
Jasmine Gonzales Rose
Professor of Law
Associate Dean for Equity, Justice, and Engagement
Class of 1960 Scholar
BA, University of Oregon, magna cum laude
JD, Harvard Law School
Biography
Professor Jasmine Gonzales Rose is a critical proceduralist and is particularly interested in the intersections of race and language within two areas: juries and evidence. She is a leading criticalist voice on evidence law, with a focus on the evidentiary issues raised by racialized police violence. She is also an expert on juror language disenfranchisement.
Professor Gonzales Rose’s scholarship has appeared in several journals, including the Minnesota Law Review, Wisconsin Law Review, Hastings Law Journal, Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, New York University Review of Law and Social Change, and Alabama Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Law Review. Her scholarship is also forthcoming in several books, including the Oxford Handbook on Race and Law in the United States, NOMOS LX: Truth and Evidence, A Guide to Civil Procedure: Integrating Critical Legal Perspectives, and Philosophical Foundations of the Law of Evidence.
Professor Gonzales Rose currently teaches courses in Evidence, Criminal Law, and Latinxs and the Law. She has previously taught Civil Procedure, Complex Litigation, Race and the Law, and Civil Rights Law.
Professor Gonzales Rose joined BU Law from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, where she taught for nearly a decade. At Pitt Law she received the law school’s Robert T. Harper Award for Excellence in Teaching and the Distinguished Public Interest Professor Award, the latter twice. Due to her scholarly commitment to racial justice, she was selected as a Derrick A. Bell Fund for Excellence Scholar two times.
Professor Gonzales Rose is a graduate of Harvard Law School, where she served as an editor-in-chief of the Harvard Latinx Law Review and a member of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau. She clerked for Judge Héctor M. Laffitte of the US District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and Judge Damon J. Keith of the US Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit. She has worked for a variety of nonprofit and governmental organizations on issues of civil and human rights. Most recently she served on the boards of directors of the American Civil Liberties Union of Greater Pittsburgh and the Abolitionist Law Center. She is a member of the Supreme Judicial Court Advisory Committee on Massachusetts Evidence Law.
- Profile Types
- Associate Deans, Faculty, Full-Time Faculty, and Professors & Clinical Instructors
- Areas of Interest
- Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law, Critical Race Theory, Diversity & Inclusion, and Evidence Law
- Profiles
- Jasmine Gonzales Rose
Publications
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Brooke Coleman, Suzette Malveaux, Portia Pedro, Elizabeth Porter & Jasmine Gonzales Rose, A Guide to Civil Procedure: Integrating Critical Legal Perspectives (2022)
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Neda Khoshkhoo, Aviva Geiger Schwarz, Luisa Godinez Puig, Caitlin Glass, Geoffrey S. Holtzman, Elaine O. Nsoesie & Jasmine Gonzales Rose, Toward Evidence-Based Antiracist Policymaking: Problems and Proposals for Better Racial Data Collection and Reporting (2022)
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Jasmine Gonzales Rose, Race and Evidence, in The Oxford Handbook of Race and Law in the United States (2022)
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Jasmine Gonzales Rose, Response to Bernard E. Harcourt’s “Post- Truth”, in NOMOS LXIV Truth and Evidence (Melissa Schwartzberg and Philip Kitcher,2021)
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Jasmine Gonzales Rose, Race, Evidence, and Epistemic Injustice, in Philosophical Foundations of Evidence Law (Christian Dahlman, Alex Stein, and Giovanni Tuzet,2021)
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Jasmine Gonzales Rose, The Color Line: A Review and Reflection for Antiracist Scholars 101 Boston University Law Review Online (2021) (book review)
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Jasmine Gonzales Rose & Angela Onwuachi-Willig, Race, Rights, and Redemption: The Derrick Bell Lectures on the Law and Critical Race Theory (2021)
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Jasmine Gonzales Rose, Desnatada: Latina Illumination of Breastfeeding, Race, and Injustice 57 California Western Law Review (2020)
