Devin Judge-Lord

Core faculty

Devin Judge-Lord

Assistant professor

Judge-Lord is a political scientist who studies interactions among interest groups, legislators, and bureaucracies. His current work focuses on how public pressure campaigns affect agency rulemaking, especially climate and environmental justice campaigns. His other research projects address legislator behavior and capacity, money in politics, lobbying, and private governance.

News

Can protest art shape policy?

May 26, 2026

Devin Judge-Lord's winter course tasked students with examining the role of movement art in policy debates while addressing a central question: what constitutes a "successful" protest movement?

State & Hill

Faculty news, spring 2026

May 7, 2026

Ford School experts are publishing research, sharing their knowledge, and getting recognized.

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State & Hill

Policy under autocracy

May 7, 2026

A refreshed Ford School course equips students with tools to  analyze authoritarian practices and political structures worldwide

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News

Experienced members of Congress and larger staffs improve constituent services, Devin Judge-Lord finds

Apr 9, 2026

Many people suspect that long-serving members of Congress lose touch with their constituents after gaining power and influence in Washington, DC. But new research from Ford School assistant professor Devin Judge-Lord shows that as legislators gain ex...

In the Media

Judge-Lord comments on owner of the Ambassador Bridge donating to Trump-supporting super PAC

Feb 23, 2026 CBC

Ford School professor Devin Judge-Lord says that the one million dollar donation to a Trump-aligned PAC by Matthew Moroun, owner of the Ambassador Bridge, would typically be unusual but is less so during this administration

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Faculty news, fall 2025

Dec 8, 2025

Ford School experts are publishing research, sharing their knowledge, and getting recognized.

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Faculty Findings, fall 2024

Dec 17, 2024

Mental health and marriage timing Decades of research document powerful associations between parents’ characteristics and children’s marital behaviors. “Parental mental health strongly shapes or disrupts family life and long-term opportunities for ch...

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Ford school faculty available to weigh in on 2024 elections

Jan 28, 2024

The University of Michigan has published an experts guide to the 2024 elections. Ford School faculty are available to offer insights on relevant issues impacting the elections, including the following: Economics Betsey Stevenson, professor o...

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New faculty, new courses for winter 2024 term

Nov 17, 2023

A former foreign minister to Mali, a leading educational economist, a former NYC mayor, and a tech entrepreneur who explores indigenous technoscience are among the outstanding new faculty that add depth to the Ford School and connect student educatio...

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Meet our new faculty: Devin Judge-Lord

Sep 14, 2023

Political scientist Devin Judge-Lord focuses on how public pressure campaigns affect agency rulemaking, especially those concerning climate and environmental justice issues. He also researches legislator behavior and capacity, the role of money in po...

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Ford School welcomes new faculty that bridge research and policy engagement

Aug 21, 2023

A former foreign minister to Mali, a leading educational economist, a tech entrepreneur who explores indigenous technoscience are among the outstanding new faculty that add depth to the Ford School and connect student education, rigorous academic res...

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Ford School welcomes Devin Judge-Lord as faculty

Aug 16, 2023

Devin Judge-Lord joins the Ford School as an assistant professor. He is a political scientist who studies interactions among interest groups, legislators, and bureaucracies. His current work focuses on how public pressure campaigns affect agency rule...

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Faculty News, spring 2023

May 3, 2023

Dominique Adams-Santos, Celeste Watkins-Hayes, and PhD candidate Kayonne Christy contributed a chapter, "Narratives in Context: Locating Racism and Sexism in Black Women's Health Experiences," to The Routledge Companion to Intersectionalities. Th...

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Student Art Exhibition: Art for Policy Change

Apr 21, 2026, 1:00-2:20 pm EDT

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Please join the students of PubPol 475.005/750.005 as they showcase some of the art they created this semester. Ask them about how social science research and theory, UMMA's American Sampler Exhibit, the Arts Initiative, and the Labadie Collection informed their art.

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