Associate Professor
Ph.D. Washington University, St. Louis 1991

Phone: 312-996-2396
Fax: 312-413-0440
E-Mail: lyles@uic.edu

Fields of Interest:
American Government: Judicial Politics (Policy and Behavior), Constitutional Law, Civil Rights and Liberties, African-American Politics

Selected Publications:
Civil Liberties and the Constitution (8th edition), Lucius J. Barker, Twiley W. Barker, Michael Combs, Kevin Lyles, and H.W. Perry, (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1999).

The Gatekeepers: Federal District Courts in the Political Process. (New York: Praeger, 1997).

"Presidential Expectations and Judicial Performance Revisited: Law and Politics in the Federal District Courts, 1960-1992." Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. XXVI, Number 2, Spring 1996, pp. 447-472.

"The Bork Nomination and Black American," Chapter 6 in Black Americans and the Political System, Lucius Barker and Mack Jones, (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 3rd., 1994), pp. 131-172.

Works in progress and under contract
Constitutional Law and the American Political System, Vol. I, Lucius J. Barker, Twiley W. Barker, Michael Combs, Kevin Lyles, and H.W. Perry, (Prentice-Hall, Spr 2000).

Thurgood Marshall: A Documentary Biography, co-authored with Lucius J. Barker, under contract, Stanford University Press.

Warrior Within the System: The Jurisprudence of Justice Thurgood Marshall, co-authored with Lucius J. Barker, under contract, Stanford University Press.

Current Research Areas:
The African-American Constitutional Experience: Cases and Commentary

"Does Race Make a Difference?: Perceptions and Attitudes of African-American, Latino, and White District Court Judges," Chapter in African-Americans and the Political System, Lucius Barker and Mack Jones, (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 4th ed., forthcoming).

The Gender Difference: Perceptions and Attitudes of Female District Court Judges.