Lisa M. Holmes
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science
The University of Vermont
540 Old Mill
94 University Place
Burlington, VT 05405-0114
Email: Lisa.M.Holmes@uvm.edu
Phone: 802-656-4475
Fax: 802-656-0758
C.V.
Select Publications
Lower Federal Court Judicial Confirmation Fights: A Critical Review of the Empirical Literature and Future Research Directions (2014)
The Confirmation Obstacle Course: Signaling Opposition through Delay (2012)
Neither Gone Nor Forgotten: Evaluating the Potential Impact of Senior Status Judges on the U.S. Courts of Appeals (2012)
Why Go Public? Presidential Use of Nominees to the U.S. Courts of Appeals (2008)
Religious Affiliation, Personal Beliefs, and the President's Framing of Judicial Nominees (2008)
Presidential Strategy in the Judicial Appointment Process: Going Public in Support of Nominees to the U.S. Courts of Appeals (2007)
Outsider Participation and Influence in Judicial Confirmation Hearings, 1979-2004 (2007)
Recent Courses
POLS 021: The American Political System
POLS 121: Law and Politics
POLS 122: Constitutional Law: Government Powers
POLS 138: Constitutional Law: Civil Liberties
POLS 220: Topics in Law
POLS 235/GSWS 258: Gender and Law