Kimi Lynn King
Associate Professor
(Ph.D., State University of New York - Buffalo, 1995; J.D., 1990)

(940) 565-4984
Wooten Hall 148

J.D., State University of New York at Buffalo, 1990 (cum laude)
Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo, 1995

Dr. King's interdisciplinary research interests include civil rights and liberties, conflict resolution, judicial decision-making, international humanitarian law, and gender rights. She has authored or co-authored articles in Social Science Quarterly, Political Research Quarterly, American Politics Quarterly, Presidential Studies Quarterly, Social Science Research, and international law reviews. She has co-authored a book teaching legal research and oral argumentation for moot court undergraduates and co-produced a video that simulates the appellate decision-making process for undergraduate students. She (along with her husband James Meernik) received the American Political Science Association / Rowman & Littlefield Award for Innovative Teaching for their study abroad class to the International War Crimes Tribunal at The Hague (2007) (this is the only national teaching award given by APSA). At UNT she has received the 'Fessor Graham Award (2006), the President's Council Teaching Award (1998) and the Student Association Honor Professor Award (1997, 1999, 2000). She has also worked at the State University of New York-Brockport, the Fair Housing and Homelessness Working group (SUNY-Buffalo) and the Prisoners' Legal Assistance Project (Harvard University).

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