Ezra Rosser
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Ezra Rosser is a Professor of Law and legal scholar at American University Washington College of Law, specializing in Indian law, poverty law, and property law.[1][2] He is an expert and leading scholar in Indian law, and focuses on Native American economics and development.[1][3][4] He was a 1665 Fellow in the Native American program at Harvard University and a Westerfield Fellow at Loyola University in New Orleans.[5] Rosser previously served as chair of the Poverty Law, Indian Nations and Indigenous Peoples, and Property Law Sections of the Association of American Law Schools.
Early life and education[edit]
Rosser is a non-Native who grew up in Navajo Nation. He attended Yale University, receiving a bachelor's degree in 2000. In 2003, Rosser graduated from Harvard Law School.[6]
Career[edit]
Rosser was a Westerfield Fellow at Loyola University New Orleans School of Law. Rosser was also a visiting professor at Ritsumeiken University in Japan, a 1665 Fellow at Harvard University in the Native American program, and a visiting scholar at Yale Law School.[5][7]
Rosser began working as an Associate Professor at Washington College of Law in 2006.[6][8] He teaches poverty law, Native American law, and property law.[9] Rosser is the Faculty Director of the Economic Justice Program at the school.[10] Rosser received the Elizabeth Payne Cubberly Scholarship Award from the university in 2017 and 2012. He also received the Emalee C. Godsey Scholarship Award in 2008.[11]
In 2012, Rosser released his first book, Tribes, Land, and the Environment, which he co-authored with Sarah Krakoff.[12]
Rosser has advocated for native representation in government, including adding a Cherokee Nation delegate to Congress.[13][14][15] In response to criticism from non-Indians regarding the push for a Cherokee delegate, Rosser stated, “There’s a danger I think for non-Indian readers who think the Cherokees are getting something that other people aren’t getting. The non-Indians did get something. They got Georgia. That’s important to keep in mind.”[16] Rosser wrote an article in 2005 for the Boston University Public Interest Law Journal that discussed the issue and the Treaty of New Echota.[17][18] In August 2019, in accordance with the treaty, Cherokee Nation named Kimberly Teehee as the nation's delegate, and Rosser has advocated for her acceptance by the White House.[6] Rosser stated that the language of the treaty was "complicated", and that Congress could interpret the promises in the treaty in several ways, but argues that they should admit Teehee as the delegate.[19]
In 2018, Rosser was one of more than 2,400 law professors signing a letter to the United States Senate, asking them not to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.[20]
In 2019, Rosser was the keynote speaker at the National Trail of Tears Association Conference and Symposium in Paducah, Kentucky.[6][21][22] Rosser gave a speech opening the conference.[23] Rosser often organizes conferences related poverty law and Indian law, including at University of California Berkeley, the Washington College of Law, and Seattle University School of Law.[24][25][26] His poverty law textbook, Poverty Law: Policy & Practice, was the first poverty law textbook published in fifteen years.[27]
Works[edit]
Books[edit]
- The Poverty Law Canon: Exploring the Major Cases, (Marie Failinger & Ezra Rosser eds., Univ. of Michigan Press, 2016).
- Poverty Law, Policy, and Practice, (with Juliet Brodie, Clare Pastore, and Jeffrey Selbin) (Aspen / Wolters Kluwer 2014).
- Tribes, Land, and the Environment, (Sarah Krakoff & Ezra Rosser eds., Ashgate, 2012).
Articles[edit]
- This Land Is My Land, This Land Is Your Land: Markets and Institutions for Economic Development on Native American Land, 47 Ariz. L. Rev. 245 (2005).
- Immigrant Remittances, 41 Connecticut Law Review 1 (2008).
- Ahistorical Indians and Reservation Resources, 40 Envtl. L. 437 (2010).
- The Ambition and Transformative Potential of Progressive Property, 101 California Law Review 107 (2013).
