Elizabeth Bell

Elizabeth Bell is currently an Associate Professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research aims to advance social equity in policy and public management, with a focus on college access and affordability. Her research examines how public managers operate within politically designed organizational structures to shape inequality in access to public services and evaluates policies and management strategies that can close equity gaps. She received her PhD in Political Science from the University of Oklahoma in 2019. Prior to joining the LBJ School, Elizabeth Bell was an Assistant Professor in Miami University’s Department of Political Science and an Assistant Professor at the Askew School of Public Administration and Policy at Florida State University. Her work has been published in flagship journals including the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Public Administration Review, Journal of Politics, and American Educational Research Journal.