Title
Associate Professor of Political ScienceOffice Building
Lincoln HallOffice
325Mailing Address
Lincoln Hall 325School of American and Global Studies-Box 2212
University Station
Brookings, SD 57007
Biography
I am an associate professor of political science in the School of American and Global Studies at South Dakota State University. I also serve as the political science internship coordinator, lobbying and government advocacy certificate coordinator, legal studies coordinator and Pre-Law Society advisor.I received my Ph.D. in political science from Kent State University in August 2016 and served as a 2015-2016 American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow. My fellowship placement was as a legislative assistant for Representative Daniel Lipinski (D-IL-3). I covered education, agriculture, government operations, campaign finance reform, voting rights and Native American policy. I also worked with the Science, Space and Technology Committee and the STEM Education Caucus.
Education
- B.A. in political science | Wartburg College | 2009
- M.A. in political science | Kent State University | 2013
- Ph.D. in political science | Kent State University | 2016
Academic Interests
- American political institutions (Congress, the Supreme Court and the presidency)
- Constitutional law (Civil rights and liberties and governmental powers)
- Political behavior (Political parties, interest groups and campaigns and elections)
- Public policy
- Women and politics
- Quantitative political methods
Academic Responsibilities
Courses Taught
- Introductory Courses
- Introduction to Moot Court (Spring 2019; Spring 2020: Hybrid due to COVID-19; Spring 2022; Spring 2023; Fall 2023)
- American Government (Fall 2016; Spring 2017; Fall 2017; Fall 2020 [Online] | Spring 2021; Fall 2022)
- State and Local Government (Spring 2020: Hybrid due to COVID-19; Fall 2021)
- Upper-Division Courses
- Constitutional Law: Civil Rights and Liberties (Fall 2016; Fall 2018; Fall 2020: Hybrid due to COVID-19; Fall 2021; Fall 2022; Fall 2023; Fall 2024)
- Constitutional Law: Governmental Powers (Fall 2017; Spring 2019; Fall 2019; Spring 2021; Spring 2022; Spring 2023; Fall 2023; Fall 2024)
- The American Presidency (Fall 2018; Fall 2020: Hybrid due to COVID-19; Fall 2024)
- Internship (Fall 2019; Spring 2020; Fall 2020; Spring 2021; Summer 2021; Spring 2022; Summer 2022; Spring 2023; Summer 2023)
- U.S. Congress (Spring 2019; Spring 2021; Spring 2023)
- Politics of Inequality (Spring 2018; Fall 2019; Fall 2022)
- Interest Groups and Lobbying (Fall 2019; Spring 2022)
- Courts and Judicial Politics (Spring 2018; Fall 2021)
- The President and the Congress (Spring 2017)
- Independent Studies
- Partisan and Gender-Based Campaign Strategies of Female Senate Candidates (Spring 2021)
- Running for Congress as a Moderate (Spring 2020)
- States' Rights Arguments in Supreme Court Litigation (Spring 2020)
- Individualism in the U.S. Senate [Honors] (Fall 2017)
- Women Executives Around the World (Spring 2017) [with Evren Celik Wiltse]
Advising
- Lobbying and government advocacy certificate (Fall 2022-present)
- Graduate faculty representative
- Amanda Noonan, DNP (Fall 2023- present)
- Jessica Speiser, M.A., Wildlife and Fisheries Science (Spring 2022-present)
- Devan Schaefer, M.S., Economics (Spring 2023)
- Political science internship coordinator (Fall 2019-present)
- Legal studies minor (Spring 2017-present)
- Pre-Law Society (Spring 2017-present)
- LeadState (Fall 2018-May 2022)
- Coach (Fall 2018; Spring 2019; Fall 2019; Spring 2020)
- Facilitation team (Fall 2020; Spring 2021)
- Honors College independent study mentor (Fall 2017-Spring 2018)
- Viraj Patel "Individualism in the U.S. Senate: A Case Study of Senator John McCain," Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity Day (URSCAD) (April 3, 2018; Brookings, South Dakota). [Poster Presentation; Fishback Honors College Poster Award].
