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MICHAEL J. PITTS INDIANA UNIVERSITY ROBERT H. MCKINNEY SCHOOL OF LAW LAWRENCE W. INLOW HALL 530 WEST NEW YORK STREET INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46202 (317) 278-9155 [email protected] APPOINTMENTS Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law Indianapolis, IN Vice Dean July 2018-Present Involvement and responsibility for managing virtually every aspect of JD program with 750 students (both part-time and full-time), multiple certificate programs, multiple joint-degree programs, and multiple centers and programs. Manage operations involving about 45 full-time faculty, 115+ adjunct faculty, and 60+ staff. Chief curricular officer for JD program including building curriculum, scheduling, and staffing for about 300 courses per academic year. Primary hirer of adjunct faculty. Primary oversight for Enrollment Management, Student Affairs, Academic and Bar Success, Technology, Library, ABA compliance, U.S. News reporting, and law school policy issues. Work with Directors of Experiential Learning, Legal Communication and Analysis, and Online Programming. Primary resource for all faculty, staff, and JD student issues. Primary manager of all issues involving facilities. Liaison to central administration for numerous matters including Faculty Affairs, Registrar, Research, OEO, and most other campus compliance issues. Involvement in managing budget in responsibility-centered management system. Secondary involvement with Development, External Affairs, Professional Development (Career Services), Diversity and Inclusion, LL.M. and MJ programs. Advisor to dean. Professor of Law July 2012-Present Associate Professor of Law June 2006-July 2012 Courses: Civil Procedure I and II, Evidence, Election Law Taught Professional Responsibility in Cairo, Egypt, Summer 2009 University of Nebraska College of Law Lincoln, NE Visiting Assistant Professor of Law June 2005-May 2006 Courses: Professional Responsibility, Employment Discrimination, Election Law, Constitutional Law PUBLICATIONS Books Election Law Litigation (w/ Foley & Douglas) (Aspen 2014) 1 Journal Articles Rethinking Section 2 Vote Denial, 46 FLA. ST. L. REV. 1 (2018) What Has 25 Years of Racial Gerrymandering Doctrine Achieved?, 9 U.C. IRVINE L. REV. 229 (2018) Judicial “Enforcement” of a Grand Election Bargain, 104 KY. L. J. 631 (2015-2016) Rescuing Retrogression, 43 FLA. ST. L. REV. 741 (2016) Against Residency Requirements, 2015 U. CHI. LEGAL FORUM 341 Empirically Measuring the Impact of Photo ID Over Time and Its Impact on Women, 48 IND. L. REV. 605 (2015) P = E² and Other Thoughts on the Value of Participation, 65 OKLA. L. REV. 101 (2013) Photo ID, Provisional Balloting, and Indiana’s 2012 Primary Election, 47 U. RICHMOND L. REV. 939 (2013) Opt-Out Voting, 39 HOFSTRA L. REV. 897 (2011) Redistricting and Discriminatory Purpose, 59 AM. U. L. REV. 1575 (2010) Documenting Disfranchisement: Voter Identification at Indiana’s 2008 General Election 25 J. L. & POL. 329 (2009) (w/ Matthew Neumann) Poll Workers, Election Administration, and the Problem of Implicit Bias, 15 MICH. J. RACE & L. 1 (2009) (w/ Antony Page) What Will the Life of Riley v. Kennedy Mean for Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act?, 68 MD. L. REV. 481 (2009) Empirically Assessing the Impact of Photo Identification at the Polls Through an Examination of Provisional Balloting, 24 J. L. & POL. 475 (2008) The Voting Rights Act and the Era of Maintenance, 59 ALA. L. REV. 903 (2008) Defining “Partisan” Law Enforcement, 18 STAN. L. & POL’Y REV. 324 (2007) Heads or Tails? A Modest Proposal for Deciding Close Elections, 39 CONN. L. REV. 739 (2006) (reprinted in Politics and Democracy: Electoral Reforms (K. Prasanna Rani ed. 2008)) Let’s Not Call the Whole Thing Off Just Yet: A Response to Samuel Issacharoff’s Suggestion To Scuttle Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, 84 NEB. L. REV. 605 (2005) Georgia v. Ashcroft: It’s the End of Section 5 As We Know It (And I Feel Fine), 32 PEPP. L. REV. 265 (2005) 2 Congressional Enforcement of Affirmative Democracy Through Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, 25 N. ILL. U. L. REV. 183 (2005) Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act: A Once and Future Remedy?, 81 DENV. U. L. REV. 225 (2003) Book Reviews, Commentaries, Brief Essays and Reports Shelby County v. Holder: Reasons to believe, SCOTUSBLOG (Feb. 11, 2013, 1:17 PM) http://www.scotusblog.com/2013/02/shelby-county-v-holder-reasons-to-believe/ (last accessed Sept. 8, 2014) Commentator, Reuters Forum on the Future of the Voting Rights Act, (Feb. 7, 2013) http://www.reuters.com/subjects/voting-rights (last accessed Sept. 8, 2014) One Person, One Vote: Teaching “Sixth-Grade Arithmetic”, 56 ST. LOUIS U. L. J. 759 (2012) Redistricting 101, 10 ELECTION L. J. 483 (2011) Guest Blogger, Concurring