Marty Davidson

Affiliated with Center for Law, Society & Justice and Institute for Research on Poverty

Education

Ph.D. in Political Science, University of Michigan, 2023

B.A. in Political Science, University of North Carolina, 2016

Research Interests

Crime and Politics, Criminal Justice, Surveillance, Race, Social Class, Social Justice, Inequality, Public Policy

Biography

Marty Davidson is an assistant professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. His research focuses on how social disadvantage influences defendant outcomes within the criminal legal system, how institutional design and policy feedback reinforce social disparities within the criminal legal system, and how social and racial inequalities generate policy feedbacks that influence surveillance policies at the state and federal level.

Marty is also a faculty affiliate with the Center for Law, Society, and Justice (CLSJ) and a researcher affiliate with the Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP). He was also an Anna Julia Cooper Postdoctoral Fellow (UW-Madison) between 2023 and 2024.

Courses

PS 104: Introduction to American Politics and Government

PS 304: Race and Ethnic Politics in the United States

PS 418: Crime and Politics