• B.S. at Indiana University
• J.D. at Indiana University School of Law

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Executive Director, Indiana Civil Liberties Union 1992- 1998

• President, Kennedy Development Services 1987-92

• Partner, Mears Crawford Kennedy & Eichholtz 1980-86

• Republican Candidate, 11th Congressional District 1980

• Corporation Counsel, City of Indianapolis 1977-80

• Associate Attorney, Baker & Daniels 1975-77

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Indiana State Bar Association

• Indiana Leadership Celebration

• American Political Science Association

• Midwest Political Science Association

• Academy of Political Science

• American Society for Public Administration

• Indiana Society for Public Administration

• Law & Society Association

• Society of Professional Journalists

• Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management

• Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action

• Standing Panel on Social Equity, National Academy of Public Administration

MAJOR FIELDS OF EXPERTISE

• Civil Liberties

INTELLECTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Books

Kennedy, Sheila Suess and Wolfgang Bielefeld. Charitable Choice at Work: Faith-Based Job Training in the States. (Georgetown University Press, 2006.)

Kennedy, Sheila Suess. Pickin' Fights with Thunderstorms. C.S.Kern Publishing, 2005.

Kennedy, Sheila Suess and Ingrid Ritchie. To Market, To Market: Reinventing Indianapolis. University Press of America, 2001.

Kennedy, Sheila Suess, "Free Expression in America: A Documentary History." Greenwood Press, 1999.

Kennedy, Sheila Suess, "What's a Nice Republican Girl Like Me

Doing at the ACLU?" Prometheus Books, 1997.

Book Chapters

Kennedy, Sheila Suess, "The ACLU" and "Checks and Balances" in the Encyclopedia of the United States (forthcoming).

Kennedy, Sheila Suess. "Religious Paradigms and the Rule of Law: Thinking in Red and Blue" in Studies in Law, Politics and Society, Austin Sarat, series editor. (forthcoming, Elsevier Science Inc.).

Kennedy, Sheila Suess and Laura S. Jensen. "Outsourcing Patriotism: Privatization, Sovereignty and War." Transatlantic Public Policy Series, Vol. 2. Transaction Publishers, N.J. 2006.

Kennedy, Sheila Suess. "The Poor You Have Always With You: The Problem of the Sturdy Beggar" in Essays on Indiana Legal History. Bodenhamer, David and Randall Shepard, editors. Ohio University Press, 2006. pp.90-109.

Kennedy, Sheila Suess and Laura Jensen. "Government Ethics and Constitutional Accountability" in George G. Frederickson and Richard K. Ghere, Ethics in Public Management. M.E. Sharpe, 2005

Kennedy, Sheila Suess. "Government Shekels and Government Shackles Revisited: Questions for Church and State." In Exploring Black Philanthropy: New Directions for Philanthropic Fundraising, No. 48. Patrick Rooney, and Lois Sherman, eds. Jossey-Bass, 2005.

Kennedy, Sheila Suess, "The Bill of Rights," "The Incorporation Doctrine," "Congress and Civil Liberties," and "Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire" in the Encyclopedia of Civil Liberties (2004)

Kennedy, Sheila Suess, "Indiana." in Legal Systems of the World: a Political, Social and Cultural Encyclopedia, ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara. (2003)

Kennedy, Sheila Suess, "Writing in Service of Thought." in Writing in the Arts, Sciences and Professional Schools at IUPUI, IUPUI Office of Campus Writing, (2002).

COURSES TAUGHT

• SPEA V540 Law and Public Affairs

• SPEA V376 Law and Public Policy

• SPEA V450/V550 Community and the Constitution

• SPEA V260 Sin and Crime

• SPEA V450/V550 Mass Media and Public Affairs

• SPEA V450/V550 Classic Confrontation: Policy Then and Now

SERVICE

• Regular columnist for Indianapolis Star, Indiana Word

• Associate Editor, Policy Sciences

• Indiana Advisory Committee, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

• Co-chair, City-County Council Caucus 2003 Transition Team

• Greater Indianapolis Progress Committee Race Relations Advisory Council

• Board, Marion County Mental Health Assn.

• Board, American Values Alliance

• Steering Committee, Lawyers Council of the ACLU of Indiana

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

• Johnson Award for Best Paper in Ethics and Accountability, 2005

• Champion of Liberty Award from the Marion County Libertarians, 2004

• Building Bridges of Understanding Award from Indy Choruses, 2004

• Who's Who Among America's Teachers, 2004

• Citation of Excellence, Emerald Management Independent Review Board

• IUPUI's Outstanding Female Faculty (one of 47), 2002

• Who's Who in America 2002

• Jencks Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Law in Indiana (2002)

• Indiana Liberty Award, Lambda Legal Defense (2001)

• American Library Association, 30th Anniversary Roll of Honor, Office for Intellectual Freedom and Freedom to Read Foundation (1999)