John Aughenbaugh, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Supreme Court
Judicial Branch
Public Administration
Education
- Ph.D., Public Administration and Policy, Virginia Tech, 2008
- M.A., Political Science, Virginia Tech, 1992
- B.A., Political Science & History, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, 1989
Research Interests
- Administrative philosophy of retired Supreme Court Justice Byron White
- Comparative impact of Justices Jackson, White and Scalia on the development of U.S. administrative law (work in progress)
- Judicialization of public administration processes, particularly related to reform of public institutions and public human resource management
- Organizational dynamics of the judicial branch and its effect on the administrative state
- Political science instructional techniques and pedagogy, including public teaching and use of podcasts as public teaching tool
Select Publications
- Invited Op-Ed; “The Government Is Different: Governor Youngkin’s New Administration.” Published in Virginia Capitol Connections; Spring 2022.
- Invited Op-Ed; “Calls to reform qualified immunity are coming from left and right. I'm still skeptical.” Published in USAToday; Nov. 7, 2021
Affiliations
- Midwest Political Science Association
- Southern Political Science Association
- We the People High School Civics Education and Competition
Courses
- Public law – Constitutional and administrative law
- Courts and politics
- Law and public policy
- American political science – Institutions and administration
- Politics in film
Awards
- Co-recipient with VCU Cabell Librarian Nia Rodgers of the American Library Association’s ProQuest/GODORT/ALA Documents to the People Award for the Civil Discourse podcast; Spring 2023
- Nominated for College of Humanities and Sciences Outstanding Teaching Award; Spring 2023
- Received an Affordable Course Content Award from the VCU Cabell Library to convert POLI 313 (Civil Rights & Liberties) course into textbook-less one to save the course students ~$120 and improve student accessibility; Spring 2022
- Nominated for College of Humanities and Sciences Outstanding Teaching Award; Spring 2020
- Nominated for College of Humanities and Sciences Outstanding Teaching Award; Spring 2019