Timothy R. Johnson

Timothy Russell Johnson is an American political scientist, author, and professor of political science and law at the University of Minnesota.

Education

Johnson graduated with a B.A. in Political Science and Russian Studies from Gustavus Adolphus College in 1993 and obtained a Ph.D. in political science from Washington University in St. Louis in 1998. The Influence of Oral Arguments on the U.S. Supreme Court (2006) The Logic of American Politics A Good Quarrel: America's Top Legal Reporters Share Stories from Inside the Supreme Court Oral Arguments and Coalition Formation on the U.S. Supreme Court: A Deliberate Dialogue Oral Arguments and Decision Making on the United States Supreme Court Religious Institutions and Minor Parties in the United States SCOTUS and COVID: How the Media Reacted to the Livestreaming of Supreme Court Oral Arguments

Awards

In 2008, he received the Horace T. Morse Award. In 2018, he received the American Political Science Association Distinguished Teaching Award.