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Jasmine Gonzales Rose, Color-Blind But Not Color-Deaf: Accent Discrimination in Jury Selection 44 New York University Review of Law & Social Change (2020)
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Jasmine Gonzales Rose, Racial Character Evidence in Police Killing Cases 2018 Wisconsin Law Review (2018)
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Jasmine Gonzales Rose, Toward a Critical Race Theory of Evidence 101 Minnesota Law Review (2017)
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Jasmine Gonzales Rose, Introduction: Challenging Authority: A Symposium Honoring Derrick Bell 75 University of Pittsburgh Law Review (2014)
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Jasmine Gonzales Rose, Language Disenfranchisement in Juries: A Call for Constitutional Remediation 65 Hastings Law Journal (2014)
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Jasmine Gonzales Rose, Race Inequity Fifty Years Later: Language Rights Under the Civil Rights Act of 1964 6 Alabama Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Law Review (2014)
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Jasmine Gonzales Rose, The Exclusion of Non-English-Speaking Jurors: Remedying a Century of Denial of the Sixth Amendment in the Federal Courts of Puerto Rico 46 Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review (2011)
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In the Media
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The College Fix February 27, 2023
Woke Wheels: Luxury Brand Peloton Combats ‘Systemic Inequity’ at Campus Event
Jasmine Gonzales Rose is quoted.
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The Clip Out February 16, 2023
Tunde, Ibram X. Kendi, and Peloton Pledge Partner, the Center for Antiracist Research, Discuss Mental Wellness and Antiracism
Jasmine Gonzales Rose is quoted.
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Boston Globe December 22, 2022
Yes, Filling Out Race on Forms Is Tiresome. Here’s Why It Matters.
Jasmine Gonzales Rose coauthors an opinion.
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The Hill October 3, 2022
Migrant Dumps Carry Echoes of Reverse Freedom Rides, Observers Say
Jasmine Gonzales Rose is qouted.
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The Bay State Banner January 26, 2022
Activists Weigh In on City’s Next Top Cop
Jasmine Gonzales Rose is featured.
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WCVB Boston January 20, 2022
Public Invited to Virtual Listening Sessions as Boston Searches For Next Police Commissioner
Jasmine Gonzales Rose is featured.
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The Boston Globe January 7, 2022
Boston Mayor Wu Kicks Off Police Commissioner Search, Announces Committee
Jasmine Gonzales Rose is announced as part of Boston Mayor Wu's Police Commissioner Search Committee.
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MPR News December 8, 2021
Minnesota Jurors Must Speak English — Some Worry That’s a Proxy for Race in Jury Selection
Jasmine Gonzales Rose is interviewed.
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The Boston Globe October 12, 2021
The Supreme Court Case That Seeks to Hold Police Officers Accountable
An opinion written by Jasmine Gonzales Rose.
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CNS News October 8, 2021
Rev. Graham: Biden Admin. Wants to ‘Silence Parents’ Who Oppose ‘Critical Race Theory’
Jasmine Gonzales Rose is quoted.
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Reuters September 23, 2021
Explainer: What ‘Critical Race Theory’ Means and Why It’s Igniting Debate
Jasmine Gonzales Rose is quoted.
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BU Today April 20, 2021
Chauvin Verdict: What Needs to Happen Next
A Q&A with Jasmine Gonzales Rose.
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Daily Free Press February 22, 2021
Kendi, Center for Antiracist Research Aim to Inspire Policy Change
Jasmine Gonzales Rose is quoted.
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BU Today January 20, 2021
Biden’s Top Four Priorities, Explained by Leading BU Experts
Jasmine Gonzales Rose is quoted.
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BU Today November 12, 2020
“I can’t believe it, I can’t believe it.” Voices of BU Women Rejoicing with Kamala Harris
Angela Onwuachi-Willig, Dominique McClean (’21), Jasmine Gonzales Rose, Sarah Sherman Stokes, Briana Cardwell (’20), Jade Brown, and Ornella Ngounou (’21) are quoted.
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