Roger Hartley
Associate Professor
Co-director, Law, Criminal Justice, and Security Program
Interim Director and Associate Dean, School of Public Administration and Policy
- Ph.D. Political Science, University of Georgia, 1999
- M.A., Political Science, University of Georgia, 1993
- B.S.P.A., Indiana University-Bloomington, 1991
Current Courses
- Judicial Administration and Reform
- Law, Society, and Public Policy
- Criminal Justice Administration
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Statistical Decision Making
Research Interests
- State Court Budget Politics and Judicial Independence
- Judicial Administration and Reform
- Institutional and Organizational Change in Courts
- Specialized/Problem Solving Courts
- Federal Judicial Selection
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
Publications and Working Papers
Book
- Roger E. Hartley. (2002) Alternative Dispute Resolution in Civil Justice Systems. New York: LFB Scholarly Press. Series in American Legal Institutions edited by Professor Eric Rise of University of Delaware.
Articles
- Roger E. Hartley and Kevin Bates. (2006) "Meeting the Challenge of Educating Court Managers." Judicature 90 (September-October): 81-88.
- G. Jack Chin, Roger E. Hartley, Kevin Bates, Ron Nichols, Ira Shifflet, and Salmon Shomade. (2004) Still on the Books: Jim Crow and Segregation Law Fifty Years After Brown v. Board of Education. Forthcoming in Michigan State Law Review, Fall 2006.
- James W. Douglas and Roger E. Hartley. (2004) “Making the Case for Funding: The Important Role of Lobbying.” The Judges Journal. (Summer): 35-37. An invited submission to a special issue.
- James W. Douglas and Roger E. Hartley. (2004) "Sustaining Drug Courts in Arizona and South Carolina: An Experience in Hodgepodge Budgeting." Justice System Journal. 25 (1): 75-86.
- Roger E. Hartley. (2003) "State Budget Politics and Judicial Independence: An Emerging Crisis for the Courts and A Time to Emerge as a Political Branch." The Court Manager 18 (4): 16-23.
- Roger E. Hartley and James W. Douglas. (2003) "Budgeting for State Courts: The Perceptions of Key Officials Regarding the Determinants of Budget Success." Justice System Journal. 24 (3): 251-263.
- James W. Douglas and Roger E. Hartley. (2003) "The Politics of Court Budgeting in the States: Is Judicial Independence Threatened?" Public Administration Review 63 (July/August): 441-454.
- Roger E. Hartley and Lisa M. Holmes. (2002) "The Increasing Senate Scrutiny of Lower Federal Court Nominees." Political Science Quarterly 117 (Summer): 259-278. Article in Media. Cited and discussed by Gary J. Andes in "Op-ed: A Road Less Traveled." Washington Times, December 12, 2002.
- Roger E. Hartley and Randy Phillips. (2001) “Who Graduates from Drug Courts? Correlates of Client Success.” American Journal of Criminal Justice 26: 107-120.
- James W. Douglas and Roger E. Hartley. (2001) "Judicial Independence and State Court Budget Strategies: Clues from Oklahoma and Virginia." Administration and Society 33: 54-78.
- James W. Douglas and Roger E. Hartley. (2001) "State Court Strategies and Politics During the Appropriations Process." Public Budgeting and Finance 21: 35-57.
- Roger E. Hartley. (2001) "Senate Delay of Minority Nominees to the Federal Judiciary: A Look at Race, Gender, and Experience." Judicature 84: 190-197.
Under Review and Working Papers
- Michael Polakowski, Roger E. Hartley, and Leigh Nakama. "Getting Treated in Juvenile Drug Court: What Does Success Mean?" Under review at Criminal Justice Review in 2007.
- Lisa M. Holmes, Salmon A. Shomade, and Roger E. Hartley. "The Confirmation Obstacle Course: Signaling Opposition Through Delay." Under Review at Political Research Quarterly in 2007.
- Salmon A. Shomade and Roger E. Hartley. "Exploring the Application of Network Analysis to the Study of Trial Courts." Working Paper.
- James W. Douglas and Roger E. Hartley. "Hodgepodge vs. Incremental Budgeting:
How Funding Structure Affects the Viability of Drug Courts in Four States."
Planned submission to Public Administration Review. - Roger E. Hartley and James W. Douglas. "The Origins and Institutionalization of Drug Courts in the States: Funding Sources and Isomorphic Forces in a Comparative Context." Planned submission to Public Administration Review.
- Colleen F. Cox and Roger E. Hartley. "Interest Group Reactions on Behalf of
Judicial Independence: The Contours of a Political Movement." Working Paper. - Chris Demchak, Roger E. Hartley and Ming Hsu. "Operationalizing
'Non-Profitness': Inviolability and Discreteness as Elements of a Mid-Range Theory." Revise and Resubmit at American Review of Public Administration.
Professional Associations
- American Judicature Society
- American Political Science Association
- American Society for Public Administration
- Law and Society Association
- National Association for Court Management
- Southern Political Science Association, Member since 1994
- Western Political Science Association, Member since 2003
Public Service
- Public Member, Arizona Supreme Court's Board of Legal Document Preparers (Appointed by Chief Justice for a three-year term ending 2007)
- Public Member, Commission on Trial Court Appointments, Pima County (Appointed by the Governor to a four-year term ending 2008)
Awards and Honors
- Co-Principal Investigator. National Science Foundation, Law and Social Sciences Division, 2005
- 2007 Outstanding Mentor of Graduate/Professional Students, University of Arizona Graduate and Professional Student Council.
- 2007 Outstanding Faculty Member, Mortar Board Senior Honor Society, University of Arizona Chapter.
- 2006 Outstanding Faculty Leader Award, All Campus Awards, Center for Student Involvement and Leadership.
- 2006 Theodore H. Koff Outstanding Teacher Award, School of Public Administration and Policy.
- 2005 Deans Award for Teaching Excellence, Eller College of Management.
- 2005 Theodore H. Koff Outstanding Teacher Award, School of Public Administration and Policy.
- 2004 Certificate of Appreciation for Outstanding Commitment and Contribution to the Students and the Betterment of the Eller College of Business and Public Administration, Eller College Student Council, University of Arizona.
- 2003 Don Wells Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award, Eller College of Business and Public Administration, University of Arizona. (Nominated in 2005)




