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

Of Note

Comprehensive Field Exams (American Politics, pass with distinction; Quantitative Methods, pass) (2020)
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

Course Instruction

POLS 3600: Criminal Justice Administration

POLS 4700: Constitutional Law: Powers

Research Interests

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

Selected Publications

Rutkowski, Adam G. “Constitutional Interpretation Styles of US Supreme Court Justices.” Forthcoming in Open Judicial Politics, Rorie Spill-Solberg and Eric Waltenburg, eds.
Boyd, Christina L., and Adam G. Rutkowski. “Judicial Behavior in Disability Cases: Do Judge Sex and Race Matter?” Politics, Groups, and Identities 8(4): 834-844.
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.