Edward F. Kammerer, Jr.
Associate Professor of Political Science | Pre-Law Adviser聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽
Office: 312 Graveley Hall, North Wing, 3rd Floor
Fields: Public Law, US Politics
B.A., English & Political Science, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2003
J.D. International Law Concentration Suffolk University Law School, 2006
Ph.D., Law & Public Policy, Northeastern University, 2014
Dr. Edward Kammerer joined the Political Science Department in 2019. He taught
previously at Northeastern University (where he won an award for outstanding
teaching), Skidmore College, and Occidental College. He currently serves as the
inaugural American Political Science Association/Political Science Education Section
Fellow for Inclusive Classrooms. Previously, he participated as a fellow with the
Institute for Civically Engaged Research.
Dr. Kammerer’s research is on law and public policy, primarily looking at the role of
stories and narratives in appellate argument. He is also interested in the adoption of
international norms into local law, specifically looking at the Cities for CEDAW
campaign in the United States. Dr. Kammerer also researches LGBTQ politics, including
work on the politics of drag and the role of law in LGBTQ Politics. He recently co-edited
, the first book on this important topic. Dr. Kammerer has
published other work on political science pedagogy, with a focus on simulations and
teaching. His research has been published in Policy Studies Journal, Journal of Public
Affairs Education, Journal of Political Science Education, PS: Political Science & Politics,
and Human Rights Review. He also contributed to the Elgar Encyclopedia of Teaching
and Pedagogy in Political Science, the Palgrave Handbook of Fashion and Politics and
APSA’s Strategies for Navigating Graduate School and Beyond.
Dr. Kammerer is active in the American Political Science Association, where he has
served in several leadership roles, including Chair of the Sexuality & Politics Section,
Communications Officer for the LGBTQ Caucus, and as a member on the Committee on
the Status of LGBT People in the Professor. He also serves on the Committee on
Gender and Sexuality Minorities for the Midwest Political Science Association and is
active in the Queer Caucus for the Western Political Science Association. In 2023 he
was awarded the first LGBTQ Caucus Service Award for Junior Faculty.