Dr. Todd C. Peppers

Dr. Todd C. Peppers
Assistant Professor
Public Affairs

Credentials: Curriculum Vitae
Email: peppers@roanoke.edu
Office: Francis T. West Hall 212
Office Phone: (540) 375-2417

Welcome to my webpage. I have been a member of the Department of Public Affairs since September, 2002. A 1990 graduate of Washington and Lee University (B.A., Philosophy), I earned my law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law (1994) and my Ph.D. in Political Science from Emory University (2003). After graduating from law school, I had the honor of serving as a law clerk to federal district court judge Thomas M. Shanahan and federal magistrate judge Glen Conrad.

Before coming to Roanoke College, I was a senior associate in the Atlanta, Georgia law firm of Hawkins & Parnell, LLP. As an attorney, I specialized in toxic tort litigation. As a teacher, I try to apply the practical experiences gained in the practice of law to my law-related courses and my pre-law advising. I am a current member of the Virginia State Bar. For the last several years, my research interests have included the study of judicial institutions and the Death Penalty. I have recently written the book Courtiers of the Marble Palace: The Rise and Influence of Supreme Court Law Clerks (Stanford University Press, 2006), which examines the changing role of law clerks on the United States Supreme Court. My future project is a case study of Douglas Christopher Thomas, the second-to-last juvenile executed in the state of Virginia. My co-author for the project is Laura Anderson, Chris' former high school teacher and death row spiritual advisor.

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