Khiara M. Bridges

Khiara M. Bridges is a Professor of Law at UC Berkeley School of Law, specializing in the intersections of race, class, and reproductive justice. Her scholarship critically examines legal systems through frameworks of critical race theory and social inequality.

Education

• B.A., summa cum laude, Spelman College (graduated as valedictorian in three years)
• J.D., Columbia Law School (Kent Scholar, Columbia Law Review member)
• Ph.D., with distinction, Columbia University Department of Anthropology

Research Focus

Professor Bridges' work spans constitutional law, civil liberties, and reproductive rights, with emphasis on systemic inequities affecting marginalized communities. Her ethnographic approach bridges legal theory and societal impact, particularly in healthcare and privacy contexts.

Publications Overview

Her three major books explore racialization in healthcare (2011), privacy rights in poverty contexts (2017), and critical race theory foundations (2019). Collectively, they establish frameworks for analyzing law through intersectional lenses of race, gender, and class.

Awards and Honors

• Valedictorian at Spelman College
• Kent Scholar at Columbia Law School
• Summa cum laude undergraduate honors
• Ph.D. awarded with distinction

Additional roles include co-editing a reproductive justice book series for University of California Press.