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The Importance of Education
“Education is the key that unlocks the golden door to freedom.” —George Washington Carver
“Intelligence plus character — that is the goal of true education.” —Martin Luther King Jr.
About Linda Sheryl Greene
About Linda Sheryl Greene
About Linda Sheryl Greene
About Linda Sheryl Greene
About Linda Sheryl Greene
About Linda Sheryl Greene
Linda Sheryl Greene is a Michigan State University 1855 professor and Michigan State University Foundation professor of law, two roles she has held since June 2021. In addition to her MSU faculty roles, Linda served as dean of Michigan State University College of Law from June 2021 through January 2023. Her teaching and academic scholarship focus on Constitutional Law, Civil Procedure, Legislation, Civil Rights, and Sports Law. Before her teaching career, Dean Greene was an attorney at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund in New York City and a deputy city attorney in Los Angeles who advised 34 departments on civil rights and constitutional policy. She was the first African-American woman to teach at Temple University Law School in 1978.
Dean Greene's sport interests stem from her middle-distance track and field experience (800 & 400 meters, cross-country) during college and law school. Between 1992 and 2001, Dean Greene was the United States Olympic Committee Legislation Committee Chair, its Audit Committee Vice Chair, and co-author of its diversity and inclusion policies. She was a member of the University of Wisconsin Athletic Board from 1990-1995, serving on the Finance, Personnel, and Equity and Strategic Planning Committees. She is a co-founder of the Black Women in Sports Foundation and the author of articles and op-eds that explore the intersection of sport, race, and gender equality.
She has provided media, political, and legal analysis for twenty-five years for a variety of media: Wisconsin Public Television; Wisconsin Public Radio; The Isthmus newspaper; Minnesota Public Radio; National Public Radio; the Miami Herald; and The New York Times, where she has written opinion pieces since 1992.