B.A., History, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1992

J.D., University of Richmond, 1996

Ph.D., History, University of Maryland, College Park, 2010

Dr. Ian J. Drake obtained his Ph.D. in American history from the University of Maryland at College Park in August, 2010. His teaching interests include the American judiciary and legal system, the U.S. Supreme Court and constitutional history, and the history and contemporary study of law and society, broadly construed. His research interests include the history of American constitutional law and private law, particularly tort and contract law. Dr. Drake is currently conducting research on southern legal history, specifically concerning the history of products liability law in North Carolina, Alabama, and other parts of the South in the twentieth century. Dr. Drake is also working on projects concerning animal rights and animal protection laws in American history and the constitutional status of electoral reform proposals. Prior to earning his Ph.D. in history, Dr. Drake practiced law in the areas of insurance and tort law.

American Legal and Political History, Environmental History, Environmental Law, Tort History, Tort Law, Constitutional History and Constitutional Law