Dr. Todd A. Curry is an associate professor in the Political Science Department. He received his Ph.D from Western Michigan University in 2012. His primary area of research examines how the methods of selection and retention used to staff State Courts of Last Resort interact with judicial behavior. Specifically, Dr. Curry examines if the various methods of selection have predictable effects on things such as tenure, judicial opinions, and the representative nature of State Supreme Court justices. His work has been published in The Journal of Politics, PS: Political Science & Politics, Justice System Journal, and the Journal of Information Technology & Politics, among others. His book with Michael K. Romano, Creating the Law: State Supreme Court Opinions and the Effect of Audiences, was published in September 2019 with Routledge. Dr. Curry teaches undergraduate classes in constitutional law, judicial politics and research methods, as well as graduate courses in judicial politics and quantitative methods. He serves as the Director of Undergraduate Studies in Political Science.

• Ph D in Political Science, Western Michigan University (2012)

• Follow the Court: Examining Judicial Homestyle through Extrajudicial Communications on State Court Twitter Edward Elgar (in press), Cayleb B. Stives, Todd A. Curry.
• Explaining Indigenous Peoples’ Success in State Supreme Courts: Party Capability, Judicial Selection, and Representation The Journal of Law and Courts 9 1 (2021), Rebecca Reid, Todd A. Curry.
• Explaining Indigenous Peoples’ Success in State Supreme Courts: Party Capability, Judicial Selection, and Representation. Journal of Law and Courts (in press), Rebecca Reid, Todd A. Curry.
• Native Americans won an unusual legal victory at the Supreme Court. Congress could undo it The Washington Post (2020), Rebecca Reid, Todd A. Curry.
• Unlike the Supreme Court, state courts have responded quickly to the pandemic. Here’s why. The Washington Post (2020), Todd A. Curry, Michael P. Fix, Michael K. Romano, Michael F. Salamone.
• Inclusivity in Law and Courts Law and Courts Newsletter 30 1 (2020), Rebecca Reid, Paul M. Collins, Todd A. Curry, Rebecca D. Gill, Michael K. Romano.
• Inclusivity in Law and Courts APSA Law & Courts Newsletter 30 1 (2020), Rebecca Reid, Paul Collins, Todd A. Curry, Rebecca Gill, Michael Romano.
• Native Americans Won an Unusual Legal Victory at the Supreme Court. Congress Could Undo It The Monkey Cage, The Washington Post (2020), Rebecca Reid, Todd A. Curry.
• Conflicts in Indigenous Law: The Impact of Courts and Federalism in the United States and Common Law Nations Edward Elgar (2019), Rebecca Reid, Todd A. Curry, , .
• Creating the Law: State Supreme Court Opinions and the Effect of Audiences Routledge Press (2019), Michael K. Romano, Todd A. Curry.
• May it Please the Twitterverse: The Use of Twitter by State High Court Judges. (2019), Todd A. Curry, Michael P. Fix.
• Are We There Yet?: Addressing Diversity in Political Science Subfields. (2019), Rebecca Reid, Todd A. Curry.
• The White Man Template and Academic Bias: ‘Legitimate’ pursuits of knowledge are expressions of power Inside Higher Ed. (2019), Rebecca Reid, Todd A. Curry.
• ICE Put El Paso on the Brink of a Humanitarian Crisis The Nation (2019), Todd A. Curry.
• Are We There Yet?: Addressing Diversity in Political Science Subfields PS: Political Science & Politics 52 2 (2019), Rebecca Reid, Todd A. Curry.
• Conflicts in Indigenous Law: The Impact of Courts and Federalism in the United States and Common Law Nations Edward Elgar (2019), Rebecca Reid, Todd A. Curry.
• The White Man Template and Academic Bias: ‘Legitimate’ Pursuits of Knowledge are Expressions of Power Inside Higher Ed (2019), Rebecca Reid, Todd A. Curry.

• Indigenous Peoples Before United States Courts: A Systematic Examination (2023), Volume Tempe, Arizona, Rebecca Reid, Todd Curry, Mark Hurwitz.
• Twitter Style in Court: The Effect of Twitter Use on Opinion Readability (2022), Volume San Antonio, TX, Todd A. Curry, Bailey Rose-Fairbanks, Michael Romano, Michael Fix.
• Twitter Style in Court: The Effect of Twitter Use on Opinion Readability (2021), Todd A. Curry, Bailey R. Fairbanks, Michael P. Fix, Michael K. Romano.
• Curricular Innovation in Teaching American Politics: Engaging Students in Community and Ethical Leadership, Diversity and Antiracism, and Politics and Policy in Action (2021), Volume El Paso, Texas, Rebecca Reid, Jose Villalobos, Todd Curry.
• How Crisis Breeds Innovation: The Case of State Courts of Last Resort (2021), Volume Remote, Todd A. Curry, Michael Fix, Michael K. Romano, Michael F. Salamone.
• A View from El Paso: The Immigration Crisis in Context (2019), Volume Las Vegas, Todd A. Curry.
• State Supreme Courts and the Effect of Audiences (2019), Volume Las Ve, Todd A. Curry.

• INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND THE LAW: A SYSTEMATIC EXAMINATION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES BEFORE UNITED STATES COURTS