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Emily Bazelon

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Emily Bazelon

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1971-03-04 （Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States）
Nationality
United States
Languages
English
Religion
Judaism
Residence History
New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Career

Occupations
journalist, author, research fellow, podcast co-host
Active Years
1995-
Affiliations
Yale Law School (Law and Media Program / Truman Capote Fellow), The New York Times Magazine (staff writer), Slate (former senior editor, podcast co-host)
Memberships
American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Education

Germantown Friends School
Period: 1985–1989
Year of Graduation: 1989
Country: United States
Played on the school's tennis team
Yale College
Degree: BA
Period: 1989–1993
Year of Graduation: 1993
Country: United States
Served as managing editor of The New Journal
Yale Law School
Degree: JD
Period: 1997–2000
Year of Graduation: 2000
Country: United States
Editor of the Yale Law Journal
Dorot Fellowship (Israel)
Period: 1993–1994
Year of Graduation: 1994
Country: Israel
Held a Dorot Fellowship in Israel

Awards

Los Angeles Times Book Prize (Current Interest)
2020
Work: Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration
Category: Current Interest
Organization: Los Angeles Times
Result: winner
Silver Gavel Award
2020
Work: Charged
Organization: American Bar Association
Result: winner
Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2019
Organization: American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Result: elected
J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize (runner-up)
2020
Work: Charged
Organization: Columbia University / Nieman Foundation
Result: runner-up
Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism (finalist)
2020
Work: Charged
Organization: New York Public Library
Result: finalist

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Sticks and Stones: Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy

2013 Non-fiction (social issues)

An investigation of bullying in schools and its social and legal effects, arguing for the importance of character and empathy.

bullyingschool climate and child safetyempathy and ethics

Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration

2019 Non-fiction (criminal justice)

Examines the history of prosecution in the U.S. and the modern movement to reform prosecutors' offices, exposing problems of prosecutorial excess and following reform-minded prosecutors.

criminal justice reformprosecutionmass incarceration

Bibliography

  • Sticks and Stones: Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy
  • Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration

Style & Themes

Literary Style
investigative non-fictiondetailed fact-based reporting and analysisclear, explanatory prose
Recurring Motifs
law and justicewomen and family issuesfocus on systemic reform

Legacy

Emily Bazelon is known as a journalist and author who probes socially significant issues such as bullying and the criminal justice system. Her reporting has influenced policy debate; notably, Charged raised attention to prosecutorial reform and received multiple awards and nominations. She also contributes in academic and public forums, including roles at Yale.

Academic Societies

  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences

In Popular Culture

  • Appearances on The Colbert Report (2012–2014)
  • Co-host of Slate's podcast 'Political Gabfest'

Quotes

  • I was raised to see Judaism in terms of ethical precepts.
    Source: Interview (source: Jewish Women's Archive, etc.)

Trivia

  • Her grandfather was Judge David L. Bazelon of the U.S. Court of Appeals.
  • Her sister Lara Bazelon is a law professor active in overturning wrongful convictions.
  • Her husband is Paul Sabin, a history professor at Yale.
  • Resides in New Haven and is a member of a Reform Judaism synagogue.
  • She has two children.