Dr. Keck is the author of and , as well as articles in the , ,, and . He is currently leading an NSF-funded project on the political beneficiaries of free expression jurisprudence worldwide.

As holder of the Sawyer Chair since 2009, he directs the (SLAPP), an interdisciplinary initiative devoted to advancing teaching and research in the field of law and politics. SLAPP hosts a regular seminar series in which leading law-and-politics experts from around the country present their current research, and it also provides funding for doctoral students in the Maxwell School’s political science program who are pursuing law-and-politics research of their own.

He is also a Senior Research Associate at the .