Jackson State University Department of Political Science

Jackson State University

College of Liberal Arts

School of Behavioral and Social Sciences

Michelle D. Deardorff, Ph.D.

Mary D. Coleman

Michelle D. Deardorff

Associate Professor of Political Science


Telephone:	(601) 979-2822
E-Mail:
Address:	P.O. Box 18420 Jackson State University Jackson, Mississippi 39217

Michelle Deardorff's Curriculum Vitae
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The Fannie Lou Hamer National Institute on Citizenship and Democracy

Ph.D. Political Science, Miami University (Ohio), 1993. Michelle Deardorff’s research and teaching interests focus on constitutional rights as they intersect with the cleavages of race, gender, and religion. She is currently completing a book entitled Equating Pregnancy: Pregnancy Discrimination and Employment that examines the lower federal courts’ interpretation of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 in relationship to pregnancy protections in employment. Dr. Deardorff's interests are also reflected in her participation as a core faculty member of the Fannie Lou Hamer National Institute on Citizenship and Democracy.

Selected Recent Publications:
• “Getting a Job at a Teaching Institution—and Then Succeeding: A Q&A with Experienced
Teacher-Scholars,” with Lanethea Mathews-Gardner, Grant Reeher, William Hudson, MaryAnne Borelli, and Glen Halva-Neubauer. PS: Political Science & Politics 41(3), July 2008: 575-578.
• “Research Note: Implementing Affirmative Action in Higher Education: University Responses
to Gratz and Grutter” with Augustus Jones, Jr. Social Science Journal, Vol. 44, Issue 3, 2007:
525-534.
• “Splitting the Baby: Media Constructions of Grutter v. Bollinger and Gratz v. Bollinger” with
Augustus Jones, Jr. and Michelle Briscoe, Journal of Political Science 34, 2006: 118-150.
• “Disabilities, Rights of Persons with,” Encyclopedia of American Civil Rights and Liberties,
John M. Scheb II, Otis H. Stephens, Jr., and Kara E. Stooksbury, editors. Greenwood Press,
2006: 246-48.
• “Equal Protection of the Laws,” Encyclopedia of American Federalism, edited by Joseph
Marbach, Troy Smith, and Ellis Katz. Greenwood Press, 2006: 189-195.

Course Taught

PS 342 Political Philosophy
PS 347 Judicial Process
PS 423 Constitutional Law I (Civil Liberties) / PS 533 Constitutional Law and Politics (GR)
PS 424 Constitutional Law II (Power and Institutions) / PS 535 Constitutional Law and Separation of Powers (GR)
PS 513/514 History of Political Philosophy (GR) Part I (Ancient) and II (Modern)
PS 520 Civil Rights Law and Affirmative Action (GR)

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