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Associate Professor, Law, Fall 2023 | Sheldon A. Evans focuses his teaching and scholarship on criminal sentencing, punishment theory, and its intersection with immigration policies. He earned his undergraduate degree with honors from the University of Southern California, his JD from the University of Chicago Law School, and served as a federal law clerk on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit for the Honorable Lavenski R. Smith. His work has appeared in several leading law reviews such as the Columbia Law Review, the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, and California Law Review, and has received national scholarly recognition for its contributions to anti-incarceration efforts. Professor Evans is also a co-host of the Black Authors Book Club, which furthers his commitment to antiracism by promoting and discussing books written by Black authors that highlight the Black experience in America and across the African diaspora.

PhD Candidate in Plant and Microbial Biosciences

Member until August 2025

Research interests: Evolution and applications of intrinsically disordered protein regions

Brown School

Member until July 2026

Research: Housing and environmental justice, child and family programs and policies, community-engaged systems and data sciences.

Teaching: Conceptual foundations of anti-racist social science, responsible AI, program and policy evaluation, equitable prevention and promotion program design.

Arts and Sciences

Member until August 2026

Research: Social organization and political institutions of ancient nomadic societies, Economy, paleoenvironmental interactions of extreme environments throughout prehistory, Urbanism and trade along the ancient Silk Roads.

Teaching: Undergraduate courses include the formation of long-term social landscapes, ancient nomadic ecology, and 3D modeling with Geospatial technologies. Graduate courses include Archaeological Theory and Advanced Geospatial modeling in Anthropology.