Ariela Gross
University of California, Los Angeles · History
Active 1961–2000
About
Ariela J. Gross is a Distinguished Professor of Law and History at the University of California – Los Angeles. She previously held the position of John B. and Alice R. Sharp Professor of Law and History and served as Co-Director of the Center for Law, History, and Culture at the University of Southern California. Her scholarly work focuses on legal history, race, and slavery, with notable publications including the books 'Becoming Free, Becoming Black: Race, Freedom, and Law in Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana,' which won the 2021 Order of the Coif Award and the John Philip Reid Award, and 'What Blood Won’t Tell: A History of Race on Trial in America,' which received multiple awards including the James Willard Hurst Prize and the Lillian Smith Award. She is currently working on a book titled 'Erasing Slavery: How Stories About Slavery and Freedom Shape Battles Over the Constitution,' under contract with Beacon Press. Gross earned her JD (Order of the Coif) and PhD in History from Stanford University and has held visiting professorships at several prestigious institutions worldwide. Her research and writings explore the intersections of law, race, and history, and she has been recognized with numerous fellowships and awards for her contributions to the field.
Research topics
- Mathematics
- Statistics
- Medicine
- Computer science
- Applied mathematics
Frequent coauthors
- 6 shared
John T. Kemshead
- 5 shared
Ram C. Dahiya
Old Dominion University
- 4 shared
Joseph Laver
Western Norway University of Applied Sciences
- 4 shared
Aly Abdel-Mageed
Medical University of South Carolina
- 4 shared
Morris Kletzel
- 4 shared
Cynthia S. Kretschmar
Lurie Children's Hospital
- 4 shared
Mark C. Willingham
- 4 shared
Thomas J. Moss
Awards & honors
- 2021 Order of the Coif Award for the best book on law
- John Philip Reid Award for the best book in Anglo-American l…
- James Willard Hurst Prize from the Law and Society Associati…
- Lillian Smith Award for the best book on the U.S. South and…
- American Political Science Association’s Best Book on Race,…
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