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(L-R) Commission Staff Director Mauro Morales, Professor Victoria Nourse and her husband, Richard Cupitt

Professor Victoria Nourse Appointed to U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

March 29, 2023 Civil Rights & Antidiscrimination Faculty Impacting Change

President Joe Biden has appointed Professor Victoria Nourse to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, an independent federal agency whose mission is “to inform the development of national civil rights policy and enhance enforcement of federal civil rights laws.”  Nourse, who is the Ralph V. Whitworth Professor in Law, was sworn in earlier this month as one of eight commissioners and will serve a six-year term.