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Past Member

Dorian Bell

Affiliation

Social Science

Field of Study

Critical Race Studies, Literature
From
Dorian Bell’s book project examines how contemporary upheavals like migration and populism are reconfiguring racisms in Europe, the United States, and South Africa. It also explores how social media is inducing us to rethink the relationship between structural racism and individual prejudice.

Dates at IAS

Member
School of Social Science

Degrees

University of Pennsylvania
Ph.D.
2008

Honors

2017
Mellon Foundation grant for first book, Globalizing Race (Modern Language Initiative)
2011
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellowship
2008
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship, Stanford University

Appointments

University of California, Santa Cruz
2015
Associate Professor of Literature and Jewish Studies