Assistant Professor of Law, The University of Houston Law Center
dfroomkin@central.uh.edu

Biographical Summary

David Froomkin is an assistant professor of law at the University of Houston Law Center, with primary scholarly interests in the separation of powers, election law, and democratic and constitutional theory. His research focuses on the structure of government and of the democratic process, drawing on political science, political economy, and analysis of the text and structure of the Constitution. In addition to other ongoing projects, he is currently completing a book manuscript that develops a new conceptual and normative theory of the separation of powers as a government structure that can reinforce rather than vitiate legislative supremacy. He received a B.A. from Columbia University in 2015, a J.D. from Yale Law School in 2022, and a Ph.D. (Political Science) from Yale University in 2024.