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Gould professor, alum named to U.S. Commission on Civil Rights committee

Clare Pastore, Alison Dundes appointed to four-year terms

June 17, 2021 By USC Gould School of Law
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Professor Clare Pastore and Gould alum/USC Dornsife Professor Alison Dundes appointed to four-year terms
Professor Alison Dundes Renteln
Professor Clare Pastore
USC Gould Professor of the Practice Clare Pastore and alum Alison Dundes Renteln, professor of Political Science, Anthropology, Public Policy and Law at the USC Dornsife College of Arts, Letters and Sciences, were both appointed to four-year terms on the California State Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights. The USCCR, established by the Civil Rights Act of 1957, is an independent, bipartisan fact-finding federal agency involved with developing national civil rights policy and enhancing enforcement of federal civil rights laws. The State Advisory Committees investigate civil rights issues in their locales to advise the Commission.

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