About me
Dorothy Roberts is a groundbreaking scholar, social justice advocate, and award-winning author. A distinguished professor of Africana studies, law, and sociology at the University of Pennsylvania and a MacArthur “Genius” Fellow, she is widely known for her influential books, including Killing the Black Body, Shattered Bonds, Fatal Invention, and Torn Apart. She has been featured in The New York Times, NPR, MSNBC, CBS Sunday Morning, and other major media outlets, and her TED Talk has been viewed more than 1.6 million times. Recent recognitions of her work include elections to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society and the National Academy of Medicine; honorary doctorate degrees from Rutgers University and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland; TIME Magazine’s 2025 The Closers list; 2025 STATUS list of leaders in life sciences; and Society of Family Planning Lifetime Achievement Award. Her latest book, THE MIXED MARRIAGE PROJECT: A MEMOIR OF LOVE, RACE, AND FAMILY, published in February 2026, invites readers into the experiences that forged her voice as an acclaimed champion for justice.
