CURRICULUM VITAE NANCY STAUDT Class of 1940 Research Professor of Law Northwestern University School of Law 357 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611 n-staudt@northwestern.edu; (312) 503-8887 EMPLOYMENT 2006-Present Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, Illinois Class of 1940 Research Professor of Law 2000-2006 Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri Professor of Law 1993-2000 University at Buffalo, School of Law, Buffalo, NY Associate Professor of Law (1993-1999); Professor of Law (1999-2000) 1990-1992 Morrison & Foerster, San Francisco, California Associate, Tax Department 1989-1990 United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, San Francisco, CA Law Clerk to the Honorable John T. Noonan VISITING PROFESSORSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS Fall, 2005 Fall, 2000 Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, Illinois Visiting Professor of Law Boston University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts Visiting Professor of Law 1997-1998 Stanford University Law School & Institute for Research on Gender, Palo Alto, CA Visiting Scholar 1995-1996 Vanderbilt University Law School, Nashville, Tennessee Visiting Associate Professor of Law 1992-1993 University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, Illinois Harry S. Bigelow Fellow and Law Lecturer EDUCATION 2006-2010 University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy, Chicago, Illinois PhD 1986-1989 University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, Minnesota JD, cum laude Articles Editor, Minnesota Law Review Awards: Charles E. Nadler Award (Outstanding Law Review Member, 1988) Amos S. Deinard Award (Best Law Review Article, 1989) 1982-1985 Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, BA 1
PUBLICATIONS Books 1. The Judicial Power of the Purse: How Courts Fund National Defense in Times of Crisis (forthcoming with University of Chicago Press) 2. The Judicial Business Cycle (under contract with the University of Chicago Press) (with Tom Brennan and Lee Epstein) 3. The Major Acts of Congress (Macmillan Press 2003) (edited with Brian Landsberg, Al Brophy, & Tom Sargentich) Articles 29. The Macroeconomic Court: Rhetoric and Implications of New Deal Decision-Making, 5 Northwestern Journal of Law and Social Policy 87-117 (2010) (with Yilie He) 28. Methodological Advances and Empirical Legal Scholarship: A Note on Cox and Miles' Voting Rights Act Study, 109 Columbia Law Review Sidebar 42-54 (2009) (with Tyler VanderWeele) 27. Economic Trends and Judicial Outcomes: A Macro-Theory of the Court, 58 Duke Law Review 1191 (2009) (with Tom Brennan and Lee Epstein) (invited) 26. The Political Economy of Judging, 93 Univ. of Minnesota Law Review 1503-1534 (2009) (with Tom Brennan and Lee Epstein) (invited) 25. On the Capacity of the Roberts Court to Generate Consequential Precedent, 86 Univ. North Carolina Law Review 1299-1332 (2008) (with Barry Friedman and Lee Epstein) (invited) 24. On the Role of Ideological Homogeneity in Generating Consequential Constitutional Decisions, 10 Penn. Journal of Constitutional Law 361-386 (2008) (with Barry Friedman and Lee Epstein) (invited) 23. Judicial Decisions as Legislation: Congressional Oversight of Supreme Court Tax Cases, 1954-2005, 82 NYU Law Review 1340 (2007) (with René Lindstädt and Jason O Connor) 22. The Ideological Component of Taxation, 84 Washington University Law Review 1797 (2007) (with Lee Epstein and Peter Wiedenbeck) (invited) 21. Redundant Tax and Spending Programs, 100 Northwestern Law Review 1197 (2006) 20. Judging Tax Statutes and Interpretive Regimes, 38 Loyola Law Review 1909 (2005) (with Peter Wiedenbeck, Lee Epstein, René Lindstädt, & Ryan J. Vander Wielen) (invited) 19. Foreword: Interdisciplinary Theories of Statutory Interpretation, 38 Loyola Law Review 1899 2005) (with Ellen Aprill) (invited) 18. Agenda Setting in Supreme Court Tax Cases: Lessons from the Blackmun Papers, 52 Buffalo Law Review 889-922 (2005) (invited) 17. The Role of Qualifications in the Confirmation of Nominees to the U.S. Supreme Court, 32 Florida State Univ. Law Review 1145 (2005) (with Lee Epstein, Jeffery A. Segal, and René Lindstädt) (invited) 16. On Tournaments for Appointing Great Justices to the U.S. Supreme Court, 78 S. Cal. Law Review 157-80 (2004) (with WERL members) (invited) 15. Modeling Taxpayer Standing, 79 NYU Law Review 612-84 (2004) 2
