PHILADELPHIA (PA)
The Daily Pennsylvanian
October 10, 2017
By Lucy Curtis
Marci Hamilton, a 1988 Penn Law School graduate and a leading advocate for survivors of childhood sexual abuse, has just been hired as Penn’s third “professor of practice” in the Robert A. Fox Leadership Program in the College, according to an announcement by the University.
Practice professors are subject matter experts from outside of the world of academia, brought in to teach real-world applications of theory. The position is non-tenured and involves a term of three years for an associate practice professorship and five years for a full professorship.
Hamilton, who is also a scholar on church-state relations, will be teaching a seminar on law, religion and politics.
“I loved going to Penn’s law school — it was a formative part of my career and it’s nice to be back,” Hamilton said. She formerly served as the Paul R. Verkuil Chair in Public Law at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University.
Hamilton is the founder, CEO and academic director of CHILD USA, the first research-based nonprofit think tank dedicated to preventing child neglect and abuse. Hamilton has dedicated her professional life to supporting victims of abuse. She is also the author of the Pulitzer Prize-nominated book, “Justice Denied: What America Must Do to Protect Its Children.”
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