Professor Margaret Ellis

209 Dale Hall Tower

The University of Oklahoma

455 West Lindsey Street

Norman, Oklahoma 73019-2001

Fall 2007 Office Hours:

Tuesday and Thursday
2:00 to 3:00 p.m.
and by appointment

Contact Information:

Email: ellisme@ou.edu or ougovt@yahoo.com

Phone: (405) 325-5019

FAX: (405) 325-7013

Courses

Research

Useful Links

Vitae

Family & Friends

Welcome to my website! This webpage is for students, colleagues, researchers, and friends who are interested in my teaching, research, and service here at OU. You will find information here on the courses I teach at The University of Oklahoma and many useful links related to state and federal judicial systems, the presidency, and pre-law. Students seeking information on courses should look at the course syllabi and contact me by email if they have further questions. From time to time, I also post pictures of student activites and current events within the university community and the city of Norman. Let me know if you have suggestions for future postings!

I am the faculty advisor for the University of Oklahoma Pre-Law Club, serve as a President's Distinguished Faculty Student Mentor, and coordinate the Community Scholars Program. For leisure, I enjoy sports, gardening, and travel. I am an avid Dallas Cowboys and St. Louis Cardinals fan, as well as a a loyal OU Sooner for over 30 years. My fondest wish is to see Ireland, the birthplace of my maternal grandparents, and to live to be 100 years old!! Please feel free to browse my website and contact me either by email or phone if you have questions or comments concerning my work here at The University of Oklahoma.

My major field of research is public law with a special interest in judicial politics and state courts. Specifically, I am currently examining the Oklahoma judiciary in regard to judicial campaign financing, in addition to a collaborative project on the role of gender in state courts. My research focus is the question of the the role of the courts in the formation of public policy and the extraneous factors which influence the outcome of judicial policy making. My secondary research focus is the presidency and I am currently working on a manuscript on second-term presidents.

I received my Ph.D. in Political Economics from The University of Texas at Dallas in 1995. My dissertation, titled Judicial Assumptions of Voting Rights Act Section II Violations, examines judicial remedies in regard to court mandated redistricting plans. Prior to coming to The University of Oklahoma, I was an Assistant Professor, Pre-Law Advisor, and Washington Semester Professor-in-Residence at James Madison University in Virginia, and an Assistant Professor, Pre-Law Advisor, and Mock Trial Coach at Western Kentucky University.

Last Update: June 28, 2007