Alan Bigel, Ph.D.

Professor of Political Science/Public Administration (1984)

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Education:

• Ph.D.: The New School for Social Research
• M.A.: The New School for Social Research
• B.A.: Brooklyn College

Areas of Interest:

• Subfields: American Politics, Legal Studies
• Specializations: The Death Penalty, l787 and Original Intention, Presidential Emergency Powers

Teaching:

• POL 101 American National Government
• POL 370 Constitutional Law I:Powers of Government
• POL 371 Constitutional Law II: The First Amendment
• POL 372 Constitutional Law III: Racial, Gender and Targeted Group Discrimination
• POL 373 Constitutional Law IV: The Fourth Amendment
• POL 374 Constitutional Law V: Right to Life
• POL 375 Constitutional Law VI: Criminal Procedure
• POL 376 Constitutional Law VII: Administrative Law
• POL 377 Constitutional Law VIII: Theories of Judicial Adjudication

Research:

• Bigel, Alan I. 1994. "Justices William Brennan and Thurgood Marshall on Capital Punishment: Its Constitutionality, Morality, Deterrent Effect, and Interpretation by the Court" Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy (8):1.

Service:

• Adviser, Pre-Law Organization
• Pre-Law Adviser (with Stephen McDougal)