, Washington U.—co-author of the
final report, 1999 (covered in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, November 24, 1999, B1); member, 1997-99
Board of Trustees Honorary Degree Committee, Washington U.—member, 1996-97
Assembly Series Committee, Washington U.—member, 1992-95
Book Store Policy Committee, Washington U.— member, 1992-95
Chancellor’s Symposium, section on Undergraduate Education, Washington U.— co-organizer, 1994
Provost’s Task Force on Undergraduate Education, Washington U.—member, 1992-94 (also member of
subcommittees on Teaching; Objectives; and Housing)
Personnel Committee, Northwestern—chair, 2007-08; member, 2009-2010; member (entry level), 2006-07;
public law subcommittee, member, 2010-11; political theory subcommittee, member, 2010-11
J.D./Ph.D. Program Development, Northwestern—member, 2006-07
Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Washington U.—Advisory Board, member, 1999-06
Institute for Global Legal Studies, Washington U.—Advisory Board, member, 2000-06 ; Co-organizer of the
Conference on Constitutional Courts, 2001
Chancellor’s Advisory Committee to Select a Dean of the Law School, Washington U.—member, 1997-99
6.3 Arts & Sciences
Faculty Advisory Board, USC Journal of Law and Society, USC—member, 2013-
Personnel Committee for the Social Sciences, USC—member, 2011-
Search Committees, Washington U.—chair, 2003-04 (Women’s Studies/Political Science); member, 2002-03
(Applied Statistics Program); member, 2002-03 (Center for New Institutional Social Science); member,
2001-02 (Education Department); chair, 1998-1999; (Women’s Studies/Political Science); member,
1997-98 (African & Afro-American Studies Program)
Academic Planning Committee for Arts and Sciences, Washington U.— member, 2001-05
Dean’s Initiative on the External Review of Departments, Washington U.—Department Review
Coordinator, 2000-05
International and Area Studies Program, Executive Committee, Washington U.—member, 2002-03
Review Committee on Faculty Personnel Procedures, Washington U.—member, 1998-01
Faculty Research Grants Committee, Washington U.—member, 1996-98
Dean’s Advisory Committee on Tenure, Promotion, and Personnel, Washington U.—vice-chair, 1996-97;
member, 1994-96
Dean’s Committee on Graduate Students’ Rights and Responsibilities, Washington U.—member, 1994-95
Student Life, Washington U.—contributor, 1995
Board of College Advisors, Washington U.— member, 1993-95
Faculty Selection Committee for the Lien Scholarship, Washington U.—member, 2000, 1994, 1993, 1992
LAUNCH (Freshman Camp), Washington U.—workshop leader, 1993, 1992
6.4 Political Science
Search Committee for Chair of Political Science, USC—member, 2011-12
Steering Committee of the Politics and International Relations Program, USC—member, 2011-12
Department Chair, Washington U.—2002-03, 1995-99
Graduate Program, , Washington U.—acting director, 1994-95
Graduate Student Admissions Committee, Washington U.—chair, 1995; member, 1993, 1994
Political Science Discussion Series, Washington U.— chair, 1994-95
Henry Wade Rogers Professor (University-wide chair), 2008-11
Beatrice Kuhn Professor of Law, 2006-08
Jack N. Pritzker Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law, Fall 2005
Washington University in St. Louis
Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor of Political Science, 1998-06
Professor of Law, 2000-06
Chair of the Political Science Department, 1995-99, 2003
Professor of Political Science, 1993-98
Associate Professor of Political Science, 1991-93
SMU
Associate Professor of Political Science, 1989-9
Assistant Professor of Political Science, 1986-89
Emory University
Assistant Professor/Instructor of Political Science, 1983-86
Appendix B. Honors, Awards, Citations, Rankings
Elected to membership in the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, May 2013
Guggenheim Fellowship (Law), for 2013-14 academic year
Law & Courts Service Award, for service to the section and the profession. Presented by the Law and
Courts Section of the American Political Science Association, 2013.
Named a Phi Beta Scholar Visiting Scholar, for 2013-14 academic year
Outstanding First-Year Course Professor, from the Student Bar Association at Northwestern University
School of Law, 2011. (One winner per academic year.)
The Lasting Contribution Award “for a book or journal article, 10 years or older, that has made a lasting
impression on the field of law and courts,” The Choices Justices Make. Presented by the Law and
Courts Section of the American Political Science Association, 2010.
A Best Free Reference Website Award for The U.S. Supreme Court Database, from “MARS: Emerging
Technologies in Reference” section of Association of the American Library Association, 2010
Outstanding Small Class Professor, Honorable Mention, from the Student Bar Association at Northwestern
University School of Law, 2009.
Pi Sigma Alpha Award for the best paper delivered at the 2007 meeting of the Midwest Political Science
Association, for Untangling the Causal Effect of Sex on Judging, Presented by the Midwest Political
Science Association, 2008.
Listed in Leiter’s Most Cited Law Professors by Specialty, 2000-2007. Ranked 2nd in Law & Social Science.
Listed in The Political Science 400: A 20-Year Update (400 most cited political scientists since 1960).
Among most cited scholars by cohort and 18th most-cited woman. In PS, January 2007.
McGraw-Hill Award for the the best journal article on law and courts written by a political scientist for
The Effect of War on the Supreme Court. Presented by the Law and Courts Section of the American
Political Science Association, 2006.
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2006-
“Honorable Mention” for the Law and Society Association Article Prize for The Effect of War on theSupreme Court. Presented by the Law and Society Association, 2006.
Fellow-Eligible, Center for Advanced Studies, 2005- .
