Daemen College : Academics & Research : Division of Arts & Sciences : History & Political Science : Faculty : Lisa Parshall, Ph.D.

Lisa Parshall, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Pre Law Advisor

235 Duns Scotus Hall
716-839-8303
lparshal@daemen.edu

Education

• Ph.D. 2001 University at Buffalo (SUNY) (Political Science)
• M.A. 1995 University at Buffalo (SUNY) (Political Science)
• B.S. 1993 University of Wisconsin - La Crosse (Political Science, with highest honors)

Courses Taught

• Introduction to American Politics (GVT 113)
• State and Local Government (GVT 114)
• Criminal Justice (GVT 117)
• Introduction to Public Policy (GVT 125)
• Issues in Public Policy (GVT 215)
• American Political Parties and Pressure Groups (GVT 217)
• American Constitutional Law (GVT 305)
• Political Science Research Methods (GVT 331)
• Seminar on the Presidency (GVT 415)

Research and Teaching Interests

• American Politics, American Institutions, Constitutional Law, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Criminal Procedure, Judicial Process, Judicial Behavior, Voting Rights, Administrative Law, Public Policy, Federalism, Intergovernmental Relations

Presentations

• “Time and (Con)sequence in the Presidential Nominating Process in 2008 and Beyond: A Party Membership Perspective,” accepted for presentation at the 2008 meeting of the Northeastern Political Science Association Meeting, November 13-15, Boston, MA.
• “Reflections on the Presidential Nominating Process After 2008,” New York State Political Science Association 62nd Conference, April 25-26, 2008, The Rockefeller Center for Public Affairs and Policy/University at Albany, Albany, NY.
• “The Rights of Voters in the Nominating Process: Lopez-Torres v. New York State Board of Elections,” Northeastern Political Science Association Meeting, November 15-17, 2007, Philadelphia, PA.
• “The Diminution of Party Membership in a Sequential, Front-Loaded Presidential Nominating System,” co-authored with Franco Mattei.  Presented at the New York State Political Science Association Meeting, April 20-21, 2007, Poughkeepsie, New York.
• “Establishing Orthodoxy in Constitutional Interpretation: The Ninth Amendment Debate.” Presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, April 12-15, 2007, Chicago, IL.
• “Embracing the Living Constitution: Justice Anthony M. Kennedy’s Move Away from a Conservative Methodology of Constitutional Interpretation.” Presented at the Northeastern Political Science Association Convention, November 7-9, 2006, Boston, MA.
• “Protecting Party Members: The Right to Effectively Participate in the Presidential Nominating Process,” co-authored with Franco Mattei. Presented at the New York State Political Science Association Convention, April 20-21, 2006, John Jay College, Manhattan, New York.
• “Divergent Views? Congress, the Supreme Court, and the Bush Administration’s Approach to International and Foreign Law,” co-authored with David Hutt.  Presented at the Comparative Judicial Studies Conference (IPSA RC#9) in Tempe, Arizona at Arizona State University on February 16-17, 2006.
• “Recent Developments in the Associational Rights of Political Parties: Membership and Participation in the Nominating Process,” co-authored with Franco Mattei. Presented at the Southern Political Science Association Meeting in Atlanta, GA, January 4-7, 2006.
• “Judicial Reasoning versus Legislative Judgment: Overturning the Juvenile Death Penalty.” Presented at the Northeastern Political Science Association 2005 Annual Meeting, November 17-19, 2005, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• “Redefining Due Process Analysis: Justice Kennedy and the Concept of Emergent Rights.” Presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Convention, April 9-11, 2005 Chicago, IL*
• “Redefining Due Process Analysis: Justice Kennedy and the Concept of Emergent Rights.” Presented at the New York State Political Science Association Convention, April 15-16, Niagara University.
• “The Evolution of Justice Kennedy? A Judicial Conservative’s Support for Gay Rights.” Presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Convention, April 15-18, 2004, Chicago, IL
• “Justice Kennedy and Gay Rights.” Presented at the New York State Political Science Association Meeting, April 23-25, 2004, Binghamton, NY
• The Activism of Justice Anthony M. Kennedy.@ Presented at the Midwest Political Science Convention, April 3-6, 2003, Chicago, IL
• Parties and the Presidential Nominating Process: Political and Constitutional Implications of >Front-Loading,@ co-authored with Franco Mattei.  Presented at the Southern Political Science Association, November 6-9, 2002, Savannah, GA

Publications

• Embracing the Living Constitution: Justice Anthony M. Kennedy’s Move Away from a Conservative Methodology of Constitutional Interpretation, accepted for publication by North Carolina Central University Law Journal, 2007, Volume 30(1): 25-74.
• Divergent Views on the Use of International and Foreign Law: Congress and the Executive versus the Court, with David T. Hutt, Ohio Northern University Law Review Volume 33(1):113-152 (2007).
• Redefining Due Process Analysis: Justice Anthony M. Kennedy and the Concept of Emergent Rights, Albany Law Review, 2005, Volume 69(1):237-298.
• Challenging the Presidential Nomination Process: The Constitutionality of Front-Loading, with Franco Mattei, Hamline Journal of Public Law and Policy, Fall 2004, Volume 26(1):1-42.
• United States v. Nixon Revisited: A Case Study in Supreme Court Decision-Making, with Charles M. Lamb, University of Pittsburgh Law Review, Fall 1996, Volume 58(1):71-108.
• Spano v. New York, in Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties, Routledge Publishing, 2005.
• Schlup v. Delo  in Encyclopedia of Civil Liberties in America, David Schultz and John R. Vile, eds., M.E. Sharpe, 2004.
• City of Ladue v. Gilleo  in Encyclopedia of Civil Liberties in America, David Schultz and John R. Vile, eds., M.E. Sharpe, 2004.

Memberships

• New York State Political Science Association, Executive Board Member & Section Chair: State and Local Politics (2009-2010), Section Chair, Public Administration & Public Policy (2006-2008)
• Northeastern Political Science Association, Section Chair, Public Administration and Public Policy (2007-2008)