Steering Committee

Jamie Rowen
CJLS Director
Associate Professor of Political Science and Legal Studies
Headshot of Jamie Rowen
Headshot of Jamie Rowen
Lauren McCarthy
Co-Director, Graduate Fellows Program
Professor of Political Science and Legal Studies
Lauren McCarthy speaking at a podium
Lauren McCarthy speaking at a podium
Tania DoCarmo
Co-Director, Graduate Fellows Program
Assistant Professor of Legal Studies and Political Science
Tania Lopez DoCarmo
Tania Lopez DoCarmo
Rebecca Hamlin
Professor of Political Science and Legal Studies
Headshot of Rebecca Hamlin
Headshot of Rebecca Hamlin
Felicia Griffin-Fennell
Director of Remedying Inequity through Student Engagement (RISE)
Lecturer of Sociology
Felicia Griffin Fennell
Felicia Griffin Fennell
Paul Collins
Professor of Political Science and Legal Studies
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Headshot of Paul Collins
Joshua Kaiser
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Headshot of Joshua Kaiser
Headshot of Joshua Kaiser
Sindiso Mnisi Weeks
Associate Professor of Political Science and Legal Studies
Sindiso Mnisi Weeks standing in front of a bookcase
Sindiso Mnisi Weeks standing in front of a bookcase
Leah Wing
Senior Lecturer II of Legal Studies
Director of the National Center for Technology and Dispute Resolution
Headshot of Leah Wing
Headshot of Leah Wing
Toussaint Losier
Associate Professor of Afro-American Studies
Toussaint Losier
Toussaint Losier
Kelsey Shoub
Assistant Professor of Public Policy
Kelsey Shoub standing in front of a colorful mural
Kelsey Shoub standing in front of a colorful mural
Bridgette Davis
Assistant Professor of Public Policy
Bridgette Davis
Bridgette Davis
UMass Amherst Center for Justice, Law and Societies

 

CJLS strives to foster research, teaching, and public engagement related to bias, inequity, and inequality in the law. We support interdisciplinary research, bringing together faculty and students across the university working on law and society topics that are vital to governance.