Kenneth L. Marcus

Kenneth L. Marcus is an American attorney, academic, and government official. He is the founder and chairman of the Brandeis Center. He was the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the United States Department of Education from August 6, 2018, through July 9, 2020, after which he resumed his position at the Brandeis Center. While working at the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights, Marcus authored a reinterpretation of the Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to expand protections against racial discrimination in education to include religious discrimination. Marcus has also advocated for the adoption of the IHRA definition of antisemitism.