Department and Institution:
Sociology, UC Berkeley
Bio/CV:
Jessica Law is a PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology at UC Berkeley. She is broadly interested in racial formation and knowledge, the state, identity politics, and social movements. Her dissertation project focuses on the construction of “racial equity” as a framework for understanding and addressing inequality. This project specifically examines the instantiations of “racial equity” in San Francisco’s local governance. Jessica holds a master’s degree in sociology from UC Berkeley and a bachelor’s degree in sociology and comparative race studies from the University of Chicago.
