Splash Biography

ANTHONY CARRASCO, Berkeley Law Doctoral Student

Major: Berkeley Law

College/Employer: UC Berkeley

Year of Graduation: 2026

Brief Biographical Sketch:

Anthony R. Carrasco was previously a Public Policy and International Affairs Fellow with the Goldman School of Public Policy and is now pursuing a PhD/JD at Berkeley Law.

Past Classes

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O1248: Horror, Homelessness, and Homosexuality: An Introduction to the Sociological Method in Splash Spring 2024 (Apr. 21, 2024)

What's an institution? Can culture be studied scientifically? How do emotions shape the world? In this brief introduction to sociological methodology, you will find answers to these questions and more!

O1249: Four Tenets of Critical Race Theory in Splash Spring 2024 (Apr. 21, 2024)

Will racism never end? What does it mean to 'act' white? What hope ought People of Color have in law? Learn the basics of how Critical Race Theory functions as a framework by which to empirically study cultural power, social personality, and political change.

O1250: Law & Society 101 in Splash Spring 2024 (Apr. 21, 2024)

What is law on the books? What is law in action? Why is there a difference between the two? Learn how scholars have studied the gap between our social aspirations and our empirical realities in this introduction to the sociology of law.

H1143: Brown v. Board: Histories and Legacies in Splash Fall 2023 (Nov. 18, 2023)

Learn what slavery, segregation, and abortion all have in common during this mini-lesson about the ongoing history of one of the Supreme Court's most famous decisions on the very same campus the author of the unanimous opinion studied political science and law. Field trip to Berkeley Law included!