Thalia González
Professor of Law and Harry & Lillian Hastings Research Chair, Co-Director of the Center for Racial and Economic Justice
- Email: gonzalezt@uclawsf.edu
- Phone: 628-227-0919
Bio
Thalia González is a Professor of Law and holds a Harry & Lillian Hastings Research Chair. Professor González is faculty co-director of the Center for Racial and Economic Justice, Senior Scholar in the UCSF/UC Law SF Consortium on Law, Science & Health Policy, and a faculty affiliate with the Center on Race, Immigration, Citizenship, and Equality, and Center for Social Justice.
Professor González is nationally recognized scholar whose research in restorative justice, education law, health justice, juvenile justice, critical race theory, and adultification bias has been published in leading academic journals including Boston College Law Review, American University Law Review, Wisconsin Law Review, Utah Law Review, Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, Fordham Urban Law Journal, Stanford Law Review Online, UCLA Law Review Discourse, Georgetown Journal of Law and Modern Critical Race Theory Perspectives, N.Y.U. Review of Law & Social Change, Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, Contemporary Justice Review, and Conflict Resolution Quarterly. Additionally, her applied research has appeared in The Washington Post, The Atlantic, The New York Times, NPR and she is cited extensively in multiple fields. Professor González has received grant funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Grantmakers for Girls of Color, Annie E. Casey Foundation, Spencer Foundation, and Atlantic Philanthropies. In recognition of her significant contributions to the field of restorative justice, Professor González received the National Association of Community and Restorative Justice Research Award in 2022.
Presently, Professor González serves as Co-Chair, ABA Criminal Justice Section, Diversion & Restorative Justice Committee, Vice Chair, Board of Directors, Public Health Advocates, and Chair, Board of Directors, National Association of Community and Restorative Justice. Since 2017, she has held an appointment as a Senior Scholar in the Center on Gender Justice and Opportunity at Georgetown Law and was previously a scholar in residence at Berkeley Law and UCLA School of Law. Prior to joining the faculty at UC Law SF, Professor González was the Madeline N. McKinnie Professor of Politics at Occidental College.
