Kathryn Rand is the Dean and Floyd B. Sperry Professor of Law at the University of North Dakota School of Law. She received her J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School. Before joining the School of Law faculty, Rand served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Eastern District of Wisconsin, where she prosecuted drug and violent crime and served as a tribal liaison to the Menominee Nation. Along with Dr. Steven Andrew Light, Rand is the co-director of the Institute for the Study of Tribal Gaming Law and Policy at the University of North Dakota. The Institute is the first university-affiliated research institute dedicated to the study of Indian gaming. Rand has published over 40 articles, essays, and book chapters on Indian gaming, as well as three books: Indian Gaming and Tribal Sovereignty: The Casino Compromise, Indian Gaming Law and Policy, and Indian Gaming Law: Cases and Materials. She has twice testified on Indian gaming regulation before the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs and was featured on C-SPAN’s Book TV. She serves on the Editorial Board of the Gaming Law Review. With Light, she blogs on Indian gaming at Indian Gaming Now, at indiangamingnow.com.