Assistant Professor

Office: 1703 HW
Phone: 212-396-6588
Email: ezackin@hunter.cuny.edu

Office Hours

Areas of Specialization:

• American Political Development
• Law and Society
• Constitutional Theory

Courses:

• PolSc 110: American Government: A Historical Introduction
• PolSc 240: The American Judiciary
• PolSc 341: Constitutional Law: Civil Rights
• PolSc 342: Constitutional Law: First Amendment

Education:
PhD, Politics – Princeton University (2010)
MA, Political Science – Columbia University (2004)
BA, Political Science and English – Swarthmore College (2002)

Publications:

• "Kentucky’s Constitutional Crisis and the Many Meanings of Judicial Independence" Studies in Law, Politics & Society. Forthcoming.
• "What’s Happened to American Federalism?" (Review Essay) Polity. 43, no. 3 (July 2011): 388–403.
• "'To Change the Fundamental Law of the State': Protective Labor Provisions in U.S. Constitutions" Studies in American Political Development. 24, no. 1 (April 2010): 1-23.
• "Popular Constitutionalism’s Hard When You’re Not Very Popular: Why the ACLU Turned to Courts" Law and Society Review. 42, no. 2 (June 2008): 367-395.