Stefanie Lindquist, the current Nickerson Dean and Professor at WashU Law, has received a courtesy appointment to Political Science. Before joining WashU, Dean Lindquist received a PhD in Political Science and Public Administration from University of South Carolina. She served as Senior Vice President for Global Academic Initiatives at Arizona State University. Her other service at ASU included heading ASU’s Global Academic Initiatives as senior vice president in the Office of the Provost and Professor of Law and Political Sciences in the School of Global Politics and the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. She also served as Deputy Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs and was Foundation Professor of Law and Political Science at ASU from 2016 to 2019.
Lindquist was Dean and Arch Professor at the University of Georgia’s School of Public and International Affairs from 2013 to 2016, after serving as interim dean, associate dean for outreach, and associate dean for academic affairs at the University of Texas School of Law. Before teaching at the University of Texas, Lindquist taught law and political science at Vanderbilt University. She also served as a visiting faculty member at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law in 2013.
Known for her expertise in judicial behavior and constitutional law, Lindquist has authored numerous influential publications and has been a prominent voice in the legal community. She has co-authored three books and has authored dozens of published articles and book chapters. Her book, “Measuring Judicial Activism,” is the first publication to define the oft-used term quantitatively.
In addition to her scholarship, Dean Lindquist’s teaching is highly regarded; she was awarded the Robert Birkby Award for Excellence in Teaching Political Science during her tenure at Vanderbilt University, and while at the University of Georgia, she was named Professor of the Year and earned its University-Wide Teaching Award.
Lindquist oversaw the Temple University Law Review, serving as its editor-in-chief. After graduating Magna Cum Laude, she clerked for the Honorable Anthony J. Scirica at the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Philadelphia and later practiced law at Latham and Watkins in Washington, D.C. She also served as a research associate at the Federal Judicial Center in Washington D.C. assisting committees of the Federal Judicial Conference in addressing questions of judicial administration.
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