Dr. Carm R. Almonor (Ph.D., J.D.) teaches full-time as a Visiting Assistant Professor within both the Department of Political Science and Public Affairs and the African American Studies Program at Seton Hall University. He also holds several fellowships and lectures part-time at Princeton University. Democratic problem solving through multidisciplinary frameworks guides Dr. Almonor’s teaching, scholarship, and past practice as a constitutional lawyer and public policy advocate in multiple Northeast bar jurisdictions: N.J., N.Y., P.A., Washington D.C. and the Federal District of N.J. Combining observations in law, politics, history and culture, his academic and policy research center institutional cultural unities and historical continuities intersecting gender, race and class structures.
Focal institutional contexts of his research include K-12 education, criminal justice and employment. Dr. Almonor’s past practice in each of these areas—from defense attorney and prosecutor to middle school teacher and clinical employment law program director—enlivens his extensive teaching in Political Science, African American Studies, and five related disciplines. He has contributed to numerous legal publications and impactful cases, such as You and the Law; A Proposal for Paid Family Leave; Eye on the Budget; and Sanchez v. Department of Human Services, a national landmark case invalidating a state statute under the U.S. Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause. A past fellow of the Eagleton Institute of Politics, the Public Policy Lab, National Council of Black Studies Honors Society and ABA Scholars, he is currently working on manuscripts and journal articles related to political, cultural, and historical analyses of his most impactful legal case and policy precedents.
Education
Ph.D., Temple University
J.D., Boston University School of Law
M.L.A., University of Pennsylvania
B.A., Rutgers University
