Marianne Constable

Marianne Constable is a Professor in the Department of Rhetoric at UC Berkeley, holding the Zaffaroni Family Chair in Undergraduate Education (2009-2014) and serving as Department Chair. Her interdisciplinary research examines legal discourse through philosophical, historical, and linguistic lenses. Major works explore how legal speech acts constitute social bonds and the epistemological limits of legal systems.

Her honors include the James Boyd White Award, NEH fellowship, and Wheeler Mentorship Award. As a certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner since 2005, she integrates movement studies into her scholarship. She has held fellowships at premier research institutes including the National Humanities Center, Stanford's Center for Advanced Study, and Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study.