Joe Bolton
Visiting Instructor of Political Science
- Professional
- Biography
Selected Publications
- Kromphardt, Christopher D., and Joseph Bolton. 2022. “Ready for their Closeup? Ideological Cues and Strategic Televising in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.” Justice System Journal 43(3): 260-278. DOI: 10.1080/0098261X.2022.2084002.
- Clayton, Cornell, and Joseph Bolton. 2021. “Trump v. Mazars and Trump v. Vance on Presidential Subpoenas.” In SCOTUS 2020: Major Decisions and Developments of the U.S. Supreme Court, ed. Morgan Marietta, 151 – 161. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Bolton, Joseph P., and Christopher D. Kromphardt. 2021. “Black Robes in the Limelight: News Values and Requests to Televise Oral Arguments in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1991-2005.” In Open Judicial Politics, 2nd edition, eds. Rorie Spill Solberg and Eric Waltenburg, 789 -902. Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University.
Biography
Joe Bolton is a PhD Candidate at Washington State University (defending this Fall 2025). His research focuses on judicial politics (e.g., constitutional law, media and the courts), political polarization, and the determinants of counter-partisan policy reform. He has taught at multiple universities, including Gonzaga University, Boise State University, and the University of Idaho.
Dissertation:
“The Search for Counter-Partisan Reform: Ideology & Influence in Medicaid, Marijuana, and the Minimum Wage.”