Political Science
Christopher Woods
Law Student, Yale Law School
Subfield
American Politics
Dissertation
The Assumptive Court: Arrogation and Aggrandizement at the Supreme Court
Committee
Susan Moffitt (Co-Chair), Corey Brettschneider (Co-Chair), Margaret Weir, James Morone
Biography
Chris Woods studies American political development and judicial politics. His research focuses on the historical development of the state and federal judiciary and the attendant consequences for inequality and democracy. Chris is also pursuing an M.A. in history from Brown through the university's Open Graduate Education program. He graduated from Muhlenberg College with a B.S. in environmental science and from Lehigh University with an M.A. in political science.