Opinions, June and December 2011 Introduction: The Law of Democracy, 44 IND. L. REV. 1 (2010) (introduction to symposium volume) Voter Identification, Part of Pew Center on the States Report: Provisional Ballots: An Imperfect Solution (Aug. 31, 2009) Outdated racial stereotypes can mask subtler forms of bias, THE ATLANTA JOURNAL- CONSTITUTION (July 28, 2009) (w/ Antony Page) The Amicus Briefs in the Indiana Voter Identification Case: I read . so you don’t have to, Commentary for Election Law @ Moritz (Jan. 8, 2008) Ordinary People, 6 ELECTION L. J. 113 (2007) Guest Blogger, Election Law Blog, available at: http://electionlawblog.org/archives/cat_vra_renewal_guest_blogging.html (last accessed Sept. 8, 2014) The Exclusionary Rule, 86 GEO. L.J. 1339 (1998) PRESENTATIONS Moderator, Voting rights, voting wrongs: The future of gerrymandering, Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Nov. 8, 2017 Moderator, Lessons from the 2016 Elections (and Implications for the Future), AALS Annual Meeting, Jan. 5, 2017 3 Judicial “Enforcement” of a Grand Election Bargain, University of Kentucky College of Law, March 25, 2016 Rescuing Retrogression, The Florida State University College of Law, March 27, 2015 Against Residency Requirements, University of Chicago Law School, November 7, 2014 Discussant, The Jurisprudence of Voting Rights, Midwest Political Science Association, April 6, 2014 Shelby County v. Holder: A Primer and Some Thoughts, University of Oklahoma College of Law, February 15, 2013 Panelist, Ensuring Integrity and Access: Voter ID in 2012 and Beyond, Pew Center on the States, Washington, DC, December 10, 2012 (broadcast on C-SPAN: http://www.c-spanvideo.org/michaelpitts02) (last accessed Sept. 8, 2014) Moderator, The Voting Rights Act and Redistricting, The George Washington University Law School, November 16, 2012 Photo ID, Provisional Balloting, and Indiana’s 2012 Primary Election, University of Richmond School of Law, October 5, 2012 Casting a Ballot in Indiana: From Registration to Photo Identification, Indianapolis Bar Association, August 13, 2012 Key Developments in Redistricting Under the Voting Rights Act, ABA Teleconference, June 14, 2012 (moderator and participant) Photo ID and Provisional Balloting, National Bar Association Law & Religion Conference, Chicago, IL, April 27, 2012 Highlights of the 2010 Redistricting Cycle, University of Kentucky College of Law, October 20, 2011 Section 5, Redistricting, and Discriminatory Purpose, University of Baltimore School of Law, September 30, 2010 Moderator, Citizens United, the 2010 Election and the Future of the Supreme Court, American Constitution Society, May 12, 2010 Poll Workers, Election Administration and the Problem of Implicit Bias, New York University School of Law, April 1, 2010 Poll Workers, Election Administration, and the Problem of Implicit Bias, University of Toledo College of Law, March 1, 2010 Redistricting and Discriminatory Purpose, Association of American Law Schools, Annual Meeting, January 9, 2010 4 Empirically Assessing the Impact of Photo Identification at the Polls Through an Examination of Provisional Balloting, Center for Inquiry, February 11, 2009 Empirically Assessing the Impact of Photo Identification at the Polls Through an Examination of Provisional Balloting, Capital University Law School, January 23, 2009 Panelist, Identifying the Problems of Crawford v. Marion County Election Board, University of Maryland School of Law, October 16, 2008 Presenter and Participant, Washington University School of Law Regional Junior Faculty Workshop, October 3, 2008 Moderator, Panel on Current Topics in Election Law, Norman Amaker Public Interest and Social Justice Retreat, February 23, 2008 Moderator, The Indiana Voter ID Law and the Supreme Court: Crawford v. Marion County Election Board and Indiana Democratic Party v. Rokita, American Constitution Society, January 17, 2008 Crawford v. Marion County Election Board: A Preview and Some Thoughts, National Conference of State Legislatures, November 15, 2007 The Voting Rights Act and the Era of Maintenance, University of Illinois College of Law, November 13, 2007 Defining “Partisan” Law Enforcement, Southeastern Association of Law Schools, August 4, 2007 Panelist, Voter Representation, Stanford Law School, April 7, 2007 Latinos & Partisanship, Indiana University School of Law—Bloomington, March 29, 2007 The Future of the Voting Rights Act, Emory University School of Law, October 7, 2006 Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act: Let’s Not Call the Whole Thing Off Just Yet, Drake University Law School, October 26, 2005 Why Congress Should Extend Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, University of Nebraska College of Law, April 18, 2005 SERVICE Law School Service Admissions Committee, Chair, 2016-18 Promotion and Tenure Committee, Chair, 2014-15 5 Executive