Dr. Nomi Stolzenberg

Biography

Nomi M. Stolzenberg joined the USC Gould School of Law faculty in 1988. Her research spans a range of interdisciplinary interests, including law and religion, law and liberalism, law and psychoanalysis, and law and literature. A strong proponent of multidisciplinary research and teaching, she helped establish and co-directs the USC Center for Law, History, and Culture, involving scholars and students from USC’s campus. Stolzenberg’s scholarly publications include works such as 'He Drew Circle Shut Out: Assimilation, Indoctrination, Paradox of Liberal Education' (Harvard Law Review), 'The Profanity Law' (in Law Sacred, Stanford University Press), and 'Righting Relationship: Race, Religion, and Law' (Oxford Journal of Legal Studies). Her book, 'American Shtetl: Making Kiryas Joel, A Hasidic Village Upstate New York' (Princeton University Press, 2022), is a book-length exploration of the Satmar community's establishment of its own municipality, school district, and the constitutionality of various challenges. Stolzenberg has a strong academic background, graduating summa cum laude from Yale University and magna cum laude from Harvard Law School, where she was an editor of the Harvard Law Review. She also clerked for Judge John J. Gibbons on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit prior to joining USC Gould. Additionally, she is a member of the Casden Center’s Advisory Board and has taught various courses, including courses on Law and Religion, Property Law, Family Law, and Feminist Legal Theory, and currently teaches undergraduates about the concepts of law.

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