LINDA CAMP KEITH
September 29, 2008
CONTACT INFORMATION
Department of Political Science Cell:
469-441-4557
3.232 Green Hall
Email: linda.keith@utdallas.edu
http://epps.utdallas.edu/faculty/faculty_polsci.html#keith
AREAS OF
ACADEMIC SPECIALIZATION
Public Law/U.S. and Comparative
Global Human Rights and the Rule of Law
EDUCATION
Ph.D.,
Dissertation: The Law and Human Rights: Is the Law a Mere Parchment Barrier to Human
Rights Abuse? Advisers: C. Neal Tate, Steven C. Poe, Harold Clarke.
Received the 1999-2000
Arts and Sciences Dean's Dissertation Award for Research Achievement in the
Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.
Major: Public Law
Other Tested Fields:
International Relations, American Politics, Research Methodology
Untested minor in
Comparative Politics
October 1998: Passed
comprehensive examinations with distinction.
Thesis: "An
Exploratory Analysis of Supreme Court Nullification of Congressional Statutes:
1800-1990." Adviser: C. Neal
Tate.
Major: Public Law
Other Fields: American
Politics, Research Methodology
B.A., Summa Cum Laude,
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Teaching Fellow (1995-1996)
Research Assistant, International Human
Rights Project (funded by National Science Foundation) (1994-1996)
Editorial Assistant, Law and
Politics Book Review (1996)
Editorial Assistant and Contributor, Student Workbook Development (1996)
Teaching Assistant (1993-1995)
Lecturer (Summer 1997), Introduction to American Government and
Politics.
Research Assistant to Dean of the
PUBLICATIONS: Books
The
PUBLICATIONS: Articles and Chapters
Single-Authored:
“The
" National
Constitutions and Human Rights Protection: Regional Differences and Colonial
Influences in Sabine Carey and
Steven C. Poe, eds., The Systematic Study of Human Rights. Ashgate
Publishing (2004).
"Constitutional
Provisions for Individual Human Rights (1976-1996): Are They More than Mere
'Window Dressing?'" Political Research Quarterly (March 2002) 55:
111-143.
"International
Principles for Formal Judicial
"The United Nations
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: Does it Make a Difference
in Human Rights Behavior?" Journal of Peace Research 36 (March
1999):95-118.
Co-Authored:
“Legal Systems and
Constitutionalism in Sub-Saharan Africa:
An Empirical Examination of Colonial Influences on Human Rights”
(with Ayo Ogundele). Human Rights Quarterly (November 2007)
29(4):1065-1097.
"Are Constitutional
State of Emergency Clauses Effective? An Empirical Exploration" (with
Steven C. Poe). Human Rights Quarterly (November 2004) 26(4):
1071-1097.
"The
"Opinion Assignment
and the Chief Justice: 1888-1940 (with Sandra Wood, Drew Lanier, and Ayo
Ogundele). Social Science Quarterly 81(Fall 2000): 798-809.
"The Continuity of
Suffering: Domestic Threat and Human Rights Abuse Across Time," (with C.
Neal Tate, Steven C. Poe, and Drew Lanier). In Paths to State Repression:
Human Rights and Contentious Politics in Comparative Perspective, ed.
Christian Davenport (
"A Re-examination of
the Impact of the Bork Nomination on Confirmation Criteria" (with Ayo
Ogundele). Political Research Quarterly 52 (June 1999): 402-420.
"Repression of the
Human Right to Personal Integrity Revisited: A Global Crossnational Study
Covering the Years 1976-1993" (with Steven C. Poe and C. Neal Tate). International
Studies Quarterly 43 (1999): 291-313.
"'Acclimation
Effects' for Supreme Court Justices: A Cross-Validation: 1888-1940," (with
Sandra Wood, Drew Lanier, and Ayo Ogundele). American Journal of Political
Science 42 (April 1998): 690-697.
"The Supreme Court
1888-1940: An Empirical Overview" (with Sandra Wood, Drew Lanier, and Ayo
Ogundele). Social Science History 22 (1998): 204-224.
