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Susan Burgess, Council
Ohio University

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Susan Burgess, Ohio University
Council 2006-08

Susan Burgess is Professor of Political Science at Ohio University whose field of expertise is U.S. public law, with a particular interest in its intersections with new institutionalism, popular culture, and queer theory. Prof. Burgess has published a book entitled Contest for Constitutional Authority: The Abortion and War Powers Debates, and has another on the way called Who's Your Daddy? The Founding Fathers and Popular Culture in Contemporary Constitutional Discourse.  Her work has also appeared in numerous disciplinary and interdisciplinary journals including Political Research Quarterly; Polity; Review of Politics; PS; Law and Society Review; Law, Culture, and the Humanities; Studies in Law, Politics, and Society; and Differences: A Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies.

Prof. Burgess has held many leadership roles in the profession.  She is on the editorial boards of Political Research Quarterly and has served on the Executive Council of the WPSA.  She has been secretary of the MPSA's Women's Caucus and a member of APSA's Committee on the Status of Women.  She has served as head of APSA's GLBT Caucus and was a member of APSA's Committee on the Status of GLBT Scholars in the profession.  She worked as program organizer for the Constitutional Law and Jurisprudence Section of APSA and has served on the Executive Committee of the Law and Courts Section.

In addition, Prof. Burgess sits on the Editorial Board of Law and Social Inquiry. She has been Director of Women's Studies at the University of the Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Ohio University, where she launched an undergraduate major in women's studies.  She has also won several awards for excellence in undergraduate teaching.