Dr. Ellis West

Professor of Political Science
202-I Weinstein Hall
Office: (804) 289-8536
Fax: (804) 284-6833

Research:
Political Theory
Constitutional Law
Religion and Government

Education:
Ph.D., Emory University
M.A., Emory University
B.A., University of Richmond

Selected Publications:
"Due Process," "Establishment of Religion and Free Excercise Clauses," Everson v. Board of Education, 330 US 1 (1947)," "Religions Testes for Office holding (Article 6 Cl. 3)," "State Action Doctrine," and United States v. Seeger, 380 US 163 (1965)." In Enclycopedia of American Civil Liberties. 3 vols. Ed. Paul Finkelman. N.Y.: Routledge, 2006.

"Some Proposed Guidelines for Advocacy in the Classroom." PS: Political Science & Poiltics, 31 (Dec. (1998): 805-07. "The Right to Religion-Based Exemptions in Early America: The Case of Conscientious Objectors to Conscription," Journal of Law & Religion, 10 (1993-94): 367-401.

"The Case Against a Right to Religion-Based Exemptons." Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics, and Public Policy, 4 (1990): 591-638.

"Roger Williams on the Limits of Religious Liberty.: In The Annual of the Society of Christian Ethincs, 1988. Ed. D. M Yeager. Washington: Georgetown University Press, 1988, 133-60.

"The Free Exercise Clause and the Internal Revenue Code's Restriction on the Political Activity of Tax-Exempt Organization." Wake Forest Law Review, 21 (1986): 395-429.

"The Supreme Court and Religious Liberty in the Public Schools." Journal of Church and State, 25(Winter 1983): 87-112.

"A Proposed Neutral Definition of Civil Religion," Journal of Church and Sate, 22 (Winter 1980): 23-40.

"Justice Tom Clark & American Church-State Law," Journal of Persbyterian History, 54 (Winter 1976): 387-404.

Academic and Professional Activities:
American Political Science Association
American Association of University Professors
Book and Manuscript Reviewer Consultant on Church-State Issues in Virginia
University Faculty Council, University of Richmond
Environmental Studies Committee, University of Richmond

Awards:
Research Grant from Earhart Foundation, 1998
Professor of the Year Award, 2005-06, UR Chapter of Omicron Delta Kappa
Faculty Member of the Year Award, 2005-06, Richmond College Student Gov't Association
Distinguished Educator Award, University of Richmond, 1991
Fellow, National Endowment for Humanities Summer Seminar for College Teachers, 1981
Fellow, Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research, St. John's University, Collegeville, MN 1976-77