Dr. Joyce Bell
(Curriculum
Vitae)Dr. Joyce Bell, Assistant Professor of Sociology and African American Studies, has been at the University of Georgia since 2007. She earned a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Minnesota in 2007. Her specialty areas include American race relations, social movements, professions and organizations, multiculturalism, qualitative methodology and civil rights history. Dr. Bell's most recent work examines the relationship between the Civil Rights and Black Power movement, social welfare, and professional social work organizations, 1966-1976.
Selected Publications
Bell, Joyce and Doug Hartmann. 2007. “Diversity in Everyday Discourse: The Cultural Ambiguities and Consequences of ‘Happy Talk'." American Sociological Review 72(6):895-914.
Contact Information
Department of Sociology
119C Baldwin Hall
Athens, GA 30602-1611
706-542-2421 (office)
706-542-4320 (fax)
jmbell@uga.edu
