JEREMY A. BUCHMAN

 

Department of Political Science

C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University

720 Northern Boulevard

Brookville, NY 11548

(516) 299-3023

jeremy.buchman@liu.edu

 

 

EDUCATION

 

Stanford University, Stanford, California.

Ph.D. in Political Science, June 1999.

M.A. in Political Science, June 1994.

 

Columbia College, Columbia University, New York, New York.

B.A. in Political Science and History (cum laude), May 1991.

 

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

 

Judicial politics, constitutional law, civil rights and civil liberties, jurisprudence, American political institutions, representation and comparative electoral systems

 

Doctoral dissertation: Courts and Legislatures in the “Political Thicket”: A Study in Comparative Institutional Capacity.

 

POSITIONS

 

September 2000-present

Assistant Professor, C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University.

Pre-law advisor since September 2001.

 

September 1999-June 2000

Lecturer, Stanford University

 

April 1999-June 1999

Acting Instructor, Stanford University

 

September 1993-March 1995, March 1997-June 1997

Teaching Assistant, Stanford University

 

COURSES TAUGHT

 

Constitutional Law: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties; Constitutional Law: Institutional Powers and Constraints; The Supreme Court (undergraduate seminar); The Supreme Court as a Political Institution (masters seminar); Introduction to Political Science; Introduction to American Government; Change and Reform in Current American Politics (masters seminar)

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

Drawing Lines in Quicksand: Courts, Legislatures, and Redistricting. Peter Lang Publishing, 2003.

 

“Judicial Lobbying and the Politics of Judicial Structure: An Examination of the Judiciary Act of 1925.” Justice System Journal 24 (2003):1-22.

 

“Thou Shalt Not Sit With Statisticians, Nor Commit a Social Science: How Trial Courts Address Social Science Evidence in Redistricting Controversies.” American Journal of Political Science 42 (April 1998): 702-4. (See “Awards” section for further details.)

 

 

CONFERENCE PAPERS

 

“Judicial Lobbying and the Politics of Judicial Structure: An Examination of the Judiciary Act of 1925.” Presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, August 30-September 2, 2001, and the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, April 25-27, 2002.

 

“Applying Attitudinal Models to Lower Federal Courts: Influences on Trial Judges' Decisions to Admit Scientific Expert Testimony.” Presented at the Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 15-17, 2001; and the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, April 19-22, 2001.

 

“Explaining Judicial Innumeracy.” Presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, April 2000.

 

“Proposed Intercircuit Tribunals and the Politics of Judicial Structure.” Presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Boston, September 3-6, 1998.

 

“Save Me a Seat: How Redistricting by Bipartisan Commissions Affects Incumbency in State Legislatures.” Presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., August 1997. Abstract published in the Legislative Research Reports section of Legislative Studies Quarterly XXIII (February 1998): 151-2.

 

“Thou Shalt Not Sit With Statisticians, Nor Commit a Social Science: How Trial Courts Address Social Science Evidence in Redistricting Controversies.” Presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, April 1997.

 

ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES

 

“Flast v. Cohen,” “Lochner v. New York,” “McCleskey v. Kemp,” “Strickland v. Washington,” and “Timmons v. Twin Cities Area New Party,” for inclusion in The Encyclopedia of Civil Liberties, David Schultz and John Vile, editors (M.E. Sharpe, forthcoming).

 

AWARDS

 

Best Poster, Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, April 1997. Summary (750 words) published in American Journal of Political Science 42 (April 1998): 702-4 (also see “Publications”).

 

MEDIA APPEARANCES

 

Guest expert for 3-4-minute interview on “Good Day New York,” WNYW (Channel 5), New York, NY, November 20, 2000. Discussed breaking developments concerning the 2000 presidential election.

 

Guest expert for 3-4-minute interviews on New York 1 (New York City all-news cable channel), November 28, 30; December 3, 2000. Discussed breaking developments concerning the 2000 presidential election.

 

Guest expert for 3-4 minute interview on “Eyewitness News,” WABC (Channel 7), New York, NY, December 3, 2000. Discussed breaking developments concerning the 2000 presidential election.

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

 

American Political Science Association

Midwest Political Science Association

Western Political Science Association

 

REFERENCES

 

Lucius J. Barker

William Bennett Munro Professor of Political Science

Department of Political Science, Stanford University

(650) 723-0408

luciusb@leland.stanford.edu

 

John A. Ferejohn

Carolyn S.G. Munro Professor of Political Science

Department of Political Science, Stanford University

(650) 723-0221

ferejohn@leland.stanford.edu

 

Luis R. Fraga

Associate Professor of Political Science

Department of Political Science, Stanford University

(650) 723-5219

fraga@leland.stanford.edu

 

Barry R. Weingast

Ward C. Krebs Family Professor of Political Science

Department of Political Science, Stanford University

(650) 723-0497

weingast@leland.stanford.edu