Background
Nance, Cynthia Eleanor was born on September 3, 1958 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Eual Dean and Fern Elizabeth Nance.
Nance, Cynthia Eleanor was born on September 3, 1958 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Eual Dean and Fern Elizabeth Nance.
Bachelor of Science in Economics, Chicago State University, 1986. Juris Doctor with distinction, University Iowa, 1990. Master of Arts in Finance, University Iowa, 1991.
ABD in Industrial Relations, University Iowa, 1993.
Law clerk Glasson, Grove, Sole & McMannus, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1989. Program coordinator University Iowa Labor Center, 1989—1991. Teaching assistant University Iowa College Business, 1991—1993.
Faculty fellow University Iowa College Law, 1993—1994. Assistant professor to professor law University Arkansas School Law, Fayetteville, since 1994, dean, since 2006. Member audit committee Law School Admissions Council, Newtown, Pennsylvania, 1994—1998, finance and legal affairs committee, since 1998, chair finance and legal affairs committee, since 2003, Chief Executive Officer search committee.
Member section on minorities in the law American Association Law Schools, Washington, since 1994, chair labor and employment law section, 2000—2001, chair employment discrimination section, 2001—2002.
Co-chair Greensboro Massacre Truth and Reconciliation Commission Advisory Committee, North Carolina, since 2001. President Ozark Mountain Masters Swim Team, Springdale, Arkansas, 1999—2001. Women of the European Landscape Contractors Association anti-racism trainer Evangelical Lutheran Church America, Chicago, 1996—2002, member advisory committee on corporation social responsibility, since 1999.
Member church council Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Fayetteville, 2002—2003. Board directors Sources for Indiana Living, Arkansas, 1994—1999, American Civil Liberties Union, Little Rock, 1998—1999, National Interfaith Committee Worker Justice, Chicago, 1999. Member of American Bar Association (co-chair labor and employmentlaw section ethics and professionalism committee since 2001, member pro bono committee labor and employment law section since 2003, Outstanding Lawyer), Industrial Relations Research Association, Arkansas Bar Association (jurisprudence and law reform committee since 1995, lawyer assistance program committee since 1999, committee on diversity since 2000, labor law section), W. B. Putman American Inn of Court, National Bar Association, Alpha Kappa Alpha (chapter president 1999—2002, faculty advisor since 2001, Outstanding Service award 2000), Beta Gamma Sigma, Phi Delta Phi.