Joanna L. Grisinger
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2005
J.D., University of Chicago, 1998
Assistant Professor
112 Hardin Hall
(864) 656-1554
jgrisin@clemson.edu

Professor Grisinger is the Department's Pre-Law Adviser. At Clemson, she teaches courses in U.S. legal history; she also has taught LSAT Review courses. Her dissertation, “Reforming the State: Reorganization and the Federal Government, 1937-1964,” focuses on the rise of adminstrative law during a key period of federal expansion in the 20th century. Professor Grisinger has been awarded fellowships and grants from the Miller Center of Public Affairs, the William Nelson Cromwell Foundation, the Harry S. Truman Library, and the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library.

Dr. Grisinger also maintains a page of resources for law school applicants, which can be linked here.

Selected Publications

“Reorganizing Homeland Security: A Historical Perspective,” with Brian Balogh, Miller Center Report vol. 19 no. 1 (Winter 2003).

“Making Democracy Work: A Brief History of Twentieth Century Executive Reorganization,” with Brian Balogh and Philip Zelikow, Miller Center of Public Affairs Working Paper (July 2002).

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