Eve M.

Ringsmuth
January 2016
Department of Political Science
Oklahoma State University
201 Murray Hall
Stillwater, OK 74078

eve.ringsmuth@okstate.edu
Phone: (405) 744-7586
Fax: (405) 744-6534
http://ringsmuth.okstate.edu

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
Oklahoma State University
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science (July 2015 - Present)
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science (August 2009 - June 2015)

EDUCATION
University of Minnesota, Ph.D. in Political Science, 2009
University of Minnesota, M.A. in Political Science, 2007
Washington UniversitySt. Louis, B.A. cum laude in Political Science, 2004

PUBLICATIONS
Peer-Reviewed
Ryan C. Black, Matthew E.K. Hall, Ryan J. Owens, and Eve M. Ringsmuth. N.d. The Role of
Emotional Language in Briefs Before the U.S. Supreme Court. Accepted for publication
Journal of Law and Courts.
Findings described on SCOTUSblog. December 22, 2015. Available online at:
http://goo.gl/JpKKXF
Bryan, Amanda C. and Eve M. Ringsmuth. N.d. Jeremiad or Weapon of Words? The
Strategic Power of Emotive Language in Supreme Court Dissents. Accepted for publication.
Journal of Law and Courts.
Miller, Susan M., Eve M. Ringsmuth, and Joshua Little. N.d. Pushing Constitutional Limits in
the U.S. States: Professionalism and Judicial Review of State Laws by the U.S. Supreme
Court. Accepted for publication. State Politics & Policy Quarterly.
Ringsmuth, Eve M. 2015. Voting Fluidity throughout the Decision Making Process on the U.S.
Supreme Court. Justice System Journal 36(3): 197-211.
Dancey, Logan, Kjersten R. Nelson, and Eve M. Ringsmuth. 2014. Individual Scrutiny or
Politics as Usual? Questions Asked during U.S. District Court Confirmation Hearings.
American Politics Research 42(5): 784-814.
Invited to describe research findings for London School of Economics American Politics
and Policy Blog. February 11, 2014. Available online at: goo.gl/YsCDSz
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Ringsmuth, Eve M., Amanda C. Bryan, and Timothy R. Johnson. 2013. Voting Fluidity and
Oral Argument on the U.S. Supreme Court. Political Research Quarterly 66(2): 426-37.
Ringsmuth, Eve M. and Timothy R. Johnson. 2013. Supreme Court Oral Arguments and
Institutional Maintenance. American Politics Research 41(4): 651-673.
Nelson, Kjersten R. and Eve M. Ringsmuth. 2013. Inter-institutional Dynamics: Assessments
of the Supreme Court in a Separation of Powers Context. Political Behavior 35(2): 357-382.
Dancey, Logan, Kjersten R. Nelson, and Eve M. Ringsmuth. 2011. Strict Scrutiny? The
Content of Senate Judicial Confirmation Hearings During the George W. Bush
Administration. Judicature 95(3): 126-135.
Nelson, Kjersten R. and Eve M. Ringsmuth. 2009. Departures from the Court: The Political
Landscape and Institutional Constraints. American Politics Research 37(3): 486-507.
Hellwig, Timothy T., Eve M. Ringsmuth, and John R. Freeman. 2008. The American Public
and the Room to Maneuver: Responsibility Attributions and Policy Efficacy in an Era of
Globalization. International Studies Quarterly 52(4): 855-880.
Editor-Reviewed
Johnson, Timothy R., Ryan C. Black, and Eve M. Ringsmuth. 2009. Hear Me Roar: What
Provokes Supreme Court Justices to Dissent from the Bench? Minnesota Law Review 93(5):
1560-1581.
Findings described in the New York Times. See Liptak, Adam. 2010. In a Polarized
Court, Getting the Last Word. New York Times. March 8, 2010. Available online
at: goo.gl/NZiAZy
Invited Book Review
Ringsmuth, Eve M. 2014. Book Review of The Puzzle of Unanimity: Consensus on the United
States Supreme Court by Pamela C. Corley, Amy Steigerwalt, and Artemus Ward. Political
Science Quarterly 129(2): 363-65.

GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND AWARDS

Artinian Travel Award
Southern Political Science Association, 2015
Outstanding Teaching Award
Department of Political Science, Oklahoma State University, 2014, 2015
Outstanding Service Contributions Award
Department of Political Science, Oklahoma State University, 2014, 2015

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Faculty-Student Collaborative Project Grant

Department of Political Science, Oklahoma State University, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012,
2015
Junior Faculty Award for Scholarly Excellence
College of Arts and Sciences, Oklahoma State University, 2013
Summer Support Initiative Research Grant
Department of Political Science, Oklahoma State University, 2013
Arts and Sciences Summer Research and Travel Grant
College of Arts and Sciences, Oklahoma State University, 2012
Deans Incentive Grant
College of Arts and Sciences, Oklahoma State University, 2011, 2012

RESEARCH UNDER REVIEW OR IN PROGRESS

Bellwethers of Success? Senate Confirmation Hearings for Lower Federal Court Nominees. With
Logan Dancey and Kjersten R. Nelson.
Unanimous Grants on the U.S. Supreme Court. With Timothy R. Johnson and Marcus E.
Hendershot.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2016 Who Advises? Who Consents? Senatorial (Non-)Participation in Judicial Confirmation
Hearings. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science
Association. With Logan Dancey and Kjersten R. Nelson.
2016 Vetting Lifetime Appointees: Senate Judiciary Committee Hearings and Circuit Court
Nominees. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science
Association. With Logan Dancey and Kjersten R. Nelson.
2015 Do Senate Judiciary Committee Hearings Predict Nominee Success? An Expanded
Analysis. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science
Association. With Logan Dancey and Kjersten R. Nelson.
2015 Unanimous Grants on the U.S. Supreme Court. Paper presented at the Judicial Behavior
Mini-Conference, Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association. With
Timothy R. Johnson and Marcus E. Hendershot.
2014 Examining the Influence of Briefs on the United States Supreme Court. Paper presented
at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. With Ryan C. Black,
Matthew E.K. Hall, and Ryan J. Owens.

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2014 Jeremiad or Strategic Weapon? The Impact of Emotive Language in Supreme Court
Opinions on Case Salience. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern
Political Science Association. With Amanda C. Bryan.
2014 Writing Strategic Proposals: How Ideologically Charged Language Persuades Decision
Makers. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science
Association. With Ryan C. Black, Matthew E.K. Hall, and Ryan J. Owens.
2013 Bellwethers of Success? Senate Confirmation Hearings for Lower Federal Court Nominees.
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. With
Logan Dancey and Kjersten R. Nelson.
2013 Bending the Rules: Conforming to Constitutional Standards in the State Legislatures.
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. With
Susan M. Miller and Josh Little.
2012 Asked and Answered: The Senate Judiciary Committee and Judicial Confirmation
Hearings. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science
Association. With Logan Dancey and Kjersten R. Nelson.
2012 Asked and Answered: The Senate Judiciary Committee and Judicial Confirmation
Hearings. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science
Association. With Logan Dancey and Kjersten R. Nelson.
2011 Who Persuades Whom? The Persuasive Role of Questions during Oral Argument on the
U.S. Supreme Court. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political
Science Association. With Amanda C. Bryan and Timothy R. Johnson.
2011 Deciding Who Decides: The Content of Senate Judicial Confirmation Hearings. Paper
presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. With
Kjersten R. Nelson and Logan Dancey.
2011 Unanimous Grants on the U.S. Supreme Court. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of
the Southern Political Science Association. With Timothy R. Johnson.
2011 Deciding Who Decides: The Content of Senate Judicial Confirmation Hearings Paper
presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association. With
Kjersten R. Nelson and Logan Dancey.
2010 Thinking Ahead: The Separation of Powers and the U.S. Supreme Court. Paper presented
at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. With Timothy R.
Johnson.
2010 Inter-institutional Dynamics: Institutional Support in a Separation of Powers Context.
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. With
Kjersten R. Nelson.
2009 The Positions Justices Take. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest
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2008 Hear Me Roar: What Provokes Supreme Court Justices to Dissent from the Bench? Paper
presented at the Minnesota Law Review Symposium, University of Minnesota. With
Timothy R. Johnson and Ryan C. Black.
2008 Strategic Agenda Control on the U.S. Supreme Court. Paper presented at the Annual
Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association.
2008 Public Displays of Dissatisfaction: Supreme Court Justices and Dissents from the Bench.
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. With
Timothy R. Johnson and Ryan C. Black.
2008 Strength in Numbers? The U.S. Supreme Court and Congress. Paper presented at the
Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. With Kjersten R. Nelson.
2007 The American Public and the Room to Maneuver: Responsibility Attributions and Policy
Efficacy in an Era of Globalization. Paper presented at the Conference on Globalization
and Democracy, Princeton University. With Timothy T. Hellwig and John R. Freeman.
2007 Responsibility Attributions and the Room to Maneuver. Paper presented at the Annual
Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. With Timothy T. Hellwig and John
R. Freeman.
2007 Departures from the Court: The Political Landscape and Institutional Constraints. Paper
presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. With
Kjersten R. Nelson.

