Jeannine Bell is a Curt and Linda Rodin Professor of Law and Social Justice at Loyola University Chicago School of Law. A nationally recognized scholar in the area of policing and hate crime, Bell teaches in the area of criminal procedure and has taught courses on the First Amendment. Bell’s research is broadly interdisciplinary, touching on both political science and law, and relying on her empirical expertise. Her most recent book, "Hate Thy Neighbor: Move-in Violence and the Persistence of Racial Segregation in American Housing" (NYU Press, 2013), uses heartbreaking stories to show that “despite professions of tolerance, whites continue to patrol racial borders.” Her first book, "Policing Hatred: Law Enforcement, Civil Rights, and Hate Crime" (New York University Press, 2002), an ethnography of a big-city police hate crime unit, provides a detailed look at criminal investigation of and police treatment of minorities. Bell’s research and writings have received national media attention in outlets including ProPublica, the New York Times and USA Today.