Committees and Professional Memberships
Committees
- University and College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
- Ethics Lab Advisory Committee (Spring 2018-present)
- Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Advisory Committee (Fall 2016-present)
- Social Media and Website Subcommittee (Fall 2019-present)
- April Brooks Women of Distinction Awards Subcommittee (Spring 2018)
- College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Council (Fall 2017-Spring 2022)
- Chair (Fall 2019-Spring 2020)
- College Awards Subcommittee (Fall 2018)
- College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity (RSCA) Challenge Fund Review Committee (Spring 2022)
- Undergraduate Research Grant Review Committee (Spring 2020; Spring 2021; Spring 2022)
- College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Continuity of Operations Committee (Spring 2020)
- International Conference on Global Human Rights Planning Committee (Spring 2018-Fall 2018)
- School of American and Global Studies
- Political Science Assistant Professor Search Committee (Summer 2024-present)
- Visibility and Awards Committee (August 2021-present)
- J.P. Hendrickson Scholarship Selection Committee (September 2016; September 2017; September 2018; September 2019; October 2020; September 2021; September 2022; October 2023)
- American Indian and Indigenous Studies Assistant Professor Search Committee: Cultural Theory Line (Fall 2022-Spring 2023)
- American Indian and Indigenous Studies Assistant Professor Search Committee: Wizipan Leadership and Sustainability Certificate Line (Fall 2022)
- Chair
- American Indian and Indigenous Studies Assistant Professor Search Committee: Public Policy or Public Administration Line (Fall 2022)
- Chair
Professional Memberships
- American Political Science Association
- Law and courts
- Legislative studies
- Women and politics research
- Midwest Political Science Association
- Southern Political Science Association
- SPSA Women
- Western Association of Prelaw Advisors
Awards and Honors
Professional Associations
- 1st place in the Ohio Association of Economists and Political Scientists 2012 Graduate Political Science Paper Competition, “Committee Requests, Assignments and the Female Representative: Evidence from the 80th-103rd Congresses.”
South Dakota Board of Regents
- Board of Regents Student Organization Academic Excellence Award: Pre-Law Society (Spring 2021)
South Dakota State University
- Teaching
- Edward Patrick Hogan Award for Excellence in Teaching (2021)
- Van D. and Barbara B. Fishback Honors College Honorable Mention: Woyaksape From a Wise Owl (September 24, 2019)
- Greek Faculty of the Month Nominee (April 2019)
- Instructional Design Services Online Teaching Success Story: D2L Online Quizzing (April 20, 2017)
- Thank-A-Professor Program Thank You: Civil Rights and Liberties (Fall 2016)
- Research
- College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Award for Outstanding Research in the Social Sciences (with Evren Celik Wiltse) (2021)
- Advising & Service
- Van D. and Barbara B. Fishback Honors College Medallion Ceremony Faculty Recognition (2022, 2023)
- Timothy J. Nichols Outstanding Undergraduate Academic Advising (2023)
- Students' Association Faculty Advisor of the Year (2022)
- Office of International Affairs Global Achievement Award for an Academic Unit (with the School of American and Global Studies) (2022)
- Professional Staff Council Attitude of Gratitude: LeadState (Fall 2018; Fall 2019; Fall 2020)
Grants
Professional Associations
- Dissemination
- Southern Political Science Association's Artinian Travel Award (2018)
- American Political Science Association’s Annual Meeting Travel Grant (2015)
South Dakota State University
- Research
- College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Grant-Readiness Workshop Series (2019)
- Dissemination
- Scholarly Excellence Dissemination Grant
- Annual Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association (2020; Not accepted due to COVID-19 conference cancellation)
