Specialization:
Legal theory and praxis; sociology of law; application of dialectical methodology to real-world issues (e.g., climate crisis, racism)
Dissertation Topic: “Law’s Topsy-Turvy Radicality”
Education:
MA (2020), UC Santa Barbara
JD (2018), UC Hastings College of the Law
BA (2015), New York University
Bio:
As teacher for the last six-plus years, engaging with variegated canonical texts, rôle-model professors, and (so far) 1.7k students, Fisher has honed his own philosophy and style based on pedagogical praxis. He embraces an educator-student partnership in which education and knowledge are processes of curiosity, concept, and critical consciousness. The lodestar for Fisher’s Socratic (rather than didactic) teaching is to participate, alongside students, in constructing a social vision and framing questions that may not have answers.
Courses (Instructor-of-Record):
SOC 1: Introduction to Sociology
SOC 118C: Sociology of Culture
SOC 173: Sociology of Law
SOC 185S: Sociological Theory