Sheldon Bernard Lyke is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Chicago, where his research interests include law and social change, human rights, regulation of sexuality & the emerging field of global/transnational legal studies.  Some of his past research projects have included examining the legal treatment of Cuban and Tanzanian commercial sex workers, and assessing the constitutionality of public health bans of "gay" bathhouses in the US.

His current dissertation research examines the role of the US Supreme Court in the transnational production of human rights law.  In 2003, he served as a lecturer in the University of Chicago's Human Rights Program teaching undergraduate and graduate students about the intersection of sexuality and human rights laws.  Sheldon, a Chicago native, received an A.B. cum laude in sociology from Princeton University in 1996, and a J.D. in 1999 from Northwestern University School of Law.


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