draft the Privacy Act of 1974. Pyle also served as a consultant to the Office of Technology Assessment as well as a constitutional expert before Senate and House Judiciary committees and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Academics In 1973, Pyle taught at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice through 1976. He retired from Holyoke in 2020. Pyle first joined Mount Holyoke College in the 1970s. He has taught constitutional law, constitutional history, civil liberties, American politics, American political thought, and American bureaucratic politics; he chaired Mount Holyoke's programs in American Studies and Complex Organizations and the Department of Politics (2011-2012). Pyle has taught politics to intelligence agents in the army; to policemen at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice; undergraduates at University College, Dublin; law students at Harvard University, and graduate students at Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Private life Pyle is a member of the board of directors of the ACLU of Massachusetts. In 2004, Pyle was elected chairman of the board of the Petra Foundation, a national organization that recognizes and assists “unsung heroes” who make extraordinary contributions to social justice. He also chaired its awards committee. Awards and recognition Awards: 1970: Hillman Prize for investigative journalism 1971: Polk Award for investigative journalism 2002: "Outstanding Academic Title," Choice, for Extradition, Politics and Human Rights (2001) 2004: Luther Knight Mcnair Award from ACLU Massachusetts for contributions as “teacher, scholar, and model citizen activist” 2007: Distinguished teaching award from Mt. Holyoke Fellowships and Grants: Pyle has received the following: Russell Sage Foundation Mellon Foundation National Endowment for the Humanities Institute for the Study of World Politics Aspen Institute Fulbright Program Works Books: Pyle has written several books on military surveillance, extradition, and issues related to the use of torture in intelligence gathering in the US war on terror, including: The President, Congress and the Constitution with Richard Pious (1984) Military Surveillance of Civilian Politics, 1967-1970 (American legal and constitutional history) (1986) Extradition, Politics, and Human Rights (2001) Getting Away with Torture: Secret Government, War Crimes, and the Rule of Law (Potomac Books Inc. (2008) ; The Constitution under Siege with Richard Pious (2010) Congressional Testimony: "The Domestic Intelligence Community" (1971) "CONUS Intelligence: A Case of Military Overkill" (1971) "S.2318 and the Military's Legitimate Intelligence Needs" (1974) Statement on Proposed Privacy Legislation (1974) "COINTELPRO, Preventive Action, and Proposals for Reform" (1976) "The Foreign Intelligence Bill of 1977 (S.1566)" (1978)