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Alan Bigel

Professor
Political Science Public Admin University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

Alan Bigel's office hours

Monday
12:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Tuesday
5:45 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Wednesday
12:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Thursday
5:45 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Friday
12:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Alan Bigel

Professor

Political Science Public Admin

Specialty area(s)

I have a wide and deep knowledge of all areas of Constitutional Law.

Brief biography

I will begin my 39th year at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse in 2023.  Academic work has been my main focus.  In my spare time I enjoy watching classic Hollywood movies from the "Golden Age" of the 1930s and 1940s and am a HUGE fan of The Beatles.

Current courses at UWL

POL 101      American National Government is taught every semester.

POL 370    Constitutional Law I: Powers of Government is taught in the Fall of odd years.

POL 371     Constitutional Law II: The First Amendment is taught in the Fall of odd years.

POL 372    Constitutional Law III: The 14th Amendment (race, gender and targeted group discrimination) is taught in the Spring of odd years.

POL 373  Constitutional Law IV: The 4th Amendment (police/citizen encounters) is taught in the Spring of odd years.

POL 374 Constitutional Law V: Right to Life (the death penalty, abortion and physician-assisted suicide) is taught in the Spring of even years.

POL 375 Constitutional Law VI: Criminal Procedure is taught in the Spring of even years.

POL 376  Constitutional Law VII: Administrative Law is taught in the Fall of even years.

POL 377 Constitutional Law VIII: 1787 and Original Intention is taught in the Fall of even years.

         

Education

B.A., Brooklyn College (1976)

M.A., The New School For Social Research (1978)

Ph.D., The New School For Social Research (1984)

I completed graduate work in New York City where I was born and raised.

Career

Teaching history

See the preceding section on current courses.

Professional history

I was the first person at UW-L to receive the Board of Regents Teaching Excellence Award in 1995.

Research and publishing

I published two books and law review articles in the area of Constitutional Law.