Lee Epstein is Ethan A.H. Shepley Distinguished University Professornbsp;at Washington University in St. Louis. She is also a fellow of the Americannbsp;Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the American Academy of Politicalnbsp;and Social Science. A recipient of 12 grants from the National Sciencenbsp;Foundation for her work on law and legal institutions, Epstein hasnbsp;authored or co-authored over 100 articles and essays, as well as 15 books,nbsp;including The Choices Justices Make (co-authored with Jack Knight), whichnbsp;won the Pritchett Award for the Best Book on Law and Courts and thenbsp;Lasting Contribution Award for making a "lasting impression on the fieldnbsp;of law and courts."… The Constitutional Law for a Changing America seriesnbsp;(co-authored with Thomas G. Walker) received the Teaching and Mentoringnbsp;Award from the Law and Courts Section of the American Political Sciencenbsp;Association. Her most recent books are The Behavior of Federal Judges, nbsp;with William M. Landes and Richard A. Posner, and An Introduction tonbsp;Empirical Legal Research, with Andrew D. Martin.
Thomas G. Walker (PhD, University of Kentucky) is Goodrich C. White Professor of Political Science at Emory University where he has won several teaching awards for his courses on constitutional law and the judicial process. His book, A Court Divided , written with Deborah J. Barrow, won the prestigious V.O. Key Award for the best book on southern politics. He is the coauthor of The Supreme Court Compendium: Data, Decisions, and Developments, Fifth Edition with Lee Epstein, Jeffrey A. Segal, and Harold J. Spaeth; and Eligible for Execution .