Angela P. Harris

For other people of the same name, see Angela Harris (disambiguation).
Angela P. Harris
Born 1961 (age 5455)
Awards 2008 Clyde Ferguson Award from the Association of American Law Schools Minority Section
Academic background
Alma mater University of Chicago
Academic work
Main interests Legal scholar
Notable ideas Feminist legal scholarship

Angela P. Harris (born 1961)[1] is a legal scholar at UC Davis School of Law, in the fields of critical race theory, feminist legal scholarship, and criminal law. She held the position of professor of law at UC Berkeley School of Law, joining the faculty in 1988. In 2009, Harris joined the faculty of the State University of New York at Buffalo Law School as a visiting professor. In 2010, she also assumed the role of acting vice dean for research and faculty development.[2] In 2011, she accepted an offer to join the faculty at the UC Davis School of Law, and began teaching as a professor of law in the 2011–12 academic year.[3]

Biography

Harris earned a B.A. from the University of Michigan in 1981, and her M.A. (1983) and J.D. (1986) from the University of Chicago. She clerked for Judge Joel Flaum of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, and worked as an attorney for the law firm of Morrison and Foerster. She was tenured at Berkeley in 1992[4]

Recognition

Harris has won the Rutter Award for Teaching Distinction (2003; established 1995),[5] and the 2003 Matthew O. Tobriner Public Service Award, a San Francisco Bay Area award, for commitment to academic diversity and legal mentoring. In 2008, Harris won the Clyde Ferguson Award from the Association of American Law Schools Minority Section.

Selected bibliography

Books

Chapters in books

Journal articles

References

  1. "Harris, Angela P., 1961-". Library of Congress. Retrieved 8 September 2014. data sheet (b. 1961)
  2. Faculty & Staff - University at Buffalo Law School, retrieved 6 October 2011
  3. Prominent Faculty From UC Berkeley, UC Hastings and Arizona Join UC Davis, law.ucdavis.edu, retrieved 6 October 2011
  4. Guerrero, Andrea (2002). Silence at Boalt Hall the dismantling of affirmative action. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 177. ISBN 9780520936348.
  5. Angela Harris Wins Rutter Award for Teaching Distinction, UC Berkeley 2003 news, retrieved October 6, 2011
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