Brandon L. Bartels

I am an Associate Professor of Political Science in the Department of Political Science at the George Washington University. My research and teaching interests center on American politics, judicial politics, the U.S. Supreme Court, public perceptions of law and courts, and institutional legitimacy. My work has appeared in the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, Public Opinion Quarterly, and other outlets. My research has also been supported by the National Science Foundation.

Current projects include: (1) a book (with Chris Johnston), Curbing the Court: Why the Public Constrains Judicial Independence, (2) a study of Supreme Court polarization and its consequences (funded by NSF), (3) a study of public reactions to the Kenyan Supreme Court's invalidation of August 2017 presidential election (with Jeremy Horowitz and Eric Kramon) (funded by NSF), and (4) continuing research on judicial politics, from both institutional and public opinion perspectives. I teach undergraduate courses in judicial politics, methodology, and constitutional law, and graduate courses in judicial politics and political methodology.

See my website: https://blogs.gwu.edu/bartels/