Bio
Professor Anthony Michael Kreis visits from Georgia State University’s College of Law faculty. Kreis is a nationally and internationally recognized expert in constitutional law, the history of American democracy, and American Political Development. He teaches numerous constitutional law courses and employment anti-discrimination law. Professor Kreis’ research focuses on the relationship between American political history and the development of law over time.
Professor Kreis’ book, “Rot and Revival: the History of Constitutional Law in American Political Development,” was published by the University of California Press in 2024. He has published articles in several law reviews, including the George Washington Law Review, Illinois Law Review, Wisconsin Law Review, Georgia Law Review, and the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law. Online companions to the Texas Law Review, Yale Law Journal, and Harvard Law Review have also featured his work. He regularly contributes legal commentary and analysis to international and national media, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, USA Today, National Public Radio, CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, the BBC (British Broadcast Corporation) and the ABC (Australian Broadcast Corporation).
Active in law reform efforts, Professor Kreis has participated in civil rights litigation and civil rights legislative initiatives. He co-authored amicus briefs in major civil rights cases before the United States Supreme Court, including Bostock v. Clayton County and Comcast v. National Association of African American-Owned Media. In addition to appearances in state legislatures across the country, he has testified numerous times before the Georgia General Assembly about marriage, civil rights, employment discrimination, LGBTQ rights, and religious liberty. In 2017, Professor Kreis authored the Illinois state law banning gay and transgender panic defenses in murder trials, the second law of its kind in the United States, which has served as a model for other jurisdictions.
Before teaching at Georgia State, Professor Kreis taught at Chicago-Kent College of Law. He also completed a Ph.D. in political science and public administration at the University of Georgia. Kreis was a visiting scholar-in-residence at Emory University School of Law while a doctoral student. Before his time at the University of Georgia, Professor Kreis earned his law degree from Washington and Lee University and a bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Education
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University of Georgia
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Washington and Lee University
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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