Teena Wilhelm

• Ph.D, University of Arizona, Political Science, 2005
• MA, University of Arizona, Political Science, 2002
• BA, Louisiana College, History, 1997

Wilhelm’s teaching and research specialties are judicial institutions, state politics, and constitutional law. She has been recognized for outstanding teaching by the School of Public and International Affairs, the Department of Political Science, the Honors Program, and the American Political Science Association. She is an affiliated faculty with the Criminal Justice Studies Program, and is also involved in several GLOBIS study abroad programs. Wilhelm has been a mentor for the Honors Program since 2008, and currently serves as Director of Graduate Studies.

• Constitutional Law
• Chief Justices
• Judicial Institutions
• Public Land Policy
• US National Parks

• Study in a Second Discipline Fellows Program, Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, 2022.
• University of Georgia Teaching Academy, 2022- present.
• University of Georgia Senior Teaching Fellow, 2021-2022.

Forthcoming. “Gendered Policy Leadership in the State Supreme Courts.” Political Research Quarterly. (with Rich Vining and Levi Hudson)

2025. “Redistricting and Party Loyalty in the State Supreme Courts.” Journal of Law and Courts. (with Garrett VandeKamp, Austin Petrie, and Karson Pennington Ray)

2025. “Case Salience in the State Supreme Courts: A Research Update.” State Politics and Policy Quarterly 25: 108-118. (with Rich Vining and Alyson Hendricks)

2023. Administering Justice: Placing the Chief Justice in American State Politics. Michigan University Press. (with Rich Vining)