Jasmine Gonzales Rose
Professor of Law
Class of 1960 Scholar
BA, University of Oregon, magna cum laude
JD, Harvard Law School
Biography
Professor Jasmine Gonzales Rose is a leading critical evidence scholar whose research examines how race, racism, and antiracism are utilized and considered as sources of proof in litigation, as well as how juror language disenfranchisement systematically limits who can serve as factfinders. Rooted in critical race studies and drawing on epistemology, Professor Gonzales Rose employs doctrinal, theoretical, policy, and legal empirical methodologies to explore and reimagine evidence law and practice, striving to make them more accurate, fair, equitable, and just. Her scholarship has been published or is forthcoming in numerous journals, including the Yale Law Journal, Boston University Law Review, Minnesota Law Review, Wisconsin Law Review, Hastings Law Journal, Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, and New York University Review of Law and Social Change, as well as in several edited volumes, 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. In 2021, she received the Dean’s Teaching Award. She has also taught Civil Procedure, Complex Litigation, Race and the Law, and Civil Rights Law. Prior to joining Boston University, she taught for nearly a decade at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, where she received the Robert T. Harper Award for Excellence in Teaching and the Distinguished Public Interest Professor Award two times. Due to her scholarly commitment to racial justice, she was selected twice as a Derrick A. Bell Fund for Excellence Scholar.
A mission-driven and humanity-centered academic leader, Professor Gonzales Rose previously served as Associate Dean for Equity, Justice, and Engagement at Boston University School of Law and led the Policy Office at the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research. She delivered the 2020 Annual Derrick Bell Lecture on Race in American Society at New York University and the 2023 University Lecture at Boston University.
Professor Gonzales Rose is a graduate of Harvard Law School, where she served as co-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 U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and Judge Damon J. Keith of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. She has worked for a variety of nonprofit and governmental organizations on issues of civil and human rights, including serving on the boards of the American Civil Liberties Union of Greater Pittsburgh and the Abolitionist Law Center, which was founded by her former students. She is a member of the Supreme Judicial Court Advisory Committee on Massachusetts Evidence Law.
- Profile Types
- 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
Publications
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Jasmine Gonzales Rose, A Reasonable And Well-Reasoned Teaching Tool In Unreasonable Times 104 Boston University Law Review Online (2024) (book review)
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Jasmine Gonzales Rose, A Critical Perspective on Testimonial Injustice: Interrogating Witnesses' Credibility Excess in Criminal Trials 2024 Quaestio Facti: Revista Internacional Sobre Razonamiento Probatorio (2024)
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Jasmine Gonzales Rose, Teaching Antiracism in Evidence Law, in Integrating Doctrine and Diversity: Beyond the First Year (Nicole P. Dyszlewski, Raquel J. Gabriel, Suzanne Harrington-Steppen, Anna Russell, and Genevieve B. Tung,2024)
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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, Chapter 30: Civil Rights Summarily Denied Race, Evidence, and Summary Judgement in Police Brutality Cases, in A Guide to Civil Procedure: Integrating Critical Legal Perspectives (2022)
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Jasmine Gonzales Rose, Caitlin Glass & Neda Khoshkhoo, Unraveling the Web of Legal Protection: Race, Police Misconduct, and the Favorable Termination Rule 36 Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy Online Supplement (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, Chapter 25: Race, Evidence, and Police Violence: Seeking 2020 Vision, in Race, Rights, and Redemption: The Derrick Bell Lectures on the Law and Critical Race Theory (Janet Dewart Bell and Vincent M. Southerland,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, Desnatada: Latina Illumination of Breastfeeding, Race, and Injustice 57 California Western Law Review (2020)
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Brief of the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner in Larry Thompson v. Police Officer Pagiel Clark, Shield #28472; Police Officer Paul Montefusco, Shield #10580; Police Officer Phillip Romano, Shield #6295; Police Officer Gerard Bouwmans, Shield #2102, Respondents
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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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Steven W. Bender, Francisco Valdes, Shelley Cavalieri, Jasmine Gonzales Rose, Saru Matambanadzo, Roberto Corrada, Jorge Roig, Tayyab Mahmud, Zsea Bowmani & Anthony E. Varona, Afterword: What's Next? Into a Third Decade of LatCrit Theory, Community, and Praxis 16 Seattle Journal for Social Justice (2018)
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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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Mass.gov April 26, 2024
2024 Edition of the Massachusetts Guide to Evidence Now Available
Jasmine Gonzales Rose is featured.
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BU Today November 30, 2023
Many Say Critical Race Theory Divides Us—LAW’s Jasmine Gonzales Rose Says It Unites Us
Jasmine Gonzales Rose is featured.
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The College Fix February 27, 2023
Woke Wheels: Luxury Brand Peloton Combats ‘Systemic Inequity’ at Campus Event
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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
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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
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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’
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Reuters September 23, 2021
Explainer: What ‘Critical Race Theory’ Means and Why It’s Igniting Debate
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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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