Adam Rutkowski -

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Political Science & International Affairs

Adam G. Rutkowski is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of Georgia. His research focuses on law and courts with a special concentration on federal lower court judicial selection and behavior.

Education

B.A., Augusta University, Political Science, 2017 (summa cum laude)

Of Note

Fellow, American Founding Group, University of Georgia (2017-2019)
Gloria Story Dittus Scholarship, Augusta University (2016)
Katherine Reese Pamplin Scholarship, Augusta University (2013-2017)
Pi Sigma Alpha
Phi Kappa Phi

Research Interests

Law and Courts
American political institutions
Federal trial and appellate judicial behavior
Federal lower court selection
Separation of powers

Selected Publications

Boyd, Christina L., and Adam G. Rutkowski. “Judicial Behavior in Disability Cases: Do Judge Sex and Race Matter?” Forthcoming, Politics, Groups, and Identities.
Boyd, Christina L., and Adam G. Rutkowski. 2020. “Trial Courts in the United States.” In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. Oxford University Press. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.108
Rutkowski, Adam G., Allison Vick, Martha H. Ginn, and Lance Hunter. 2017. “Biggest Loser? Obama’s Administrative Agencies and the Supreme Court.” Questions in Politics 4(2017): 81-106.