Penn State Department of Political Science: Faculty Bios

Penn State Department of Political Science

Sean Wilson, Affiliate Instructor
	Contact Information: 217 Pond Lab University Park, PA 16802-6200 Office phone: 863-9403 Fax: 863-8979 scw13@psu.edu Office Hours: Please click here for this semester's office hours.

Brief Biography
Ph.D., West Virginia University, 2004; J.D., West Virginia University, 1993. Specializes in judicial politics and public law. Current research interest is isolating and modeling the "Dworkin effect" upon Supreme Court decision making. Current works include: (1) re-estimating the impact of political ideology upon Supreme Court judging using a bivariate statistical model that, unlike prior works, avoids ecological inference; (2) estimating the impact of political ideology on the Court over time; and (3) modeling the effect that legal language has upon judicial choice.

Brief Biography

Ph.D., West Virginia University, 2004; J.D., West Virginia University, 1993. Specializes in judicial politics and public law. Current research interest is isolating and modeling the "Dworkin effect" upon Supreme Court decision making. Current works include: (1) re-estimating the impact of political ideology upon Supreme Court judging using a bivariate statistical model that, unlike prior works, avoids ecological inference; (2) estimating the impact of political ideology on the Court over time; and (3) modeling the effect that legal language has upon judicial choice.