Elizabeth Lane
Bio
Elizabeth Lane an Assistant Professor of Political Science a North Carolina State University. She earned her PhD from Michigan State University in American politics and research methods in 2019. Her research centers on the intersection of race, gender, and judicial behavior at the United States Supreme Court. Her work has been funded by the National Science Foundation and the American Political Science Association. Her research has appeared in the Journal of Politics, Political Behavior, American Politics Research, Journal of Law and Courts, and Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law, and was featured by The London School of Economics Phelen Center Blog and Vox.
Website: https://elizabethalane.com/
Education
Ph.D. Political Science Michigan State University 2019
M.A. Political Science Michigan State University 2015
B.A. Political Science, Pre-Law Michigan State University 2012
Publications
- It’s Not What You Do, It’s the Way that You Do It: Increasing Women’s Presence at the Supreme Court , Yale Journal of Law and Humanities (2025)
- Mixed Signals? Rethinking How Ideology and Institutional Motivations Shape the Solicitor General's Positions , POLITICAL RESEARCH QUARTERLY (2025)
- A Matter of Great Importance: Interest Groups, the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings , Open Judicial Politics Reader (2024)
- Candidate Gender, Campaign Appeals, and Voter Support in Judicial Elections , JOURNAL OF POLITICS (2024)
- Review of Supreme Bias: Gender and Race in U.S. Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings , Law and Politics Book Review (2024)
- The Influence of Descriptive Representation on Support for Judicial Nominees and the US Supreme Court , POLITICAL BEHAVIOR (2024)
- You Better Shop Around: Litigant Characteristics and Supreme Court Support , Journal of Politics (2024)
- “Excuse me –” Race and Intersectionality of Interruptions at the U.S. Supreme Court , (2024)
- Coding Made Easy? Coding Made Easy! Coding and Analyzing Text with Undergraduate Coders , Law and Courts Newsletter (2023)
- Persuading the Supreme Court: The Significance of Briefs in Judicial Decision Making. By Morgan L. W. Hazelton and Rachael K. Hinkle. Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas Press, 2022. 275p. $32.95 paper. , Perspectives on Politics (2023)