Christina L. Boyd
@TheCLBoyd
Prof @WashULaw @WUSTLPoliSci | Studies judicial behavior & diversity; trial courts; empirical legal studies | Views my own
🎉Today is finally the release date for our book Supreme Bias: Gender and Race in U.S. Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings (@stanfordpress; w/ Paul Collins & @Lring86)! While I love the book’s cover, I’m also very excited for you to see what is inside. Here’s a preview 🧵: 1/
We (w/ @mjnelson7, Ostrander, Boldt) wrote a book on the politics of federal prosecution but recent events necessitate a large new volume! global.oup.com/academic/produ…
TCU is hiring an Assistant Professor of Judicial Politics. Come work with me! Reach out with any questions: tinyurl.com/tcujudicial
For folks looking for some stats about the Court, Epstein, @WashUChancellor, and I have a preliminary report on the term: static1.squarespace.com/static/6018850…. Hopefully this will be useful for teaching. SCDB data update will be out in August.
Guess I can't submit a paper to CELS this year.... "Error: maximum paper size is 2 megabytes, your paper is 2.0009765625 megabytes."
Very similar to the path of my jokes in class. 😬 😂 Some swish, some hit the rim but the students eventually get them and laugh, and some bounce far away (or air ball?).
The path of every jump shot that's bounced off the rim this postseason.
Initial survey of the May 16 St Louis tornado. The tornado likely continued much further into IL and survey teams will continue to assess over the coming days. Tornado began in Clayton at 2:41 pm, up to 1 mile wide, EF3 (150mph) intensity. The path is at least 8 miles so far...
Today's NSF Funding Highlight: The many dissertation improvement grants (and equivalents) funded by the NSF. These grants are small in size but help launch research agendas & careers. These awards=a better dissertation in scope and design. #LowCostHighImpact