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Anita Hill

Visiting Professor 2017-2018 University Professor of Social Policy, Law, and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Brandeis University
Through our scientific and technological genius, we've made of this world a neighborhood. And now through our moral and ethical commitment, we must make of it a brotherhood.
— Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Background

Anita Hill is an attorney and University Professor of social policy, law, and women’s, gender and sexuality studies at Brandeis University. She holds a BS in psychology from Oklahoma State University and a JD from Yale University’s School of Law.

Interests

Hill’s academic work centers on anti-discrimination law and policy; exploring the broad capacity of Title IX, particularly in STEM; initiating legal and policy reforms which will further ensure educational equity for girls and women of all races and economic backgrounds; merging public policy, social science, and legal research methods and theory.

Hill became a national figure in 1991 when she presented a testimony of sexual harassment against then-U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas. The high-profile political battle captured the nation’s attention and changed Supreme Court confirmation hearings.

Hill’s current work engages academics and business professionals to develop “The Gender/Race Imperative,” a project which explores the broad capacity of Title IX, the crucial law mandating equal education opportunities for women. “The Gender/Race Imperative” is a research and implementation project aimed at initiating legal and policy reforms which will further ensure educational equity for girls and women of all races and economic backgrounds. The work is multidisciplinary, merging public policy, social science, and legal research methods and theory.

News Items

Sample Work

  • Publication

    Reimagining Equality: Stories of Gender, Race and Home in America

    Reimagining Equality: Stories of Gender, Race and Home in America. Beacon Press, 2011.

  • Publication

    Choice, Social Structure, and Educational Policy

    “Choice, Social Structure, and Educational Policy.” Race, Markets and Social Structures, 1st Edition. Ed. Emma Coleman Jordan. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications, 2008.

  • Publication

    What Difference Will Women Judges Make? Looking Once More at the 'Woman Question'

    “What Difference Will Women Judges Make? Looking Once More at the ‘Woman Question’.” Women and Leadership: The State of Play and Strategies for Change. 1st Edition. Eds. Barbara Kellerman and Deborah Rhode. New York: Jossey-Boss, 2007. 1-29.

  • Publication

    Speaking Truth to Power

    Speaking Truth to Power. Doubleday, 1997

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