- Annual Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association (2019)
- Annual Conference of the Southern Political Science Association (2018)
- Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (2016)
- Scholarly Excellence Dissemination Grant
Grant Applications
- National Science Foundation Law and Science Program (2025-2027)
- Collaborative Research: The Impact of Court-Curbing Bills on Supreme Court Judicial Review (with Alicia Uribe-McGuire) ($202,341)
Work Experience
Fellowships
- American Political Science Association’s Congressional Fellowship Program (2015-2016) | legislative assistant for Representative Daniel Lipinski (D-IL-3)
- Policy areas: education, agriculture, government operations, campaign finance reform, voting rights and Native Americans
- Science, Space and Technology Committee
- STEM Education Caucus
Recent Professional Development
- South Dakota State University Registered Student Organization Advisor Training (August 16, 2024)
Professional Service
- American Political Science Association
- Congressional Fellowship Program Review Panel for 2022-2023 Fellowships (Spring 2022; Spring 2023)
- Academic Journal Manuscript Reviewer
- American Politics Research
- Journal of Latinos and Education
- Journal of Political Science Education
- Law and Society Review
- Publius: The Journal of Federalism
- Undergraduate Journal Manuscript Reviewer
- Alethia--The Alpha Chi Journal of Undergraduate Scholarship
- Textbook Reviewer
- McGraw Hill
- Oxford University Press
- Pearson
- SAGE Publishing
- Rowman and Littlefield
- W.W. Norton and Company
Recent Media Appearances
- “Historical and Political Precedents for a Wild News Week” South Dakota Public Broadcasting In the Moment (with David L. Wiltse) (July 24, 2024)
- “How the Supreme Court is Shaping the Future of Presidential Immunity” South Dakota Public Broadcasting In the Moment (July 3, 2024)
- “Noem Looks to Bounch Back onto Trump’s VP Shortlist” The Hill (June 9, 2024)
- “Paths to Power and Paths to the Polls” South Dakota Public BroadcastingIn the Moment (with David L. Wiltse) (May 30, 2024)
- “Republican Runs Afoul of Anti-Abortion Groups After Labeling Their Phone Calls a ‘Scam’” South Dakota Searchlight (May 23, 2024)
Areas of Research
- Judicial, congressional and executive politics and behavior
- Federalism
- Women and politics
- Election law
Publications
Books
- Celik Wiltse, Evren and Lisa Hager. 2021. "Women's Paths to Power: Female Presidents and Prime Ministers, 1960-2020." Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers.
Journal Articles
- Hager, Lisa and Alicia Uribe-McGuire. 2024. "Judicial Guardians: Court-Curbing Bills, the Supreme Court, and Judicial Review" Journal of Law and Courts DOI: 10.1017/jlc.2023.22 (Published Online)
- Aranda III, Florencio Urías and Lisa Hager. 2024. "Educational Attainment through Community Cultural Wealth: Narratives of Latino U.S. Congressmen." Journal of Latinos and Education 23(1): 29-45.
- Hager, Lisa, Oindrila Roy, Landon E. Hancock, and Michael J. Ensley. 2019. "Selling Iran: Prospect Theory and the Campaign to Frame the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action." Congress and the Presidency 46(3): 417-445.
- Hager, Lisa. 2018. "Are Members of Congress Simply 'Single-Minded Seekers of Reelection'?: An Examination of Legislative Behavior in the 114th Congress" P.S. Political Science and Politics 51(1): 115-118.
Book Chapters
- Hager, Lisa. 2015. “The Predisposing, Motivating and Constraining Factors of Early Voting: Assessing the Impact of Campaign Strategies and Voting Laws.” In Culture, Rhetoric and Voting: The Presidential Election of 2012, eds. Douglas M. Brattebo, Tom Lansford, Jack Covarrubias and Robert J. Pauly. Akron: University of Akron Press.
Reference Book Entries
- Hager, Lisa. 2018. “Common Cause.” In Money in American Politics: An Encyclopedia, ed. David A. Schultz. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.
- Hager, Lisa. 2018. “Majors v. Abell.” In Money in American Politics: An Encyclopedia, ed. David A. Schultz. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.
