Jamel K. Donnor
The Fred Huby Memorial Professor of Education; Faculty Affiliate, Arts & Sciences and William & Mary Law School
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Areas of Expertise:
American Democracy, American Constitutionalism, American Conservatism, Education Law & Policy, and Higher Education Studies
Profile
Jamel K. Donnor, Ph.D., is a social scientist in the School of Education at William & Mary with faculty affiliations in Arts & Sciences and William & Mary’s Law School. His areas of expertise include Education Policy, Constitutional Law, American Conservatism, U.S. Supreme Court Jurisprudence and Intercollegiate Athletics.
Professor Donnor has served as an expert rebuttal witness in Clark V. State Public Charter School Authority, one of the first anti-critical race theory lawsuits in the United States; and Emily Mais v. Albemarle County School Board, an anti-diversity lawsuit.
Professor Donnor draws upon political theory, legal history, and case law to examine questions that explore the relationship between law and racial inequality, and how the U.S. Supreme Court interacts with conservative ideology and right-wing movements in interpreting the Constitution.
Education
Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2005M.A. in Higher Education Administration, The Ohio State University, 1999
B.A. in Social Studies, Washington State University, 1997
Activities and Honors
RHSU Education-Scholar of Public Influence, Education Week (2022)The Seven Society, Recipient, William & Mary (2022)
Black Legacies Honoree, College of Education and Human Ecology, The Ohio State University (2021)
