Research

External Grants:

King, Jonathan M. and Jessica A. Schoenherr (Co-PIs). “Collaborative Proposal: Precedent-Altering Opinions and Collegiality on the U.S. Supreme Court.” National Science Foundation, Law and Science Program. March 2024-February 2025. Total award: $159,476 (USC portion of award: $74,803).

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Publications:

Cota, Matthew T., Rachael B. Houston, Elizabeth A. Lane, and Jessica A. Schoenherr. Accepted. “Beyond The Front Page: U.S. Supreme Court Media Coverage in the Digital Age.” PS: Political Science & Politics. [Appendix]

Lane, Elizabeth A. and Jessica A. Schoenherr. Accepted. “Cite and Sway? Attorneys, Briefs, and Persuasion at the U.S. Supreme Court.” Journal of Politics. [Appendix] [Dataverse]

Armaly, Miles T., Jonathan M. King, Elizabeth A. Lane, and Jessica A. Schoenherr. Forthcoming. “An Ecclesiastical Court: Christian Nationalism and Perceptions of the U.S. Supreme Court.” American Journal of Political Science. [Appendix] [Dataverse]

King, Jonathan M., Jessica A. Schoenherr, and Katelyn E. Stauffer. Forthcoming. “‘You Reached Out to Me for Help’: Female Attorneys, Anti-Feminist Outcomes, and Their Effects on Symbolic Representation.” Politics & Gender. [Paper] [Appendix]

• Winner, Neal Tate Award for Best Paper Presented in Judicial Politics, 2024, Southern Political Science Association

Scott, Jamil S., Elizabeth A. Lane, and Jessica A. Schoenherr. 2025. “You Better Shop Around: How Litigant Characteristics Influence Support for Supreme Court Decisions.” Journal of Politics 87(3): 1012-1027. [Paper] [Appendix] [Dataverse]

King, Jonathan M., Jessica A. Schoenherr, and Ian Ostrander. 2025. “Anchoring or Expanding? Gender and Judicial Nominations.” Political Research Quarterly 78(1): 135-150. [Paper] [Appendix] [Dataverse]

Armaly, Miles T. and Jessica A. Schoenherr. 2025. “Friendship is Rare: The Influence of Off-Bench Friendships on Support for the U.S. Supreme Court.” American Politics Research 53(2): 181-192. [Paper] [Appendix] 

Krewson, Christopher N., Jessica A. Schoenherr, and Marcy Shieh. 2024. “Did You Hear about Clarence Thomas? Measuring Public Attention toward the Supreme Court.” Research & Politics 11(2): 1-7. [Paper] [Appendix] [Dataverse]

King, Jonathan M. and Jessica A. Schoenherr. 2024. “A Matter of Opinion? How Unexpected Opinion Authors Influence Support for Supreme Court Decisions.” Journal of Law and Courts 12(1): 144-164. [Paper] [Appendix] [Dataverse]

Schoenherr, Jessica A. and Nicholas W. Waterbury. 2022. “Confessions at the Supreme Court: Judicial Response to Solicitor General Error.” Journal of Law and Courts 10(1): 13-36. [Paper] [Appendix] [Dataverse]

Schoenherr, Jessica A., Elizabeth A. Lane, and Miles T. Armaly. 2020. “The Electoral Purpose of Senatorial Grandstanding During Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings.” Journal of Law and Courts 8(2): 333-358. [Paper] [Appendix] [Dataverse]