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Alan Bigel
Professor
Political Science Public Administration
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Alan Bigel
Professor
Political Science Public Administration
Specialty area(s)
I have a wide and deep knowledge of all areas of Constitutional Law.
Brief biography
I will begin my 39th year at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse in 2023. Academic work has been my main focus. In my spare time I enjoy watching classic Hollywood movies from the "Golden Age" of the 1930s and 1940s and am a HUGE fan of The Beatles.
Current courses at UWL
POL 101 American National Government is taught every semester.
POL 370 Constitutional Law I: Powers of Government is taught in the Fall of odd years.
POL 371 Constitutional Law II: The First Amendment is taught in the Fall of odd years.
POL 372 Constitutional Law III: The 14th Amendment (race, gender and targeted group discrimination) is taught in the Spring of odd years.
POL 373 Constitutional Law IV: The 4th Amendment (police/citizen encounters) is taught in the Spring of odd years.
POL 374 Constitutional Law V: Right to Life (the death penalty, abortion and physician-assisted suicide) is taught in the Spring of even years.
POL 375 Constitutional Law VI: Criminal Procedure is taught in the Spring of even years.
POL 376 Constitutional Law VII: Administrative Law is taught in the Fall of even years.
POL 377 Constitutional Law VIII: 1787 and Original Intention is taught in the Fall of even years.
Education
B.A., Brooklyn College (1976)
M.A., The New School For Social Research (1978)
Ph.D., The New School For Social Research (1984)
I completed graduate work in New York City where I was born and raised.
Career
Teaching history
See the preceding section on current courses.
Professional history
I was the first person at UW-L to receive the Board of Regents Teaching Excellence Award in 1995.
Research and publishing
I published two books and law review articles in the area of Constitutional Law.
