Prof. Kristin Hickman Named Distinguished McKnight University Professor
The Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost has announced that Professor Kristin E. Hickman has been named a Distinguished McKnight University Professor—one of just seven University of Minnesota faculty members to receive the distinction this year. The Distinguished McKnight University Professorship program recognizes the University’s “highest-achieving mid-career faculty who have recently attained full professor status… and whose accomplishments have brought great renown and prestige to Minnesota.” Recipients hold the title “Distinguished McKnight University Professor” for as long as they remain at the University.
Hickman, who holds the Harlan Albert Rogers Professorship in Law and serves as co-director of the Corporate Institute, joined the Law School faculty in 2004. She teaches primarily in the areas of tax law, administrative law, and statutory interpretation, and she has written extensively in the areas of federal tax administration and judicial review in the federal income tax and general administrative law contexts. Her articles on these topics have appeared in the Columbia Law Review, Georgetown Law Journal, Vanderbilt Law Review, and Virginia Tax Review, among other publications. She also co-authors the Administrative Law Treatise and a casebook on federal administrative law with Richard J. Pierce Jr. One of Hickman’s articles, “Chevron’s Domain” (co-authored with Thomas W. Merrill), was cited by the United States Supreme Court in United States v. Mead Corp. (2001) and by the dissenting justices in City of Arlington v. FCC (2013). She was ranked among the top 10 law professors nationwide for scholarly impact in the tax category for the period 2009-2013.
“Kristin Hickman is an outstanding scholar,” said Dean David Wippman. “Her work at the intersection of tax and administrative law offers powerful insights that are routinely relied upon by courts and scholars alike.”
Hickman practiced for several years as a certified public accountant before enrolling at Northwestern University School of Law, from which she graduated magna cum laude. Before beginning her teaching career, Hickman clerked for Judge David B. Sentelle of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and practiced law as an associate with the Chicago office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, concentrating on corporate and international tax matters.