14. Tax Talk, 51 Canadian Tax Review 1931-52 (2003) (book review) (invited) 13. Judging Statutes: Thoughts on the Interpretation of Laws and Notes for a Project on the Internal Revenue Code, 13 Washington University Journal of Law and Policy 305-33 (2003) (with Lee Epstein & Peter Wiedenbeck) (invited) 12. Foreword: Empirical Taxation, 13 Washington University Journal of Law & Policy 1-8 (2003) (invited) 11. Taxpayers in Court: A Systematic Study of a (Misunderstood) Standing Doctrine, 52 Emory Law Journal 771-848 (2003) 10. Taxation Without Representation, 55 NYU Tax Law Review 554-600 (2002) 9. Women's Economic Security in Old Age: The Importance of Private Savings, 16 New York Law School Journal of Human Rights 232-38 (1999) (symposium comments) (invited) 8. Constitutional Politics and Balanced Budgets, 1998 University of Illinois Law Review 1105-74 (1998) 7. The Theory and Practice of Taxing Difference, 65 University of Chicago Law Review 653-83 (1998) (book review) 6. Tax Theory and "Mere Critique": A Reply to Professor Zelenak, 76 North Carolina Law Review 1581-95 (1998) (invited) 5. The Hidden Costs of the Progressivity Debate, 50 Vanderbilt Law Review 919-91 (1997) reprinted in ANTHONY INFANTI & BRIDGET CRAWFORD (EDS), CRITICAL TAX THEORY: AN INTRODUCTION, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS (2009). 4. Taxation and Gendered Citizenship, 6 S. Cal. Review of Law & Women's Studies 533-50 (1997) (invited) 3. Taxing Housework, 84 Georgetown Law Journal 1571-1647 (1996) reprinted in ANTHONY INFANTI & BRIDGET CRAWFORD (EDS), CRITICAL TAX THEORY: AN INTRODUCTION, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS (2009). 2. The Political Economy of Taxation: A Critical Review of a Classic, 30 Law & Society Review 651-66 (1996) (book review) 1. Note, Controlling Securities Fraud: Proposed Liability Standards for Controlling Persons Under the 1933 and 1934 Securities Acts, 72 Minnesota Law Review 930 (1988) GRANTS & AWARDS 4. University of Chicago, Fellow in Political Economy, 2007-2010. Awarded $1,000 grant to study issues in political economy. 3. National Science Foundation (Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics Program & Law and Social Science Program), 2005-2006. Awarded $65,000 mid-career training grant for study in Applied Statistics. 2. Washington University Law School, Israel Treiman Faculty Award, 2004. Awarded $5,000 grant to facilitate Workshop on Empirical Research in the Law (WERL). 1. National Science Foundation (Law and Social Science Program), 2003. Awarded $100,000 grant to build Supreme Court data base for use by law and social scientists (with Lee Epstein and Tom Walker). 3
COMMENTS 2. Coordination Efforts in Times of Disaster, Chicago Sun-Times, September 17, 2005 (p. 19) 1. Slighted By the Rebate, New York Times, June 24, 2001 (section 4, page 13, column 2). WORKS-IN-PROGRESS 3. The Judicial Business Cycle (with Lee Epstein and Thomas Brennan) (book-length project in progress) 2. Corporate Tax Shelters in Court (with Joshua Blank) 1. Causal Diagrams for Empirical Legal Research: Methodology for Identifying Causation, Avoiding Bias, and Interpreting Results (with Tyler VanderWeele) (article under submission) INVITED FACULTY WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS 39. Northewestern University Institute of Policy Research, November 2010, will present: The Judicial Power of the Purse 38. Columbia University Tax Policy Workship, December 2010, will present: The Judicial Business Cycle 37. Columbia University Law and Economics Workship, November 2010, will present: The Judicial Power of the Purse 36. University of Texas Law School, Law and Economics Colloquium, September 2009, presented: How the Law Funds War: The Hidden Role of the Courts 35. University of Indiana Law School Tax Colloquium, March 2009, presented: Funding Wars 34. University of Chicago & Northwestern Law School, Law and Courts Seminar, February 2009, presented: Causal Diagrams for Empirical Law and Social Science Research 33. University at Buffalo, September 2008, presented: Does the Court Cycle? 