ANITA HILL
Name: Anita Faye Hill
Born: 30 July 1956
Anita Faye Hill (born July 30, 1956) is a professor of social policy, law, and
women's studies at Brandeis University at the Heller School for Social Policy
and Management and a former colleague of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence
Thomas. She is best known for claiming at Thomas' 1991 Senate confirmation
hearings that Thomas had made provocative statements to her about sex while he
was her supervisor.
Anita F. Hill was born in Lone Tree, Oklahoma, Hill received her undergraduate
degree from Oklahoma State University in 1977 and her Juris Doctor degree from
Yale Law School in 1980.
A professor of social policy, law, and women's studies, Hill was admitted to the
District of Columbia Bar in 1980. Hill began her law career as an associate with
the Washington, D.C., firm of Wald, Harkrader & Ross. In 1981 she served as
counsel to the assistant secretary of the Department of Education's Office for
Civil Rights. From 1982 to 1983, she moved on to serve as assistant to the
chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Clarence Thomas (see
below). Hill became a professor at Oral Roberts University, where she actively
taught from 1983 to 1986. In 1986, she joined the faculty at the University of
Oklahoma College of Law.
Name: Anita Faye Hill
Born: 30 July 1956
Anita Faye Hill (born July 30, 1956) is a professor of social policy, law, and
women's studies at Brandeis University at the Heller School for Social Policy
and Management and a former colleague of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence
Thomas. She is best known for claiming at Thomas' 1991 Senate confirmation
hearings that Thomas had made provocative statements to her about sex while he
was her supervisor.
Anita F. Hill was born in Lone Tree, Oklahoma, Hill received her undergraduate
degree from Oklahoma State University in 1977 and her Juris Doctor degree from
Yale Law School in 1980.
A professor of social policy, law, and women's studies, Hill was admitted to the
District of Columbia Bar in 1980. Hill began her law career as an associate with
the Washington, D.C., firm of Wald, Harkrader & Ross. In 1981 she served as
counsel to the assistant secretary of the Department of Education's Office for
Civil Rights. From 1982 to 1983, she moved on to serve as assistant to the
chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Clarence Thomas (see
below). Hill became a professor at Oral Roberts University, where she actively
taught from 1983 to 1986. In 1986, she joined the faculty at the University of
Oklahoma College of Law.