Executive Education Staff     Faculty

Sheila Suess Kennedy, J.D.
Associate Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs
OFFICE: BS 4061
PHONE: (317) 274-2895
E-MAIL: shekenne@iupui.edu

Education

  • J.D. cum laude, Indiana University School of Law
  • B.S. with honors, Indiana University
  • A.A. Stephens College for Women

Professional Experience

  • Executive Director, Indiana Civil Liberties Union 1992- 1998
  • President, Kennedy Development Services 1987-92
  • Partner, Mears Crawford Kennedy & Eichholtz 1980-86
  • Republican Candidate, 11th Congressional District 1980
  • Corporation Counsel, City of Indianapolis 1977-80
  • Associate Attorney, Baker & Daniels 1975-77

Professional Affiliations

  • Indiana State Bar Association
  • Indiana Leadership Celebration.
  • American Political Science Association
  • Midwest Political Science Association
  • Academy of Political Science
  • American Society for Public Administration
  • Indiana Society for Public Administration
  • Law & Society Association
  • Society of Professional Journalists
  • Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
  • Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action
  • Standing Panel on Social Equity, National Academy of Public Administration

Major Fields of Expertise   

  • Charitable Choice
  • Civil Liberties/Civil Rights
  • Religion and Public Policy
  • Nonprofit organizations

Intellectual Contributions

  • Kennedy, Sheila Suess, "The Bill of Rights," "The Incorporation Doctrine," Congress and Civil Liberties," and "Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire " in the Encyclopedia of Civil Liberties (forthcoming)
  • Kennedy, Sheila Suess and Wolfgang Bielefeld. "Charitable Choice: First Results from Three States." Center for Urban Policy and the Environment, 2003.
  • Kennedy, Sheila Suess, "Writing in Service of Thought." (commissioned chapter in Writing in the Arts, Sciences and Professional Schools at IUPUI, IUPUI Office of Campus Writing, 2002).

Courses Taught

  • SPEA V540 Law and Public Affairs
  • SPEA V376 Law and Public Policy
  • SPEA V450/V550 Community and the Constitution
  • SPEA V260 Sin and Crime
  • SPEA V450/V550 Mass Media and Public Affairs
  • SPEA V450/V550 Classic Confrontation: Policy Then and Now

Service

  • Regular columnist for Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis Eye, Indiana Word
  • Co-chair, Bulen Symposium on American Politics
  • Indiana Advisory Committee , U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
  • Co-chair, City-County Council Caucus 2003 Transition Team
  • Greater Indianapolis Progress Committee Race Relations Advisory Council
  • Board, Marion County Mental Health Assn.

Awards and Recognition

  • Who's Who Among America's Teachers, 2004
  • Citation of Excellence, Emerald Management Independent Review Board
  • IUPUI's Outstanding Female Faculty (one of 47), 2002
  • Who's Who in America 2002
  • Jencks Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Law in Indiana (2002)
  • Indiana Liberty Award, Lambda Legal Defense (2001)
  • American Library Association, 30 th Anniversary Roll of Honor, Office for Intellectual Freedom and Freedom to Read Foundation (1999)
U.S. News Best Graduate Schools 2009
Founded in 1972, Indiana University's School of Public and Environmental Affairs (IU SPEA) is currently the largest school of public affairs in the country. Its master's degree in public affairs ranks second among 250 public affairs programs nationally (tied with Harvard's Kennedy School of Government). It is the highest ranked public affairs degree at a public university by US News and World Report. IU SPEA is ranked number one in the nation in environmental policy and management, and nonprofit management, and third in the nation in public finance and budgeting specialties.