Spivey, Michael

Degrees

  • MA | Divinity, University of Chicago

  • MA | Public Policy, University of Chicago

  • JD | Georgetown University Law Center

  • PhD | University of Maryland

Research Topics

  • American Politics

I teach courses in public law including Introduction to Law; American Constitutionalism I; American Constitutionalism II (Civil Rights and Civil Liberties) and Current Issues in the Supreme Court (a study of the Roberts Court).  I am particularly interested in the role of the courts in the culture wars.  This was the topic of my dissertation:  Culture Warriors Go to Court: The Supreme Court and the Culture Wars.