Alyasah Ali Sewell
Dr. Alyasah Ali Sewell (they/them/their) is Associate Professor of Sociology at Emory University and Executive Director, and Founder, of The Race and Policing Project. A widely-published medical sociologist, social psychologist, and research methodologist, they assess the local political economies of racism, medicine, and health disparities and data equity issues in methodological approaches to quantifying police brutality, intersectionality, and systemic racism. Their research has garnered support from the National Institutes of Health, the Ford Foundation, the National Science Foundation, and the Baden-Württemberg Foundation. They received postdoctoral training in Demography from the Population Studies Center at the University of Pennsylvania, their Ph.D. and M.A. in Sociology from Indiana University, and their B.A. summa cum laude in Sociology from the University of Florida with a minor in Women’s Studies. The Georgia Sociological Association named Sewell, a proud Atlanta native, the 2021 Georgia Sociologist of the Year. Planned Parenthood designated them “The Future: Innovator and Visionary Who Will Transform Black Communities”.