JOSHUA S. SELLERS Arizona State University, Sandra Day O Connor College of Law 480.965.0838 / joshua.sellers@asu.edu ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS Arizona State University, Sandra Day O Connor College of Law COURSES: Constitutional Law I, Civil Procedure, Election Law, Legislation & Regulation 2017-present University of Oklahoma College of Law Oxford Summer Program Summer 2017 (Brasenose College) COURSES: Legislation & Regulation University of Oklahoma College of Law 2015-17 COURSES: Civil Procedure I, Civil Procedure II, Election Law, Legislation & Regulation Syracuse University Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs 2014-15 Michael O. Sawyer Post-Doctoral Fellow in Law and Politics COURSES: Constitutional Law I (Undergraduate), Constitutional Law II (Undergraduate), Election Law (Undergraduate) SUNY Finger Lakes Community College 2012 Adjunct Instructor COURSES: Introduction to American Government (Undergraduate) University of Chicago 2008 Section Leader COURSES: Introduction to Constitutional Law (Undergraduate) EDUCATION University of Chicago Law School, J.D. 2008 Articles Editor, University of Chicago Law Review Appellate Advocacy Clinic (Seventh Circuit oral argument) Norval Morris Public Interest Fellowship
University of Chicago Department of Political Science, Ph.D., Political Science 2014 DISSERTATION TITLE: The Crown Jewel at a Crossroads: Appraising the Contemporary Political Function of the Voting Rights Act DISSERTATION COMMITTEE: Bernard E. Harcourt (Chair), Adam B. Cox, Gerald N. Rosenberg, Robert Gooding-Williams University of Chicago Department of Political Science, M.A., Political Science 2005 University of Michigan Ann Arbor, B.A. Political Science and 2001 Afroamerican and African Studies University Honors Varsity Track and Field (captain) PUBLICATIONS Legislating Against Lying in Campaigns and Elections, 71 OKLA. L. REV. (forthcoming 2018) (symposium) Contributions, Bribes, and the Convergence of Political and Criminal Corruption, 45 FLA. ST. U. L. REV. (forthcoming 2018) State of the Vote: Your Right Revealed, Oklahoma Humanities Magazine (Fall 2016 ed.) The Irony of Intent: Statutory Interpretation and the Constitutionality of Section Two of the Voting Rights Act, 76 LA. L. REV. 43 (2015) (symposium) Shelby County as a Sanction for States Rights in Elections, 34 ST. LOUIS U. PUB. L. REV. 367 (2015) Book Review, The Congressional Black Caucus, Minority Voting Rights, and the U.S. Supreme Court by Christina R. Rivers, 23 Law and Politics Book Review 42 (2013) Major Questions Moderation (work in progress) SERVICE Current Colloquium Committee 2017-18 Faculty Advisor, American Constitution Society 2017-present Prior (U. of Oklahoma) Code of Academic Responsibility Hearing Tribunal: 2015-17 Academic Misconduct Committee 2
Competitions Committee 2015-17 Library Committee 2015-17 Awards and Scholarships Committee 2015-17 Faculty Affiliate, Institute for the American Constitutional Heritage 2015-17 Faculty Advisor, American Constitution Society 2016-17 Faculty Advisor, Black Law Students Association 2016-17 JUDICIAL CLERKSHIP U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, Miami, FL 2008-2009 Judicial Clerk, Judge Rosemary Barkett ADDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, DC 2009-2012 Associate Attorney (Litigation) Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC 2007 Summer Associate Southern Center for Human Rights, Atlanta, GA 2006 Legal Intern Democratic National Committee, Washington, DC 2002 Aide to Chairman Terry McAuliffe PRESENTATIONS University of Oklahoma College of Law, Oklahoma Law Review Feb. 2018 Symposium: Falsehoods, Fake News, and the First Amendment Legislating Against Lying in Campaigns and Elections Arizona State University, Sandra Day O Connor College of Law, Nov. 2017 American Constitution Society Political Gerrymandering Law and Society International Meeting, Mexico City June 2017 Roundtable: The Old Voter Suppression and the Cycles of American Electoral History 3
Duke University School of Law, Culp Colloquium May 2017 Federal Courts, Federal Questions, and a Functional Major Question Doctrine University of Houston Law Center Feb. 2017 University of Oklahoma College of Law, American Constitution Society Oct. 2016 Election 2016 and Election Law Litigation University of Oklahoma College of Law, Oklahoma Junior July 2016 Scholars Conference Duke University School of Law, Culp Colloquium May 2016 University of Oklahoma College of Law, American Constitution Society Feb. 2016 The Legacy of Justice Scalia University of Oklahoma College of Law, American Constitution Society Nov. 2015 Presidents, the Limits of Presidential Power, and Presidential Candidates Washington and Lee University School of Law, Journal of Civil Rights Feb. 2015 and Social Justice Symposium The Constitutionality of Section 2 of the VRA Duke University School of Law, Emerging Scholars Workshop May 2014 Judicial Ideology and Doctrinal Evolution Under Section 2 of the VRA Syracuse University, Political Science Research Workshop Mar. 2014 Contemporary African-American Political Theory, Majority-Minority Electoral Districts, and Political Institutions Syracuse University, American Politics Colloquium Feb. 2014 Judicial Ideology and Doctrinal Evolution Under Section 2 of the VRA PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND MEMBERSHIPS Association of American Law Schools Secretary, Section on Election Law (2017-18) Maryland Bar (2010) 4
District of Columbia Bar (2011) American Political Science Association American Bar Association Order of the Coif (inducted as a faculty member) 5