Justin Burnworth is a Ph.D. candidate in political science at University of Massachusetts-Amherst, with a focus on the way Supreme Court justices craft and justify their opinions, the politics of Supreme Court nominations, and the dynamics of constitutional change. In August 2026, I will start as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology & Law at the University of Florida. 

Justin Burnworth's articles have been published in Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly, Toledo Law Review, Pace Law Review, and Quinnipiac Law Review. 

Justin Burnworth holds a B.A. from Tusculum College and  a J.D. from Vermont Law School.