Ruthann Robson

Ruthann Robson
Born	1956 (age 67–68)
Nationality	American
Occupation	Non-fiction writer
Academic background
Alma mater	Kalamazoo College
Academic work
Discipline	Law
Sub-discipline	Constintional law family law feminist legal theory
Institutions	City University of New York

Ruthann Robson is an American professor of law at CUNY School of Law in New York City and a writer. She has written on legal scholarship and theory and published fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. Her novel Eye of a Hurricane was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Debut Fiction.

Career

She has taught at the City University of New York School of Law since 1990 in the areas of constitutional law, family law, feminist legal theory, and sexuality and the law. The New York City Law Review published a symposium on her work in volume 8, issue 2.

In 2007, the CUNY board of Trustees designated Professor Ruthann Robson a University Distinguished Professor. A profile by Jill Jarvis is featured on the CUNY website. A profile by Emily Sachar is featured in CUNY Law, the law school magazine.

Publications

• Sappho Goes to Law School
• Lesbian (Out)Law: Survival Under the Rule of Law
• a/k/a
• The Struggle for Happiness (both from St. Martin's Press)
• Cecile
• Eye of a Hurricane
• re*view (ri*vyōō')

Awards and fellowships

• Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBT Fiction for Eye of a Hurricane
• Fellow in Nonfiction Literature, New York Foundation for the Arts
• Bram Fischer Research Chair, Witwatersrand (WITS) Law School, Johannesburg, South Africa
• Collaborative Research Fellowship, University of Sydney
• Djerassi Artists Fellowship Residency
• CALI (Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction) Law Fellowship

External links

• Official Website
• Constitutional Law Prof Blog