Faculty Colloquium Series: Sabeel Rahman

Wednesday, January 11, 2017

12:00 PM-1:30 PM

Sabeel Rahman is an Assistant Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School, where he teaches Administrative Law and Constitutional Law. Professor Rahman’s academic research focuses on democratic and participatory governance, public law, and equitable economic policy. His first book, Democracy Against Domination (Oxford University Press, forthcoming) examines the tensions between economic regulation, new forms of private power, and ideals of democratic accountability in context of the financial regulation debate. In 2014-15, Professor Rahman served as a Special Advisor on strategies for inclusive economic development in New York City, and in March 2015, Mayor Bill de Blasio appointed Professor Rahman to the New York City Rent Guidelines Board. Additionally, from 2013-2016, he has served as the Design Director and part of the leadership team of the Gettysburg Project, an initiative working with leading practitioners and scholars to develop new strategies for civic engagement.

Professor Rahman is a Four Freedoms Center Fellow at the Roosevelt Institute and a Schmidt Family Fellow at New America. He studied at Harvard College (AB, Social Studies; J.D.; PhD, political theory) and the University of Oxford (M.Sc, Economics; M.St, sociolegal studies) as a Rhodes Scholar.

Contact Information

Tabatha Abu El-Haj
taa53@drexel.edu