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I. India Thusi
OccupationLaw professor
Academic background
EducationEmory University (BA)

Fordham University School of Law (JD)

University of Witwatersrand (PhD)
Alma materUniversity of Witwatersrand
Academic work
DisciplineLaw
Sub-disciplineCriminal law, regulation of vice, police abolition, critical race theory, feminist legal theory
InstitutionsIndiana University Bloomington

I. India Thusi is a lawyer and academic specializing in criminal law, especially as it relates to vice, police abolition, and critical race theory.[1][2][3][4] She is currently a law professor at Indiana University Bloomington and serves on the Academics Committee of the American Bar Association Professional Development Division.[5] As of 2023, she is a visiting Professor of Law at Cornell Law School.[6]

Career

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Thusi was born in Nigeria and moved to the United States at an early age.[7][8] She attended Gorton High School and received her BA from Emory University, where she studied anthropology and English.[8] After graduation, she taught at Gorton for a year. She then enrolled at Fordham University School of Law, where she wrote a student note about criminal procedure for the Fordham Urban Law Journal.[8][1]

After graduating cum laude, she clerked for Judge Robert L. Carter at the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.[9] She then worked at the American Civil Liberties Union for a year, where she focused on the school-to-prison pipeline.[10] After that, she clerked for Judge Damon Keith on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. She then clerked for Justice Johann van der Westhuizen at the Constitutional Court of South Africa.[11][12]

Following her clerkships, she enrolled at the University of the Witwatersrand, where she completed her PhD in Social Anthropology & Law and Society.[13] Following her W.E.B. Du Bois Institute Fellowship at Harvard University, she worked at the Opportunity Agenda for two years.[14] In 2017, she was named to the faculty of California Western School of Law.[10] While there she earned Fulbright Global Scholar award to support her research in Sweden and New Zealand.[15][16] She taught for one year at Widener University Delaware Law School,[17] and currently teaches at Indiana University Bloomington,[18] where she holds a joint appointment at Indiana University Maurer School of Law and the Kinsey Institute.[1][5]

Works

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Books

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  • Thusi, I. India. (2022). Policing Bodies: Law, Sex Work, and Desire in Johannesburg. Stanford: Stanford University Press. ISBN 9781503629752.[2]

Academic Articles

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  • Thusi, I. India. (2020). "Blue Lives & The Permanence of Racism". Cornell Law Review Online. 105:14. 14–30 – via SSRN.[3]
  • Thusi, I. India. (2010). "Deconstructing the Marginalization of Underclass Students: Disciplinary Alternative Education". University of Toledo Law Review. 42. 429–465 – via HeinOnline.[4]
  • Thusi, I. India & Kim, Catherine Y. (2009). "Policing in Schools: Developing a Governance Document for School Resource Officers in K-12 Schools".[5]
  • Thusi, I. India. (2018). "Radical Feminist Harms on Sex Workers". Lewis & Clark Law Review. 22:1. 185–229 – via HeinOnline.[6]
  • Thusi, I. India (2021). "Feminist Scripts for Punishment". Harvard Law Review. 134:7. 2449–2484 – via Harvard Law Review.[7]

News Articles

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  • Thusi, I. India. (September 10, 2020). "South Africa Shows that Diversity is not the Answer to Police Violence". The Hill. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  • Thusi, I. India. (December 20, 2021). "It's Time to Stop Policing Women's Bodies". The Hill. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  • Thusi, I. India. (December 4, 2016). "Failure to Prosecute Cops Undermines Public Trust". The Hill. Retrieved October 24, 2023.

Awards

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  • In 2019 Thusi was named one of the American Bar Association’s Top 40 Young Lawyers On the Rise.[19]
  • In 2020 Thusi was named Top 40 Under 40 Emory University Alum.[20]
  • In 2024 The Law and Society Association awarded Thusi the John Hope Franklin Prize.[21]

References

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  1. ^ a b "I. India Thusi: Maurer School of Law: Indiana University Bloomington". Maurer School of Law. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  2. ^ "Only Fans Sex Work Feminism Human Rights with Law Professor India Thusi | KC". www.chonacas.com. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  3. ^ Collins, Ronald K. L. (2021-10-27). "Prof. India Thusi: "Reality Porn is pornographic paid sex work that should be accorded First Amendment recognition" — FAN 317". www.thefire.org. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  4. ^ "Authoritarian Threats to Securing a Multiracial Democracy | ACS". 2023-09-21. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  5. ^ a b University, Catholic. "Catholic Law's Faculty Research Series Continues with a Presentation from Professor India Thusi". The Catholic University of America. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  6. ^ "Visiting Archives". Cornell Law School. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  7. ^ "Undocumented and Black". HuffPost. 2016-06-08. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  8. ^ a b c "A Passion for Justice". Fordham Law. 2019-12-24. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  9. ^ Warth, Gary (2018-04-04). "Defending the dream: Legal professionals reflect on civil rights on 50th anniversary of MLK assassination". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  10. ^ a b "India Thusi '07 Hired as California Western Law Professor". Fordham Law. 2017-11-13. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  11. ^ Stanford, Stanford University; California 94305. "I. India Thusi". 2020 Stanford | Harvard | Yale Junior Faculty Forum. Retrieved 2023-10-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ India Thusi on Sex Workers and the Police in Johannesburg | Bar Crawl Radio, 2022-06-03, retrieved 2023-10-24
  13. ^ "India Thusi". kinseyinstitute.org. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  14. ^ "Beyond Policing". The Opportunity Agenda. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  15. ^ "I India Thusi | Fulbright Scholar Program". fulbrightscholars.org. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  16. ^ "Race, Gender, Sex, and Policing Scholar Joins Research Faculty – Kinsey Institute Research & Institute News". blogs.iu.edu. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  17. ^ Leblanc, Jeanne (2020-09-02). "UConn Law Faculty Workshops to Examine Contemporary Crises". UConn Today. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  18. ^ "Thusi, I. India". heinonline.org. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  19. ^ "Professor India Thusi '07 Receives ABA On the Rise Award". Fordham Law News. 2019-07-09. Retrieved 2024-10-13.
  20. ^ "40 Under Forty". together.emory.edu. Retrieved 2024-10-13.
  21. ^ Tennison, Crissonna (2024-05-30). "LSA Announces 2024 Annual Award Winners". Law and Society Association. Retrieved 2024-10-13.
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