Todd A. Curry
Undergraduate CoordinatorAssociate Professor
Political Science and Public Administration
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.
Term | Course | Section | Syllabus |
---|---|---|---|
Fall 2024 | POLS 5393 - Final Paper Project | 12403 | |
Fall 2024 | POLS 4370 - Independent Reading in Pol Sci | 12844 | |
Fall 2024 | POLS 4320 - Judicial Politics | 17134 | Syllabus |
Fall 2024 | POLS 3600 - Research in Political Science | 13149 | Syllabus |
Fall 2024 | POLS 5380 - Selected Problems-Government | 12148 | |
Fall 2024 | POLS 5398 - Thesis | 11037 | |
Fall 2024 | POLS 5399 - Thesis | 11046 |
Term | Course | Section | Syllabus |
---|---|---|---|
Spring 2024 | POLS 3321 - Civil Rights & Liberties | 23278 | Syllabus |
Summer 2023 | POLS 5399 - Thesis | 36179 | |
Spring 2023 | POLS 2311 - American Gover & Politics | 24217 | Syllabus |
Spring 2023 | POLS 3321 - Civil Rights & Liberties | 23629 | Syllabus |
Spring 2023 | POLS 5393 - Final Paper Project | 23271 | |
Spring 2023 | POLS 5399 - Thesis | 22090 | |
Fall 2022 | POLS 5300 - Sem In Quant Rsrch Methods I | 12544 | Syllabus |
Fall 2022 | POLS 5315 - Sem. In Am. Inst. & Proc. | 18990 | Syllabus |
Fall 2022 | MAIS 5350 - The History of An Idea | 16617 | |
Fall 2022 | POLS 5399 - Thesis | 12209 | |
Spring 2022 | POLS 2311 - American Gover & Politics | 22724 | |
Spring 2022 | POLS 3321 - Civil Rights & Liberties | 25176 | |
Spring 2022 | POLS 4370 - Independent Reading in Pol Sci | 24901 | |
Spring 2022 | POLS 5398 - Thesis | 22743 | |
Fall 2021 | POLS 2311 - American Gover & Politics | 18804 | Syllabus |
Fall 2021 | POLS 3320 - Constitutional Law | 16274 | Syllabus |
Fall 2021 | POLS 5399 - Thesis | 12212 | |
Spring 2021 | POLS 3321 - Civil Rights & Liberties | 25725 | Syllabus |
Spring 2021 | POLS 4370 - Independent Reading in Pol Sci | 25389 | |
Fall 2020 | POLS 4370 - Independent Reading in Pol Sci | 16564 | |
Fall 2020 | POLS 3600 - Research in Political Science | 17243 | Syllabus |
Summer 2020 | POLS 3315 - Judicial Process | 35956 | |
Spring 2020 | POLS 3321 - Civil Rights & Liberties | 26448 | Syllabus |
Spring 2020 | POLS 5393 - Final Paper Project | 25752 | |
Spring 2020 | POLS 4370 - Independent Reading in Pol Sci | 26054 | |
Spring 2020 | POLS 5315 - Sem. In Am. Inst. & Proc. | 27981 | Syllabus |
Fall 2019 | POLS 3320 - Constitutional Law | 17136 | Syllabus |
Fall 2019 | POLS 4320 - Judicial Politics | 18099 | Syllabus |
Summer 2019 | POLS 2311 - American Gover & Politics | 34605 | |
Spring 2019 | POLS 2311 - American Gover & Politics | 23649 | Syllabus |
Spring 2019 | POLS 3321 - Civil Rights & Liberties | 27176 | Syllabus |
Fall 2018 | POLS 3320 - Constitutional Law | 18169 | Syllabus |
Fall 2018 | POLS 3600 - Research in Political Science | 16970 | Syllabus |
Summer 2018 | POLS 2311 - American Gover & Politics (C) | 34843 | |
Spring 2018 | POLS 3321 - Civil Rights & Liberties | 28425 | Syllabus |
Spring 2018 | POLS 4370 - Independent Reading in Pol Sci | 27449 | |
Spring 2018 | POLS 3600 - Research in Political Science | 28428 | Syllabus |
Fall 2017 | POLS 2311 - American Gover & Politics (C) | 13613 | |
Fall 2017 | POLS 3315 - Judicial Process | 18096 | Syllabus |
Summer 2017 | POLS 2311 - American Gover & Politics (C) | 35826 | |
Summer 2017 | POLS 5315 - Sem. In Am. Inst. & Proc. | 35230 | |
Spring 2017 | POLS 4370 - Independent Reading in Pol Sci | 28748 | |
Spring 2017 | POLS 3500 - Research in Political Science | 24109 | Syllabus |
Spring 2017 | POLS 4325 - Spec Topics in Law & Politics | 26729 | Syllabus |
Spring 2017 | RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research | 25665 |
Term | Course | Section | Evaluation |
---|---|---|---|
Spring 2024 | POLS 3321 - Civil Rights & Liberties | 23278 | Evaluation |
Spring 2023 | POLS 2311 - American Gover & Politics | 24217 | Evaluation |
Spring 2023 | POLS 3321 - Civil Rights & Liberties | 23629 | Evaluation |
Fall 2022 | POLS 5300 - Sem In Quant Rsrch Methods I | 12544 | Evaluation |
Fall 2022 | POLS 5315 - Sem. In Am. Inst. & Proc. | 18990 | Evaluation |
Fall 2022 | MAIS 5350 - The History of An Idea | 16617 | Evaluation |
Spring 2022 | POLS 2311 - American Gover & Politics | 22724 | Evaluation |
Spring 2022 | POLS 3321 - Civil Rights & Liberties | 25176 | Evaluation |
Fall 2021 | POLS 2311 - American Gover & Politics | 18804 | Evaluation |
Fall 2021 | POLS 3320 - Constitutional Law | 16274 | Evaluation |
Spring 2021 | POLS 3321 - Civil Rights & Liberties | 25725 | Evaluation |
Fall 2020 | POLS 3600 - Research in Political Science | 17243 | Evaluation |
Summer 2020 | POLS 3315 - Judicial Process | 35956 | Evaluation |
Spring 2020 | POLS 3321 - Civil Rights & Liberties | 26448 | Evaluation |
Spring 2020 | POLS 5315 - Sem. In Am. Inst. & Proc. | 27981 | Evaluation |
Fall 2019 | POLS 3320 - Constitutional Law | 17136 | Evaluation |
Fall 2019 | POLS 4320 - Judicial Politics | 18099 | Evaluation |
Summer 2019 | POLS 2311 - American Gover & Politics | 34605 | Evaluation |
Spring 2019 | POLS 2311 - American Gover & Politics | 23649 | Evaluation |
Spring 2019 | POLS 3321 - Civil Rights & Liberties | 27176 | Evaluation |
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.