Erika Wood
Democracy, Deputy Director
Erika Wood is the Deputy Director of the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice where she lead's the Right to Vote Project, a national campaign to restore voting rights to people with criminal records, and works on redistricting reform as part of the Center's Government Accountability Project. Ms. Wood is an Adjunct Professor at NYU Law School where she teaches the Brennan Center Public Policy Advocacy Clinic. Prior to joining the Center, Ms. Wood was an attorney with the Legal Action Center where she worked on cases involving HIV/AIDS discrimination and privacy, as well as various criminal justice issues. Ms. Wood earned her B.A. cum laude from New York University and graduated with honors from the Rutgers School of Law where she was editor of the Race & the Law Review and earned the Kinoy-Stavis Fellowship and the Myron Harkavey prize.
Selected Publications
- DeFacto Disenfranchisement, with Rachel Bloom of the ACLU (10/01/08)
- Restoring the Right to Vote (02/26/08)
Selected Articles
- Don't Disenfranchise Millions, Politico (03/04/09)
- What if 5.3 Million More Americans Could Vote?, Alternet (04/21/08)
- Court Upholds Modern-Day Poll Tax, Seattle Post Intelligencer (08/02/07)
Blog Posts
- Judge Sotomayor in Good Company on Restoring Voting Rights (06/02/09)
- Unraveling the Crazy Quilt of Laws (05/06/09)
- Build Democracy, Protect Public Safety (12/01/08)
- What if 5.3 Million More Americans Could Vote? (04/21/08)
- Feingold & Kemp: DRA Trumps Politics (02/23/08)
- Restoring the Right to Vote Gains Momentum (04/09/07)