Elizabeth Lane
she/her/hers
Asst Professor
American politics, judicial behavior, Supreme Court
Caldwell Hall 229
elane3@ncsu.eduBio
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 both public opinion and judicial behavior, with a particular focus on 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 American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics, the British Journal of Political Science, Political Research Quarterly, Political Behavior, American Politics Research, the Journal of Law and Courts, PS: Political Science, Social Science Quarterly, 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
- Beyond the Front Page: US Supreme Court Media Coverage in the Digital Age , PS Political Science & Politics (2026)
- Rules for Thee, Not for Me: Mass Attitudes on Judge Shopping , Social Science Quarterly (2026)
- An ecclesiastical court: Christian nationalism and perceptions of the US Supreme Court , American Journal of Political Science (2025)
- Gendered Accountability: Do Voters Reward Women for Supporting Women’s Interests? , British Journal of Political Science (2025)
- Gendered Expectations: Do Voters Reward Women for Supporting Women’s Interests? , British Journal of Political Science (2025)
- 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 , The Journal of Politics (2024)
- Review of Supreme Bias: Gender and Race in U.S. Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings , Law and Politics Book Review (2024)