birth_date: 1956-07-30 00:00:00
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name: Anita Hill
about: Anita Faye Hill, J.D. (Yale University, 1980; BS, Psychology, Oklahoma State University, 1977), is professor of social policy, law, and women's studies at Brandeis University and a faculty member of the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis. She previously worked under Clarence Thomas at the Department of Education and the EEOC, after which she took on a professorship at the Evangelical Christian O. W. Coburn School of Law at Oral Roberts University. Her prior work with Thomas earned her a call to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee during the hearings regarding his 1991 nomination to the Supreme Court. Her testimony alleging sexual harassment by Thomas make her a figure of national interest and a target of co Anita Faye Hill, J.D. (Yale University, 1980; BS, Psychology, Oklahoma State University, 1977), is professor of social policy, law, and women's studies at Brandeis University and a faculty member of the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis. She previously worked under Clarence Thomas at the Department of Education and the EEOC, after which she took on a professorship at the Evangelical Christian O. W. Coburn School of Law at Oral Roberts University. Her prior work with Thomas earned her a call to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee during the hearings regarding his 1991 nomination to the Supreme Court. Her testimony alleging sexual harassment by Thomas make her a figure of national interest and a target of conservatives despite her own conservative standing. Such pressure ultimately led Hill to resign her tenured professorship at the University of Oklahoma College of Law. ...more