32. Boston College Law School, Tax Colloquium, February 2008, presented: If Major Wars Affect (Judicial) Fiscal Policy, How and Why? 31. University of Pennsylvania Law School, Tax Colloquium, November 2007, presented: The Ideological Component of Judging in the Context of Taxation 30. Chicago-Kent Law School, September 2007, presented: The Ideological Component of Judging in the Context of Taxation 29. Northwestern University Sociology Department, May 2007, presented: Judicial Politics in the Ways and Means Committee 28. University of British Columbia, March 2007, presented: Tax Policy in a System of Separated Powers: An Empirical Investigation 27. University of North Carolina, November, 2006, presented: Tax Policy in a System of Separated Powers: An Empirical Investigation 26. Georgetown University Law School, April, 2006, presented: Auditing the Court: Legislative Oversight of Supreme Court Tax Decisions 4
25. University of Pennsylvania Law School, January, 2006, presented: Auditing the Court: Legislative Oversight of Supreme Court Tax Decisions 24. Florida State University College of Law, January 2006, presented: Auditing the Court: Legislative Oversight of Supreme Court Tax Decisions 23. Northwestern University School of Law, September 2005, presented: Redundant Tax and Spending Programs 22. University of Washington Law School in Seattle, March 2005, presented: On Congress 21. University of California, Boalt Hall Law School, February 2005, presented: On Congress 20. Indiana Law School, October 2004, presented: Congressional Committees and Tax Laws. 19. Northwestern Law School, March 2004, presented, Competing Models of Statutory Interpretation. 18. Michigan Law School, March 2004, presented: Taxation in the Supreme Court. 17. Stanford University Hoover Institute, November 2003, presented: Modeling Standing. 16. St. Louis University School of Law, November 2003, presented: Modeling Standing. 15. Washington University School of Law, June 2003, presented: Modeling Taxpayer Standing. 14. Washington University School of Law, May 2002, presented: Taxpayers are (Still) Going to Court. 13. Harvard University School of Law, December 2000, presented: "Taxation and Political Participation." 12. Boston University School of Law, October 2000, presented: "Taxation and Political Participation." 11. American Law School, February 2000, presented: "The Right to Pay Taxes." 10. Washington University Law School, February 2000, presented: "The Right to Pay Taxes." 9. Georgetown Law Center, October 1999, presented: "The Right to Pay Taxes." 8. UCLA Law School, February 1999, presented: "No Representation Without Taxation: A Theory for Citizenship in the Modern State." 7. New York Law School, February 1999, presented: "Women and Social Security." 6. University of Minnesota Law School, October 1998, presented: "Citizenship Obligation." 5. Stanford University School of Law, February 1998, presented: "Constitutional Politics and Balanced Budgets." 4. Stanford Institute for Research on Women and Gender, March 1998, presented: "Commodified Citizenship: The Importance of Taxation for Political Participation." 3. Washington University Law School, February 1996, presented: "Taxing Housework." 2. University of Chicago Law School, January 1996, presented: "Housework and the Law." 1. New York University Law School, January 1996, presented: "Taxing Housework." 5
