Curriculum Vitae SUSAN BRODIE HAIRE cmshaire@uga.edu Education A.B. Ph.D. 1982 University of Georgia, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa 1993 University of South Carolina Major Field: American Politics Minor Field: Public Administration Cognate: Law Dissertation Title: "Judges' Decisions in the United States Courts of Appeals: A Re-Assessment of Geographic Patterns in Judicial Behavior" Employment Professor, University of Georgia (2015-) Associate Professor, University of Georgia (2001-2015) On leave 2007-2009 Director, Criminal Justice Studies, University of Georgia (2013-present) Assistant Professor, University of Georgia (1995-2001) Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Greensboro (1993-1995) Program Director, Law and Social Science Program, National Science Foundation (2007-2009) Grants and Awards Recipient of the APSA Law and Courts Section Teaching and Mentoring Award, presented at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association in Philadelphia, PA. Recipient of the Erika Fairchild Award, presented at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association in New Orleans, LA. Collaborative research: Judicial Diversity and Appellate Decision Making. Pending approval of program recommendation. $33,107 from the National Science Foundation, Law and Social Science Program (co-pis Laura Moyer, University of Louisville, John Szmer, UNC-Charlotte, Rob Christensen, BYU) Collaborative research: Extending the Multi-User Database of decisions of the U.S. Courts of Appeals. Awarded $115,632 from the National Science Foundation, Law and Social Science Program, 2003-2005 (co-pi Ashlyn Kuersten, Western Michigan University). Appellate Advocacy and Judicial Decision Making in the U.S. Courts of Appeals, awarded $49,655 from the National Science Foundation, Law and Social Science Program, 1999-2001.
Integrating Models of Appellate Court Decision Making, awarded $5,698 from the Faculty Research Grants Program (funded by the University of Georgia Research Foundation), 1996. "Voting Rights Conference," awarded $11,173 from the UGA Vice President for Academic Affairs with Charles Bullock, Stefanie Lindquist, John Maltese, Susette Talarico, and Jeff Yates, 1998. "Federalism and the Courts," awarded $5,575 from UGA Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost with Stefanie Lindquist, John Maltese, Susette Talarico, and Jeff Yates (conference held in February, 2001). Recipient of J. Hatten Howard Award (1998) for honors instructors who show promise in their early careers as teachers Edward C. Corwin Award (co-winner 1994), for best doctoral dissertation in the field of public law (sponsored by the APSA) Publications Books Susan B. Haire and Laura P. Moyer. 2015. Diversity Matters. Judicial Policymaking on the U.S. Courts of Appeals. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press. Donald R. Songer, Reginald S. Sheehan, Susan B. Haire. 2000. Continuity and Change on the United States Courts of Appeals. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press. Refereed Journals Laura Moyer and Susan Haire. 2015. Trailblazers and Those That Followed: Personal Experiences, Gender, and Judicial Empathy. Law and Society Review 3:665-690. Susan Haire, Barry Edwards, and David Hughes. 2013. The Voting Behavior of Obama s Appointees. Judicature. Susan Haire, Laura Moyer, and Shawn Treier. 2013. Crafting Law on the the US Courts of Appeals: Does Diversity Make a Difference? Journal of Law and Courts 1:303. Laura Moyer, Todd Collins, and Susan Haire. 2013. The Value of Precedent: Appellate Briefs and Judicial Opinions in the U.S. Courts of Appeals Justice System Journal 34: 62. Lisa Holmes, Rorie Solberg, and Susan Haire. 2012. Neither Gone nor Forgotten: The Impact of Senior Status Judges on the U.S. Courts of Appeals. Judicature 95(5):227-236.
