Ali Masood

Hello and welcome to my website! I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Politics at Oberlin College. 

I study American political institutions, judicial politics, and research methodology. Broadly, my research centers on the impact of legal and political institutions. I am particularly interested in exploring how the U.S. Supreme Court exerts its policy influence within the judicial hierarchy. I also study how scandals, partisan polarization, and elite cues shape public perceptions of legal institutions, such as the U.S. Supreme Court, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Department of Justice. My methodological interests center on measurement theory, causal inference, and survey experiments.

I received my B.B.A. in Economics from the University of Georgia and a M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of South Carolina. My research is supported by the National Science Foundation and has been published or is forthcoming at American Politics Research, the Journal of Law and Courts, Law & Social Inquiry, Political Research Quarterly, Politics, Groups, and Identities, PS: Political Science & Politics, and Social Science Quarterly.