PUBLICATIONS: Book Reviews
“The Gap between
Principle and Practice.” Book review of Protecting Human Rights: A Comparative Study (Landman 2006). International Studies Review (June 2006)
2: 333-339.
“IFIs: Undermining
Human Rights and State Stability.” Book review of Human
Rights and Structural Adjustment (M.
Rodwan Abouharb and David Cingranelli, 2008,Cambridge University Press). International
Studies Review (March 2009) 11: tba.
FORTHCOMING:
Human Rights and the Rule
of Law: A Global Study across Time (with C. Neal Tate). Advance contract with the
University of Pennsylvania Press for their Human Rights Series, edited by Bert
Lockwood.
"Is the Law a Mere
Parchment Barrier to Human Rights Abuse?" (with C. Neal Tate and Steven C.
Poe). Forthcoming at the Journal of Politics (Jan. or April
2009).
PUBLICATIONS Related to
Teaching Political Science
Telecourse Guide for
Voices in Democracy (with Eileen Lynch and Sue Lee).
Testbank for Voices in
Democracy (with Eileen Lynch and Sue Lee).
Telecourse Faculty Guide
for Voices in Democracy (with Eileen Lynch and Sue Lee).
MANUSCRIPTS
UNDER REVIEW
“Conceptualizing and
Operationalizing Judicial Independence Globally” (with Neal Tate). Under
review at Journal of Empirical Legal
Studies.
“Determinants of
Asylum Grants: A Rare Examination of Factors Typically
Unobservable in U.S. Asylum Decisions” (with Jennifer S. Holmes). Under review at the Journal of Refugee Studies.
“The U.S. Supreme Court,
1801-1887” (with Ayo Ogungele). Under revise and resubmit at Social Science History.
WORKS IN PROGRESS
Times Series Models of
Judicial Review of Congress, 1803-2001
Five Fundamental
Freedoms: An Examination of Promise and Practice (with Neal Tate)
Determinants in Asylum
Adjudications: A View from Texas (with Jennifer Holmes)
The Role of Foreign
Policy in National Asylum Adjudications: Interests versus Norms
(with Jennifer S. Holmes)
Determinants in National
Asylum Adjudications: A Judicial Behavior Model
(with Jennifer S. Holmes)
The Unitary Executive and
the Selection and Behavior of Immigration Judges
(with Doug Dow and
Jennifer S. Holmes)
The Gap between Law and
Practice: Women’s Rights (with Karl Ho)
CONFERENCE AND OTHER
PRESENTATIONS
Discussant on Panel, “International Courts”
at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, New York City,
February 15-18, 2008.
Discussant on Panel, International Law at the
Domestic and Supranational Levels II, at the annual meeting of the
International Studies Association, New York City, February 15-18, 2008.
Paper accepted, “Determinants of Asylum
Success and Denial – A View from Texas,” at the annual meeting of
the International Studies Association, New York City, February 15-18, 2008.
Chair of Panel “The Judiciary in American
Politics,” at the annual meeting of the American Political Science
Association, Aug. 28-31, 2008, Boston, Massachusetts.
Discussant on Panel, “The Impact of
Transitional Justice Mechanisms: Reflections from Qualitative and Quantitative
Analyses” at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association,
March 26-29, 2008.
Roundtable Discussant, “Roundtable in Memory
of Steven Poe” at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association,
March 26-29, 2008.
Invited participant at the Mini-Conference on
Delegation and
Advancement of Human Rights and the Department of Political Science
at
Discussant on President’s Special Panel:
“How to Land an Academic Job” at the annual meeting of the Southern
Political Science Association,” Jan. 2008
Chair of Panel, “Judicial Politics and
Democratic Development” at the annual meeting of the American Political
Science Association, Aug. 30-Sept. 2, 2007,
“Conceptualizing and
Operationalizing Judicial Independence Globally” with C. Neal Tate at the
annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Aug. 30-Sept. 2,
2007, Chicago, Illinois.
Chair and Discussant on Panel: “Courts and
the War on Terrorism, Emergency Powers And Human Rights,” at the annual
meeting of the Southwestern Political Science Association, March 2007.
