Fargo, N.D. – Kjersten Nelson, assistant professor of political science at NDSU, recently published a peer-reviewed article titled “Individual Scrutiny or Politics as Usual? Senatorial Assessment of U.S. District Court Nominees.” The article appears in the latest edition of American Politics Research.

Nelson co-wrote the article with Logan Dancey of Wesleyan University and Eve Ringsmuth of Oklahoma State University.

NDSU is recognized as one of the nation's top 108 public and private universities by the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education.