Drop by the Newcomb Art Museum at noon for a free exhibition tour led by Andrea Armstrong, professor of Law at Loyola University New Orleans, whose expertise and insight led to the creation of many of the engaging texts informing the show.
About Andrea Armstrong:
Professor Armstrong joined the Loyola University New Orleans College of Law faculty in 2010. Her research focuses on the constitutional dimensions of prisons and jails, specifically prison labor practices, the intersection of race and conditions of incarceration, and public oversight of detention facilities. She teaches in the related fields of constitutional law, criminal law, race and the law, and constitutional criminal procedure. Andrea Armstrong also serves on the board of the The Capital Appeals Project and is a founding board member of the The Promise of Justice Initiative, a new non-profit dedicated to abolishing the death penalty and advocating for prisoners’ rights. Professor Armstrong is a graduate of Yale Law School, the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, where she completed her M.P.A. in International Relations, and New York University.
Prior to law school, Professor Armstrong’s research focused on international human rights and regional conflict dynamics. She has worked with the Center on International Cooperation at NYU, the International Center for Transitional Justice, as well as the United Nations Department of Political Affairs and the U.N. Commission on Human Security. She also taught policy modules on democratization at the Junior Summer Institute at Princeton University.
After graduating from law school, Professor Armstrong served as a clerk for the Honorable Helen G. Berrigan of the United States Eastern District of Louisiana. She also litigated prisoners’ rights issues, among others, as a Thomas Emerson fellow with David Rosen and Associates in New Haven, CT. She is admitted to practice in Connecticut, New York and Louisiana state courts, as well as the U.S. District Court of Connecticut and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
