Valerie Hoekstra joined the Arizona State University faculty in 2002 after teaching at Washington University in St. Louis. She received her master's and doctorate from SUNY Stony Brook and her bachelor's from California State University Long Beach.
Her research and teaching interests focus on judicial politics, especially judicial decision making, the effect of Supreme Court decisions on public opinion, state courts and state legislatures, reforms to state judicial systems, public evaluations of judicial nominees, and comparative research on the diversity on high/constitutional courts.
She is currently working on a book manuscript which examines why legislatures create independent judiciaries. The book draws up on changes to the selection, retention and tenure of high court judges in the American states from approximately 1850 to the present. This project has been funded by the National Science Foundation.
She is also working on a project looking at the promotion of women to constitutional and international courts abroad as well as experimental work on how the public evaluates judicial nominees.
She is the author of a Cambridge University Press book, "Public Reaction to Supreme Court Decisions" (2003) and has authored or co-authored articles in American Political Science Review, the Journal of Politics, Political Research Quarterly, State Politics and Policy Quarterly, and American Politics Research.
Valerie Hoekstra joined the ASU faculty in 2002 after teaching at Washington University in St. Louis. She received the MA and PhD from SUNY Stony Brook and her BA from California State University Long Beach.
Her research and teaching interests focus on judicial politics, especially judicial decision making, the effect of Supreme Court decisions on public opinion, state courts and state legislatures, reforms to state judicial systems, public evaluations of judicial nominees, and comparative research on the diversity on high/constitutional courts.
She is currently working on a book manuscript which examines why legislatures create independent judiciaries. The book draws up on changes to the selection, retention and tenure of high court judges in the American states from approximately 1850 to the present. This project has been funded by the National Science Foundation.
She is also working on a project looking at the promotion of women to constitutional and international courts abroad as well as experimental work on how the public evaluates judicial nominees.
She is the author of a Cambridge University Press book, Public Reaction to Supreme Court Decisions (2003) and has authored or co-authored articles in American Political Science Review, the Journal of Politics, Political Research Quarterly, State Politics and Policy Quarterly, and American Politics Research.
Spring 2022 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
POS 315 | The Supreme Court |
POS 471 | Constitutional Law I |
Fall 2021 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
POS 294 | Special Topics |
POS 315 | The Supreme Court |
Summer 2021 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
POS 315 | The Supreme Court |
Spring 2021 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
POS 315 | The Supreme Court |
POS 471 | Constitutional Law I |
Fall 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
POS 315 | The Supreme Court |
POS 472 | Constitutional Law II |
Summer 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
POS 315 | The Supreme Court |
Spring 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
POS 315 | The Supreme Court |
POS 471 | Constitutional Law I |
Fall 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
POS 315 | The Supreme Court |
POS 472 | Constitutional Law II |
Summer 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
POS 315 | The Supreme Court |
Spring 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
POS 315 | The Supreme Court |
POS 471 | Constitutional Law I |
Fall 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
POS 315 | The Supreme Court |
POS 472 | Constitutional Law II |
Summer 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
POS 315 | The Supreme Court |
Spring 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
POS 315 | The Supreme Court |
POS 493 | Honors Thesis |
POS 598 | Special Topics |
POS 599 | Thesis |
POS 792 | Research |
Fall 2017 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
POS 270 | American Legal System |
POS 315 | The Supreme Court |
POS 590 | Reading and Conference |
POS 599 | Thesis |
POS 790 | Reading and Conference |
POS 792 | Research |