WORKSHOP AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS 34. University of Colorado Law School, Midwest Law and Economics Conference, October 2010, will present Corporate Tax Shelters in Court. 33. University of Colorado Law School, Summer Tax Workshop, July 2010, commented on Tax Policy Papers. 32. Princeton University, American Law and Economics Conference, May 2010, presented: The Judicial Business Cycle. 31. St. Louis University Law School, Critical Tax Conference, April 2010, presented: Shams in Court. 30. American Constitution Society for Law & Policy, April, 2010, will present: The Supreme Court s Response to the Economic Crisis in the Taxation Cases. 29. University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy, Ph.D. Workshop, January 2010, presented: The Judicial Power of the Purse. 28. University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy, Ph.D. Workshop, February 2009, presented: Funding Wartime Crises. 27. Duke Law School, Law and Politics Conference, February 2009, presented: Tax Decisions and Macroeconomic Cycles 26. Midwest Law & Economic Association, October 2008, presented: Does the Court Cycle? 25. Cornell Law School, Empirical Legal Conference, October 2008, presented: If Major Wars Affect (Judicial) Fiscal Policy, How and Why? 24. Oxford University, Social Contract Revisited Workshop, April 2008, presented and discussed workshop papers 23. Association of American Law Schools, Civil Rights Section, January, 2007, presented: Ideology in the Business and Civil Rights: A Comparative Analysis 22. The Federalist Society, November, 2006, presented: Taxes and Regulation: Mechanical Processes or Means of Setting Policy?," 21. American Bar Association, Tax Section, May, 2006, presented: Taxation in the Supreme Court 20. NYU Law School, Workshop on Modeling Law, October 2005, presented: Lower Court Discretion 19. Seattle University Law School, Critical Tax Theory Workshop, April 2005, presented: The Political Dimensions of Tax and Spending Proposals 18. Law & Society Conference, May 2004, presented: The Role of Politics in Supreme Court Tax Decisions. 17. Rutgers University Law School, Sixth Annual Critical Tax Theory Workshop, April 2004, presented: Taxation in the Supreme Court. 16. Washington University School of Law, Workshop on Empirical Research and the Law, March 2004, presented: Competing Models of Statutory Interpretation." 15. Law & Society Conference, June 2003, presented: "Modeling Standing. 14. Michigan Law School, Fifth Annual Critical Tax Theory Workshop, April 2003, presented: "Modeling Standing." 6
13. Washington University School of Law, Workshop on Empirical Research and the Law, December 2002, presented: Taxpayer Standing." 12. Washington University School of Law, Workshop on Empirical Research and the Law, May 2002, presented: Taxpayers are (Still) Going to Court. 11. Tulane Law School, Fourth Annual Critical Tax Theory Workshop, April 2002, presented: Taxpayers in Court: A Brief Overview. 10. Washington University School of Law, Workshop on Empirical Research and the Law, August 2001, presented: A Codebook for Studying Taxpayers in Court. 9. Cornell Law School, Feminist Legal Theory Workshop, October 1999, presented: "Children as Public Goods: A Critique." 8. Law & Society Conference, June 1999, presented two papers: "The Right to Pay Taxes" and "Women and Economic Literacy." 7. Law & Society Conference, June 1998, presented two papers: "A Fair Play Theory of Taxation" and "Gendered Citizenship: Issues for Tax Policy." 6. Law & Society Conference, June 1997, presented: "Property and Entitlement in Taxation." 5. Columbia Law School, Feminist Legal Theory Workshop, November 1996, presented: "Taxation and Economic Growth: A Brief History." 4. UCLA Law School Symposium on "Institutional Barriers to the Marketplace," March 1996, presented: "Women and Work." 3. Law & Society Conference, May 1995, presented: "Taxing Housework." 2. Georgetown University, Critical Legal Studies Conference, March 1995, presented: "Taxing Housework." 1. Columbia Law School, Feminist and Legal Theory Workshop, February 1995, presented: "Taxing Housework." CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS & SYMPOSIA ORGANIZED 9. Northwestern Law School, Two Day Research Rountable with 20 participants, Janaury, 2010, on book manuscript: The Judicial Power of the Purse: How Courts Fund National Defense in Times of Crisis. 