John Powell — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Director of the Othering & Belonging Institute at the University of California, Berkeley
Holds the Robert D. Haas Chancellor's Chair in Equity and Inclusion and is a Professor of Law, African American Studies, and Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley
Founder and former executive director of the Institute on Race and Poverty (IRP) at the University of Minnesota Law School
Co-founder of the Poverty and Race Research Action Council (PRRAC)
Co-author of 'The Rights of Racial Minorities' (1993, 1998) and 'Racing to Justice' (2012)
Serves on the boards of Tides and the McKnight Foundation
Earned a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law and a B.A. from Stanford University

Biography

john a. powell is an American law professor and the Director of the Othering & Belonging Institute at the University of California, Berkeley. He holds the Robert D.

Haas Chancellor's Chair in Equity and Inclusion and is a Professor of Law, African American Studies, and Ethnic Studies. powell spells his name in lowercase based on the idea that we should be "part of the universe, not over it, as capitals signify.