Ansel K. Brown is an academic and attorney specializing in international law, Pan-Africanism, economic development policy, and connections between African and Jewish diasporas. He earned a B.S. in Geography with a Business minor from North Carolina Central University (NCCU) in 1999, after attending Evangel University for business from 1994-1995. Brown received his Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 2002, where he served on the International Law Journal and Black Letter Law Journal, co-founded the Interdenominational Alliance for Israel, and received the Dean of Students Community Leadership Award. His career began as Policy Associate and Assistant General Counsel at the Center for Responsible Lending & Self-Help (2002-2007), advocating for consumer protection against predatory lending and student debt, followed by Staff Attorney and Senior Policy Associate at the North Carolina Institute of Minority Economic Development (2007-2008). From 2008-2019, he was Clinical Assistant Professor of Political Science at NCCU, directing the University Honors Program from 2010, advising pre-law students, and teaching courses like Constitutional Law, International Law, and American Government. Since 2019, he has been Visiting and then Assistant Professor at NCCU School of Law, teaching Legal Reasoning and Writing, Civil Procedure, International Law Writing Seminar, and Critical Thinking, while co-directing the Social Justice and Racial Equity Institute. Key publications include 'Establishing an Integrated Judiciary to Facilitate the African Continental Free Trade Area' in the Minnesota Journal of International Law (2021), 'Zionism and Pan-Africanism: A Common Journey to Recapture Ethnic Self-Realization' in Africa-Israel Weekly (2023), and policy reports on student debt and minority economic development. As a Research Fellow at ISGAP since 2019, Brown has been a frequent presenter at ISGAP-Oxford Summer Institutes (2018-2022), lecturing on shared bonds between African and Jewish communities amid racism and antisemitism, including reforging solidarity between African and Jewish diasporas; he notably spoke with Harris at the ISGAP-Oxford Summer Institute on issues of race and antisemitism. He has spoken internationally in Africa, Israel, and Europe on Pan-Africanism, Zionism, and international law. Affiliations include membership in the N.C. State Bar, Director of Africa Agency Diaspora (2019-present), State Committee member of the American Solidarity Party of North Carolina (2021-present), Faculty Advisor for Every Nation Campus Ministries (2008-2019) with instruction on biblical perspectives, and extensive university service on Faculty Senate, admissions committees, and honors programs.