Papers Under Review

• Boyea, Brent, David A. Hughes, Marcy Shieh, and Kayla Canelo. “The Evolution of State Courts Research in the 21st Century.” (Invited to Revise and Resubmit)
• Wilhelm, Teena and David A. Hughes. “The Separation of Powers, Court Curbing, and Judicial Legitimacy in American States.” (Invited to Revise and Resubmit)
• Hughes, David A. and Nathan Jordan. “The Racial Integration of a Deep South Judiciary.”
• Armstrong, Brenna, David A. Hughes, and Nathan Jordan. “Women’s Judiciary Access: The Case of Alabama”. 

Book Manuscripts in Preparation

• Wilhelm, Teena and David A. Hughes. The Separation of Powers, Judicial Institutions and Legitimacy in American States. 

Papers in Preparation

• Hughes, David A. and Seth McKee. “The Partisan Realignment of Southern State Courts.”
• Howard, Nicholas, David A. Hughes, and Philip Warncke. “Revisiting Senatorial Courtesy and Appointments to U.S. District Courts.”
• Truscott, Jake, Michael Romano, and David A. Hughes. “Dangerous (Legal) Language: Building a Lexical Model of State Court Ideology.”