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Gordon Silverstein currently serves as Assistant Dean for Graduate Programs at Yale Law School and holds a Lecturer appointment in Political Science at Yale University. He previously taught Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley, and directed the Fellows Program at the New America Foundation in Washington, D.C. His roles span academic leadership, policy analysis, and public scholarship.
Education: Ph.D. in Political Science from Harvard University (1991); B.A. from Cornell University’s College of Arts & Sciences (1981). Before academia, he worked as a journalist for the Wall Street Journal and San Francisco Chronicle.
Research focuses on constitutional law, judicial roles, separation of powers, and foreign policy. Key areas include how legal frameworks shape political dynamics, the role of courts in global governance, and constitutional interpretation in contentious contexts like war powers and emergency governance.
Publications include award-winning books such as Law’s Allure (2009, C. Herman Pritchett Award winner) and Imbalance of Powers (1997), plus edited volumes like Consequential Courts (2013). His work explores judicial influence on policy, comparative constitutionalism, and the interplay between legal systems and political accountability.
Professional service includes leadership roles in the American Political Science Association’s Law and Courts Section, and editorial contributions to major academic presses. Ongoing projects address judicial empowerment in divided societies, constitutional borrowing, and the evolving role of courts in globalized governance.
