Justin Burnworth

Justin Burnworth is a Ph.D. candidate in political science at the 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 begin as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology & Law at the University of Florida. 

Justin Burnworth's articles have been published or are forthcoming in the Journal of Law and Courts, 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.