Sheila Suess Kennedy

I am a retired Professor of Law and Public Policy at the O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University Indianapolis, where I was also member of IUPUI's Philanthropic Studies faculty, a Faculty Fellow with both the Center for Religion and American Culture and the Tobias Center for Leadership Excellence, and an adjunct professor of political science.

I hold a B.S. from Indiana University, and earned my J.D. from I.U. in 1975. My (checkered!) career includes the practice of real estate, administrative and business law in Indianapolis, my home town, a stint as Corporation Counsel for the City of Indianapolis (from 1977-1980) and, in 1980, a run for Congress as a Republican. I lost.

I was president of Kennedy Development Services, a real-estate development firm, from 1987-1992, when I became Executive Director of the Indiana ACLU. I joined the faculty of the School of Public and Environmental affairs in 1998.

I've written ten books, all of which are available through Amazon.

In addition to the books and numerous articles in scholarly journals and law reviews, etc., I have been a regular columnist for both the Indianapolis Star and the Indiana Business Journal, and a frequent contributor to other blogs and periodicals. I blog daily at www.sheilakennedy.net.