Experts Directory: Stephen G. Bragaw

Titles and job responsibilities:

• Associate Professor of Government and International Affairs

Summary of expertise:

Bragaw is the author of multiple publications examining the U. S. Supreme Court and American Indian Law.

Books or significant articles published:

• "Traditional Native American Law and Dispute Resolution." Legal Systems of the World. edited by Bert Kritzer. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2001.
• "The 'Brooding Omnipresence' in Bush v. Gore: Anthony Kennedy, the Equality Principle, and Judicial Supremacy" (with Barbara Perry).
• STANFORD LAW AND POLICY REVIEW.

Current or recent research:

• Currently writing a book "The Court of the Conqueror: The Constitution, the Supreme Court, and the American Indian Nations" which examines the history of American Indians in the U.S Supreme Court to show the rise of the Court's power and the development of American sovereignty and citizenship.

Current or recent awards, activities or memberships:

• American Political Science Association
• Law & Society Association
• American Judicature Society
• American Society for Legal History

Experience with news media:

• Commentary on the Supreme Court in Wisconsin and Minnesota
• American Politics Commentator
• WLNI Radio, Lynchburg, VA, 1999-present

Education:

• B.A. Wesleyan University
• M.A. University of Virginia
• M.B.A. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• Ph.D. University of Virginia

Key terms:

U. S. Supreme Court, American Indian law, campaigns, elections, Virginia state politics, politics