Associate Professor
Political Science
Carnegie Hall, 207c (map)
651-696-6147

schmidtp@macalester.edu
Curriculum Vitae

Judicial and Constitutional politics, legal profession and lawyers, U.S. Supreme Court, transparency and disclosure, bureaucracy and regulation, technological change.

Professor Schmidt’s interests range across public law and American politics.  He has long been fascinated with, and loves teaching judicial politics, including the U.S. Supreme Court, constitutional law, and American legal and political development.  Indeed, anything “legal” can pique his interest, and he has maintained a steady interest in the study of the legal profession, which informs his role as a pre-law advisor and co-Director of the Legal Studies program at Macalester.  Schmidt also maintains an active research agenda in the interdisciplinary field of Law and Society, with particular interest in regulation and governance.  He looks to collaborate with students in research projects, including his recent research on transparency and disclosure.  Married with three kids, Schmidt is an unrepentant beer geek, having sampled more than 3000 different beers from 114 different countries over the past decade. 

• BA: University of Minnesota, Summa Cum Laude
• PhD: Johns Hopkins University