Howard Gillman
Professor of Political Science and Law
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gillman@usc.edu
Phone: (213) 740-8218
Fax: (213) 740-8893
Room: ADM302
Howard Gillman specializes in constitutionalism, judicial politics and American political development. He teaches courses in Constitutional Law, Politics and Theory, Supreme Court Politics, Political Theory, and Law in Film. He holds joint appointments in the political science and history departments of the USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.
Professor Gillman’s most recent book is The Votes that Counted: How the Court Decided the 2000 Presidential Election (University of Chicago Press, 2001). His first book, The Constitution Besieged: The Rise and Demise of Lochner Era Police Powers Jurisprudence (Duke University Press, 1993), received the C. Herman Pritchett Award for Best Book in Public Law from the law and courts section of the American Political Science Association. He also is co-editor of the book series Cambridge Studies on the American Constitution. Professor Gillman has published numerous articles in a wide range of journals and reviews, and he currently serves on the editorial board of Political Research Quarterly.
Professor Gillman holds a B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles. He has received a number of university awards for teaching excellence and dedication to students, including the USC Associates Award for Excellence in Teaching (2001). Prior to joining USC in 1989, he taught at Pepperdine University, California State Polytechnic University and UCLA. He is a member of the Western Political Science Association, for which he serves on the executive board, and the Law and Society Association, for which he is an elected member of the board of trustees.