Itunu Sofidiya is the Director of RISE and an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Georgetown Law Center. Prior to her position as Director, Itunu served as a Librarian and Professor at Georgetown Law Center and Texas Southern University. She has also worked as a Staff Attorney for a non-profit and an Associate Attorney for a firm that dealt with immigration and criminal law matters (specifically death penalty appeals).

Itunu earned her B.A., from the University of Maryland Baltimore County. She holds a Master’s of Library Science from Texas Woman’s University, where she became a member of the Epsilon Omega Epsilon Honor Society, and a J.D., with honors, from Thurgood Marshall School of Law, where she was a member of the Innocence Project. She is a currently on the SEAALL Scholarship Committee and is also a member of the American Association of Law Libraries, American Libraries Association, and of the state bar of Maryland.