In Press or Forthcoming

 

• Framing Leadership: Political Puzzle Solving in Film (book under contract with Lexington Books)

• “Interpreting Celebrity Biography: Robeson, Trump, and the Stubborn Call of Virtue Ethics.” John Schiemann, co-author. Biographical Research (2022).

• “From the Company Town to the Innovation Zone: Frontiers of Public Policy, the State Action Doctrine, and the First Amendment.” British Journal of American Legal Studies (2021). Kyle Morgan, co-author.

• "Does the Amendment Process Need Amending?" in The U.S. Constitution in 5 Minutes. David Klein and Joseph Smith, editors (Equinox Press, forthcoming).

• “What American Heroism Teaches Us About Generations and Politics.” In Generations in American Politics. David Schultz and Sally Friedman, editors (University of Michigan Press, forthcoming).

• “The Case of the Smart City. Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law. Kyle Morgan co-author (2021).

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Other Recent Publications

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• “Trump and the Courts: Unexpected Comity and Partisan Disequilibrium.” White House Studies 14 (3): 257-275 (2020). Nominated for the Law and Courts section’s Best Journal Article Award (2020).

• “Back to the Future: The Educational Returns of Lifelong Learner Avatars.” The Teaching Professor. Feb. 1, 2021. Pete Burkholder, co-author.

• "Can American virtues (and maybe Mike Pence) save us?" (Daily News), Nov. 10, 2020.

• "How the Supreme Court can maintain its legitimacy amid intensifying partisanship" (The Conversation)

• “A Realistic Alternative to the Electoral College. Jurist. February 11, 2020. (Academic Commentary). With Scott E. Gant.

• “How Ruth Bader Ginsburg became a cultural icon.” The Monkey Cage (Washington Post) Sept. 28, 2020 (blog entry). With John Schiemann.

• “Trump’s efforts to tighten immigration ignore the contributions of foreign-born workers.” The Monkey Cage (Washington Post) July 16, 2020 (blog entry). With Harvey F. Lodish.

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