Marci A. Hamilton

Marci Hamilton is the Fox Professor of Practice at the University of Pennsylvania. Hamilton is the Founder, CEO, and Academic Director of CHILD USA, www.childusa.org, a nonprofit academic think tank dedicated to evidence-based research to improve laws & public policy to end child abuse and neglect. Prof. Hamilton is a leading and influential critic of extreme religious liberty and the author of “God vs. the Gavel: The Perils of Extreme Religious Liberty”. Hamilton is also the leading expert on clergy sex abuse and child sex abuse statutes of limitation and authored “Justice Denied: What America Must Do to Protect Its Children” which advocates for the elimination of child sex abuse statutes of limitations. Professor Hamilton is a graduate of Vanderbilt University, B.A., Pennsylvania State University, M.A; and the University of Pennsylvania School of Law, J.D.