Erin Kaheny, Susan Haire, and Sara Benesh. 2008. Change over Tenure: Voting, Variance, and Decision making on the U.S. Courts of Appeals. American Journal of Political Science 52: 490-503. Stefanie Lindquist, Susan B. Haire, and Donald Songer. 2007. Supreme Court Auditing of the U.S. Courts of Appeals: An Organizational Perspective. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 17:607-624. Rorie Spill-Solberg, Jolly Emrey, and Susan B. Haire. 2006. Inter-court dynamics and the Development of Legal Policy: Citation Patterns in the Decisions of the U.S. Courts of Appeals. Policy Studies Journal 34: 277-293. Susan B. Haire, Stefanie Lindquist, and Donald Songer. 2003. "Appellate Court Supervision in the Federal Judiciary: A Hierarchical Perspective," Law and Society Review 37: 143-168. Susan B. Haire, Martha Anne Humphries, and Donald R. Songer. 2001. Decision Making by Clinton's appointees to the U.S. Courts of Appeals." Judicature 84: 274-281. Susan B. Haire. 2001. "Rating the ratings of the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Federal Judiciary." Justice System Journal 22: 1-17. Donald R. Songer, Reginald Sheehan, and Susan B. Haire. 1999. "Do the Haves come out ahead over time? Applying Galanter's Framework to decisions of the U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1925-1988." Law and Society Review 33.811-832. Reprinted in In Litigation: Do the Haves Still Come out Ahead ed. Herbert M. Kritzer and Susan S. Silbey, Stanford University Press (2003)pp. 85-107 Susan B. Haire, Stefanie Lindquist, and Roger Hartley 1999. Attorney Expertise, Litigant Success, and Judicial Decision Making in the U.S. Courts of Appeals." Law and Society Review 33:667-685. Susan Haire and Stefanie Lindquist. 1997."An Agency and Twelve Courts: Social Security Disability Cases in the U.S. Courts of Appeals. Judicature 80:230-236. Susan Haire, Gerard S. Gryski, Gary Zuk, and Deborah J. Barrow. 1994. "An Intercircuit Profile of Judges on the U.S. Courts of Appeals." Judicature 78: 101-103. Donald R. Songer, Sue Davis, and Susan Haire. 1994. "A Re-Appraisal of Diversification in the Federal Courts: Gender Effects in the Courts of Appeals." Journal of Politics 56: 425-439. Reprinted in Gendering American Politics ed. Karen O Connor, Sarah Brewer, and Michael Fisher, Addison Wesley Longman (2005). Sue Davis, Susan Haire, Donald R. Songer. 1993. "Gender Effects in the Voting of Judges in the United States Courts of Appeals." Judicature 77: 129-133. Reprinted in Judicial Politics: Readings from Judicature ed. Elliot Slotnick, CQ Press (2005)
Donald R. Songer and Susan Haire. 1992. "Integrating Alternative Approaches to the Study of Judicial Voting: Obscenity Cases in the U.S. Courts of Appeals." American Journal of Political Science 36: 963-982. In progress Barry Edwards, David Hughes, Phil Marcin, and Susan Haire. Minority Judges on the US Courts of Appeals. Allison Trochesset and Susan Haire. Justice Sotomayor. Submitted. Invited submission for edited volume Encylopedia of Civil Rights and Liberties (editor John Scheb) Ali Masood and Susan Haire. U.S. Courts of Appeals. Submitted. Invited submission for edited volume (Handbook of Judicial Behavior, Routledge Press, editors Kirk Randazzo and Bob Howard). Other publications Susan Haire and Laura Moyer. Forthcoming. Gender and law. (editor Keith Whittington) Oxford Research Encylopedia Donald Songer and Susan Haire. Forthcoming. Access and Intermediate Appellate Courts (editors Lee Epstein and Stefanie Lindquist) Oxford Handbook of the Law and Judiciary Susan Haire. Relations Among Courts. 2008. Oxford Handbook of Law and Politics Ed. Keith E. Whittington, R. Daniel Kelemen, and Gregory A. Caldeira. Erin B. Kaheny, Sara C. Benesh, and Susan B. Haire. 2008. Career Stage and Decision Making on the Seventh Circuit: A Comparative Analysis. Southern Illinois University Law Journal 32: 509-525. Susan B. Haire and Laura P. Moyer. 2008. Advocacy through Briefs in the U.S. Courts of Appeals. Southern Illinois University Law Journal 32: 593-610. Susan B. Haire. 2006. Judicial Selection and Decision Making in the Ninth Circuit. Arizona Law Review 48: 267-285 Stefanie A. Lindquist and Susan B. Haire. 2006. Decision Making by an Agent with Multiple Principals: Environmental Policy in the U.S. Courts of Appeals. in Institutional Games and the U.S. Supreme Court ed. James Rogers, Roy Flemming, and Jon Bond. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press. Susan Haire. 2002. "South Carolina", Legal Systems of the World ed. Herbert Kritzer, ABC- CLIO. Book reviews
