Angela P. Harris (born 1961) is an American

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, in the fields of

critical race theory Critical race theory (CRT) is an academic field focused on the relationships between Social constructionism, social conceptions of Race and ethnicity in the United States census, race and ethnicity, Law in the United States, social and political ...

, feminist legal scholarship, and

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. She held the position of professor of law at

UC Berkeley School of Law The University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Berkeley Law) is the Law school in the United States, law school of the University of California, Berkeley. The school was commonly referred to as "Boalt Hall" for many years, although it was ...

, joining the faculty in 1988. In 2009, Harris joined the faculty of the

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Law School as a visiting professor. In 2010, she also assumed the role of acting vice dean for research and faculty development. In 2011, she accepted an offer to join the faculty at the

, and began teaching as a professor of law in the 2011–12 academic year.

Biography

Harris earned a BA from the

University of Michigan The University of Michigan (U-M, U of M, or Michigan) is a public university, public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest institution of higher education in the state. The University of Mi ...

in 1981, and her MA (1983) and JD (1986) from the

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, or UChi) is a Private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its main campus is in the Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, Chic ...

. She clerked for Judge Joel Flaum of the

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, and worked as an attorney for the law firm of Morrison and Foerster. She was tenured at Berkeley in 1992.

Recognition

Harris has won the Rutter Award for Teaching Distinction (2003; established 1995), and the 2003 Matthew O. Tobriner Public Service Award, a

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award, for commitment to academic diversity and legal mentoring. In 2008, Harris won the Clyde Ferguson Award from the

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Minority Section. Alongside

Kimberlé Crenshaw Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw (born May 5, 1959) is an American civil rights advocate and a scholar of critical race theory. She is a professor at the UCLA School of Law and Columbia Law School, where she specializes in race and gender issues. Cr ...

, Harris has been recognized as one of the leading scholars of

Selected bibliography

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References

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