The US Civil Rights Commission recently announced the appointment of Christopher T. Brooks, PhD., Associate Professor of History and Geography at East Stroudsburg University, to the Commission’s Pennsylvania Advisory Committee. Dr. Brooks will be one of 15 Pennsylvanians selected for this advisory role. His term of office is four years.
“I am grateful to have had the opportunity to consult with my new colleagues and look forward to advising interested stakeholders here in the Commonwealth and in Washington, DC,” said Brooks.
Dr. Brooks earned a dual bachelor’s degree in history and philosophy and a master’s degree in American history, both from ESU. He completed extensive academic work at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and received his doctorate in 2006 from the University of Kassel in Germany with a focus on legal and constitutional history.
In addition to his teaching activities at the ESU, Dr. Brooks has published numerous articles, including the one for his monthly “Historically Spoken” column for The Morning Call. He has also co-authored two books on German labor law, most recently Expats in Germany – Inbound and Outbound: Frequently Asked Questions by Foreigners. He presented his various research topics nationally and internationally.
Dr. Brooks has also served in various roles for the ESU, including serving the Faculty of Athletics at the Warriors from 2011 to 2014, representing the ESU and its faculty in its relationship with the NCAA, and currently heads the university-wide law advisory program. In addition to this role, he is also a board member of the Northeast Association of Pre-Law Advisors, the largest organization of its kind in the US. His current research is on John S. Rock, the first African American attorney to argue in the US Supreme Court, and has worked with the Institute of Justice and the National Constitution Center on the subject.
According to its website, the United States Civil Rights Commission “was established by the Civil Rights Act of 1957 and is the only independent, bipartisan agency that advises the President and Congress on civil rights and reports annually on federal civil rights enforcement should. Our 51 state advisory boards offer a broad perspective on civil rights issues at the state and local levels. The Commission: In our seventh decade, an ongoing legacy of influencing civil rights. “For information on the Commission, see usccr.gov.
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