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Alan Simmons

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University of Illinois-Springfield

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Center for State Policy & Leadership

Center for State Policy and Leadership (CSPL) Office of the Executive Director

Illinois Innocence Project

University of Illinois--Springfield

Alan Simmons is currently serving as a Center For State Policy & Leadership Director at University of Illinois-Springfield.

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University of Illinois-Springfield

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political science elections political behavior political analysis voting rule public policy law ranked-choice voting political parties public opinion public law constitutional law social choice criminal justice public choice social sciences theories of political behavior decision theory juvenile court human decision process decision science behavioral decision making comparative law citizenship studies human rights political studies democracy election forecasting smart voting collective choice procedural justice case law legal process criminal justice process collective bargaining labor relations labour law industrial relations crime against humanity war crimes political competition improved electoral performance third-party candidates judicial selection method republican support pro-worker arguments electoral systems choice voting elite cues transportation research judicial politics voting systems

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Converting the “Union Curious”? Rights-Based, Pro-Worker Arguments and Republican Support for Expanding Collective Bargaining: The Case of the Illinois Workers’ Rights Amendment. PLoS ONE (2026)

republican supportlabor relationsconstitutional lawlawlabour lawindustrial relationshuman rightscitizenship studiespublic lawpro-worker argumentssocial justicepublic policycollective bargaining

Do Americans Support War Crimes Prosecutions?. Foreign Policy Analysis (2025)

lawcriminal justicecrime against humanitycriminologycriminal lawwar crimes

Elite Cues and Electoral Systems: The Impact of Political Elites on Voter Attitudes Towards Ranked Choice Voting. Journal of Elections Public Opinion and Parties (2025)

political analysiselite cuesdemocracypolitical competitionpolitical studiespolitical behaviorelectoral systemselectionspolitical partiesvoting rulechoice votingpublic opinionpolitical sciencepublic policy

Sincere, Strategic, or Something Else? the Impact of Ranked-Choice Voting on Voter Decision Making Processes. American Politics Research (2024)

human decision processpolitical analysisranked-choice votingbehavioral decision makingdecision sciencesocial choicepublic choicedecision theorypolitical behaviorelectionssocial sciencesvoting rulesmart votingcollective choicepublic opinionpolitical sciencepublic policy

The Impact of Judicial Selection Method on State Supreme Court Justice Ideology. American Politics Research (2024)

constitutional lawlawcriminal justicejuvenile courtcomparative lawcase lawpublic lawprocedural justicejurisprudencejudicial selection methodpolitical sciencelegal processcriminal justice process

Ranked-Choice Voting and Democratic Attitudes. American Politics Research (2022)

political analysisranked-choice votingpublic choicepolitical behaviorelectionsvoting rulepolitical sciencetheories of political behaviorsocial choice

Ranked-Choice Voting and the Potential for Improved Electoral Performance of Third-Party Candidates in America. American Politics Research (2022)

political analysiselection forecastingranked-choice votingimproved electoral performancepolitical behaviorthird-party candidateselectionspolitical partiesvoting rulepolitical science

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Alan Simmons

Director

University of Illinois-Springfield

Affiliations

Center for State Policy & Leadership

Center for State Policy and Leadership (CSPL) Office of the Executive Director

Illinois Innocence Project

University of Illinois--Springfield

Alan Simmons is currently serving as a Center For State Policy & Leadership Director at University of Illinois-Springfield.

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Alan Simmons

University of Illinois-Springfield

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

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republican supportlabor relationsconstitutional lawlawlabour lawindustrial relationshuman rightscitizenship studiespublic lawpro-worker argumentssocial justicepublic policycollective bargaining

Do Americans Support War Crimes Prosecutions?. Foreign Policy Analysis (2025)

lawcriminal justicecrime against humanitycriminologycriminal lawwar crimes

Elite Cues and Electoral Systems: The Impact of Political Elites on Voter Attitudes Towards Ranked Choice Voting. Journal of Elections Public Opinion and Parties (2025)

Sincere, Strategic, or Something Else? the Impact of Ranked-Choice Voting on Voter Decision Making Processes. American Politics Research (2024)

The Impact of Judicial Selection Method on State Supreme Court Justice Ideology. American Politics Research (2024)

constitutional lawlawcriminal justicejuvenile courtcomparative lawcase lawpublic lawprocedural justicejurisprudencejudicial selection methodpolitical sciencelegal processcriminal justice process

Ranked-Choice Voting and Democratic Attitudes. American Politics Research (2022)

political analysisranked-choice votingpublic choicepolitical behaviorelectionsvoting rulepolitical sciencetheories of political behaviorsocial choice

Ranked-Choice Voting and the Potential for Improved Electoral Performance of Third-Party Candidates in America. American Politics Research (2022)

political analysiselection forecastingranked-choice votingimproved electoral performancepolitical behaviorthird-party candidateselectionspolitical partiesvoting rulepolitical science

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