COURSES
Undergraduate
Introduction to American Government, Oklahoma State University
Spring 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2014*, Spring 2015*, Fall 2015*
* Denotes honors section
Courts and Judicial Process, Oklahoma State University
Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2015
Legal Research and Analysis, Oklahoma State University
Spring 2010, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2015, Spring 2016
Law and Justice in Film, Oklahoma State University
Spring 2016
Quantitative Analysis in Political Science, University of Minnesota
Summer 2008

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Graduate
American Politics Proseminar, Oklahoma State University
Fall 2013
Topics in American Politics: Judicial Politics, Oklahoma State University
Spring 2012, Spring 2014

STUDENT ADVISING
Undergraduate
Honors Thesis Advisor: Robin Sherman
Wentz Research Grant Faculty Mentor: Jedidiah Gibson [$4500 grant to student]
Graduate
M.A. Thesis Committee Chair: Joshua Little
M.A. Creative Component Committee Member: Jason Burnette, Kyle Casson, and Sam
Wilmoth
M.S. Practicum Committee Member: Kyle Weiss
Ph.D. Committee Member: Nathan Woolard and Crystal Dunbar

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Preparing Future Faculty Sequence Certificate
Practicum for Future Faculty and Teaching in Higher Education, 2007
Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models Summer Institute
Washington UniversitySt. Louis, 2007

SERVICE
Discipline
Editorial Board Member, Law & Courts Newsletter, 2013-2016
Treasurer, Midwest Womens Caucus, 2014-2017
Selection Committee Member, C. Herman Pritchett Award for Best Book, APSA Law &
Courts Section, 2016
Invited Reviewer, American Politics Research, Journal of Law and Courts, Journal of
Politics, Justice System Journal, Law & Society Review, and Political Research Quarterly
Discussant, Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, 2015
Discussant, Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, 2013, 2016
Panel Chair, Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, 2011

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University
Faculty Liaison, Constitution Day, Oklahoma State University, 2012-2016
Rules and Procedure Subcommittee Member, College of Arts and Sciences, Oklahoma
State University, 2011-2014
Contributor, New State Legislator Orientation, Oklahoma State University, 2011
Department
Chair, Awards and Achievements Committee, 2014-2016
Chair, American Politics Search Committee, 2015
Member, Graduate Committee, 2009-2015
Member, Awards and Achievements Committee, 2010-2011, 2013-2014
Member, Hannah Atkins Endowed Chair Search Committee, 2010-2014
Coordinator, Political Research Seminar Series, 2012-2013
Member, Undergraduate Committee, 2011-2012
Member, Department Head Search Committee, 2011-2012