SHELDON GOLDMAN Curriculum Vitae (Shortened Version) Address: Department of Political Science 200 Hicks Way University of Massachusetts at Amherst Amherst, Massachusetts 01003-9277 Office phone: (413) 545-6179 Home phone: (413) 253-9571 E-mail: sheldon.goldman@polsci.umass.edu Fax: (413) 545-3349 Education: University College, New York University B.A. Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude with honors in Political Science 1961 Fellowships & Grants: Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Science M.A. (1964) and Ph.D. (1965) in Political Science Woodrow Wilson Fellowship 1961-1962 Harvard Fellowship 1962-1963 Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Fellowship 1964-1965 National Science Foundation grant to attend conference,1966 Social Science Research Council Grant 1967 Faculty Growth Grant, University of Massachusetts 1968 Faculty Research Grants, 1966, 1968, 1977 Healey Endowment Grant, 1985-1986 Faculty Fellowship awarded 1988 Moody Grant, LBJ Foundation, 1989 Grant, Harry S. Truman Library Institute, 1989 Grant, Ford Library, 1989 National Science Foundation Grant, 1998-2001 Teaching: Harvard University, Teaching Fellow in Government 1963-1964 University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Assistant to Associate Professor 9/65-1/74; Professor 2/74 to date Publications -1 -
BOOKS/MONOGRAPHS The Federal Judicial System: Readings in Process and Behavior (with Thomas P. Jahnige) (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1968) The Federal Courts as a Political System (with Thomas P. Jahnige) (Harper & Row, 1971) The Federal Courts as a Political System, Second Edition (Harper & Row, 1976); Third Edition (Harper & Row, 1985) American Court Systems: Readings in Judicial Process and Behavior (with Austin Sarat) (W. H. Freeman and Co., 1978) Constitutional Law and Supreme Court Decision-Making: Cases and Essays (Harper & Row, 1982) Judicial Conflict and Consensus: Behavioral Studies of American Appellate Courts (co-editor and co-author Charles Lamb) (University Press of Kentucky, 1986) Constitutional Law: Cases and Essays (Harper & Row, 1987) American Court Systems, Second Edition (with Austin Sarat) (Longman & Co., 1989) American Politics and Government: Structure, Processes, Institutions, and Policies (with Barbara Hinckley) (Scott Foresman/Little, Brown, 1990) Constitutional Law: Cases and Essays, 2nd Ed.,(HarperCollins,1991) Picking Federal Judges: Lower Court Selection from Roosevelt through Reagan (Yale University Press, 1997; paperback edition 1999) ARTICLES/CHAPTERS Characteristics of Eisenhower and Kennedy Appointees to the Lower Federal Courts, Western Political Quarterly, Vol. 18 (1965), 755-762. Voting Behavior on the United States Courts of Appeals, 1961-1964, American Political Science Review, Vol. 60 (1966), 374-384. Judicial Appointments to the United States Courts of Appeals, Wisconsin Law Review (1967), 186-214. Political Selection of Federal Judges and the Proposal for a Judicial Service Commission, Judicature, Vol. 52 (1968), 94-99. Conflict and Consensus in the United States Courts of Appeals, Wisconsin Law Review (1968), 461-483. Backgrounds, Attitudes and the Voting Behavior of Judges A Comment on Grossman's Social Backgrounds and Judicial Decisions, Journal of Politics, Vol. 31 (1969), 214-233. Issue Voting in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, Law and the Social Order, Vol. 1 (1969), 207-231. Eastonian Systems Analysis and Legal Research, (co-author, Thomas P. Jahnige) Rutgers- Camden Law Journal, Vol. 2 (1970), 185-200. -2 -
Systems Analysis and Judicial Systems: Potential and Limitations, (co-author, Thomas P. Jahnige) Polity, Vol. 3 (1971), 334-360. Behavioral Approaches to Judicial Decision-Making: Toward a Theory of Judicial Voting Behavior, Jurimetrics Journal, Vol. 11 (1971), 142-164. American Judges: Their Selection, Tenure, Variety, and Quality, Current History, Vol. 61 (July, 1971), 1-8, 50-51. Johnson and Nixon Appointees to the Lower Federal Courts: Some Socio-political Perspectives, Journal of Politics, Vol. 34 (1972), 934-942. Conflict on the U.S. Courts of Appeals 1965-1971: A Quantitative Analysis, University of Cincinnati Law Review, Vol. 42 (1973), 635-658. Judicial Backgrounds, Recruitment, and the Party Variable: The Case of the Johnson and Nixon Appointees to the United States District and Appeals Courts, Arizona State Law Journal, Vol. 1974, 211-222. Voting Behavior on the U.S. Courts of Appeals Revisited, American Political Science Review, Vol. 69, June, 1975, 491-506. Criminal Justice in the Federal Courts, Current History, June 1976, 257-260, 271. In Defense of Justice: Some Thoughts on Reading Professor Mendelson s Mr. Justice Douglas and Government by the Judiciary, Journal of Politics, Vol. 39, Feb. 1977, 148-158. A Profile of Carter's Judicial Nominees, Judicature, Vol. 62, November 1978, 246-254. Should There Be Affirmative Action for the Judiciary? Judicature, Vol. 62, May, 1979, 488-494. The Effect of Past Judicial Behavior on Subsequent Decision-Making, Jurimetrics Journal, Vol. 19, Spring 1979, 208-217. Carter's Judicial Appointments: A Lasting Legacy, Judicature, Vol. 64, March, 1981, pp. 344-356. Whom Do Judges Represent? (with Griffin Bell, Walter Berns, John C. Daly, Orrin Hatch) (American Enterprise Institute, 1981). 