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EmiLee Smart

Education:
M.A. Political Science, University of Kentucky (2022)
Certificate in College Teaching, University of Kentucky (2023)

B.A. English, Idaho State University (2019)
Biography:

EmiLee Smart is a PhD Candidate, and instructor at the University of Kentucky. She completed her undergraduate in English at Idaho State University. She uses her knowledge to analyze documents from and about the Supreme Court to better understand how judges make decisions. EmiLee specifically focuses on the Supreme Court's use of the Shadow docket.

Current Course Offerings:

PS 391 Courts and Diversity

PS 484 The American Presidency

Research Interests:
Law and courts
Text Analysis
Research Interests

Judicial Decision Making

Shadow Docket

Political Institutions

Text Analysis