Election Law Academics Update

Here’s my yearly roundup of election law academic hires, promotions moves, visits, accolades:

Wilfred Codrington was promoted to associate professor of law at Brooklyn and awarded the additional title of Dean’s Research Scholar. He will be visiting at Texas A&M Univ. School of Law in the spring. 

Joshua Douglas will be visiting at St. Louis University.

Justin Levitt has returned to LMU Loyola Law School from serving as the White House’s inaugural Senior Policy Advisor for Democracy and Voting Rights.

Thessalia Merivaki will be Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Mississippi State University. (August 15)

Gene Mazo will be joining the faculty of the Thomas R. Kline School of Law at Duquesne University August 1, as Associate Professor of Law and Political Science, with a joint appointment in the law school and political science department. (August 1)

Michael Morse began as assistant Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania’s Carey Law.

Derek Muller joined Notre Dame Law School as a Professor of Law.

Mike Parsons will be teaching an election law course at William & Mary Law School for Fall 2023 while continuing his private practice at Parsons Law PLLC.

Michael Pitts was recently awarded an endowed professorship, the Cleon H. Foust Professor of Law at the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law.

Chris Seaman was named the Robert E.R. Huntley Professor of Law at Washington and Lee.

Joshua Sellers joined University of Texas Law.

Franita Tolson is now Interim Dean at USC Law.

Sam Wang is now the founding director of the Electoral Innovation Lab, a newly independent organization. The Lab’s mission is to build a practical science of democracy reform. Prof. Wang will continue his research and teaching at Princeton.

Congratulations all!

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