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Lisa Blomgren Amsler

MEMBER SINCE: 2007

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Distinguished Professor Lisa Blomgren Amsler (formerly Bingham), of the Paul H. O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University Bloomington, received her B.A. from Smith College (1976 magna cum laude Classical Greek and Philosophy) and her J.D. from University of Connecticut School of Law (1979 high honors). Formerly partner at Shipman & Goodwin, Hartford, CT, she practiced public sector labor and employment law. University of Nevada Las Vegas Boyd School of Law Saltman Senior Fellow, Amsler currently researches dispute system design, collaborative governance, public engagement, and administrative law. From 1994 to 2006, she directed the U.S.P.S. National REDRESS Evaluation Project on EEO mediation. She served on President Obama's 2008 Urban Policy Collaborative Governance Subcommittee. Its report contributed ideas for his 2009 Executive Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government. Amsler published over 140 works and four books in law and public affairs. A NAPA Fellow and Labor and Employment Relations Association Fellow, she received ABA Section of Dispute Resolution's Award for Outstanding Scholarly Work (2014), American Society of Public Administration's Dwight Waldo Award (2019), International Association for Conflict Management's Rubin Award (2006), and Outstanding Book Award (2022) for Dispute System Design: Preventing, Managing, and Resolving Conflict (with Janet Martinez and Stephanie Smith, Stanford University Press 2020).

History of Employment

Position
Division
Organization
Start
End
Distinguished Professor, previously Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor
Paul H. O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs
Indiana University
08-01-1992
to present
Visiting Professor and Saltman Senior Scholar
William S. Boyd School of Law
University of Nevada Las Vegas
08-01-2010
to present
Director
Indiana Conflict Resolution Institute
Indiana University
07-01-1997
12-31-2006
Lecturer
Maurer School of Law
Indiana University School of Law
08-01-1989
07-31-1992
Partner, previously Associate
Labor Law
Shipman & Goodwin
09-01-1979
07-15-1989
Visiting Professor of Law
Hastings College of the Law
University of California at Hastings
01-01-2007
05/30/2007
Primary Policy Areas

Civic Engagement, Labor Relations/Unions

Primary Sector of Expertise

Academic

Primary Functions

Academic Faculty, Academic Research, Intergovernmental, Program Evaluation, State Government