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 |
|
|
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
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