CAROLYN B. RAMSEY …

                                 CAROLYN B. RAMSEY
                         401 UCB, University of Colorado Law School
                                     Boulder, CO 80309
                                   Office: (303) 735­5028
                            Email: Carolyn.Ramsey@colorado.edu

EDUCATION

Stanford Law School: J.D. with Distinction, June 1998
· Articles Editor, Stanford Law Review.
· Extern, Office of the United States Attorney, Criminal Division, Northern District of
   California.

Stanford University: M.A. in History, June 1991
· Completed coursework and qualifying exam for Ph.D. in History.
· Academic awards included receiving Distinction on doctoral qualifying exam, a Stanford
   Humanities Fellowship, and a Mellon Research Fellowship.

University of California, Irvine: B.A. in History, June 1990
· Summa cum laude.
· Phi Beta Kappa.
· Dean's List (all quarters).

JUDICIAL CLERKSHIPS

Clerk to the Honorable Marilyn Hall Patel
Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of California,
San Francisco, CA: 1999­2000

Clerk to the Honorable Paul J. Kelly, Jr.
United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, Santa Fe, NM: 1998­1999

LEGAL ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT

Associate Professor of Law:
University of Colorado Law School, Boulder: January 2001 to the present

·   With tenure (Spring 2007 to the present)

·   Visiting Fellow, Australian National University, 2007-2008 (during sabbatical):
    Conducted research on public responses to intimate violence in Australia.

·   Courses taught and/or planned at the University of Colorado: Criminal Law; Criminal
    Procedure (Investigative Phase); Domestic Violence; History of Anglo­American Criminal
    Justice; and a Gender, Law & Public Policy seminar.
·   Other teaching interests: English Legal History, American Legal History, and
    Constitutional Law.

·   Research interests: My research centers on the historical background of criminal justice
    and gender issues. Although many of my research interests lie in legal history, some of my
    work has a modern focus.

PUBLICATIONS

Publications in Law Reviews:

Restructuring the Debate over Fetal Homicide Laws, 67 OHIO STATE LAW JOURNAL 721-782
(2006).

Intimate Homicide: Gender and Crime Control, 1880-1920, 77 UNIV. OF COLORADO LAW
REVIEW 101-191 (2006).

Homicide on Holiday: Prosecutorial Discretion, Popular Culture, and the Boundaries of the
Criminal Law, 54 HASTINGS LAW JOURNAL 1641-1703 (2003).

The Discretionary Power of "Public" Prosecutors in Historical Perspective, 39 AMERICAN
CRIMINAL LAW REVIEW 1309-1393 (2002).

California's Sexually Violent Predator Act: The Role of Psychiatrists, Courts, and Medical
Determinations in Confining Sex Offenders, 26 HASTINGS CONSTITUTIONAL LAW QUARTERLY
469-504 (1999).

Subtracting Sexism from the Classroom: Law and Policy in the Debate over All­female Math
and Science Classes in Public Schools, 8 TEXAS JOURNAL OF WOMEN & THE LAW 1-49 (1998).

Sex and Social Order: The Selective Enforcement of Colonial American Adultery Laws in the
English Context, 10 YALE JOURNAL OF LAW & THE HUMANITIES 191-228 (1998).

Peer-reviewed Publications:

In the Sweat Box: A Historical Perspective on the Detention of Material Witnesses, 6 OHIO
STATE JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL LAW ___ (forthcoming 2009).

Public Responses to Intimate Violence: A Glance at the Past, 121 PUBLIC HEALTH REPORTS 460-
463 (2006).

Review of Mike McConville & Chester Mirsky, Jury Trials and Plea Bargaining: A True
History, 25 LAW AND HISTORY REVIEW 446 (2007).




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Other Publications:

Criminal Law: United States Law, in OXFORD ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LEGAL HISTORY, Stanley Katz
et al, eds. (New York: Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2008).

ACADEMIC AWARDS

2007 Jules Milstein Faculty Writing Award for Intimate Homicide: Gender and Crime
Control, 1880-1920, 77 UNIV. COLO. L. REV. 101-191 (2006): recipient of annual award
recognizing excellence in scholarship by a member of the University of Colorado Law School
faculty.

WORKS IN PROGRESS:

Houses of Pain: A Legal History of Public Responses to Intimate Violence
(working title of book project).

Provoking Change: Should the U.S. Follow Australia in Reforming Homicide Law?
(working title of article).

Intimate Homicide on the Frontier: A Comparative Legal History (working title of article).

