Thomas M. Keck

Thomas M. Keck
Born
Thomas Moylan Keck
AwardsJohn Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship (2024)
Carnegie Fellowship (2019)
Houghton Mifflin Award (2008)
Academic background
Alma materOberlin College (BA)
Rutgers University (MA, PhD)
Academic work
InstitutionsSyracuse University
Notable worksThe Most Activist Supreme Court in History (2004)
Judicial Politics in Polarized Times (2014)

Thomas M. Keck is an American political scientist and constitutional law scholar. He is the Michael O. Sawyer Chair of Constitutional Law and Politics and professor of political science at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University.

Education

Keck received his B.A. in politics with a minor in law and society from Oberlin College in 1992. He earned his M.A. in 1996 and Ph.D. in 1999 in political science from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey.[1]

Academic career

Keck began his academic career at the University of Oklahoma, where he served as an assistant professor of political science from 1999 to 2002.[2]

In 2002, he joined the faculty of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University.[3] He was promoted to associate professor in 2008 and full professor in 2016.[1] Since 2009, he has held the endowed position of Michael O. Sawyer Chair of Constitutional Law and Politics. He served as the chair of the Department of Political Science from 2011 to 2014.[4]

Honors

Selected works

Books

  • The Most Activist Supreme Court in History: The Road to Modern Judicial Conservatism. University of Chicago Press, 2004.[8]
  • Judicial Politics in Polarized Times. University of Chicago Press, 2014.[9][10]

Articles

  • “Party, Policy, or Duty: Why Does the Supreme Court Invalidate Federal Statutes?” American Political Science Review, 2007.
  • “Beyond Backlash: Assessing the Impact of Judicial Decisions on LGBT Rights.” Law and Society Review, 2009.
  • “Free Speech in an Age of Democratic Backsliding.” International Journal of Constitutional Law, 2023.
  • “The U.S. Supreme Court and Democratic Backsliding.” Law & Policy, 2024.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Thomas M. Keck, Professor". Maxwell School.
  2. ^ "Biography | Tom Keck". Syracuse University.
  3. ^ "Political Science Department Faculty". Maxwell School.
  4. ^ "Tom Keck". Syracuse University.
  5. ^ "Houghton-Mifflin Award". American Political Science Association (APSA).
  6. ^ "2019 Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program | Carnegie Corporation of New York". Carnegie Corporation of New York.
  7. ^ "Thomas Keck". Gf.org.
  8. ^ McLauchlan, William P. (September 2005). "The Most Activist Supreme Court in History: The Road to Modern Judicial Conservatism". Perspectives on Politics. 3 (3): 643–644. doi:10.1017/S1537592705480251. ISSN 1541-0986.
  9. ^ Egan, Patrick J. (2016). "Review of Judicial Politics in Polarized Times". Political Science Quarterly. 131 (1): 169–170. ISSN 0032-3195.
  10. ^ Baum, Lawrence (September 2016). "Judicial Politics in Polarized Times. By Thomas M. Keck. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2014". Perspectives on Politics. 14 (3): 884–885. doi:10.1017/S1537592716002334. ISSN 1537-5927.