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John Elliott BarnesAssociate Professor of Political ScienceContact Information E-mail: barnesj@usc.edu Phone: (213) 740-1689 Office: VKC 310 LINKS Curriculum Vitae |
Biographical Sketch |
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| After receiving his law degree from the University of Chicago Law School, Jeb practiced as a commercial litigator in Boston and San Francisco. In 1994, he left the practice of law to pursue a doctorate at the University of California, Berkeley. At Berkeley, he won the prestigious Peter Odegard Memorial Award for the most promising scholar, an Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award for teaching excellence, and numerous fellowships, including the Charles Atwood Kofoid Fellowship, the Henry Braden Fellowship, and a Phi Beta Kappa Research Fellowship. Jeb has published peer-reviewed articles in a variety of journals, including the Political Research Quarterly, Law & Society Review, Law & Social Inquiry, Annual Review of Political Science, Studies for Law, Politics & Society and Justice Systems Journal, and two books: Overruled? Legislative Overrides, Pluralism, and Contemporary Court-Congress Relations (Stanford 2004) and a co-edited volume, Making Policy, Making Law: An Interbranch Perspective (Georgetown 2004). In 2003, he was one of five political scientists nationally to receive a two-year Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Research Fellowship. During his fellowship, he pursued a range of new research projects, including an analysis of the role of litigation in the politics of asbestos injury compensation and a study of how organizations translate general legal commands into specific practices. His third book, Trying to Settle the Dust: Asbestos, Court-Based Tort Reform and the Politics of Inefficiency, is currently under contract with Georgetown Press. | |
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 Ph.D. Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, 2001
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J.D. Law, University of Chicago Law School, 1/1989
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M.A. Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
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Description of Research |
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Summary Statement of Research Interests |
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| Professor Barnes' specialties are public law and American politics, with a particular emphasis on inter-branch relations. His dissertation "Overruled? Congressional Overrides, Judicial Behavior and Court Congress Relations, 1974 to present," was awarded special recognition by the Law and Society Association. | |
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| Public Law,American Politics | |
Honors and Awards |
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USC, ASHSS Award, 2006-2007
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USC Raubenheimer Outstanding Junior Faculty Award, 2005-2006
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USC General Education Teaching Award, 2005-2006
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USC PArent Association, Teaching and Mentoring Award, 2005-2006
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Robert Wood Johnson Fellow, 2003
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