Paul Kramer
Assistant Professor of Political Science

Education

• B.A., Gustavus Adolphus College
• J.D., Ph.D.(Political Science)-University of Minnesota

Interests

• Constitutional law
• Judicial Politics
• Criminal Law and Procedure
• State and Local Government
• Statistical Methodology

Classes taught

• CJ/Pol 232: Criminal Law
• Pol 332: Constitutional Law I - Institutional powers and Contstraings
• Pol 333: Constitutional Law II - Civil Rights and Liberties
• Pol 330: Judicial System

Publications and articles under review

• "20/20 Vision: The Future of the California Civil Courts," University of Southern California La Review, Vol. 66, No. 5, July 1993.
• "Analyzing Litigant Strategy in State Constitutional Cases: Another Consideration of the New Judicial Federalism," submitted to Publius: The Journal of Federalism
• "Assessing the Utility of Integrated Judicial Decision Making Models: The Case of State Supreme Courts," submitted to Law and Society Review

Presentations

• "The Administrative Procedures Act and Judicial Review: Effect of Legal Variables on Individual Vote Choice in the U.S. Supreme Court," Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, April 1999
• "Equal Protection in the Supreme Court: Ideology, Voting Behavior, Constitutional Jurisprudence, and Strategic Choices," Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, April 1999
• "A Cite for Every Season?: Plasticity on the U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in Administrative Law Decisions," Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, April 1998
• "Assessing the Utility of Judicial Decision Making Models..", American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, August 1997