Jennifer L. Brookhart Curriculum Vitae 31 August 2015

Transcription

1 Jennifer L. Brookhart Curriculum Vitae 31 August 2015 Department of Political Science Phone: North Hall, 1050 Bascom Mall Fax: Madison, WI EDUCATION expected Dec 2015 Ph.D. in Political Science, Dissertation: Walk the Talk: Representational Rhetoric and Behavior in Congress, Committee: David T. Canon (chair), Byron E. Shafer, Howard Schweber, Alexander M. Tahk 2011: M.A. in Political Science, 2010: B.A. in Political Science and International Relations, Gonzaga University magna cum laude and honors PUBLICATIONS Peer-Reviewed 2015: Black, Ryan C., Ryan J. Owens, and Jennifer L. Brookhart. Forthcoming We Are the World: The U.S. Supreme Court's Use of Foreign Sources of Law. British Journal of Political Science (available online). Schweber, Howard, and Jennifer L. Brookhart. Forthcoming American Constitutional Reasoning in Comparative Constitutional Reasoning, Andras Jakab ed. Cambridge University Press. 2014: Black, Ryan C., Ryan J. Owens, Daniel E. Walters, and Jennifer L. Brookhart Upending a Global Debate: An Empirical Analysis of the U.S. Supreme Court's Use of Transnational Law to Interpret Domestic Doctrine. Georgetown Law Journal 103:1 (November): Other Publications 2015: Brookhart, Jennifer L Congressional Communications Database. URL: congressionalcommunications.com

2 WORKING PAPERS Congress on the Constitution: Constitutional Rhetoric for Legislative, Electoral, and Partisan Purposes, chapter in The People, the Congress, and the Constitution, Mitchell Pickerill ed. (under contract with the University of Oklahoma Press) The Origin of Ideas (with Alexander M. Tahk) Candidate Entry Models in Legislative, Judicial, and International Politics Party in the Court: Partisan Signaling as a Minimum Threshold of Information Constraining the U.S. Supreme Court Committee Survival: Measuring Legislator Preferences in the U.S. House GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS 2015: APSA Trice Family Research Award Vilas Conference Presentation Award 2014: Jack Miller Center Summer Institute Fellowship Trice Family Research Award Vilas Research Travel Award Blend@UW Summer Program 2013: Trice Family Research Award 2012: CONFERENCES AND PRESENTATIONS Organizer : American Politics Workshop at the 2013: Constitution Day Panel 2013, The Constitution and Economic (In)Equality 2012: Constitution Day Panel 2012, Electoral Politics and the United States Constitution

3 Presenter 2015: Representing on the Spin, (scheduled) The Origin of Ideas (with Alexander M. Tahk), American Political Science Association (scheduled) Party in the Court: How Executive and Legislative Partisanship Informs and Constrains the Supreme Court, Midwest Political Science Association The Origin of Ideas (with Alexander M. Tahk), Midwest Political Science Association 2014: Congress on the Constitution: Extra-Judicial and Inter-Institutional Rhetoric, at the Symposium on The People, the Congress, and the Constitution, sponsored by the Institute for the American Constitutional Heritage at the University of Oklahoma Committee Survival: Measuring Legislator Preferences in the U.S. House, Of Motives and Measures: Uncovering Representational Goals through Congressional Committee Selection, Midwest Political Science Association 2013: Candidate Entry Models in Legislative, Judicial, and International Politics, The Desirable Committee: How Committees Aid Legislators with Representation, Midwest Political Science Association 2012: The Supreme Court in Divided Government, Midwest Political Science Association 2011: The Supreme Court in Divided Government, American Politics Workshop, TEACHING EXPERIENCE * Sole Instructor of Record Electoral Systems and Representation (Fall 2014) Law, Politics, and Society (Spring 2014) American Political System (online, Summer 2013, University of Vermont) * All teaching at the, unless otherwise noted

4 Other Instruction Undergraduate Research Design Workshop (six-week course, Fall 2013) Liberty, Equality, and American Democracy (Fall 2013, taught with John Zumbrunnen) Electoral Politics in American Political Thought (Fall 2012, taught with John Zumbrunnen) American Democracy Educators' Forum (year-long online course for high school teachers, Summer 2011-Spring 2014) Teaching Assistant Introduction to American Politics (Head TA, Spring 2015; writing intensive sections, Fall 2013; Fall 2010) Constitutional Law: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights (Spring 2011) RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 2013: Comparative Constitutional Reasoning directed by Howard Schweber 2010: Cosmopolitans and Locals in Congress directed by Byron E. Shafer OTHER ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE Service Managing Editor for Constitutional Studies (2015-present) Reviewer for Law and Society Review ( ) Graduate Student Representative on the Graduate Program Committee ( ) Mentoring Mentor to Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honors Society researchers ( ) Mentor to Undergraduate Research Scholars (2013 present) Mentor to Undergraduate Research Fellows ( ) Mentor to new graduate students ( ) Professional Affiliations Midwest Political Science Association Women in Political Science

5 REFERENCES David T. Canon Howard Schweber Department Chair and Professor Professor Department of Political Science Department of Political Science 413 North Hall, 1050 Bascom Mall 322B North Hall, 1050 Bascom Mall Madison, WI Madison, WI Byron E. Shafer Alexander M. Tahk Hawkins Chair of Political Science Assistant Professor 322A North Hall, 1050 Bascom Mall 212 North Hall, 1050 Bascom Mall Madison, WI Madison, WI