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Joshua Dunn (PhD, University of Virginia, 2002) is assistant professor of Political Science at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs where he teaches courses on American political institutions, constitutional law, and political theory. His research primarily focuses on constitutional history and judicial policymaking. He is the author of Complex Justice: The Case of Missouri v. Jenkins (University of North Carolina Press), which explores the judicial attempt to desegregate the Kansas City, Missouri school system. He also co-authors, with Martha Derthick, a quarterly article on law and education for the journal Education Next. Previously he taught at the College of William & Mary and was a fellow in contemporary history, public policy, and American politics at the Miller Center of Public Affairs in Charlottesville, Virginia. Email: jdunn AT uccs DOT edu UCCS Political Science Department Selected Publications: Complex Justice: The Case of Missouri v. Jenkins, University of North Carolina Press, 2008. "Calculated Justice: Educational Research and the Courts," with Martin West, in When Research Matters: How Scholarship Influences Education Policy, ed. Frederick M. Hess, Harvard Education Press, 2008: 155-76. "Who Should Govern? Adequacy Litigation and the Separation of Powers," with Martha Derthick, in School Money Trials: The Legal Pursuit of Educational Adequacy, eds. Martin West and Paul Peterson, Brookings Institution Press (2007): 322-44. "Adequately Fatigued: Court Decisions Disappoint Plaintiffs," with Martha Derthick, Education Next 7 no. 3 (2007): 11. "Judging Money: When the Courts Decide How to Spend Taxpayer Dollars," with Martha Derthick, Education Next 7 no. 1 (2007): 68-74. "Rhetorical Pantheism and the Clinton Legacy," The Presidency Research Group Report, Fall 2005, Volume XXVIII, No. 1. Courses: Introduction to Constitutional Law The Constitution and Individual Rights The Judicial System Political Ideas Public Administration