“Activist or Restraintist? The Justices on
the Bench, 1803-2001. Paper accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of
the Southern Political Science Association,” Jan. 2007
“Opinion Writing on the
“Is the Law a Mere Parchment Barrier to Human
Rights Abuse?” Invited
lecture in the University of Iowa Center for Human Rights Careers for Change
lecture series. April 2006.
“Constitutional Limits, Democracy, and
National Human Rights Behavior, 1976-2004” (with Neal Tate). Paper
presented the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association,
April 20-23, 2006.
“Judicial Deference to Congress: Attitudinal
and Strategic Accounts of Judicial Review, 1803-2001.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of
the Southwestern Political Science Association, April 2006.
“Is the Law a Mere Parchment
Barrier?” Presentation at the
“The
“The
“Is Judicial Review a Likely Tool to Curb Human Rights Abuse?: An
Empirical Assessment of the
“Sub-Saharan
Africa: Colonial Influences on Human Rights and Judicial
"Personal Integrity
Abuse during Domestic Crises: Exploring the Relationships between
Constitutional Protections, Formal Judicial
Panelist on the
Comparative Judicial Systems and Politics Short Course at the Annual Meeting of
the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, Sept. 2001.
"Constitutional
Protections, Judicial
Chair of Judicial
Decision Making panel. Southwestern Political Science Association Annual
Meeting, Radisson Plaza Hotel,
"Do Constitutional
Provisions for an Independent Judiciary Promote Respect for Fundamental Human
Rights?" (with C. Neal and Steven C. Poe). Paper presented at the Research
Committee on Comparative Judicial Studies Conference in
"Courts, Democracy,
and Human Rights" (with C. Neal Tate). Paper presented at The First Annual
Summer Symposium (Studying Peace Science) sponsored by the Department of
Political Science at the University of North Texas, June 9, 2000.
"Law, Courts,
Judges, and Democracy: A Crossnational View" (with C. Neal Tate). Prepared
for the Conference on World Democratization 2000 -- Rethinking Democracy in the
New Millennium, sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the
"Do Constitutional
Provisions for States of Emergency Discourage or Enable Human Rights
Abuse?" Paper presented at the 1999 Annual Meeting of the American
Political Science Association,
"Writing
Constitutions that Protect against Human Rights Abuse--How Important are
Provisions for Judicial Independence and Judicial Review?" Paper prepared
for the 1999 Conference on the Scientific Study of Judicial Politics,
"Repression
of the Human Right to Personal Integrity Revisited: A Global Cross-National
Study Covering the Years 1976-1993" (with Steven C. Poe and C. Neal Tate).
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association,
"Domestic Threats
and the Abuse of Personal Integrity" (with Steven C. Poe, C. Neal Tate,
and Drew Lanier). Paper presented at the Conference on Comparative Human Rights
and Repression.
"Freshman Effects
Revisited: A Multidimensional Approach" (with Sandra Wood, Drew Lanier,
and Ayo Ogundele). Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southwestern
Political Science Association, March 1997.
"A Re-examination of
the Impact of the Bork Nomination on Confirmation Criteria" (with Ayo
Ogundele). Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Political
Science Association, March 1997.
"Testing the Center
Chair: The Associate Justices who Became Chief Justice" (with Sandra Wood,
Drew Lanier, and Ayo Ogundele). Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the
Midwest Political Science Association, April 1997.
"Domestic Threat and
the Violence of Personal Integrity Rights Abuse: A Cross-national
Exploration" (with Steven C. Poe, C. Neal Tate, and Drew Lanier). Paper
presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association,
April 1996.
