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Angela Allen-Bell is an American activist scholar and B. K. Agnihotri Endowed Professor at Southern University Law Center. Allen- Bell is known for her work on the interplay of race and justice.
Biography[edit]
Allen-Bell is devoted to restorative justice and transitional justice initiatives. Her body of work includes social justice and civil rights advocacy campaigns and scholarly publications, presentations, and interviews. She has the distinction of having worked on several historic advocacy campaigns that have led to groundbreaking changes, each listed below. Her passion is dismantling systems of oppression.
Early life and education[edit]
Allen-Bell was born in 1970 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Although she lived a middle-class lifestyle, Allen-Bell was keenly aware of the socioeconomic disparities that plagued New Orleans. She observed the effects of poverty in New Orleans, noticing it occurred at an overwhelming rate and was often generational.
Allen-Bell studied Political Science at Northwestern State University, and in 1992 she graduated with a Bachelor of Political Science degree.[1] Allen-Bell then served as a non-profit Program Director for the National Council of Negro Women in 1994. While in this position, Allen-Bell was tasked with coordinating and directing various community outreach programs and projects.[citation needed] Allen-Bell furthered her legal education; and in 1998, graduated from Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.[1]
Career[edit]
In 1998, shortly after graduating from Southern University Law Center, Allen-Bell began her legal career as a judicial law clerk. Shortly thereafter, she became a staff attorney at the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal in Baton Rouge, La. Allen-Bell began her academic career in 2003 as a professor at her alma mater, Southern University Law Center.[citation needed]
As of 2024, Bell is the B. K. Agnihotri Endowed Professor.[2]
“Some academics feel providing instruction to students is their primary function. I don’t challenge anyone for holding that view, but it is not shared. Those of us who identify as activist scholars feel called to extend our expertise beyond the walls of academic institutions. We engage in research that is relevant to current social problems and we attempt to use our credentialing and expertise to facilitate change. My scholarship agenda propels me to do the social justice work I do. It also inspires further study by other academics and can cause policy and law changes.”
-Angela A. Allen-Bell
Selected publications[edit]
- Allen-Bell, Angela Anita (1997–1998). "The Birth of the Crime: Driving While Black (DWB)". Southern University Law Review. 25: 195.
- Allen-Bell, Angela A. (2011–2012). "Perception Profiling & Prolonged Solitary Confinement Viewed through the Lens of the Angola 3 Case: When Prison Officials Become Judges, Judges Become Visually Challenged, and Justice Becomes Legally Blind". Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly. 39: 763.
- Allen-Bell, Angela A. (2015). "A Prescription for Healing a National Wound: Two Doses of Executive Direct Action Equals a Portion of Justice and a Serving of Redress for America & the Black Panther Party". University of Miami Race and Social Justice Law Review. 5: 1.
- Allen-Bell, Angela (2017-09-05). "A Primer on the "Bell Case Synthesis Method" and a Lesson on Adult Child's Play". University of Bologna Law Review. 2: 68–86 Pages. doi:10.6092/ISSN.2531-6133/7234.
Honors and awards[edit]
The Girl Scouts Lousiana East honored Allen-Bell with a 2019 Women of Distinction Award.[3] In 2019, Allen-Bell was commended by the Louisiana House of Representatives for her “achievements as a legal scholar and the tremendous pride and honor that she brings to the state of Louisiana.”[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Commends Angela A. Allen-Bell of the Southern University Law Center for her achievements as a legal scholar". Louisiana HR248 | 2019 | Regular Session. June 4, 2019. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
- ^ "Angela A. Allen-Bell - Southern University Law Center". www.sulc.edu. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
- ^ "Girl Scounts Louisiana East to honor Women of Distinction". April 3, 2019.