- Hager, Lisa. 2017. “Constitutional Interpretation.” In The State and Federal Courts: A Complete Guide to History, Powers and Controversy, ed. Christopher P. Banks. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.
- Hager, Lisa. 2017. “Court-Curbing.” In The State and Federal Courts: A Complete Guide to History, Powers and Controversy, ed. Christopher P. Banks. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.
- Hager, Lisa. 2017. “Presidential Appointments and Court Packing.” In The State and Federal Courts: A Complete Guide to History, Powers and Controversy, ed. Christopher P. Banks. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.
Book Reviews
- Hager, Lisa. 2020. "Restoring the Global Judiciary: Why the Supreme Court Should Rule in U.S. Foreign Affairs by Martin S. Flaherty." Political Science Quarterly 135(4): 767-769.
Book Contracts
- Access to Justice Denied: Civil Gideon and the Right to Counsel for Indigents (with Christopher P. Banks) Lexington Books (Manuscript Due March 2024)
Manuscripts Under Review
- “Legislating Community Cultural Wealth: The Education Policy Advocacy of Latino U.S. Congressmen” (with Florencio Urías Aranda III)
- “To Affirm or Reverse? A Study of the Role of Certiorari Determinants on Supreme Court Outcomes” (with Alicia Uribe-McGuire)
Working Papers
- "Explaining Gender Differences in Legislative Effectiveness: An Examination of Committee Request Success and Bill Sponsorship in the U.S. House"
- “Avoiding Overrides: Judicial Review Following Congressional Court-Curbing”
- “The Motivating and Constraining Factors of Congressional Court-Curbing Bill Sponsorship”
- "Responses to Congressional Court-Curbing by the Justices of the Supreme Court"
- “The Influence of Court-Curbing Bills on the Supreme Court: The Impact of the Bill’s Target and Legislative Success” (with Alicia Uribe-McGuire)
- “Single-Mindedly Seeking Reelection with Court-Curbing Bills: An Examination of Members of Congress in the 2006 and 2018 Midterm Elections” (with Alicia Uribe-McGuire)
- “Civil Legal Aid as a Basic Human Right” (with Christopher P. Banks)
- “The Strategic Use of Clear Statement Rules by the U.S. Supreme Court in Federalism Cases” (with Christopher P. Banks)
- “Process Federalism in Statutory Construction Cases: The Political Representation of the States by the Rehnquist and Roberts Courts” (with Christopher P. Banks)
- "The Cost of Indigence Under Legal Recovery and Public Defender Systems" (with Christopher P. Banks)
- "New Federalism and the Culture Wars: Guns and LGBTQ Rights" (with Christopher P. Banks and John C. Blakeman)
- "Advancing a States' Rights Reading of the Establishment Clause: Assessing the Impact of Justice Clarence Thomas on Merit and Amicus Briefs" (with Christopher P. Banks and John C. Blakeman)
- "Who Run the U.S. States? Girls!: Examining the Partisan and Gender-Based Campaign Strategies of Successful Female Candidates for Governor in 2016"
Recent Conference Presentations
- “Explaining Gender Differences in Legislative Effectiveness: An Examination of Committee Interest and Bill Sponsorship in the U.S. House” Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association (April 4-7, 2024; Chicago, Illinois).
- “Single-Mindedly Seeking Reelection with Court-Curbing Bills: An Examination of Members of Congress in the 2006 and 2018 Midterm Elections” (with Alicia Uribe-McGuire) Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association (April 4-7, 2024; Chicago, Illinois).
- “Education Policy Advocacy through Community Cultural Wealth: Narratives of Latino U.S. Congressmen” (with Florencio Urías Aranda III) 2024 American Political Science Association Virtual Research Meeting (February 8-9, 2024)
Recent Professional Conference Participation
- “Gendered Political Leadership and Responsiveness in Crisis” (Chair and Discussant) Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association (April 4-7, 2024; Chicago, Illinois).
Department(s)
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