Educational Background

• Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, December 1972
• M.A., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1969
• J.D., Southern Methodist University School of Law, 1962
• B.A. Southern Methodist University, 1959

Research Interests

• American public law and judicial process
• Comparative judicial studies
• National, transnational and international human rights

Awards

• Piper Professor (Texas) 2003
• Chancellor's Award for Distinguished Teaching, 2002
• Outstanding Faculty Member, 2001, TCU House of Student Representatives
• "Silver Spur Award" (outstanding volunteer), Planned Parenthood of North Texas, 1998.
• Tarrant County League of Women Voters, Bill of Rights Award, 1995 (1995 Citizen Participation Award)
• Outstanding Professor, TCU Panhellenic Association, 1991.
• Outstanding Faculty Member in North Texas, North Texas Association of Phi Beta Kappa, 1984
• Honors Faculty Recognition Award, TCU, 1978
• Judicial Fellow, Supreme Court of the United States, 1974-75