Biography
Martha Minow, 300th Anniversary University Professorship at Harvard University; she served as dean of dean of Harvard Law School between 2009-2017. Her books include Saving the News: Why the Constitution Calls for Government Action to Preserve the Freedom of Speech (2021); When Should Law Forgive? (2019); In Brown’s Wake: Legacies of America’s Constitutional Landmark (2010); Partners, Not Rivals: Privatization and the Public Good (2002); Between Vengeance and Forgiveness: Facing History After Genocide and Mass Violence (1998); and Making All the Difference: Inclusion, Exclusion, and American Law (1990). She is currently writing book for University of California Press addressing the preconditions needed for a sustainable constitutional democracy. Her honors include 10 honorary degrees from institutions in three countries.
The chair of the board of Massachusetts public media (GBH) and recently co-chair of the Access to Justice Project of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, she serves on the boards of other philanthropies, including the Carnegie Corporation and the SCE Foundation. She also is a board member at the Campaign Legal Center, a nonpartisan organization devoted to strengthening electoral and voting processes in the United States.
