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Nathaniel Carrington, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Political Science

Education

Ph.D., Syracuse University, 2022
M.A., Syracuse University, 2018
B.S., Southeast Missouri State University, 2016

Research Interests

  • Judicial Politics
  • American Politics
  • Freedom of Expression
  • Public Opinion
  • Political Psychology

Publications and Media Placements

Carrington, Nathan T. and Logan Strother. 2023. “Plugging the Pipe? Evaluating the (Null) Effects of Leaks on Supreme Court Legitimacy.” Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 20:3.

Carrington, Nathan T., Thomas Keck, and Claire Sigsworth. Forthcoming. “Minority Rights, Governing Regimes, or Secular Elites: Who Benefits from the Protection of Religious and Anti-Religious Speech by the U.S. Supreme Court and European Court of Human Rights?” Journal of Law and Courts.

Liu, Dongshu and Nathan T. Carrington. 2022. “Minority versus Minority: Partisanship and Inter-Group Competitions Among Asian Americans.” American Politics Research, 50 (2): 265-267.

Carrington, Nathan T. and Claire Sigsworth. 2022. “Home-State Interest, Nationalism, and the Legitimacy of the International Criminal Court.” Law & Society, 47(2): 449-477.

Carrington, Nathan T. and Colin French. 2021. “One Bad Apple Spoils the Bunch: Kavanaugh and Change in Institutional Support for the Supreme Court.” Social Science Quarterly, 102(4): 1484-1495.

Carrington, Nathan T. and Logan Strother. 2020. “Who Thinks Removing Confederate Icons Violates Free Speech?” Politics, Groups, and Identities, 9(1): 208-218.

Public Writings

Carrington, Nathan T. and Logan Strother. March 13, 2022. “Leaks Don’t Hurt Trust in the Supreme Court. Unpopular Decisions Do.” Monkey Cage at The Washington Post.

Carrington, Nathan T. and Logan Strother. February 4, 2022. “Gorsuch is Scheduled to Speak to the Right-Wing Federalist Society. Americans find such speeches inappropriate.” Monkey Cage at The Washington Post.

Carrington, Nathan T. and Logan Strother. June 15, 2020. “Legally, Confederate Statues in Public Places Aren’t a Form of Free Speech.” Monkey Cage at The Washington Post.

Carrington, Nathan T. and Logan Strother. June 15, 2020. “Abstract Appeals to Free Speech Won’t Solve the Debate Surrounding Confederate Monuments - It’s a Political Question.” The London School of Economics Public Policy Blog.

Sigsworth, Claire and Nathan T. Carrington. September 20, 2019. “The Brexit Battle has Reached the UK Supreme Court. Here’s What you Need to Know.” Monkey Cage at The Washington Post.



Honors and Awards

  • 2021 American Political Science Association Law and Courts Section Best Graduate Student Paper Award (coauthored)
  • McNair Scholar 2014-2016

Professional Organizations and Associations

  • American Political Science Association
  • Southern Political Science Association
  • Law and Society Association