Ruth Colker, B.A., J.D.

• BA, Harvard University, Social Studies, 1978 (cum laude)
• JD, Harvard Law School, 1981

Ruth Colker is a Distinguished University Professor and the Heck Faust Memorial Chair in Constitutional Law. One of the country's preeminent scholars in constitutional law and disability discrimination, she has published at least one edition of 17 books and more than 90 law review articles. Professor Colker's work has twice been cited by the United States Supreme Court. 

Before joining the faculty at Ohio State, Professor Colker taught at Tulane University, the University of Toronto, the University of Pittsburgh, and in the Women’s Studies graduate program at George Washington University. She also spent four years working as a trial attorney in the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice, where she received two awards for outstanding performance.  

Professor Colker has held several service and leadership positions. Currently, she serves on the national board of directors for the American Civil Liberties Union.  

Links to Professor Colker’s publications can be found on both her CV and her blog.