Scholar. Dandylion. Chicagoan
Sheldon Bernard Lyke is currently an associate professor at Loyola University Chicago School of Law. He teaches courses on property, trusts and estates, and critical race theory. Before joining the Loyola faculty, Lyke was an associate professor at the University of Baltimore School of Law. He has also held positions as a visiting associate professor at Howard University School of Law (Spring 2023), and as a visiting assistant professor at both University of California Irvine School of Law (Fall 2016) and Northwestern University School of Law (2012 through 2013). In 2011, Lyke was appointed the inaugural Dorr Legg Law and Policy Fellow at the Williams Institute (UCLA School of Law). Generally, his research focuses on anti-discrimination laws regarding racial and sexual minorities in a comparative context. His current research explores anti-affirmative action practices in higher education. His work is increasingly observing property law institutions in our shared social world — particularly the realms of higher education, fashion and natural resources (i.e., parks, commons and shared green spaces) — and understanding their role in creating and ameliorating social inequality.