Kenji Yoshino, Chief Justice Earl Warren, Professor of Constitutional Law, NYU School of Law

Kenji Yoshino is the Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law and Director of the Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging at NYU School of Law. He is the author of three books: Speak Now: Marriage Equality on Trial (2015) (winner of the American Bar Association's 2016 Silver Gavel Award); A Thousand Times More Fair: What Shakespeare's Plays Teach Us About Justice (2011); and Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights (2006). Yoshino has also published broadly in academic journals, including the Harvard Law Review, Stanford Law Review, and Yale Law Journal. He has received several distinctions for his teaching, most recently the Podell Distinguished Teaching award in 2014. He serves on Harvard's Board of Overseers (as President in the 2016-17 academic year), the Board of the Center for Talent Innovation, the Board of the Brennan Center for Justice, the External Advisory Panel for the World Bank Group, and the Global Advisory Board for Out Leadership. He earned his BA at Harvard University, his MSc at Oxford University (as a Rhodes Scholar), and his JD from Yale Law School.