Professor Robert Pushaw Honored as Pepperdine University Stephen D. Davis Award for Scholarly Achievement Recipient for 2026
Pepperdine Caruso Law professor Robert J. Pushaw was honored with the Pepperdine University Stephen D. Davis Award for Scholarly Achievement at the Pepperdine Faculty and Staff Leadership Conference 2026 held on October 2. The Stephen D. Davis Award for Scholarly Achievement was established to honor Pepperdine University faculty displaying outstanding leadership and achievement in the generation of original scholarly and creative work, and who are strengthening the university's scholarly contributions and elevating its research reputation. Recognized accomplishment includes research publications of high impact, scholarly books, major musical and artistic products or exhibitions; mentoring Pepperdine students resulting in scholarly accomplishment, receiving national or international award or recognition for work directly related to their scholarship; and leadership in securing major research grants from external agencies.
Professor Pushaw's scholarship studies the influence of eighteenth-century Anglo-American political and legal theory on the development of the modern law governing the Constitution (especially the Commerce Clause and War Powers) and the federal courts (particularly the justiciability doctrines and inherent judicial powers). His scholarly writings have appeared in the Yale Law Journal, Michigan Law Review, California Law Review, Cornell Law Review, Northwestern University Law Review, Georgetown Law Journal, Notre Dame Law Review, Iowa Law Review, University of Illinois Law Review, Constitutional Commentary, Georgia Law Review, BYU Law Review, Florida Law Review, Harvard Journal on Legislation, Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, and the Election Law Journal, as well as in symposium issues published by the principal law reviews at Alabama, North Carolina, William & Mary, Florida State, Pepperdine, Missouri, Arkansas, Lewis & Clark, and Chapman. He is the faculty advisor for the Pepperdine Law Review.
Additional information on the award may be found at Stephen D. Davis Award for Scholarly Achievement