Helen Norton ’89 has been named Associate Dean of Research at the University of Colorado Law School, where she received the Excellence in Teaching Award in 2008, 2009, and 2011. Her research and teaching focus on constitutional law, employment discrimination, employment law, and torts. Norton has testified before both houses of Congress on civil rights law and policy issues, and was the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s lead agency reviewer as part of the 2008 Presidential Transition. A former California Law Review associate editor, Norton also served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Justice.