Sheldon Goldman
Distinguished Professor of Political Science
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Degree: Ph.D., Harvard University
Bio: My research interests include the politics of judicial selection and confirmation, the backgrounds and career paths of lower federal court judges, and the politics of constitutional law and civil liberties.
Area of Study: Public law
Program: Political Science
Related News
- Professor Sheldon Goldman receives the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Political Science Association's Law and Courts Section
- Professor Sheldon Goldman interviewed on PBS's Online NewsHour about the Supreme Court confirmation process
- Goldman named Distinguished Professor
- Department Launches "Goldman Scholarship"
- Goldman Receives Distinguished Faculty Award
Publications
Selecting Lower Court Federal Judges on the Basis of Their Policy Views, Drake Law Review, 2008.
"W. Bush's Judicial Legacy," Judicature 2009
"Obama and the Federal Judiciary," The Forum 2009
Obama's Judiciary at Midterm, Judicature Volume 94, Number 6 May-June 2011.
Teaching
Civil Liberties; Constitutional Law; Politics, Law and Judicial Behavior; Law and the Political Process