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

Invited Speaker, Center for Law, History, and Culture, University of Southern California, Gould
School of Law, April 2007.

Speaker and Co-organizer (with Professor Bruce Smith), "Cautions and Confessions: Miranda v.
Arizona after 40 Years" conference, University of Colorado Law School, October 2006.

Guest Blogger, The Volokh Conspiracy, November 2006.

Restructuring the Debate over Fetal Homicide Laws, Faculty Research Workshop, University of
Colorado Law School, July 2006.

Invited Speaker, Methodology Wars: Historians' Approaches to Criminal Law, Faculty Brown
Bag, University of Colorado Law School, August 2005.

Intimate Homicide: Gender and Crime Control, 1880-1920, Faculty Research Workshop,
University of Colorado Law School, January 2005.

Speaker and Organizer, "New Approaches to Domestic Violence: Transcending Boundaries"
panel, University of Colorado, November 2004.




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Invited Speaker, Gender, Civility, and Crime Control in the Metropolis, 1880-1920, "Crime,
Prosecution, and Politics in Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century New York City" panel,
2004 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Legal History, Austin, Texas, October 2004.

Speaker and Organizer, "Consent and Sexuality" panel, University of Colorado, April 2004.

Invited Chair, "Law and the Formation of American Culture" panel, Rocky Mountain
Interdisciplinary History Conference, University of Colorado, September 2003.

Invited Speaker, Dangerous Games: Prosecutorial Discretion, Popular Culture, and the
Boundaries of the Criminal Law, Center for International Legal Studies Conference on
International Criminal Justice and White Collar Crime, Steamboat Springs, Colorado, February
2003.

Invited Comment, Conference on Law, Family, and State Organization in the Early Modern
Atlantic World, University of Wisconsin Law School, November 2002.

Invited Comment, Works-in-Progress Colloquium, University of Colorado Department of
History, April 2002.

The Discretionary Power of "Public" Prosecutors in Historical Perspective, Faculty
Colloquium, University of Colorado Law School, February 2002.

SERVICE

Law School Committees:
Evaluations Committee (2008-2009)
Building Campaign Committee (Spring 2006)
Assistant Dean Search Committee (Fall 2005)
Judicial Clerkship Advising Committee (2001-2003; Chair, 2003-2007)
Academic and Student Affairs Committee (2003-2006)
Self-Study Committee (2001-2003)
Building Project Committee (2000-2001)
Competitions Committee (2000-2001)

Other Service:
Co-founder (with Professor Michael Radelet) of the Interdisciplinary Crime, Law, and
Policy Working Group: Founded a working group for University of Colorado scholars who
study criminal law, criminal procedure, deviance, punishment, and criminal-justice social policy
from a variety of perspectives. The goal of this group, which includes criminologists and
historians, as well as law professors, is to sponsor speakers, visiting scholars, and collaborative
interdisciplinary research. The ICLP ultimately aspires to become a "Center."

Member of History Ph.D. Dissertation Committees, University of Colorado: Served on the
dissertation committees of Anne Vonhof (2004-present) and John Dwyer (2001). I also
informally assisted Diana DiStefano (2005) by reading and commenting on several chapters of
her dissertation.


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Member of Sociology Dissertation Committee, University of Colorado: Served on the
dissertation committee of Tara Opsal (Spring 2006-present).

Invited Moderator, "Cultural Relativism" panel, ILSA Conference on Challenges Facing
Developing Countries, University of Colorado Law School (October 2004): Moderated panel
discussion by international law experts.

Invited Speaker, "Meet Members of the Faculty," Class of 2007 Reception, University of
Colorado Law School (April 2004):
Gave a brief talk about my published articles, current research projects, and teaching to students
accepted for the Class of 2007.

Invited Panelist, Women in Law Day, University of Colorado Law School (2003, 2004):
Served as a panelist on women in legal careers.

Women's Law Caucus Fellowship Committee, University of Colorado Law School (2001,
2003, 2005, 2006): Reviewed and voted on student applications for summer public-interest
fellowship.

OTHER EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

Summer Associate: O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Washington DC: Summer 1997

Summer Associate: Heller, Ehrman, White, & McAuliffe
San Francisco, CA: Summer 1996 and Summer 1997

Paralegal: U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division
Washington, DC: 1994­1995

Teaching Assistant: Department of History, Stanford University
Stanford, CA: 1991­1992

BAR MEMBERSHIPS
California
United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit




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