About the Authors

Armaly, Miles T.

Assistant Professor

University of Mississippi

The Influence of Politicians on Public Support for the Judiciary

Bailey, Christine M.

Department of Political Science

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Walking on Broken Glass: Justice Gender in State Supreme Court

Balcomb, Megan.

MBA Candidate

Gordon Ford College of Business

Western Kentucky University

Opposition to Abortion, Then and Now: How Amicus Briefs use Policy Frames in Abortion

Litigation

Benton-Hendricks, Alyson

MA Student

Department of Political Science

University of Louisville

Opposition to Abortion, Then and Now: How Amicus Briefs Use Policy Frames in Abortion

Litigation

Bentsen, Henrik Litleré

Researcher

NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS

Explaining Dissent Rates on a Consensual Danish Supreme Court

Black, Ryan C.

Professor

Michigan State University

Judicial Discretion and US Supreme Court Agenda Setting

Bolton, Joseph P.

PhD Candidate and Graduate Instructor

Washington State University

Black Robes in the Limelight: News Values and Requests to Televise Oral Arguments in the

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1991-2005

Carsh, Austin

Oregon State University Honors College

Riddled with Exclusivity: The Homogeneity of the Supreme Court Bar in the Roberts Court

Comparato, Scott A. 

Associate Professor

Department of Political Science

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Walking on Broken Glass: Justice Gender in State Supreme Court Citations

Dumas, Tao L., PhD

Assistant Professor

College of New Jersey

How Much is a Leg Worth?: What Do Civil Trial Courts Do, and Why Should We Care?

Fernandez, Kenneth E.

College of Southern Nevada

Public Attitudes toward State Courts

Givens, John Wagner

Assistant Professor

School of Government and International Affairs

Kennesaw State University

On Their Best Behavior? Foreign Plaintiffs in Chinese Administrative Litigation

Gleason, Shane A.

Assistant Professor

Department of Social Sciences

Texas A&M University

Walking on Broken Glass: Justice Gender in State Supreme Court Citations

Goelzhauser, Greg

Associate Professor

Department of Political Science

Utah State University

Intersectional Representation on State Supreme Courts

Husser, Jason A.

Associate Professor

Elon University

Public Attitudes toward State Courts

Kane, Jenna Becker

Assistant Professor

Department of Political Science

West Chester University of Pennsylvania

Institutional Determinants of Amici Filings across State Supreme Courts

Kraybill, Jeanine E.

Assistant Professor

California State University, Bakersfield

Women of SCOTUS: An Analysis of the Different Voice Debate

Kromphardt, Christopher D.

Instructor

College of Professional Studies

Northeastern University

Visiting Assistant Professor

Cornell College

Black Robes in the Limelight: News Values and Requests to Televise Oral Arguments in the

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1991-2005

Lane, Elizabeth

Assistant Professor

Louisiana State University

Judicial Discretion and US Supreme Court Agenda Setting

McKenzie, Mark Jonathan

Associate Professor of Political Science

Texas Tech University

Explaining Dissent Rates on a Consensual Danish Supreme Court

McLauchlan, William P.

Professor Emeritus of Political Science

Purdue University

An Empirical Examination of the Business of the Montana Supreme Court

Moyer, Laura P.

Associate Professor

Department of Political Science

University of Louisville

Opposition to Abortion, Then and Now: How Amicus Briefs Use Policy Frames in Abortion

Litigation

Pacelle, Richard L. Jr.

Professor

University of Tennessee

Issue Emergence and Evolution in the US Supreme Court

Price, Richard S. 

Associate Professor of Political Science

Weber State University

On Remand: Legal Strategies after Supreme Court Losses

Pyle, Barry W.

Professor

Eastern Michigan University

Issue Emergence and Evolution in the US Supreme Court

Randazzo, Kirk A,

Professor

University of South Carolina

High Courts and International Norms Institutionalization

Reid, Rebecca A.

Assistant Professor

University of Texas at El Paso

Human Rights and Court Activism in the Mexican Supreme Court

High Courts and International Norms Institutionalization

Renberg, Kristen M.

Department of Political Science

Duke University

The Transmission of Legal Precedent in the US Courts of Appeals

Rice, Douglas R.

Assistant Professor

Department of Political Science

University of Massachusetts Amherst

The Language of Newspaper Coverage of the US Supreme Court

Schoenherr, Jessica A.

PhD Candidate

Michigan State University

Judicial Discretion and US Supreme Court Agenda Setting

Schutte, Rachel A.

Assistant Professor

Hope College

Judicial Discretion and US Supreme Court Agenda Setting

Skiple, Jon Kåre

Researcher

NORCE Norwegian Research Center AS

Explaining Dissent Rates on a Consensual Danish Supreme Court

Smith, Craig Alan

Professor of History and Political Science

California University of Pennsylvania

The Appearance of Justice: A Historic Case Study Evaluating One Supreme Court Justice’s

Recusal Decisions

Smithey, Shannon Ishiyama

Professor of Political Science

Westminster College

Strategic Activism: A Comparative View of Judges as Institution Builders