Angela Harris

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Angela P. Harris
Basic facts
Organization:	UC Davis School of Law
Role:	Distinguished Professor of Law
Expertise:	Critical race theory, feminist jurisprudence, law And cultural studies, race relations, women's rights, law and society
Education:	•J.D. University of Chicago Law School, 1986 •M.A. Social Science, University of Chicago, 1983 •B.A. Creative Writing and English Literature, University of Michigan, 1981
Website:	Official website

Angela P. Harris is an American legal scholar and professor. As of June 2022, she was a Distinguished Professor of Law at the UC Davis School of Law. According to her faculty page on the UC Davis School of Law's website, Harris' areas of interest include critical race theory, feminist jurisprudence, law and cultural studies, race relations, women's rights, and law and society.

Career

Below is a summary of Angela P Harris' education and career:

Academic degrees:

• J.D. University of Chicago Law School (1986)
• M.A. University of Chicago (1983)
• B.A. University of Michigan (1981)

Professional positions and honors:

• Professor of law, UC Berkeley School of Law
• Visiting professor, Stanford, Yale, and Georgetown
• Acting Vice Dean of Research and Faculty Development, University at Buffalo School of Law
• Clerkship, Judge Joel M. Flaum on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
• Clyde Ferguson Award from the Minority Section of the Association of American Law Schools (2008)
• Rutter Award for Distinction in Teaching at Berkeley Law

Academic scholarship

The following table contains a selection of books and works by Professor Harris about critical race theory and related issues. Any links in the table below feature Ballotpedia summaries of that scholarly work. All of her publications can be found here.

Scholarly work
Title	Source
Race and Equality Law	Ashgate Press (2013)
Criminal Law: Cases and Materials	West Publishing (2013)
Presumed Incompetent: The Intersection of Race and Class for Women in Academia	Utah State University Press (2012)
Race and Races: Cases and Resources for a Multiracial America	West Publishing (1999)
Economic Justice: Race, Gender, Identity, and Economics	Foundation Press (2005)
A Woman’s Place Is in the Marketplace: Gender and Economics	Foundation Press (2005)
Cultural Economics: Markets and Culture	Foundation Press (2005)
When Markets Fail: Race and Economics	Foundation Press (2005)
Crossroads, Directions, and a New Critical Race Theory	Temple University Press (2002)
"Critical Race Theory"	International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences (2001)

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• Education Policy
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