Jason L. Ferguson is an Assistant Professor of Law in the Jurisprudence & Social Policy Program at the University of California, Berkeley. His research sits at the intersection of the sociology of law, neo-institutional theory, political sociology, and global and transnational studies. Ferguson draws on a range of sociological methods—statistical, archival, interviewing, and ethnographic—to study the state and its legal institutions, global contestations around rights regimes, the dynamics and consequences of global interventionism, and the evolution and transformation of sexual politics across diverse national contexts. Ferguson’s research has been published in American Journal of Sociology, American Sociological Review, and Gender & Society.
Prior to joining Berkeley Law, Ferguson was an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is currently a Junior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows.
Education
Ph.D., UC Berkeley