EILEEN BRAMAN

EILEEN BRAMAN
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
Indiana University
1100 East Seventh Street
Bloomington, IN 47405
(812) 856-1831
Email: ebraman@indiana.edu
Education
Ph.D., The Ohio State University, Department of Political Science, 2004
Major Field: American Politics
Areas of Concentration: Judicial Politics and Bureaucracy/Regulation
Minor Field: Political Psychology
Dissertation Title: Motivated Reasoning in Legal Decision Making
Committee Members: Gregory A. Caldeira (Chair), Lawrence Baum, Thomas E. Nelson
J.D., Fordham University School of Law, 1996
B.A., State University of New York at Binghamton, 1993
(summa cum laude, with High Honors in Political Science)
Dual Major in Psychology and Political Science
Undergraduate Honors Thesis: The Political Contradictions of Modernity: A Comparative Study
of the German Greens and the French National Front
Academic Appointments
August 2004 - Present
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Indiana University
Reviewed Publications
Braman, Eileen and Thomas E. Nelson. 2007. Mechanism of Motivated Reasoning?: Analogical
Perception in Discrimination Disputes. American Journal of Political Science 51(4):940-56.
Braman, Eileen. 2006. Reasoning on the Threshold: Testing the Separability of Preferences in Legal
Decision Making. Journal of Politics 68(2):308-321.
Book Manuscript
Braman, Eileen. Motivated Reasoning in Legal Decision Making. Under Review.
Other Publications
Braman, Eileen. (forthcoming). Searching for Constraint in Legal Decision Making. In The Psychology of
Judicial Decision Making, David Klein and Greg Mitchell (eds). New York: Oxford University
Press.
Braman, Eileen (forthcoming, 2008). Catching Up to Move Ahead: Identifying and Filling Theoretical Gaps
on Precedential Constraint and the Supreme Court. Law and Courts 18(1):xx-xx.
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Braman, Eileen. 2006. Review of Congress and the Constitution, Edited by Neal Devins and Keith E.
Whittington. Perspectives on Politics 4(2):382-384.
Braman, Eileen. 2006. Review of The Judiciary and American Democracy: Alexander Bickel, the
Countermajoritarian Difficulty and Contemporary Constitutional Theory, Edited by Kenneth D.
Ward and Cecilia R. Castillo. Law and Politics Book Review 16(2):126-132.
Current Research Interests
Legal Decision-Making
Congress/Court Relations
Public Perceptions of Judicial and Bureaucratic Outputs
Preemptive Self Regulation on the Part of Private Industry Actors
Professional Papers
Braman, Eileen. 2007. Constraint in Legal Decision Making. Presented at the Exploring the
Judicial Mind Conference at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville. March 29 – 30, 2007.
Braman, Eileen. 2007. Justifying Outcomes? How Legal Decision Makers May Get to Where
they Want to Go. Presented at the Annual Conference of the Southern Political Science
Association in New Orleans. January 4 – 7, 2007.
Braman, Eileen and Abdulkader Sinno. 2006. Can a Muslim Represent You?: Attributions for the
Political Behavior of Muslim Candidates. Presented at the Annual Conference of the American
Political Science Association in Philadelphia. August 30 – September 3, 2006.
Braman, Eileen and Michael J. Ensley. 2006. The Role of Self Interest and Sociotophic Concerns
in Support for Healthcare Regulation. Presented at the Annual Conference of the American
Political Science Association in Philadelphia. August 30 – September 3, 2006.
Braman, Eileen and Michael J. Ensley 2006. Determinants of support for State Intervention: A
Look at Remedies against HMOs. Presented at the Annual Conference of the Midwest Political
Science Association in Chicago. April 20 – April 23, 2006.
Braman, Eileen. 2005. Codification in Inter-branch Relations: Can Judge-Made Law Facilitate
Legislative Policy Goals?. Presented at the Annual Conference of the American Political Science
Association in Washington DC. August 31 – September 4, 2005.
Braman, Eileen. 2005. Justifying Outcomes? How Legal Decision Makers May Get to Where
they Want to Go. Presented at the Annual Conference of the Midwest Political Science
Association in Chicago. April 21 – April 24, 2005.
Braman, Eileen. 2004. Mechanism of Motivated Reasoning? A Look at the Separability of
Preferences in Legal Decision-Making. Presented at the Annual Conference of the Midwest
Political Science Association in Chicago. April 20 – April 23, 2004.
Braman, Eileen and Thomas E. Nelson. 2003. Mechanism of Motivated Reasoning?: Looking at
the Analogical Perceptions of Undergraduates and Law Students in Discrimination Disputes.
