James Sieja
Political Scientist
Ph.D., Political Science, University of Wisconsin--Madison, 2015
M.A., Political Science, University of Wisconsin--Madison, 2010
B.A., Political Science-History, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, 2009, summa cum laude
Education
Publications
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Sieja, James A. 2024. "Quality in Measurement Matters: Adjusted American Bar Association Ratings and Confirmation Hearing Word Choice." Journal of Law and Courts.
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Sieja, James A. 2023. "How You Rate Depends on Who Investigates: Partisan Bias in ABA Ratings of US Courts of Appeals Nominees, 1958-2020." Political Research Quarterly 76 (4): 1723-1735.
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Edelson, Jack, Alexander Alduncin, Christopher Krewson, James A. Sieja, and Joseph E. Uscinski. 2017. "The Effect of Conspiratorial Thinking and Motivated Reasoning on Belief in Election Fraud." Political Research Quarterly 70 (4): 933-946.
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Owens, Ryan J., and James Sieja. 2017. "Agenda-Setting on the United States Supreme Court." In The Oxford Handbook of U.S. Judicial Behavior, Lee Epstein and Stefanie A. Lindquist, eds. 169-185.
Conference
Papers
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"Intersectionality and Legal Training's Role in the American Bar Association Rating Process for the US Courts of Appeals." Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, Chicago, IL. April 2024
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"Lawyers and Judges Revisited: Why the American Bar Association Rates Federal Judicial Nominees." Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, Chicago, IL. April 2023
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"The Runners-Up: The Presidential Shortlist for Courts of Appeals Nominations." Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, Chicago, IL. April 2017 (with Stephanie Dean Kerce)
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"Confirmation Hearing Discourse on US Courts of Appeals Nominees." Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, Chicago, IL. April 2015
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"Conspiratorial Predispositions and Belief in Voter Fraud." Conference on Conspiracy Theories, University of Miami, Miami, FL. March 2015 (with Jack Edelson, Joseph Uscinski, Alexander Alduncin, and Christopher Krewson)
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"Adjusted ABA Ratings and Confirmation Behavior." American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC. August 2014
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"Sources of 'Bias' for US Federal Courts of Appeals Nominees' Qualifications Ratings." Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. April 2014.
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"Bias, the Bar, and the Big Picture: Evaluating Circuit Court Nominees' ABA Ratings, 1953 to 2011." American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. August 2012. (poster)
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"Political Timing Is Everything: Judicial Nominations and Political Experience on the US Supreme Court." Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. April 2012
Teaching
Assistant Professor, St. Lawrence University
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Introduction to American Government
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American Legal Systems
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The US Presidency
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Constitutional Law
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Law and Politics (Research Seminar)
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Presidential Politics (Research Seminar)
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Coldest Cold War Flicks (First Year Program)
Visiting Assistant Professor, Skidmore College
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Introduction to American Government
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Courts, Politics, and Judicial Process in the United States
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Constitutional Law
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Civil Liberties
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So You Want To Be a Judge?
Teaching Assistant, University of Wisconsin--Madison
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Criminal Law and Justice
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American Judicial System
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American Presidency
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Introduction to American Politics
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Health Policy and Politics
Awards &
Honors
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Judith Johns Carrico '65 Gift for Faculty Support, Skidmore College, Winter 2016
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Graduate Student Summer Initiative Funding, University of Wisconsin--Madison, Summer 2015
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L&S Teaching Fellow (alternate), University of Wisconsin--Madison College of Letters and Science 2014-2015
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Teaching Assistant Award, University of Wisconsin--Madison Department of Political Science Spring 2012