Eugenia Artabe

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Science at the University of Houston–Downtown. I received my Ph.D. from the University of Houston. I also hold bachelor’s and master’s degrees in law. 

My research focuses on judicial politics, democratic institutions, and political behavior. I am particularly interested in how courts operate in politically contested environments and build and maintain legitimacy under pressure from political elites and the public. 

Much of my work examines judicial decision-making, executive–judiciary relations, and public attitudes toward courts. I study how political incentives and institutional design shape both judicial behavior and public support for judicial institutions across different political contexts, including the United States and Latin America. 

I have a regional and comparative interest in democratic institutions, including cases such as Mexico and Chile, and my work speaks more broadly to questions of democratic backsliding, constitutional change, and institutional trust. 

My research has been published in The Journal of Legal Studies, The British Journal of Political Science, Political Research Quarterly, and The Journal of Law & Empirical Analysis.