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Vanessa A. Baird (Ph.D., University of Houston, 2000) joined the faculty
of the University of Colorado in 2000 after completing her graduate
education at the University of Houston. Her undergraduate education
centered on the study of German literature and she studied at the
University of Siegen, in Germany. She has published her work in the
American Political Science Review, the Journal of Politics, Political
Research Quarterly, Political Psychology, Political Studies and
Comparative Political Studies, and Social Science Quarterly. Her book,
Answering the Call of the Court: How Justices and Litigants Set the
Supreme Court's Agenda, was published in 2007 by the University of
Virginia Press. Her research interests include understanding the process
by which courts acquire legitimacy, the causes and effects of the
perception of procedural justice, and the mechanism by which courts can
rely on extra-judicial resources to amass political power. Her newest
research focuses on the effect of political violence on non-violent
political action in Russia, specifically with regard to ending the cycle
of ethnically motivated violence.
