Mitchel Sollenberger, PhD

Professor of Political Science
Mitchel Sollenberger
College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters
Social Sciences
3095 College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters Building | 4901 Evergreen Road | Dearborn, MI 48128

Teaching Areas:

Master of Public Administration and Policy, Political Science

Research Areas:

Branches of American Government, Obama Administration, Politics / Political Science

Biography and Education

Education

PhD Institution: Politics, Catholic University, 2006

Teaching and Research

Courses Taught

Selected Publications

Books:

  • (University Press of Kansas, 2020) (With Jeff Crouch and Mark J. Rozell)
  • (University Press of Kansas, 2020) (With Mark J. Rozell)
  •  (University Press of Kansas, 2012) (With Mark J. Rozell)
  •  (Carolina Academic Press, 2011)
  •  (University Press of Kansas, 2008)

Articles:

  • President Bidens Influence on the use of Executive Privilege, Kentucky Law Journal (In Press) (With Mark J. Rozell)
  • The Unitary Executive Theory and President Donald J. Trump, Presidential Studies Quarterly, vol. 47, Sept. 2017 (With Jeffrey Crouch and Mark J. Rozell)
  • Presidential Studies, Behavioralism, and Public Law, Presidential Studies Quarterly, vol. 44, Dec. 2014
  • The Origins and Development of Executive Branch Czars, Journal of Policy History, vol. 25, Fall 2013 (With Mark J. Rozell)
  • President Obama's Signing Statements and the Expansion of Executive Power, Presidential Studies Quarterly,vol. 43, Dec. 2013 (With Jeffrey Crouch and Mark J. Rozell)
  • The Blue Slip: A Theory of Unified and Divided Government, Congress & the Presidency, vol. 37, May-August 2010
  • Statutory Qualifications on Appointments: Congressional and Constitutional Choices, Public Administration Quarterly, vol. 34, Summer 2010

Book Chapters: 

  • Michigans Governor and Executive Branch, in John S. Klemanski and David A. Dulio, eds., Michigan Government, Politics and Policy (University of Michigan Press, 2017)
  • The Power to Advise and Consent, in Brien Hallett, ed., The Powers of U.S. Congress: Where Constitutional Authority Begins and Ends (ABC-CLIO, 2016)
  • Presidential and Congressional Relations: An Evolution of Military Appointments, in Colton Campbell and David Auerswald eds., Congress and Civil-Military Relations (Georgetown University Press, 2015)
  • Resolved, Presidential Czars Undermine Congress and the Constitution, in Richard J. Ellis and Michael Nelson, eds., Debating the Presidency: Conflicting Perspectives on the American Executive (CQ Press 2014) (With Mark J. Rozell)
  • The Unitary Executive Theory and the Bush Legacy in Taking the Measure: The Presidency of George W. Bush, Donald R. Kelley and Todd G. Shields, eds. (Texas A&M University Press, 2013) (With Mark J. Rozell)

Opinion Pieces: 

  • Hubris and conceit: Why Musk is having so much trouble as czar, The Hill, March 4, 2025 (With Mark J. Rozell)
  • Presidential immunity from prosecution is now a dead argument, The Hill, Feb. 7, 2024 (With Mark J. Rozell)
  • Executive privilege for ex-presidents? Not this time, The Hill, May 23, 2022 (With Mark J. Rozell)
  • President Biden: Open the White House virtual visitor logs: Campaign promises of improving transparency have yet to fully materialize, Roll Call, April 2, 2021 (With Mark J. Rozell)
  • How Biden can end executive order ping-pong, The Hill, January 20, 2021 (With Jeffrey Crouch and Mark J. Rozell)
  • A Judicial Win for Executive Privilege, Not Transparency, The Hill, September 23, 2020 (With Mark J. Rozell)
  • A Supreme Court Compromise? How Republicans and Democrats could fairly fill Ruth Bader Ginsburgs seat, New York Daily News, September 22, 2020 (With Mark J. Rozell)
  • Does the country need a coronavirus testing czar? Not really, The Hill, April 25, 2020 (With Mark J. Rozell)
  • Can Executive Privilege Prevent Boltons Testimony, Law & Liberty, Jan. 21, 2020 (With Mark J. Rozell)
  • Trumps Executive Privilege Claims: Where we go from here, New York Daily News, May 13, 2019 (With Mark J. Rozell)
  • Congress is Right to Probe Trump White House Security Clearances. Hand Over the Documents, USA Today, March 24, 2019 (With Mark J. Rozell).
  • Why Trump Cant Bury the Mueller Report by Claiming Executive Privilege. New York Daily News, February 21, 2019 (With Mark J. Rozell).
  • Open all the Trump visitor logs, starting with the White House. USA Today, Aug. 1, 2017 (With Mark J. Rozell).

Awards and Recognition

Distinguished Research Award, University of Michigan-Dearborn, 2012