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Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. Professor of American Politics
Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences
McGuinn Hall Room 226
Telephone: 617-552-1896
Email: shep.melnick@bc.edu
Courts; Public Policy
R. Shep Melnick is the Thomas P. OβNeill Jr. Professor of American Politics at Boston College and co-chair of the Harvard Program on Constitutional Government.Β He is the author of The Transformation of Title IX:Β Regulating Gender Equality in Education, (Brookings, 2018), Between the Lines:Β Interpreting Welfare Rights (Brookings,1994), and Regulation and the Courts:Β The Case of the Clean Air Act (Brookings, 1983), as well as many articles on courts, agencies, and public policy. He is currently completing a book on education and the civil rights state.Β In 2012 he received the American Political Science Association Law and Courts Sectionβs βLasting Contributionβ award.Β He has also been a Research Associate at Brookings, President of the New England Political Science Association, and an elected member of the NH House of Representatives.