Martin Carcieri is Assistant Professor of Political Science, specializing in Public Law and Political Theory. A former practicing attorney, he holds a B.A. and M.A. in Philosophy from Cal State Los Angeles, a J.D. from UC Hastings, and a Ph.D. in Political Science from UC Santa Barbara. 

He previously taught at the University of North Florida and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and his teaching interests include Constitutional Law, Jurisprudence, Ancient Political Theory, and American Political Theory. His work has been cited in four State appellate court decisions and in amicus curiae briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court in four landmark cases. He is completing a book entitled “Rawls, Reparations and the Drug War: Toward a Theory and Practice of Racial Justice” and his articles include: 

- Gonzales v. Raich: Congressional Tyranny and Irrelevance in the War on Drugs, forthcoming, University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law, Spring 2007;
- Grutter v. Bollinger and Civil Disobedience, University of Dayton Law Review, Volume 31, pp. 345-380, Spring 2006 (the UDLR created a symposium around this article);
- Gonzales v. Raich: An Opening for Rational Drug Law Reform, Tennessee Journal of Law and Policy, Volume 1, pp. 307-386, Spring 2005;
- The Michigan Affirmative Action Cases and Public Personnel Decisions, Review of Public Personnel Administration, Volume 24, pp. 70-76, March 2004 (recognized as one of ROPPA’s thirty all time most widely cited articles, January 2007);
- A Twenty-First Century Intervention in the Trial of Socrates, Classical Outlook, Volume 80, Number 4, pp. 137-142, Summer 2003;
- The Sixth Circuit and Grutter v. Bollinger: Diversity and Distortion, Texas Review of Law and Politics, Volume 7, pp. 127-152, Fall 2002;
- Bush v. Gore and Equal Protection, South Carolina Law Review, Volume 53, pp. 63-82, Fall 2001;
- Due Process and the Florida Civil Rights Initiative, Temple Law Review, Volume 74, pp. 595-632, Fall 2001 (Annual Issue on Developments in State Constitutional Law);
- The Wages of Taking Bakke Seriously: Federal Judicial Oversight of the Public University Admissions Process, Brigham Young Education and Law Journal, Volume 2001, pp. 161-178;  
- The Wages of Taking Bakke Seriously: The Untenable Denial of the Primacy of the Individual, Tennessee Law Review, Volume 67, pp. 949-969, Summer 2000;
- A Progressive Reply to the ACLU on Proposition 209, Santa Clara Law Review, Volume 39, pp. 141-183, November, 1998; 
- Democracy and Education in the Thought of Jefferson and Madison, Journal of Law and Education, Volume 26, pp. 1-30, January, 1997.   

Long time San Franciscans, Dr. Carcieri and his wife Laura are very happy to be home with family, old and new friends, and the cool, dry salt air of the City by the Bay.