Tom S. Clark

Tom S. Clark is a political scientist who specializes in American law and courts. He has made contributions to the study of judicial independence, decision-making at the U.S. Supreme Court, judicial elections, and policing and law enforcement.

He is currently the David and Mary Winton Green Professor at the University of Chicago. Prior to coming to Chicago, he was the Charles Howard Candler Professor at Emory University. He has also held visiting appointments at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University, Princeton University, and the Institute for Advanced Study at the Toulouse School of Economics.

Clark is an expert on the US Supreme Court and the American legal system and publishes research about the Court's decisions, the lower federal courts, state courts in the United States, and policing and public safety. He has received grants to support his research from the National Science Foundation as well as private organizations. His work has won awards from the multiple major political science associations and has been discussed in major media coverage of American law and politics. Provided by Wikipedia