Katy Harriger is a Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Wake Forest University. She is the author of The Special Prosecutor in American Politics, as well as a number of journal and law review articles, about the use of special prosecutors since Watergate. She is the co-author/editor with Louis Fisher of a constitutional law textbook. She teaches courses in American politics and constitutional law, as well as serving as the Faculty Director for Wake Forest's Washington DC academic/internship program.