Vinay Harpalani

Biography

Vinay Harpalani is the inaugural Korematsu Teaching Fellow at the Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality, Seattle University School of Law. Consistent with the vision and goals of the Korematsu Center, he aspires to become a teacher, scholar, and activist who will foster critical thinking about discrimination in American society. Vinay's interdisciplinary scholarship focuses on Critical Race Theory and education law, and he incorporates various perspectives from sociology and psychology in his work.

Previously, Vinay served as the Derrick Bell Fellow in constitutional law at New York University (NYU) School of Law. He earned his bachelor's degrees in biology and psychology from the University of Delaware; his master's degrees in human development and in bioethics, and his Ph.D. in Education, from the University of Pennsylvania; and his J.D. from NYU School of Law, where he was an Arthur Garfield Hays Fellow (Palmer Weber Fellowship in Civil Rights), an Articles Editor on the NYU Law Review, a Vanderbilt Medal recipient for "outstanding contributions to the School of Law," and a recipient of the Gary E. Moncrieffe Award for "outstanding student in Racism and Law." Vinay also won the student scholar award at the Thirteenth Annual Latina/o Critical Legal Theory (LatCrit) Conference in 2008, and the Angela Harris Award for Outstanding Student Writing at the Critical Race Theory 20 Conference in 2009.