"The
"The Attitudinal
Model of the Supreme Court: Is It Timebound?" (with Sandra Wood, Drew
Lanier, and Ayo Ogundele). Presented at the Southern Political Science
Conference,
"An Exploratory
Analysis of Supreme Court Nullifications." Presented at the Annual Meeting
of the
COURSES TAUGHT
Gender and the Law (UTD)
Workshop of
Constitutional Law Studies (UTD)
Graduate Seminar on
Judicial Politics (UTD)
Constitutional Law (U
Iowa and UTD)
Civil Liberties (UTD)
Comparative Courts and
Law (UTD)
Criminal Procedure (U
Iowa)
Human Rights and the Rule
of Law (U Iowa and UTD)
Civil Rights and Race
Relations (U
Judicial Politics (U
American Government and
Politics (UTD, Collin, UNT)
The Supreme Court and the
Constitution: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (six hour paired course with a
sociology professor—also taught as nine hour learning community with a
history professor and sociology professor)(Collin)
The Constitution and
Courts: The Negotiation of Human Rights (six hour learning community with a
sociology professor) (Collin)
Introduction to Political
Science (Research Methods and Theory) (Collin)
Human Rights, Democracy,
and Terrorism (six hour paired course) (Collin)
Human Rights and Social
Action (six hour learning community) (Collin)
OTHER PROFESSIONAL
ACTIVITY
Member, Asylum Research
Team (UTD and HRI, on grant Summer 2008)
Consultant, USAID grant,
New Foreign Assistance, Democracy and Human Rights, Vanderbilt University, Nashville
(consulting and advising in the creation of threat and judicial independence
measures) Summer 2006, Summer 2007
College Board National
CLEP Committee, 2004-2009.
Reviewer for the ISA
Compendium
Reviewer for the U.S.
State Department, Principles of Democracy
Reviewer for American
Journal of Political Science; American Political Science Quarterly; American Political Science Review,
American Sociological Review, Comparative Political Studies; Human Rights Quarterly; International Studies Quarterly; Journal of
Peace Research; Journal of
Politics; Judicature; Perspectives on Politics; Political Research Quarterly;
Review of International Organizations; Security Dialogue; Social Science
Quarterly.
Reviewer for the National
Science Foundation.
Textbook reviewer for
Houghton Mifflin, Prentice Hall, McGraw Hill.
CLEP American Government
Judge (CLEP American Government Web-Based Standard Setting Study, April 2004)
Academic Presenter, SAIL
Program at
Post-Show Talk Back
Moderator at the Quad-C Theatre production, Assassins
Post-Film Panelist and
Moderator at the
Post-Film Panelist at the
Collin College Auteur Film Series presentation of Rabbit Proof Fence
ADDITIONAL HONORS AND
AWARDS
Artinian
Travel Award (Southern Political Science Association)
13th
Most cited assistant professor in (Assisting) Political Science 40
Collin College/Collin
County Community College District
Sabbatical award (Fall
2004): "The U.S. Supreme Court and Judicial Review of Congressional
Statutes."
"Dr. Linda Camp
Keith Scholarship" given by the
Faculty Study Grant (
Collin College Social
Science and Public Service Division’s Outstanding Faculty Award (2000-01
and 2002-03)
Received the 1999-2000
Arts and Sciences Dean's Dissertation Award for Research Achievement in the
Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.
The McAlister Award for
Outstanding Graduate Student (1995)
The Pender Award for
Outstanding Graduate Research Paper (1995): "Changes in the Effect of
Political Parties on the Supreme Court's Nullification of Congressional
Statutes"
The Pender Award for
Outstanding Graduate Research Paper (1994): "Civil Liberties and Dissent
on the Supreme Court"
Craig B. Raupe
Scholarship
Pi Sigma Alpha's National
Award for Best Graduate Research Paper (1995): "Changes in the Effect of
Political Parties on the Supreme Court's Nullification of Congressional
Statutes"
Member of Pi Sigma
Alpha
Member of Phi Delta Kappa
Member of Phi Kappa Phi
National Dean's Honor
List
Member of Phi Theta Kappa
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Political
Science Association
Western Political Science
Association
Southern Political
Science Association
Southwestern Political
Science Association, member of executive council (2002-2004)
American Judicature
Society
SERVICE,
Auxiliary
Services Advisory Committee, Member 2006-09
Advisor,
Amnesty International Chapter, 2007-09
New
Faculty Orientation Committee
Panelist,
Constitution Day Panel, Sept 2007
Member
of the Asylum Research Team, Dec. 2007 – current
Member,
Public Law Search Committee, Fall 2008
SERVICE,