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EXPERIENCE
Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio (July 2007-present)
President
Professor of Politics, Oberlin College (January 2008-present)
Teach Political Science classes on American Democracy, Public Education, and U.S. Elections
Designed and implemented successful legal, political and public education/outreach strategy
for admissions lawsuits, resulting in historic victory, record number and strength of amicus
filings on our side, and significant favorable media coverage of University policies
Adjunct Professor, University of Michigan Law School (January 2000 to May 2007)
Taught seminars on The Role of In-House Counsel and Congressional Oversight of the
Executive Branch
Adjunct Professor, University of Michigan Department of Political Science
(September 2001 to May 2007)
Taught upper-level Political Science class for 100 undergraduatesPublic Policy and the
Law, and senior seminar on The Supreme Court and Public Education
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Oversaw strategy and settlement of path-breaking litigation involving access to e-mail in the
federal government
Assistant Counsel and Special Counsel for Information Policy (February 1994-December 1994)
Special Counsel (August 1993-February 1994)
U.S. Department of Justice Honors Program, Criminal Section, Civil Rights Division, Washington,
D.C.
Trial Attorney (November 1989-August 1993)
Prosecuted police brutality and racial and ethnic violence cases throughout the country
United States Attorneys Office, Washington, D.C.
Special Assistant U.S. Attorney (December 1989-April 1990)
George Washington University, National Law Center, Washington, D.C.
Associate Professorial Lecturer in Law (Spring 1991-Spring 1993)
Judge Marilyn Hall Patel, United States District Court, San Francisco, CA
Law Clerk (August 1988-August 1989)
EDUCATION
Yale Law School, New Haven, CT. JD, June 1988
Marvin Krislov
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Marvin Krislov
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ACADEMIC SERVICE
Member, National Council on the Humanities (confirmed by U.S. Senate November 2009present)
Board Member, National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (January 2012present)
Board Member, Great Lakes College Association (2007-present), Executive Committee (2013present)
Co-Chair, University of Michigan Presidents Task Force on Ethics in Public Life (September
2004-2005)
American Anthropological Association, Project Advisory Board on Race and Human Variation
(2002-2007)
Upper Midwest Rhodes Scholars Selection Committee, Secretary (2005) member (2006)
Faculty Advisor, University of Michigan Phi Alpha Delta pre-law honorary (2004-2007)
Executive Committee, University of Michigan Institute for Labor and Industrial Relations
(2003-2007)
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COMMUNITY SERVICE
Detroit Mosaic Youth Theatre Board (December 2001 to 2007); Vice Chair (January 20032007)
United Way of Washtenaw County, Michigan Board of Directors (March 2003-March 2007),
University of Michigan Campaign Chair (September 2005-March 2007)
University Musical Society Board of Directors, Ann Arbor, MI (January 2004-May 2007)
AWARDS
Toni Morrison Society, Bench by the Road Award, Oberlin, OH (September 2013)
NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Award for Counsel and Leadership, New York, NY
(November 2003)
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