Political Science

Teaching

• PS 201 Introduction to United States Government and Politics
• PS 321 American Constitutional Law
• PS 322 American Constitutional Law: Civil Rights and Liberties
• PS 323 American Constitutional Law: Rights of the Accused
• PS 326 Judicial Process and Politics
• PS 399 Current Problems/Judicial Process
• PS 425/525 Gender and the Law
• PS 429/529 Topics in Judicial Politics

Research Interests

• Judicial Politics

Curriculum Vitae

Brief Vita

EDUCATION

• Ph.D., 1997 The Ohio State University
  M.A., 1995 The Ohio State University
  B.A., 1991 Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri

POSITIONS HELD

• Oregon State University, Associate Professor, Political Science 2007-present
  Oregon State University, Assistant Professor, Political Science 2002-2007
  University of Northern Iowa, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science 2000-2002
  Binghamton University SUNY, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science 1998-2000
  Dartmouth College, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Government 1997-1998

RECENT BOOKS

• Solberg, Rorie Spill and Eric N. Waltenburg. 2014. The Media, the Court, and the Misrepresentation: The New Myth of the Court. Law and Politics Series. Routledge

RECENT JOURNAL ARTICLES

• Lisa Holmes, Solberg, Rorie Spill, and Susan B. Haire. 2011. “Neither Gone Nor Forgotten: Evaluating the Potential Impact of Senior Status Judges on the US Courts of Appeals.” Judicature 95: 227-236.
• Diascro, Jennifer Segal and Rorie Spill Solberg. 2009. “George W. Bush’s Legacy on the Federal Bench: Policy in the Face of Diversity.” Judicature 92: 289-301.
• Scott, Kevin and Rorie Solberg. 2008. “Remaking the Federal Bench: An Exercise in Futility?” Southern Illinois Law Journal Vol 32: 493-508.
• Lindquist, Stephanie and Rorie Solberg. 2007.  “Judicial Review by the Burger and Rehnquist Courts: Explaining Justices' Responses to Constitutional Challenges.” Political Research Quarterly. 60: 71-90.
• Rorie Spill Solberg, Jolly Emrey and Susan Haire. 2006. "Inter-Court Dynamics and Development of Legal Policy: References to Precedents in the U.S. Courts of Appeals.” Policy Studies Journal. Vol. 34: 277-294.
• Solberg, Rorie Spill and Stefanie A. Linquist. “Activism, Ideology, and Federalism: Judicial Behavior in Constitutional Challenges Before the Rehnquist Court 1986-2000.”  Journal of Empirical Legal Studies.  Vol 3: 237-262. 
• Solberg, Rorie Spill and Eric Waltenburg. “Evaluating Models of Legal Advocacy”. Social Science Quarterly. Vol 87:558-572.
• Solberg Rorie Spill. 2006. “Court Size and Diversity on the Bench: The Ninth Circuit and its Sisters.” Arizona Law Review Vol 48: 247-66.
• Solberg, Rorie Spill. 2005. “Diversity and G.W. Bush’s Judicial Appointments: Serving Two Masters.” Judicature. Vol 88: 276-283.
• Solberg, Rorie Spill and Kate Bratton. 2005. “Diversifying the Bench: Presidential Patterns.” Justice Systems Journal. Vol 26: 119-133.
• Spill Solberg, Rorie L. and Leonard Ray. 2005. “All States are not Equal: Investigating the Differential Success of the States in the Courts of Appeals.” State Politics and Policy Quarterly Vol 5: 147-67.
• Spill Solberg, Rorie L. and Eric S. Heberlig.  2005.  "Communicating to the Courts and Beyond:  Why Members of Congress Participate as Amicus Curiae."  Legislative Studies Quarterly Vol 29:591-610.
• Bratton, Kathleen A. and Rorie L. Spill. 2004. “Moving Up the Judicial Ladder: The Role of Prior Judicial Experience.” American Politics Research Vol 32:198-218.

RECENT CHAPTERS

• Spill Solberg, Rorie. “Arthur Goldberg.” In, Encyclopedia of American Civil Rights and Liberties, Stephens, Scheb, and Stooksbury, eds. Greenwood Press. 2006.
• Spill Solberg, Rorie. “James McReynolds.” In Encyclopedia of American Civil Rights and Liberties, Stephens, Scheb, and Stooksbury, eds. Greenwood Press. 2006.
• Spill Solberg, Rorie. “Robert Jackson.” In Encyclopedia of American Civil Rights and Liberties, Stephens, Scheb, and Stooksbury, eds. Greenwood Press. 2006.

EDITOR

• Judicature
• Without Prejudice | Context and Information for Teaching Constitutional Law 

GRANTS AND AWARDS

• National Science Foundation Grant (2008) Shepardizing the Courts of Appeals Database ($48,599 NSF-SES 0752900)
• DeLoach Scholarship Award (2005)
• Mr. and Mrs. L.L. Stewart Faculty Development Award (2004)
• College of Liberal Arts Research Award (2004)
• Difference, Power and Discrimination Curriculum Development Grant (2003)
• Southern Political Science Association Artinian Travel Award (2002)
• UNI Faculty Summer Fellowship: Grant Proposal Award (2002)
• Southern Political Science Association Artinian Travel Award (2001)
• College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Dean’s Summer Research Grant (2001)
• Southern Political Science Association Artinian Travel Award (1999)
• Professional Development Award (1998)
• Summer Research Grant, Binghamton University (1998)
• Graduate Teaching Associateship at the Ohio State University (1993-1997)
• Dissertation Grant, Ohio State Graduate School (1995)
• Graduate Teaching Associateship at ICPSR Summer Methods Institute (1994)