Tom . Romero
University of Denver Sturm College of Law
Professor Tom I. Romero II, Ph.D, J.D., is the Director of the Interdisciplinary Research Institute for the Study of (in)Equality at the University of Denver. He is also an Associate Professor of Law and is Affiliated Faculty with the Department of History at DU. The author of numerous articles, book chapters, and essays, Dr. Romero's is one of the nation's leading experts on the legal, social and political history of race relations in Colorado and the larger Rocky Mountain West. His work recently has also focused on the relationship of this history to current challenges around water inequity. Dr. Romero recently published an article exploring the use of racial impact statements in the work of water municipalities and is working on several projects related to the past history and current challenges of immigration and water law. Those projects include a book chapter that examines the intersection between developments in water and immigration law in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and a community based participatory research project on water access and water quality issues impacting a Latinx neighborhood in Denver, Colorado. Dr. Romero served as the interim Vice Chancellor of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in 2020-2021 and the Associate Provost of Research and Curricular Initiatives for the university during form 2013-2020. He also is on the advisory board of History Colorado's Lost Highways Podcast and was a featured expert in Season 2's episode on the Colorado's declaration of martial law against Mexican Americans during the Great Depression. Dr. Romero is also the Principal Investigator for a National Endowment for the Humanities curricular project documenting histories of racial activism in the Rocky Mountain West as ways to activate and energize today's youth. He received his Ph.D and J.D. from the University of Michigan and is an undergraduate alum of the University of Denver.
04/23
