Evan Gerstmann

I graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in 1986. After five years practicing law, I pursued a Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of Wisconsin. As a professor and researcher, my work focuses on the interaction between law and politics. I have published three books on constitutional law, including The Constitutional Class: Gays, Lesbians and the Failure of Class-Based Equal Protection (University of Chicago Press, 1999), Same-Sex Marriage and the Constitution (Cambridge University Press, 2017), and Campus Sexual Assault: Constitutional Rights and Fundamental Fairness (Cambridge University Press, 2019). I also teach undergraduate courses on constitutional law, and have written law review and journal articles on subjects ranging from freedom of speech to how criminal law affects victims of domestic violence. My goal is to apply a consistent analytical and legal lens to issues that have traditionally been subject to emotional, and at times divisive, debate.