Chris W. Bonneau is Professor of Political Science at the University of Pittsburgh, where he has been since 2002. His research is primarily in the areas of judicial selection (specifically, judicial elections) and judicial decisionmaking. Professor Bonneau’s work has been supported by the National Science Foundation and he has published numerous articles, including in the American Journal of Political Science and Journal of Politics. He is also the coauthor of three books: Strategic Behavior and Policy Choice on the U.S. Supreme Court (2005), In Defense of Judicial Elections (2009), and the award-winning Voters’ Verdicts: Citizens, Campaigns, and Institutions in State Supreme Court Elections (2015).
Professor Bonneau teaches undergraduate classes in constitutional law, judicial politics, and research methods, as well as graduate classes in judicial politics and research design.
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Panel One: Proposed Reforms to Texas Judicial Selection
2019 Texas Chapters Conference
AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center1900 University Avenue
Austin, TX 78705
Judicial Selection
A State Courts Project Event
North Carolina State Bar Building217 East Edenton St.
Raleigh, NC 27601
The Case for Partisan Judicial Elections
A Teleforum Sponsored by the State Courts Project
Teleforum
Discussion on Judicial Selection
Little Rock Lawyers Chapter
The Arkansas Bar Center2224 Cottondale Lane
Little Rock, AR 72202
Panel One: Proposed Reforms to Texas Judicial Selection
2019 Texas Chapters Conference
On September 14, 2019, The Federalist Society held a panel on Proposed Reforms to Texas...
Panel One: Proposed Reforms to Texas Judicial Selection
2019 Texas Chapters Conference
On September 14, 2019, The Federalist Society held a panel on Proposed Reforms to Texas...
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How Are State Supreme Court Justices Selected? [POLICYbrief]
Short video featuring Chris Bonneau and Brian Fitzpatrick
State supreme court justices play a considerable role in interpreting state laws and making common...
The Case for Partisan Judicial Elections
A Teleforum Sponsored by the State Courts Project
Join us in a discussion with our experts, Professor Chris Bonneau and Professor Scott Gaylord,...
The Case for Partisan Judicial Elections
Part 1: State Judicial Selection Series
This paper is the first in a series of papers commissioned by the Federalist Society...