Elders on trial: age and ageism in the American legal system by Howard Eglit in The Law and Politics Book Review vol 15 no. 8 (an electronic publication of the Law and Courts Section of the American Political Science Association) Inside Appellate Courts: The Impact of Court Organization on Judicial Decision Making in the United States Courts of Appeals. By Jonathan Matthew Cohen in Justice System Journal (March, 2004) Choosing Justice: The Recruitment of State and Federal Judges. by Charles H. Sheldon and Linda S. Maule. American Political Science Review (June, 2000) Judicial Politics in the D.C. Circuit by Christopher Banks. The Law and Politics Book Review vol 10, no 2 ( an electronic publication of the Law and Courts Section of the American Political Science Association). Picking Federal Judges: Lower Court Selection from Roosevelt through Reagan by Sheldon Goldman. American Political Science Review (June, 1998). The Supreme Court and Individual Rights by Joan Biskupic and Elder Witt. The Law and Politics Book Review vol 7, no 5 (an electronic publication of the Law and Courts Section of the American Political Science Association). Teaching Graduate Judicial Politics Special Topics: Diversity, Institutional Design, and Judicial Decision making Undergraduate Gender, Law, and Politics Judicial Process and Politics Social Science Research Methods for Criminal Justice Special Topics for DC Semester Program: Politics and Policy Faculty Supervisor for Criminal Justice Internships Major Professor (dissertations directed) for Lisa Holmes (Assoc. Prof, U of Vermont), Michael Bitzer (Prof. and Provost, Catawba College), Nancy Basinger (nonprofit, Utah), Bill Gillespie (Asst. Prof., Kennesaw State Univ.), Todd Collins (Assoc. Prof., Western Carolina Univ), Laura Moyer (Assoc. Prof., Univ of Louisville), Don Lloyd (defended 2010), and John Newton (cochair, defended 2012) Gordon Ballingrud (current), Ethan Boldt (co-chair, current) Professional service (2010-2016) Referee for:
American Journal of Political Science American Political Science Review American Politics Research Journal of Empirical Legal Studies Journal of Law and Courts Journal of Law, Economics, and Organizations Journal of Politics Journal of Women, Politics and Policy Justice System Journal Law and Society Review Political Behavior Political Research Quarterly Politics and Gender Polity Social Science Quarterly Southeastern Political Review NSF Law and Social Science Program Chair, Best Conference Paper award committee, Law and Courts Section of APSA, 2011 Member, Best Article published in Journal of Politics award, SPSA, 2011. Member, Collaborative Research Network on Gender and Judging, Law and Society Association Organizer, Symposium on U.S. Courts of Appeals, held at the University of Georgia, April 2011. Member, Committee to award Best article published in Journal of Politics 2013. Chair, Nominating Committee for Law and Courts Section of the American Political Science Association, 2013. Co-editor, special issue, Judicature, The Behavior of Federal Judges, Fall 2013. Member, Law and Courts Section (APSA) committee to select work that represents a lasting contribution to the field (2014-2015) Chair, Law and Courts Section (APSA) committee to select recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award (2016) Member, Executive Council, Southern Political Science Association (2015-2018). University, College, and Departmental Service (includes only activities since 2010)
Director, Criminal Justice Studies (2013-present) Member, FEC, Department of Political Science (2013, 2015-present) Chair, Ad Hoc Committee on Undergraduate Certificate in Applied Politics (2013-2015) Chair, Departmental Recruitment Committee (2012, 2015) Member, Program Review Team, School of Law (2012-2013) Member, Graduate Council (2012-2015) Program Review Committee Chair, Dept of Political Science Undergraduate Committee (2010-12) (serves as faculty undergraduate coordinator) Chapter Advisor, UGA Chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha (2010-2011) Member, SPIA Post Tenure Review Committee (2010-2011, for three faculty; 2015, for one faculty) Chair, SPIA Post Tenure Review Committee (2010-2011, for one faculty) Member, SPIA Family Leave Policy (2014-2015) Chair, SPIA AdHoc Committee on Experiential Learning (2014-2015) Member, SPIA Council (2015, 2016-2017) Chair, SPIA Curriculum Committee (2009-present) Member, University Task force on Experiential Learning (2014-2015) Member, University Faculty Working Group on Study Abroad and Field School (2015) Participant, Future Leaders Series (Provost s Initiative, 2015) Member, Board of Regents Advisory Committee Criminal Justice (2013-present) Invited talks and workshops 2010-2016 Are three heads better than one? Invited panelist, AJEI Summit, Philadelphia, PA, November 2016. Invited talk on judicial diversity, OLLI, University of Georgia, January 2016. Invited talk on judicial diversity, Reynolds Plantation, Greensboro, Georgia, May 2016. Invited to NSF-sponsored workshop on gender diversity in the discipline, January 2015. Wrote white paper on diversity in law and courts subfield. University of Liverpool, Dept of Sociology and Criminology, Gender diversity. February, 2014. UGA Institute for Women s Studies, Friday Speakers Series, Diversity on the Bench. October 25, 2013. UNC-Charlotte, Dept. of Political Science. Invited presentations on NSF funding for the social sciences and the role of diversity in deliberations on the US Courts of Appeals. April 2011 Organizer, Symposium on Trends in Research on the US Courts of Appeals. Held at the University of Georgia, Department of Political Science. April 2011. Invited Moderator for panel at Symposium on Crime and Justice: The Past and Future of
Empirical Sentencing Research on Demographic Differences in Federal Sentencing Practices: An Update of the Booker Report s Multivariate Regression Analysis (Office of Data and Research, US Sentencing Commission), September 23-24, 2010, University at Albany, Albany, NY. Brownbag talk for GMU s Center for Justice, Law, and Society Studying Judicial Decision Making on the US Courts of Appeals: Lessons Learned from Other Disciplines April 2010 Conference participation 2010-2016 Papers Judicial Diversity and Appellate Decision Making (with John Szmer, Laura Moyer, and Robert Christensen). Paper presented at the 2016 annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association. The Effect of Judicial Diversity on Legal Content and Influence in the U.S. Courts of Appeals. (with with John Szmer, Laura Moyer, and Robert Christensen) Paper presented at the 2015 annual meeting of the Law and Society Association. Trailblazers and Those That Followed: Personal Experiences, Gender Cohorts, and Judicial Empathy. (with Laura Moyer) Paper presented at the 2014 annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. Litigant Behavior in the U.S. Courts of Appeals, Petitions for Rehearing En Banc 1997-2002. Paper presented at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. Justifications in the Face of Threats: Why Opinion Authors Bolster Their Opinions. (with Laura Moyer and Shawn Treier). Paper presented at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. Race and Judicial Decision Making. (with Barry Edwards, Phil Marcin, and Allie Ackerman). Paper presented at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. The Development of Legal Doctrine: Citation Patterns in the US Courts of Appeals. (with Rorie Spill Solberg). Paper presented at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. Evaluating the Policy Consequences of Senior Status Judges on the US Courts of Appeals (with Lisa Holmes and Rorie Spill Solberg). Paper presented at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. Other participation Discussant, panel at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association,
Applying Critical Theories of Law. Panelist, Roundtable at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Author Meets Critics. Discussant, Issues in Federal Judicial Selection panel at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. Discussant and chair, Process and Procedure in the Federal Courts panel at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. Discussant, Roundtable on Anna Law s The Immigration Battle in American Courts panel at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. Invited Moderator for panel at Symposium on Crime and Justice: The Past and Future of Empirical Sentencing Research on Demographic Differences in Federal Sentencing Practices: An Update of the Booker Report s Multivariate Regression Analysis (Office of Data and Research, US Sentencing Commission), September 23-24, 2010, University at Albany, Albany, NY Discussant and chair, The Politics of Federal Judicial Appointments panel at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. Discussant, Friends of the Courts panel at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association.