Professor
of Political Science. Dr. Canon has been around the department longer
than anyone else. He came here in 1966 after receiving his Ph.D. from
the University of Wisconsin. Over the next 30 years, he served a term
as Department Chair, a couple of years as Acting Chair and a year as Acting
Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences. He has served on a few important
committees around the university and lots of near-useless ones. He is
also quite active in the profession and is a past President of the Southern
Political Science Assn. and former section chair of the Law and Courts
Section of the APSA. Dr. Canon's interests lie largely in the law, courts
and judicial politics area. His co-authored book, JUDICIAL POLICIES: IMPLEMENTATION
AND IMPACT, 2nd Ed., was just published. His research has appeared in
the discipline's major journals (American Political Science Review,
Journal of Politics, American Journal of Political Science, Polity, American
Politics Quarterly, and Law & Society Review) as well as in other
journals and books. Dr. Canon has supervised ten Ph.D. dissertations and
there are three more in the works. He has coauthored several articles
and conference papers with graduate students, and one with undergraduates.
His office door is usually open.
Professor
of Political Science. Dr. Canon has been around the department longer
than anyone else. He came here in 1966 after receiving his Ph.D. from
the University of Wisconsin. Over the next 30 years, he served a term
as Department Chair, a couple of years as Acting Chair and a year as Acting
Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences. He has served on a few important
committees around the university and lots of near-useless ones. He is
also quite active in the profession and is a past President of the Southern
Political Science Assn. and former section chair of the Law and Courts
Section of the APSA. Dr. Canon's interests lie largely in the law, courts
and judicial politics area. His co-authored book, JUDICIAL POLICIES: IMPLEMENTATION
AND IMPACT, 2nd Ed., was just published. His research has appeared in
the discipline's major journals (American Political Science Review,
Journal of Politics, American Journal of Political Science, Polity, American
Politics Quarterly, and Law & Society Review) as well as in other
journals and books. Dr. Canon has supervised ten Ph.D. dissertations and
there are three more in the works. He has coauthored several articles
and conference papers with graduate students, and one with undergraduates.
His office door is usually open.