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.

• Does Familiarity Breed Congruity? The Effect of Proximity on Judges’ Decisions in Cases involving Indigenous Peoples (2024), Rebecca Reid, Todd A. Curry, Mark Hurwitz.
• Indigenous Peoples Before United States Courts: New Data and Findings (2024), Rebecca Reid, Todd A. Curry, Mark Hurwitz.
• Indigenous Peoples Before United States Courts: A Systematic Examination (2023), Volume Tempe, Arizona, Rebecca Reid, Todd Curry, Mark Hurwitz.
• Indigenous Peoples Before United States Courts: New Data and Findings (2023), Todd A. Curry, Mark Hurwitz, Rebecca Reid.
• Indigenous Peoples Before United States Courts: A Systematic Examination (2023), Todd A. Curry, Mark Hurwitz, Rebecca Reid.

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