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R. Shep Melnick

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Biography

R. Shep Melnick is the Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. Professor of American Politics at Boston College, and author of The Crucible of Desegregation:  The Uncertain Search for Educational Equality (Chicago, 2023).

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Elite Women and Title IX Transformation: A Cautionary Tale

Politics
July 6, 2026

The Myth of Milliken

Constitutionalism
December 3, 2025
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Elite Women and Title IX Transformation: A Cautionary Tale

July 6, 2026

The Myth of Milliken

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