Kimberly Yuracko

Kimberly Yuracko
Born1969 (age 56–57)
Academic background
EducationStanford University (BA, JD, PhD)
Academic work
DisciplineLaw
Political science
Sub-discipline
Gender
InstitutionsNorthwestern University

Kimberly A. Yuracko (born 1969) is an American law professor and academic administrator. She is the Judd and Mary Morris Leighton Professor of Law at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law and Associate Provost for Academic Projects. She previously served as Dean of the Pritzker School of Law. She is an expert on gender and Title IX.

Career

Yuracko graduated from Stanford Law School with a Juris Doctor in 1998, and also obtained a Doctor of Philosophy in political science from Stanford University. She clerked for Judge Gary L. Taylor at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, and later for Judge Stanley Marcus at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

In 2002, Yuracko joined Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and has since held a joint appointment in political science with Northwestern University's Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. She was associate dean for academic affairs from 2009 to 2010 and served as interim dean in 2011. In 2018, she was appointed dean of Pritzker Law School. She was appointed Associate Provost for Academic Projects starting August 1, 2020.

Personal life

Yuracko has two children with her former husband Michael Barsa, who is a law professor and novelist.

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