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Visiting Fellow

Russell Wheeler

Russell Wheeler

Visiting Fellow, Governance Studies

Russell Wheeler studies the selection of U.S. judges and how courts function with other branches of government and the press, among other judicial topics. He is a former deputy director of the Federal Judicial Center, research and education agency for the federal court system.



Expertise

Courts; Inter-branch relations; Judges                                                    

  • Language Fluency:
  • Spanish

Background

Current Positions
President, Governance Institute

Past Positions
Deputy Director, Federal Judicial Center; Senior Staff Associate, Court Planning Project, National Center for State Courts; Judicial Fellow and Research Associate, Office of the Administrative Assistant to the Chief Justice, U.S. Supreme Court; Assistant Professor of Political Science, Texas Tech University; Board of Editors, Justice System Journal; Adjunct Professor, Washington College of Law, American University

Education

Ph.D., Political Science, University of Chicago, 1970; M.A., Political Science, University of Chicago, 1968; B.A., Augustana College, Illinois, 1965


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