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Ryan Owens
Ryan Owens is a Lyons Family Faculty Scholar and Assistant Professor of Political Science. He also enjoys an affiliate status with the law school and is an Honorary Fellow in the Institute for Legal Studies. Owens studies judicial politics and American political institutions. His work analyzes, among other things, agenda setting on the United States Supreme Court, strategic behavior on the United States Courts of Appeals, and unilateral executive behavior. Dr. Owens's work has appeared in the American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, Political Research Quarterly, William & Mary Law Review, Law & Society Review, and the Justice System Journal.
Owens received grants from the National Science Foundation, the Harvard Provost, the University of Wisconsin Graduate School, the Center for Empirical Research in the Law, the George H.W. Bush Library Foundation, and the Southern Political Science Association.
Between 2008 and 2011, Owens was Assistant Professor of Government at Harvard University, where he taught undergraduates and graduate students. He also taught seminars in the law school. From 2003-2008, Owens earned his Ph.D. at Washington University in Saint Louis.
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Recent Publications
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Ryan Owens, and Ryan C. Black, “A Built-In Advantage: The Office of the Solicitor General and the U.S. Supreme Court.” Political Research Quarterly 66 (2013): 454-66.
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Ryan Owens, Justin P. Wedeking, and Patrick C. Wohlfarth, "How the Supreme Court Alters Opinion Language to Evade Congressional Review." Journal of Law and Courts 1, 1 (2013): 35-59.
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Ryan Owens, and Ryan C. Black, “Consider the Source (and the Message): Supreme Court Justices and Strategic Audits of Lower Court Decisions.” Political Research Quarterly 65 (2012): 385-395
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Ryan Owens, Ryan C. Black. The Solicitor General and the United States Supreme Court: Executive Influence and Judicial Decisions. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012.
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Ryan Owens, Justin Wedeking. Predicting Drift on Politically Insulated Institutions: A Study of Ideological Drift on the United States Supreme Court. Journal of Politics 74 (2012): 487-500
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Ryan Owens, Ryan C. Black, "Agenda Setting in the U.S. Supreme Court" in New Directions in Judicial Politics, ed. Kevin T. McGuire. Routledge, Taylor and Francis, 2012
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Ryan Owens, David A. Simon, "Explaining the Supreme Court's Docket Size." William and Mary Law Review 53, 4 (2012): 1219-1285
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Ryan Owens, Ryan Black , Anthony Madonna. “Obstructing Agenda-Setting: Examining Blue Slip Behavior in the Senate.” The Forum 9, 4 (2011).
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Ryan Owens, Ryan C. Black. “Solicitor General Influence and Agenda Setting on the U.S. Supreme Court.” Political Research Quarterly 64, 4 (2011): 765-78
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Current Courses taught for Spring 2012-2013
400 - Topics: Judicial Internship
Instructors: Ryan Owens Field: American Politics
Section Number: 002
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