Personal life[edit]
Rosser is a non-Indian who grew up in the Navajo Nation.[28] According to an opinion article Rosser wrote for The Hill, he met his wife, Elvia, while studying at Yale. They split their time between Washington, D.C., and Elvia's home country of El Salvador.[29] They have two sons and live in Great Falls.[30][31]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Cherokee Nation wants a rep. in Congress, taking US government up on promise it made in 1835". The Denver Channel. August 25, 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ↑ Associated Press (August 16, 2019). "Country's largest tribal nation seeks congressional delegate". The Oklahoman. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ↑ Jensen, K. Thor (August 20, 2019). "CHEROKEE NATION SENDING FIRST-EVER DELEGATE TO CONGRESS". Newsweek. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ↑ Lindsay, Ethan (October 15, 2009). "Hard Times: Life On The Reservation Full Of Challenges". OPB. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Ezra Rosser - Professor, Washington College of Law, American University Topic: Ahistorical Indians and Reservation Resources". Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Chavez, Will (January 9, 2020). "Professor provides insight on Cherokee congressional delegate issue". Cherokee Phoenix. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- ↑ "Native American Poverty: Ezra Rosser in Conversation with Faculty Affiliate Lisa Pruitt". Center for Poverty Research. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ↑ "Board of Directors". Indian Country Grassroots Support. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ↑ Doka, Christina (January 3, 2009). "New York City Rescue Mission looking to expand aid to homeless". New York Daily News. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- ↑ "Ezra Rosser American University Washington College of Law". Harvard Law Review Blog. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ↑ "Ezra Rosser". NYU Review of Law and Social Change. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ↑ "Law professor Sarah Krakoff wins 2018 Hazel Barnes Prize". CU Boulder Today. March 21, 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ↑ Ahtone, Tristan (January 4, 2017). "The Cherokee Nation Is Entitled to a Delegate in Congress. But Will They Finally Send One?". Yes! Magazine. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ↑ O'Reilly, Andrew (August 28, 2019). "Cherokee Nation aims to send first delegate to Congress, citing past treaties". Fox News. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ↑ Budryk, Zack (August 25, 2019). "Cherokee Nation moves to appoint congressional delegate". The Hill. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ↑ Associated Press (August 22, 2019). "Cherokee chief says journey to seat US delegate will be long". WTOP. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ↑ "Hoskin to appoint Cherokee delegate to U.S. House". Cherokee Phoenix. August 20, 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- ↑ Kaur, Harmeet (August 25, 2019). "The Cherokee Nation wants a representative in Congress, taking the US government up on a promise it made nearly 200 years ago". Fox Carolina. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- ↑ Krakow, Megan (August 26, 2019). "200 years ago, the Cherokee Nation was offered a seat in Congress. It just announced its chosen delegate". The Washington Post. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- ↑ "The Senate Should Not Confirm Kavanaugh". October 3, 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ↑ "National Trail of Tears Conference, Symposium to be held in Paducah; exhibit to be dedicated". Metropolis Planet. October 7, 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ↑ Adams, Jasmine (September 27, 2019). "Trail of Tears conference and symposium coming to Paducah, Ky". KFVS12. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ↑ "National Trail of Tears Association Conference and Symposium". Kentucky Monthly. October 13, 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ↑ "Poverty Law Conference". Berkeley Law. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ↑ "Poverty Law Conference: "Poverty States: Federalism, Rights, and State Anti-Poverty Efforts"". ProBono Net. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ↑ "Call for papers: Poverty Law: Academic Activism". University of Georgia. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ↑ "Poverty Law: Policy & Practice". Stanford Law. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- ↑ "David Bollier and Ezra Rosser in Conversation on the Commons". Grassroots Economic Organizing. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- ↑ Rosser, Ezra (January 8, 2018). "An apology to my sons' Salvadorian caretaker". The Hill. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ↑ Chandler, Michael (February 21, 2019). "Female-focused co-working spaces offer career and child-care help still lacking in many traditional workplaces". The Washington Post. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- ↑ "Mr. Trump's unworkable plan to make Mexico pay for a wall". The Washington Post. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
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