Brie McLemore is an Assistant Professor of Law and Politics at the University of Washington. She received her PhD in Jurisprudence and Social Policy from the University of California, Berkeley, a M.P.P./M.A. in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from Brandeis University, and a B.A. in Anthropology and Gender Studies from New College of Florida. She was previously a fellow at the Center for Engaged Scholars and the Institute for the Study of Societal Issues at UC Berkeley.
As Political Science Chair Rachel Cichowski states, “we are excited to welcome Dr. McLemore to UW Political Science and to our public law sub field! Her research and teaching are an excellent fit with the Department’s distinctive historical strengths in interdisciplinary sociolegal scholarship that looks at legality broadly beyond just elite courts. And at the same time, her research interests in surveillance, policing, social control and coalitional community activism make a unique new addition to our faculty expertise.”
Her research, which sits at the intersection of Legal Studies, Political Science, and Science and Technology Studies (STS), explores the legal gaps enabling modern surveillance, the evolving landscape of constitutional rights in the digital age, and the persistent disparities in privacy rights for marginalized communities. She utilizes qualitative interviews, fieldwork, and archival research to critically examine the limitations of regulating surveillance technologies and protecting civil liberties within and beyond the judicial system.
Professor McLemore’s teaching philosophy and methods equip students to critically engage with the complex relationship between law and politics, while encouraging them to apply these analytical skills beyond the classroom.
She is excited to join UW Political Science due to the department’s commitment to producing innovative research that contends with pressing issues while fostering the next generation of critical and innovative scholars.