External Grants:

• King, Jonathan M. and Jessica A. Schoenherr (Co-PIs). "Collaborative Proposal: Precedent-Altering Opinions and Collegiality on the U.S. Supreme Court." National Science Foundation, Law and Science Program. March 2024-February 2026. Total award: $159,476 (WVU portion of award: $84,673).

• King, Jonathan M. (Co-PI) and Ryan C. Black (PI). "Doctoral Dissertation Research: Personality Trait Estimation of U.S. Federal Circuit Court Judges." National Science Foundation, Law and Science Program. August 2020-July 2022. $31,300.

Publications:

1. Armaly, Miles T., Jonathan M. King, Elizabeth A. Lane, and Jessica A. Schoenherr. "An Ecclesiastical Court: Christian Nationalism and Perceptions of the U.S. Supreme Court." Forthcoming. American Journal of Political Science. [Paper] [Appendix] [Dataverse]

2. King, Jonathan M., Jessica A. Schoenherr, and Katelyn E. Stauffer. "'You Reached Out to Me for Help:' Female Attorneys, Anti-Feminist Causes, and their Effects on Symbolic Representation." Forthcoming. Politics and Gender. [Paper][Appendix]

   
   
   • Winner of the 2024 C. Neal Tate Award for Best Paper in Judicial Politics, Southern Political Science Association
   
   

3. Bird, Christine C., Jonathan M. King, and Zachary A. McGee. "The Influence of Federalist Society Affiliation on Senator Voting in Federal Judicial Nominations." 2026. Journal of Law and Courts. 14(1): 101-122. [Paper] [Appendix] [Dataverse]

4. King, Jonathan M. and Ian Ostrander. "Quick to Judge? Confirmation by Cloture in the Post-Nuclear Senate." 2025. American Politics Research. 53(6): 607-624. [Paper]

5. King, Jonathan M., Jessica A. Schoenherr, and Ian Ostrander. "Anchoring or Expanding? Gender and Judicial Nominations." 2024. Political Research Quarterly 78(1): 135-150. [Paper] [Appendix] [Dataverse]

6. King, Jonathan M. and Jessica A. Schoenherr. "A Matter of Opinion? How Unexpected Opinion Authors Influence Support for Supreme Court Decisions." 2024. Journal of Law and Courts 12(1): 144-164. [Paper] [Appendix] [Dataverse]

7. King, Jonathan M., Peter McAndrews, and Ian Ostrander. "President Trump and the Politics of Judicial Nominations." 2022. Justice System Journal 43(4): 521-543. [Paper]

8. King, Jonathan M. and Ian Ostrander. "Prioritizing Judicial Nominations after Presidential Transitions." 2020. Presidential Studies Quarterly 50(3): 592-610. [Paper]

In Progress:

• King, Jonathan M., Jessica A. Schoenherr, and Ian Ostrander. "Race and Ethnic Diversity in Judicial Nominations." Under Review.

• Abigail V. Hassett, Jonathan M. King, and Jessica A. Schoenherr. "'Recuse Me?' Using the Stevens Papers to Understand Recusal Behavior on the U.S. Supreme Court."

• Armaly, Miles T., Jonathan M. King, Elizabeth A. Lane, and Jessica A. Schoenherr. "Injunction Junction: The Supreme Court and the Politics of Nationwide Relief."

• King, Jonathan M., Jessica A. Schoenherr, and Katelyn E. Stauffer. "Changing Tides: How Diversifying the Supreme Court Bench Changes the Supreme Court Bar."

• King, Jonathan M. and Jessica A. Schoenherr. "Does it Matter? Examining Public Response to Judicial Promotion."