Nathaniel Carrington, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Political Science
Education
Ph.D., Syracuse University, 2022
M.A., Syracuse University, 2018
B.S., Southeast Missouri State University, 2016
Research Interests
- Judicial Politics
- American Politics
- Freedom of Expression
- Public Opinion
- Political Psychology
Publications and Media Placements
Carrington, Nathan T. and Logan Strother. 2023. 鈥淧lugging the Pipe? Evaluating the (Null) Effects of Leaks on Supreme Court Legitimacy.鈥� Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 20:3.
Carrington, Nathan T., Thomas Keck, and Claire Sigsworth. Forthcoming. 鈥淢inority Rights, Governing Regimes, or Secular Elites: Who Benefits from the Protection of Religious and Anti-Religious Speech by the U.S. Supreme Court and European Court of Human Rights?鈥� Journal of Law and Courts.
Liu, Dongshu and Nathan T. Carrington. 2022. 鈥淢inority versus Minority: Partisanship and Inter-Group Competitions Among Asian Americans.鈥� American Politics Research, 50 (2): 265-267.
Carrington, Nathan T. and Claire Sigsworth. 2022. 鈥淗ome-State Interest, Nationalism, and the Legitimacy of the International Criminal Court.鈥� Law & Society, 47(2): 449-477.
Carrington, Nathan T. and Colin French. 2021. 鈥淥ne Bad Apple Spoils the Bunch: Kavanaugh and Change in Institutional Support for the Supreme Court.鈥� Social Science Quarterly, 102(4): 1484-1495.
Carrington, Nathan T. and Logan Strother. 2020. 鈥淲ho Thinks Removing Confederate Icons Violates Free Speech?鈥� Politics, Groups, and Identities, 9(1): 208-218.
Public Writings
Carrington, Nathan T. and Logan Strother. March 13, 2022. 鈥淟eaks Don鈥檛 Hurt Trust in the Supreme Court. Unpopular Decisions Do.鈥� Monkey Cage at The Washington Post.
Carrington, Nathan T. and Logan Strother. February 4, 2022. 鈥淕orsuch is Scheduled to Speak to the Right-Wing Federalist Society. Americans find such speeches inappropriate.鈥� Monkey Cage at The Washington Post.
Carrington, Nathan T. and Logan Strother. June 15, 2020. 鈥淟egally, Confederate Statues in Public Places Aren鈥檛 a Form of Free Speech.鈥� Monkey Cage at The Washington Post.
Carrington, Nathan T. and Logan Strother. June 15, 2020. 鈥淎bstract Appeals to Free Speech Won鈥檛 Solve the Debate Surrounding Confederate Monuments - It鈥檚 a Political Question.鈥� The London School of Economics Public Policy Blog.
Sigsworth, Claire and Nathan T. Carrington. September 20, 2019. 鈥淭he Brexit Battle has Reached the UK Supreme Court. Here鈥檚 What you Need to Know.鈥� Monkey Cage at The Washington Post.
Honors and Awards
- 2021 American Political Science Association Law and Courts Section Best Graduate Student Paper Award (coauthored)
- McNair Scholar 2014-2016
Professional Organizations and Associations
- American Political Science Association
- Southern Political Science Association
- Law and Society Association