James Anaya

S. James Anaya
Anaya in Kuala Lumpur, March 2013
16th Dean of the University of Colorado Law School
In office
August 8, 2016 – June 30, 2021
Preceded byPhil Weiser
Succeeded byLolita Buckner
Personal details
EducationUniversity of New Mexico (BA)
Harvard Law School (JD)
WebsiteJames Anaya official website

Stephen James Anaya is an American lawyer and the 16th Dean of the University of Colorado Boulder Law School.[1] He was formerly the James J. Lenoir Professor of Human Rights Law and Policy at the University of Arizona's James E. Rogers College of Law[2] and previously served for more than ten years[3] on the faculty at the University of Iowa College of Law. In March 2008, he was appointed by the United Nations as its Special Rapporteur on the situation of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people, replacing Rodolfo Stavenhagen.[4] He was elected a Member of the American Philosophical Society in 2019.

  1. ^ Lock, Elizabeth (April 13, 2016). "CU-Boulder names James Anaya new dean of law". Archived from the original on September 14, 2017.
  2. ^ "Faculty Profile, James Anaya, University of Arizona". Archived from the original on March 20, 2015.
  3. ^ "S. James Anaya | Law Library". February 3, 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-02-03.
  4. ^ "This week in review… James Anaya new Special Rapporteur for Indigenous Human Rights". Traditional Knowledge Bulletin. 2008-04-01. Retrieved 2019-07-01.