“Honorable Mention” for the American Judicature Society Award for The Effect of War on the SupremeCourt. Presented by the Law and Courts Section of the American Political Science Association, 2005.
Pi Sigma Alpha Award for the best paper delivered at the 2004 meeting of the Midwest Political Science
Association, for The Effect of War on the Supreme Court. Presented by the Midwest Political Science
Association, 2005.
Robert H. Durr Award for the best paper delivered at the 2004 annual meeting of the Midwest Political
Science Association “applying quantitative methods to a substantive problem,” for The Effect of Waron the Supreme Court. Presented by the Midwest Political Science Association, 2005.
Fellow, American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2004-
Arthur Holly Compton Faculty Achievement Award, Washington University, 2003
Teaching and Mentoring Award for the Constitutional Law for a Changing America series. Presented by the
Law & Courts Section of the American Political Science Association and supported by a contribution
from the Division for Public Education of the American Bar Association, 2003.
President, Midwest Political Science Association, 2002-03
Alumni Board of Governors Distinguished Faculty Award, Washington University, 2002
Professor of the Year Award, Undergraduate Political Science Association, Washington University, 2000
Faculty of the Year Award, Student Union, Washington University, 2000
Outstanding Faculty Member, Women’s Panhellenic Association, Washington University, 1999
Chair, Law and Courts Section of the American Political Science, 1999-00
Associate Editor, Law & Society Review, 1998-00
C. Herman Pritchett Award for the best book published on law and courts for The Choices Justices Make.
Presented by the Law and Courts Section of the American Political Science Association, 1998
“Outstanding Academic Reference Book in Political Science, Published over the Past 5 Years for TheSupreme Court Compendium. Presented by Choice, 1998
“Best Legal Reference Books of 1994” for The Supreme Court Compendium. In the American Association
of Law Libraries, 87 Law Library Journal, 1995
“Special Recognition” honor, for The Supreme Court Compendium. Presented by the Law and Courts
Section of the American Political Science Association, 1994
“Honorable Mention” award for The Supreme Court Compendium. Presented by the Association of
American Publishers, 1994
Rotunda Teaching Award, SMU, 1990-91; 1987-88
Margareta Deschner Teaching Award, SMU, 1988
Appendix C. Invited Talks
Scheduled (2013)
District of Rhode Island, Judicial Conference, Providence RI
Normative Implications of Empirical Research Workshop, Washington, D.C.
Princeton University, Center for the Study of Democratic Politics, The Auditioners
UC-Berkeley School of Law, Faculty Workshop, Do Justices Defend the Speech They Hate?
In-Group Bias, Opportunism, and the First Amendment
2013
UCLA Extension, Beyond the Headlines series, The Supreme Court in the Aftermath of the 2012Elections
Loyola Law School-Los Angeles, Faculty Workshop, The Auditioners
USC, Law Leadership Society, The Supreme Court in the Aftermath of the 2012 Elections
Washington University, Introduction of Andrew Martin as the new Charles Nagel Chair
Western Empirical Legal Studies, UCLA Law, Keynote Speaker
2012
Emory University, Conference on Institutions and Law Making Must Grants, Clear Denials, andMid-level Politics: The Supreme Court’s Certiorari Decisions (paper presented in absentia)
Florida International University, Annual Junior Federal Courts Workshop, commentator
Minnesota Bar Association, Appellate Practice Institute, Keynote Speaker
Pasadena Senior Center, The Supreme Court and the Elections of 2012
Queen’s Law Journal, Symposium, How the Law Journals Can Help Improve the Quality ofEmpirical Legal Scholarship
Stanford University Law School, Law & Policy Review Symposium on Academic Corruption,
Academic Integrity and Legal Scholarship in the Wake of Exxon Shipping, Footnote 17.
George Washington University Law School, Conference on Rethinking the Law Governing the
Structure and Operation of the Supreme Court, presentation on limiting the term of the Chief
Justice
International Society for New Institutional Economics (ISNIE), University of California-Berkeley,
Keynote Speaker, Judicial Behavior
Northwestern University School of Law & the Searle Center, Conference on Political Science &
Law, Why (and When) Judges Dissent
Northwestern University School of Law, Women’s Leadership Coalition Symposium, panel
moderator
Northwestern University School of Law, American Constitution Society & Federalist Society,
Judicial Selection, panel moderator
Northwestern University School of Law, American Constitution Society & Federalist Society,
Supreme Court Makeover
Emory University, Center for the Study of Law, Politics, and Economics and the School of Law,
Conference on Textual Analysis and the Study of Judicial Behavior, Blogs as Text as Data
Northwestern University School of Law, Searle Center, Conference on Civil Liability, The Futureof Pleading in the Federal Courts: A Normative and Empirical Analysis
University of California, Berkeley, Center for the Study of Law and Society, Sawyer Seminar, HowJudges Can Avoid Attack (And What to Do if They Find Themselves Under Fire)
University of California, Berkeley, Center for the Study of Law and Society, Sawyer Seminar,
Efficacious Judging
St. Louis Corporate Counsel Institute, The New Supreme Court: From Rehnquist to Roberts
Syracuse University, Institute for the Study of the Judiciary, Politics, and the Media, Conference
on the Supreme Court Confirmation Process, The Politics of Judicial Appointments
Vanderbilt University School of Law, Seminar on Public Choice, The U.S. Supreme CourtDatabases
Washington University School of Law, Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Conference on Norms
and the Law, Remarks on the State of Empirical Research and the Law
Washington University, Center for New Institutional Social Sciences, William H, Riker Conference,
Remarks on Facts and Formal Theory
Washington University School of Law, Institute for Global Legal Studies, Conference on
Constitutional Courts, Comparing Judicial Selection Systems
