Timothy R Johnson

Timothy R. Johnson is Horace T. Morse Alumni Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Law at the University of Minnesota, former co-editor of the Law and Society Review , and former chair (2016-2017) of the Law and Court's Section of the American Political Science Association. He is the co-author of Oral Arguments and Coalition Formation on the U.S. Supreme Court , co-editor of A Good Quarrel: America's Top Legal Reporters Share Stories from Inside the Supreme Court , author of Oral...See more

Timothy R. Johnson is Horace T. Morse Alumni Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Law at the University of Minnesota, former co-editor of the Law and Society Review , and former chair (2016-2017) of the Law and Court's Section of the American Political Science Association. He is the co-author of Oral Arguments and Coalition Formation on the U.S. Supreme Court , co-editor of A Good Quarrel: America's Top Legal Reporters Share Stories from Inside the Supreme Court , author of Oral Arguments and Decision Making on the U.S. Supreme Court , and co-author of Religious Institutions and Minor Parties in the United States . The National Science Foundation has supported five of his research projects. Beyond research, he teaches courses on constitutional law, civil liberties, judicial process, and American politics. He has won college-level and university-wide teaching awards and, in 2018, was named a semi-finalist for the prestigious Robert F. Cherry Award for Great Teaching and won the American Political Science Association's Distinguished Teaching Award. See less