Kevin K. Washburn

Kevin Washburn
Washburn in 2010
Dean of the University of Iowa College of Law
In office
March 2018  December 31, 2024
Preceded byGail Agrawal
Succeeded byTodd Pettys (Interim)
12th Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs
In office
October 9, 2012  January 1, 2016
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byDel Laverdure (Acting)
Succeeded byTara Sweeney
Dean of the University of New Mexico School of Law
In office
2009–2012
Preceded byLeo Romero (Acting)
Succeeded byBarbara Bergman (Acting)
Personal details
Born (1967-08-09) August 9, 1967
NationalityAmerican, Chickasaw Nation
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseLibby Washburn
EducationUniversity of Oklahoma (BA)
Washington University
Yale University (JD)

Kevin K. Washburn (born 1967) is an American law professor and former dean of the University of New Mexico School of Law, and the University of Iowa College of Law. He served in the administration of President Barack Obama as Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs at the U.S. Department of the Interior from 2012 to 2016. Washburn has also been a federal prosecutor, a trial attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice, and the General Counsel of the National Indian Gaming Commission. Washburn is a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation, a federally recognized Native American tribe.