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Lynda Dodd

Assistant Professor of Law

 

Office: Room 387
Phone: 202-274-4431
E-mail: ldodd@wcl.american.edu vCard

Lynda Dodd joined the WCL faculty in September of 2005. She teaches and specializes in constitutional law and theory, civil rights litigation, and jurisprudence. Professor Dodd received her JD from Yale Law School in 2000, and completed her PhD in Politics at Princeton University in 2004. She is currently working on a book manuscript that examines the history of Sec. 1983, from its origins in the Civil Rights Act of 1871 to the contemporary era, with a special focus on the political debates regarding civil rights enforcement strategies. Her most recent research is entitled, “DeShaney v. Winnebago County: Governmental Neglect and the “Blessings of Liberty,” in Civil Rights Stories, Myriam Gilles & Risa Goluboff, editors (forthcoming, Foundation Press).

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