31 pp. The Evolution of Litigation in the Federal Courts of Appeals, 1895-1975, (with Lawrence Baum and Austin Sarat), Law and Society Review, Vol. 16, No. 2 (1982), pp. 401-420. Judicial Selection and the Qualities That Make a Good Judge, The Annals of the American Academy of Political & Social Science, July, 1982, 112-124. Reagan's Judicial Appointments at Mid-term: Shaping the Bench in his own Image, Judicature, Vol. 66, March, 1983, pp. 334-347. Legislative Courts, in Harold Chase (ed.), Guide to American Law (West Publishing Co.,1984), vol. 7, pp. 146-147. Reaganizing the Judiciary: The First Term Appointments, Judicature, Vol. 68, April-May, 1985, pp. 313-329. -3 -
Judicial Selection in Encyclopedia of the American Judicial System (Charles Scribners Sons, 1987), Vol. II, pp. 585-599. Federal Judges Are Found Not Guilty, New York Times, op-ed article, April 23, 1987, p. A-27. Reagan's Second Term Judicial Appointments: The Battle at Midway, Judicature, Vol 70, April-May 1987, pp. 324-339. The Age of Judges: Reagan's Second Term Appeals Court Appointees Compared to the Appointees of Presidents Since 1891, American Bar Association Journal, Vol. 73, October 1987, pp. 94-98. Judicial Appointments and the Presidential Agenda, in Paul Brace, Christine Harrington, and Gary King (eds.), The Presidency in American Politics (New York University Press, 1989) pp. 19-47. Reagan's Judicial Legacy: Completing the Puzzle and Summing Up, Judicature, Vol.72 (April-May, 1989), 318-330. Federal Judicial Recruitment, in American Courts: A Critical Assessment, John B. Gates and Charles A. Johnson, eds., (CQ Press, 1991), pp. 189-210. The Bush Imprint on the Judiciary: Carrying on a Tradition, Judicature, 74 (April-May, 1991), 294-306. Kent v. Dulles, Ker v. California, Shapiro v. Thompson and Right to Travel, in The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States, Kermit L. Hall, ed., (Oxford University Press, 1992), pp. 483-484, 780-781, 877-878. Bush s Judicial Legacy: The Final Imprint," Judicature, 76 (April-May 1993), 282-297. Clinton's Non-Traditional Judges, (with Matthew D. Saronson), Judicature, 78 (September- October, 1994), 68-73. Judicial Selection Under Clinton: A Midterm Examination, Judicature 78 (May-June, 1995), 276-291. Clinton s First Term Judiciary: Many Bridges to Cross, (with Elliot Slotnick), Judicature, 80 (May-June, 1997), pp. 254-273. Congress and the Courts: A Case of Casting, (with Elliot Slotnick), in Great Theater: The American Congress in Action, Herbert F. Weisberg and Samuel C. Patterson, eds., (Cambridge University Press, 1998), pp. 197-224. The Judicial Confirmation Crisis and the Clinton Presidency, 28 Presidential Studies Quarterly, (No. 4, Fall 1998), pp. 838-845. Clinton s Second Term Judiciary: Picking Judges Under Fire, (with Elliot Slotnick), 82 Judicature (May-June, 1999), pp. 264-284. Privileges and Immunities, Article 4, Section 2, Right to Travel, in The Constitution and its Amendments, Roger K. Newman, ed., (Macmillan, 1999), vol. 2, pp. 52-57. Borrowing Money, in The Constitution and its Amendments, Roger K. Newman, ed., (Macmillan, 1999), Vol 1, pp. 57-59. -4 -
Judicial Selection, in International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, v.12 ( Amsterdam, Elsevier, 2001), pp. 8024-8027. Clinton s Judges: Summing up the Legacy, (with Elliot Slotnick, Gerry Gryski, and Gary Zuk), 84 Judicature (March/April 2001), pp. 228-254. The Injudicious Senate, op ed, The Washington Post, August 13, 2001, p. A15. Unpicking Pickering in 2002: Some Thoughts on the Politics of Lower Federal Court Selection and Confirmation, UC Davis Law Review, Vol. 36, No. 3 (February, 2003), pp. 695-719. Assessing the Senate Judicial Confirmation Process: The Index of Obstruction and Delay, 86 Judicature (March/April 2003), 251-258. W. Bush Remaking the Judiciary: Like Father Like Son? (with Elliot Slotnick, Gerry Gryski, Gary Zuk, and Sara Schiavoni), 86 Judicature (May/June 2003), pp. 282-309. Judicial Confirmation Crisis? Juris, April 15, 2004, online symposium. The Senate and Judicial Nominations, Extensions, Spring 2004, pp. 4-13. Judicial Confirmation Wars: Ideology and the Battle for the Federal Courts, University of Richmond Law Review, vol. 39, No. 3, February 2005, pp. 871-909. W. Bush s Judiciary: The First Term Record, (with Elliot Slotnick, Gerry Gryski, and Sara Schiavoni), 88 Judicature (May/June 2005), pp. 244-275. Is There a Crisis in Judicial Selection? in George C. Edwards III, ed., Readings in Presidential Politics (Thomson Wadsworth Publishing Company, 2006), pp. 337-354. Obscenity, in Encyclopedia of American Civil Rights and Liberties (Greenwood Press, 2006), Otis Stephens, John Scheb, and Kara Stookbury, eds., vol. 2), pp. 693-698. -5 -