Jyoti Nanda, Professor of Law at Golden Gate University (GGU) studies criminal and juvenile law with a focus on how legal actors, institutions, and doctrines have failed to protect the right of youth in the carceral state. In 2022, GGU awarded her the Justice Jesse W. Carter Faculty Scholarship Award for her commitment to impactful and cutting-edge scholarship. She is interested in the intersections of criminal law and social hierarchies shaped by race, age, gender, dis/ability, sexual orientation, gender identity, and immigration. Her research draws on her experience as a youth advocate and civil rights lawyer. Nanda's 2012 article Blind Discretion served as the framework for a national report on the adultification of girls of color in the U.S. criminal justice system. In 2022, she published a ground-breaking paper on the flaws of juvenile probation, arguing that it leads youth deeper into the system. Nanda is the American Bar Association's nominated Reporter for the forthcoming National Juvenile Justice Standards. She is a graduate of Northwestern Law and U.C. Berkeley. Born in Nairobi, she is a proud immigrant and the daughter of refugees and immigrants from Pakistan/India, and Kenya.