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Professor Susan Sturm’s scholarship and teaching focus on advancing racial equity and full participation in educational, legal, and cultural institutions. She emphasizes building leadership capacity to advance change and exploring the role of law and lawyers in promoting equitable institutions. Sturm has written and spoken extensively on race, gender, legal education, and higher education's full participation. Her upcoming book, 'Confronting Racism: Transform Institutions,' is set to be released by Princeton University Press in 2025. Sturm is a co-chair and architect of Columbia Law School’s Davis Polk Leadership Initiative, a cross-disciplinary effort to prepare students for success as leaders in various sectors. She was the founding director of the Center for Institutional Social Change and served as Columbia University's Provost Senior Faculty Teaching Scholar. Sturm teaches courses such as Civil Procedure, Lawyer Leadership, and Access to Justice for People in Prison. She received the Columbia University Presidential Teaching Award in 2007. Additionally, she leads collaborative action research projects aimed at full participation in education, criminal justice, and community development, and has developed the Centering Change Skills Hub, an online platform to cultivate leadership and address race in law schools and communities.
Department of Anthropology (GSAS)