Dr. Frank Guliuzza
Competition Response Committee Chair
Frank Guliuzza (Ph.D, Notre Dame) is the Dean of Academic Affairs at Patrick Henry College in Purcellville, Virginia. He also serves as the College’s Pre-Law Advisor, coaches the College’s mock trial and co-coaches the moot court teams, and is Professor of Government. He was formerly Chair of the Political Science and Philosophy Department at Weber State University.
He has served as Chair of the Pre-Law Advisors' National Council (2007-2009) and President of the Western Association of Pre-LawAdvisors (2001-2007). He is currently President of the American Collegiate Moot Court Association, and is on the Executive Committee of the American Mock Trial Association. He founded the mock trial programs at the University of Minnesota-Duluth, Weber State University, and Patrick Henry College, and has coached 20 teams into national competition -- including several that have placed in the top fifteen at AMTA championship tournaments. He is also the co-coach of the Patrick Henry moot court program that captured the 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 intercollegiate national championships.
Guliuzza is the author of Over the Wall: Protecting Religious Expression in the Public Square (SUNY: 2000) and an author in, and the co-editor of, Before the Paper Chase: The Scholarship of Law School Preparation and Admissions (Carolina Academic Press: 2012, with Tim Garrison). He has published articles and reviews in a number of journals including The Marquette Law Review, The Drake Law Review, The Willamette Law Review, The Journal of Politics, The Review of Politics, PS, American Political Science Review, and Academe.
In his academic career, he has been recognized four times for "Outstanding Teaching in Political Science" by the American Political Science Association (2000, 2003, 2004, 2008). While at Weber State he was awarded The "Endowed Professor" in the College of Social & Behavioral Sciences, and in 2003-2004, he was presented with what is perhaps Weber State’s most prestigious faculty honor – The "John S. Hinckley" Award for excellence in teaching, service, and scholarship. He was the recipient of the Dello Dayton Award in 2008 and the Congressman Neal Smith Award from the American Mock Trial Association (2008) for his exemplary contribution to law-related education. In 2003, he was selected by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education & Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as "Utah Professor of the Year." He has also been listed in Who’s Who in Teaching twice (2005, 2006), and was in Who’s Who in America (2011, 2013).