#  Monica C. Bell 

PhD in Sociology and Social Policy, 2018

Professor of Law, Yale Law School

Associate Professor of Sociology, Yale University

 

 

 



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*Russell Sage Foundation Visiting Scholar*  (2021-2022). Bell will work on a book about efforts to reform U.S. law and policy on race and class marginalization. Drawing in part on interview data from a participatory study of black youth, she concludes that policymakers often miss an important challenge confronting lawmakers in poor communities of color: legal estrangement, or the process through which institutions perpetuate the idea that marginalized groups do not fully share in all the rights and freedoms that flow to other Americans.  
  
*Suzanne Tassier Chair, Université libre de Bruxelles, 2020-2021.*

 *Yale Law Women Faculty Excellence Award, 2019.*

 *Harvard Law School Annual International Women’s Day Honoree, which recognized "women inspiring change through their outstanding contributions in the area of law and policy," 2019.*



 

 

 





 

 

- ## Alumni department
    
     [Sociology and Social Policy](/alumni-department/sociology-and-social-policy)
- ## Alumni year
    
     [2018](/alumni-year/2018)
- ## Roles
    
     [PhD Alumni](/alumni)