波士顿大学欢迎康奈尔大学威廉·布鲁克斯担任客座教授
布鲁克斯先生将在2017-2018学年任教于神学院和法学院。
波士顿大学神学院 （运输及房屋局）与波士顿大学法学院荣幸地宣布，康奈尔威廉布鲁克斯牧师 2017-2018学年，全国有色人种协进会（NAACP）前主席兼首席执行官罗汉（87届，15届）将以社会伦理、法律和正义运动客座教授的身份加入STH和法学院。
这是一项特别的委任，由运输及房屋局局长和律政司司长共同主持。 布鲁克斯预计每学期将教授一门课程，这门课程将提供给两所学校的学生，也将提供讲座和研讨会等活动，特别关注神学和/或法律。 他2017年秋季学期的课程题为“暴力，投票和希望：道德，法律和正义运动的考试”，将允许学生探索通过在街头，从讲坛和通过法院倡导确保投票权和结束种族暴力的努力。
“In this moment of history when racism, persistent injustice, and violence are haunting our society and threatening the most vulnerable of our people, BU is fortunate to have Cornell William Brooks with us,” says 玛丽·伊丽莎白·摩尔院长 of the 波士顿大学神学院. “Drawing upon his own study of theology and social ethics in the BU School of Theology and on his study and practice of law, he will bring his own questions and visions to our collective discussions of injustice and our efforts to build a human community in which human rights and dignity are assured for 所有 people.”
布鲁克斯于1983年在杰克逊州立大学（Jackson State University）获得政治学学士学位，1987年在波士顿大学神学院（波士顿大学 School of theology）获得社会伦理学和系统神学硕士学位。 As a Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholar while studying at 波士顿大学, he was awarded both the Oxnam-Leibman Fellowship for outstanding scholarship and promoting racial harmony, and the Jefferson Fellowship for outstanding scholarship and excellence in preaching. In 1990, he earned his Juris Doctorate from Yale Law School, where he served as a senior editor of the 耶鲁法学杂志 and member of the 耶鲁法律与政策评论.
“We are honored that Cornell Brooks will be joining us this year to teach a course that is highly relevant to our law students,” says 莫林·a·奥洛克院长 of the 波士顿大学法学院. “他为法律的道德和法定解释带来了独特的视角，这对我们的学生来说既发人深省又有启发意义。”
Prior to the NAACP, Brooks had previously served as executive director of the Fair Housing Council of Greater Washington, was a trial attorney with the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, was the 1998 Democratic Nominee for the US House of Representatives for the 10th District of Virginia, was the senior counsel of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and served as the president and CEO of the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice.
自2015年以来，他撰写了多篇文章和论文，并在国内外大学发表了11次主题演讲或毕业演讲，以及数百次演讲。 布鲁克斯牧师也是CNN的定期撰稿人，就公共事务、民权和社会伦理问题提供分析和评论。 His appearances include 战况室和沃尔夫·布利策, CNN新闻编辑室, and 新的一天.
布鲁克斯牧师说：“在这个推特时代的民权运动中，我很荣幸能以客座教授的身份回到波士顿大学，这是一个激发了国家道德想象力的机构，也是我作为律师和牧师的道德抱负的机构。” “在神学院和法学院，这是一个既强大又痛苦的时刻。”