Joshua Douglas

He was granted an associate professorship at the University of Kentucky in 2014,^[2] where he first held the Robert G. Lawson & William H. Fortune Associate Professorship of Law.^[3] Douglas founded a blog for UK's Election Law Society during the 2014 United States elections.^[4] During the 2014 election cycle, the 2015 Kentucky elections,^[5][6] and the 2016 United States presidential election,^[7][8][9] he oversaw the university's student-led live election analysis. By 2019, Douglas had been appointed to the Thomas P. Lewis Professorship of Law.^[10] In 2020, he was named Ashland, Inc-Spears Distinguished Research Professor of Law.^[11]

Douglas is an elected member of the American Law Institute.^[12]

Douglas is the author of Vote for US: How to Take Back our Elections and Change the Future of Voting,^[13] a popular press book that provides hope and inspiration for a positive path forward on voting rights. His next book is titled The Court vs. The Voters: The Troubling Story of How the Supreme Court Has Undermined Voting Rights,^[14] which is an urgent and gripping look at the erosion of voting rights and its implications for democracy, told through the stories of 9 Supreme Court decisions—and the next looming case.

He is also the host and writer of Democracy Optimist, a radio series and podcast that explores election law and voting rights. In 2025, Democracy Optimist won a regional Edward R. Murrow Award for Best Podcast.