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Rebecca J. Scott is the Charles Gibson Distinguished University Professor Emerita at the University of Michigan Law School with a focus on civil rights and the historical interplay of law and society. Co-author of 'Freedom Papers: Atlantic Odyssey Age Emancipation,' her research traces complex family histories through legal documents spanning five generations across West Africa, the Americas, and Europe. Notably, she received the 2012 Albert Beveridge Book Award for American History and the James Rawley Book Prize for Atlantic History. Her scholarly articles examine historical analogies within law, the evolution of legal statuses in modern contexts, and the intersection of social facts and legal fictions. A recipient of the MacArthur Prize Fellowship and a Guggenheim Fellowship, Scott has served as the past president of the American Society for Legal History. Her educational background includes a BA from Radcliffe College, an MPhil in Economic History from the London School of Economics, and a PhD in History from Princeton University. Her courses address themes of citizenship, slavery, and their implications in modern law.
University of Michigan Law School • Ann Arbor, MI
Teaches courses on civil rights, citizenship, historical perspectives, and law.
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science