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Academic History<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  • Ph.D., Political Science, University of South Carolina, 2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • B.A., Political Science and Russian, Eastern European, and Eurasian Studies, Stetson University, 2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Courses Taught at Transy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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    • Introduction to U.S. Politics<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Constitutional Law: Institutional Powers<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Constitutional Law: Rights and Liberties<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • The Legal System<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • The Supreme Court<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Women and the Law<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Legal Research<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Areas of Specialization<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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      • Judicial Decision-Making<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Personality and Legal Careers<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • The Supreme Court, Nominations, and Public Opinion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        Professional Memberships<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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        • Midwest Political Science Association<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Southern Political Science Association<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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          Recent Publications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

          Kirk Randazzo, Abigail Hassett, and Anna Puente. 2026. “The Judicial Balancing Act: Ideology, Law, and Legitimacy in Supreme Court Decisions”, in Divided Nations, eds. Jamie Carson and Ryan Williamson. De Gruyter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Abigail V. Hassett, Elizabeth A. Lane, and Jessica A. Schoenherr. 2024. \u201c\u2018A Matter of Great Importance\u2019: Interest Groups, the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings\u201d, in Open Judicial Politics, 3rd ed., eds. Jennifer Segal Diascro, Rorie L. Solberg, and Eric N. Waltenburg. Oregon State University Open Textbook Initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Abigail V. Hassett and Kirk A. Randazzo. 2024. \u201cEducation versus Experience? An Elite Legal Dynasty Among Federal Judges in the United States\u201d in Informality and Judicial Institutions: Comparative Perspectives, eds. Bj\u00f6rn Dressel, Raul Sanchez-Urribarri, and Alexander Stroh. Edinburgh University Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Awards<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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          • Don Dugi Endowed Professorship in Political Science (2026-2029)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Honorable Mention, Best Graduate Student Paper for “Unified We Stand: Judicial Ambition, Partisan Politics, and the Senate Confirmation of Lower Court Nominees,” Law and Courts Section of the American Political Science Association (2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Russell J. and Dorothy S. Bilinski Dissertation Fellow (2024-2025)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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