Curriculum vitae: Christopher L. Eisgruber
4 Nassau Hall, Princeton University, Princeton NJ 08544
Voice: (609) 258-3026 • Fax: (609) 258-0701 • eisgrube@princeton.edu
EMPLOYMENT
Provost, Princeton University July 2004–present
- Chief academic officer, chief budgetary officer, and general deputy to the president
- Supervised the Dean of the College, the Dean of the Graduate School, the Dean for Research, the University Librarian, the Vice President for Information Technology, the Director of the Princeton University Art Museum, and several other direct reports
- Collaborated with the Council for International Teaching and Research to develop an internationalization strategy for the University's academic programs
- Partnered with the Dean for Research to modernize Princeton's support for its research programs
- Worked with the President and the Vice President & Secretary to influence the national debate on accreditation and assessment
- Cooperated with the Dean of the Faculty and the Office of the Dean of the College to catalyze and shape Princeton's online learning initiatives
- Played a leadership role in planning academic initiatives in African-American Studies, the Creative and Performing Arts, the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, and Neuroscience
- With the President, Executive Vice President, and Treasurer, designed and oversaw a successful $170 million per year budget adjustment plan for FY2009-11
Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Public Affairs in the Woodrow Wilson School and the University Center for Human Values, Princeton University July 2001–present
Director, Program in Law and Public Affairs, Princeton University July 2001–June 2004
- Academic and administrative responsibility for an interdisciplinary teaching and research program with $1 million annual budget
New York University School of Law September 1990–July 2001
- Professor of Law, September 1995–July 2001; Associate Professor of Law, August 1993–August 1995; Assistant Professor, September 1990–July 1993
Law Clerk to the Hon. Justice John Paul Stevens, United States Supreme Court August 1989–July 1990
Law Clerk to the Hon. Judge Patrick E. Higginbotham, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit August 1988–June 1989
EDUCATION
The University of Chicago Law School: J.D., 1988, cum laude
Order of the Coif; Mechem Prize Scholar; Editor-in-Chief, University of Chicago Law Review, 1987-88
Oxford University: M.Litt., Politics, 1987
Rhodes Scholar
Princeton University: A.B., Physics, 1983, magna cum laude
Phi Beta Kappa
BOOKS
The Next Justice: Repairing the Supreme Court Appointments Process (Princeton University Press 2007)
Religious Freedom and the Constitution (Harvard University Press 2007) (co-authored with Lawrence G. Sager)
Global Justice and the Bulwarks of Localism: Human Rights in Context (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers 2005) (co-edited with Andras Sajo)
Constitutional Self-Government (Harvard University Press 2001)
ARTICLES & OTHER PUBLICATIONS
More than sixty articles published in books and law reviews including The Supreme Court Review, Stanford Law Review, The University of Chicago Law Review, New York University Law Review, Texas Law Review, and Michigan Law Review
Op-ed pieces appearing in print and on-line venues including The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, The New York Times and NPR.org
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS & SERVICE
Chair, Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees, and Vice Chair, Board of Trustees, Princeton University Press (July 2004–present); Trustee, Educational Testing Service (January 2010–present); Academic Advisory Board, Coursera (2012–present); International Advisory Committee for the YaLa Online Academy (2012–present)
Member, American Council for Education Task Force on Institutional Accreditation (2011–2012); American Bar Association/American Association of Law Schools Site Evaluation Team for the Reaccreditation of Stanford Law School, November 2008, and Yale Law School, February 2011
Member, American Law Institute (elected October 2002); the American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy; and the American Political Science Association
Moderator, Aspen-Rodel Seminars (2010–2013)