8. Regulating Business: Beyond the Doctrine. Two-day conference with 10 participants held at Washington University School of Law in St. Louis; workshop papers to be published in Vol. 83, Washington University Law Quarterly (organized with Peter Wiedenbeck) (April, 2006) 7. Interdisciplinary Theories of Statutory Interpretation. Invited editor for symposium issue of Loyola University Law Review (organized with Ellen Aprill ) (December, 2004) 6. Empirical Legal Scholarship Workshop. Two-day conference with 30 participants held at Washington University School of Law in St. Louis (with Lee Epstein, Andrew Martin, Pauline Kim, & Kathie Barnes) (May, 2004) 5. Empirical Taxation. Two-day conference with fifteen participants held at Washington University School of Law in St. Louis; workshop papers published in Vol. 13, Washington University Journal of Law & Policy (organized with Peter Wiedenbeck) (November, 2002) 4. Third Annual Critical Tax Theory Workshop. Two-day conference with approximately fifteen participants held at Washington University School of Law in St. Louis (April, 2001) 7
3. Second Annual Critical Tax Theory Workshop. Two-day conference with approximately fifteen participants held at Wisconsin Law School (organized with Beverly Moran) (April, 2000) 2. Taxation in a Democracy. Two-day conference with approximately 25 participants at the State University of New York Law School at Buffalo, NY (September, 1997) 1. Critical Tax Theory Workshop. Two-day conference with approximately 25 participants at the State University of New York Law School at Buffalo, NY (September, 1995) COURSES TAUGHT Courses: Federal Income Taxation, Advanced Federal Income Taxation, Corporate Taxation, Estate and Gift Taxation, Property Taxation, State and Local Taxation Seminars: Tax Research, Law and Politics, Taxation in the Supreme Court, Issues in Estate and Gift Taxation, Tax Policy, Critical Tax Policy, Political Economy of Social Security Reform, Public Goods and Free Riders, Law and Political Economy PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES National Science Foundation, Program on Law and Social Sciences, Advisory Panel, 2010 American Association of Law Schools, Tax Section, Board Member, 2006-2010 Law & Society Summer Institute, Planning Committee Member, 2000 Law & Society Association, Planning Committee Member, 1999 American Bar Association and American Bar Association Tax Section, Member American Law & Economics Association, Member Critical Tax Theory Conference (Participant and Member of Founding Group) Law & Society Association, Member FACULTY SERVICE 2010-2011 Faculty Promotions Committee 2009-2010 Faculty Promotions Subcomittee, Chair Curriculum Development Committee 2008-2009 Curriculum Development Committee Quantitative Analysis Task Forc 2007-2008 On Leave (Full-Time Ph.D. student at the University of Chicago) 2006-2007 Lateral Hiring and Promotions Committee 2005-2006 Faculty Promotion and Tenure Committee 8
2004-2005 Dean Search Committee Faculty Appointments Committee, Chair Outside Faculty Workshop Committee, Chair Workshop on Empirical Research in the Law ( WERL ) 2003-2004 Law School Policy Planning Committee Outside Faculty Workshop Committee, Chair Workshop on Empirical Research in the Law ( WERL ) 2002-2003 Faculty Appointments Committee Outside Faculty Workshop Committee, Chair Workshop on Empirical Research in the Law ( WERL ) 2001-2002 Admissions Committe Outside Faculty Workshop Committee, Chair Workshop on Empirical Research in the Law ( WERL ) 2000-2001 Spring (2001): Admissions Committe Fall (2000): (on Sabatical) 1999-2000 Faculty Appointments Committee Baldy Center Advisory Committee Mitchell Lecture Committee Faculty Workshop Committee 1998-1999 Faculty Appointments Committee Academic Program and Planning Committee Associate Dean Search Committee Faculty Workshop Committee Admissions Committee 1997-1998 On leave at Stanford University 1996-1997 Law Review Committee Academic Program and Planning Committee Judge for Mugel Tax Moot Court Competition 1995-1996 On leave at Vanderbilt University Law School 1994-1995 Faculty Appointments Committee Baldy Center Advisory Committee Faculty Workshop Committee 1993-1994 Committee on Committees (appoints faculty members to committee positions) Academic Program and Planning Committee Public Interest Committee Faculty Workshop Committee Wrote Tax Moot Court problems and served as a judge for oral arguments 9