Sujatha Baliga
Baliga in 2011
Born1970 or 1971 (age 52–53)
Education
Occupations
  • Restorative justice practitioner
  • public speaker
  • attorney
Known for
  • Forgiveness
  • restorative justice
Websitewww.sujathabaliga.com

Sujatha Baliga (born 1970/1971)[1] is an American attorney and restorative justice practitioner who won the MacArthur Fellowship in 2019.[1][2]

Biography

Baliga was born and raised in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania.[3] Baliga attended Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania Law School.[4]

She is the director of the Restorative Justice Project at Impact Justice in Oakland, California. For her work there she was awarded a 2019 MacArthur "Genius" Grant.

She was one of two Oaklanders awarded the grant in 2019, the other being Walter Hood.[5]

She prefers that her name be uncapitalized.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 Schuessler, Jennifer (September 25, 2019). "MacArthur 'Genius' Grant Winners for 2019: The Full List". The New York Times. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  2. ↑ Haynes, Danielle (September 25, 2019). "MacArthur Foundation hands out 26 'genius grants". UPI. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  3. ↑ Tullis, Paul (January 4, 2014). "Can Forgiveness Play a Role in Criminal Justice?". The New York Times. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
  4. ↑ "sujatha baliga, MacArthur Fellow". macfound.org. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  5. ↑ "2 Oakland Residents Receive MacArthur Genius Grants". CBS Bay Area. September 26, 2019. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
  6. ↑ Kelly, John (September 26, 2019). "Restorative Justice Leader sujatha baliga Named a MacArthur Genius". The Chronicle of Social Change. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
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