Elected Member

Professor Joshua S. Sellers

Austin, TX
University of Texas School of Law
Education
University of Michigan
University of Chicago Law School

Joshua Sellers is Professor of Law at the University of Texas School of Law. He teaches and writes in the areas of election law, constitutional law, race and the law, and American politics. He has published in leading journals, including the Stanford Law ReviewVanderbilt Law ReviewUniversity of Pennsylvania Law Review, and New York University Law Review. His scholarship has twice in recent years been recognized with awards from the AALS Section on Election Law, and in 2022, Professor Sellers was awarded the prestigious Berlin Prize by the American Academy in Berlin for representing the highest standards of excellence in his field.

Before entering teaching, Professor Sellers was a law clerk to Judge Rosemary Barkett of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, and a litigation associate at Jenner & Block LLP in Washington, D.C.

Professor Sellers holds a J.D. and a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Chicago, where he served as an articles editor of the University of Chicago Law Review, and a B.A. in Political Science and Afroamerican and African Studies from the University of Michigan.

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Areas of Expertise
Civil Rights (Constitutional Law)
Voting Rights (Political Law)
Constitutional Law
Election (Political Law)
Public Law (Administrative)