Presented at the Annual Conference of the American Political Science Association in
Philadelphia. August 28 – August 31, 2003.
Braman, Eileen, Thomas E. Nelson and Stephanie Maruska. 2002. Analogical Perception in
Legal Reasoning. Presented at the Annual Conference of the American Political Science
Association in Boston. August 29 - September 1, 2002.
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Nelson, Thomas E., Stephanie Maruska and Eileen Braman. 2002. What is the Issue? Legal and
Media Constructions and Political Attitudes. Presented at the Annual Conference of the American
Political Science Association in Boston. August 29 - September 1, 2002.
Invited Research Presentations
Exploring the Boundaries of Discretion in Legal Decision Making: An Experimental Approach,
Invited Presentation at The Indiana University Law and Society Workshop, Indiana Law School,
February 1, 2006.
Seeing What They Want?: Analogicial Perception in Discrimination Disputes, Stony Brook
University, Department of Political Science, November 21, 2005.
Empirical Studies of Legal Decision Making, Invited Guest Lecture, History of Law Seminar (Prof.
Stephen Conrad), Indiana University Law School. November, 16, 2005.
Testing the Separability of Preferences in Legal Decision Making, Invited Presentation at the
Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University, February 7, 2005.
Testing the Separability of Preferences in Legal Decision Making, Invited Presentation at Weekly
Faculty Workshop, Indiana University School of Law, January 21, 2005
Analogical Perception in Legal Decision-Making, Invited Presentation at the Center for Law and
Social Policy, Ohio State University School of Law, October 15, 2004.
Working Papers
Codification in Inter-branch Relations: Can Judge-Made Law Facilitate Legislative Policy Goals?
The Role of Self Interest and Sociotophic Concerns in Support for Healthcare Regulation (with
Michael J. Ensley)
Can a Muslim Represent You?: Attributions for the Political Behavior of Muslim Candidates (with
Abdulkader Sinno)
Service
Chair, 2007 Outstanding Professional Achievement Award Selection Committee. Midwest Political
Science Association Women’s Caucus.
Member, 2006 Lifetime Achievement Award Selection Committee. American Political Science
Association, Law and Courts Section.
Panel Participant, 2006 “How to Get Your First Academic Job,” Sponsored by the Midwest
Political Science Association Women’s Caucus. Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science
Association Chicago, IL. April 20-23.
Editorial Board, Justice System Journal, 2006-
Editorial Board, Journal of Politics, 2007-
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Reviewer
American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, American Politics Research,
Journal of Politics, Justice System Journal, Political Behavior, Political Psychology, Politics & Policy
Honors & Awards
2002 Runner-up, Alice Paul Award for Best Dissertation Proposal Submitted by a Female
Graduate Student given by the Women’s Caucus of the American Political Science
Association
1993 Recipient, State University of New York at Binghamton Award for Excellence in
Political Science
Phi Beta Kappa
Grants/Fellowships
Spring 2002 Award Recipient, Alumni Grant for Graduate Research and Scholarship
University-wide competition for dissertation research funding. Award money used to fund
decision making research using legally educated subjects.
Spring 2002 and Spring 2001 Award Recipient, PEGS Departmental Grant
Ohio State Political Science Department competition for research support funds.
Professional Affiliations
Member, American Political Science Association
Member, Midwest Political Science Association
Member, International Society of Political Psychology
Member, New York State Bar (Admitted to practice law in New York State)
Teaching Experience
Assistant Professor, Indiana University (Autumn 2004-Present)
Instructor, Department of Political Science, The Ohio State University (Summer 2001-Spring 2004)
Undergraduate Courses Taught
Political Psychology
Constitutional Law & Government Powers
Introduction to American Government
Judicial Process
Graduate Courses
Political Psychology (taught as joint graduate/undergraduate seminar)
Decision Making in Institutions
Additional Graduate Teaching Experience
Facilitator, 1999, 2000, 2002 and 2003 International Society of Political Psychology Summer
Institutes at Ohio State University
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Other Significant Work Experience
Attorney (September 1996 - July 1998)
Law Offices of Polstein, Ferrara, Dwyer and Speed
New York, New York
Legal Intern (Spring 1995)
Office of the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York (Civil Division)
Brooklyn, New York
Legal Intern (Summer 1994)
The Honorable John S. Lockman, New York State Supreme Court
Mineola, New York
Intern (Summer 1992)
The New York City Mayor’s HIV Health and Human Services Planning Council
New York, New York
References
Professor, Gregory Caldeira
Professor, Lawrence Baum
Associate Professor, Thomas E. Nelson
All at:
Department of Political Science
The Ohio State University
2140 Derby Hall
154 North Oval Mall
Columbus, Ohio 43210
(614) 292-2880