Dr. Lisa Lucile Owens is a scholar of law and society, with research primarily focused on social inequality, the function of law in society, housing inequality, and research and teaching methodology.
Since Fall 2022, Owens has served as an assistant professor of law at The University of Massachusetts School of Law. She has earned law degrees from Boston College Law School (JD) and Boston University School of Law (LLM). Owens earned her PhD in Sociology from Columbia University in 2020, after which she served in that department as a full-time lecturer in the Department of Sociology.
Owens’ scholarly work has previously been published in journals such as Sociological Methodology, Gender and Society, The Stanford University Law and Policy Review, Critical Sociology, TRAILS, Frontiers in Sociology, and The Alabama Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Law Review.
Education
| Columbia University |
Ph.D. |
| Birmingham-Southern College |
BA |
Teaching
- Property I & II
- Remedies
- Law & Social Change
- Legal Ethnography
- Business Organizations
- Field Placement Seminar
Law Courses
LAW 639: Field Placement Seminar
LAW 640: Community Development Seminar
Research Interests
- Housing
- Law & Social Change
- Inequality
- Research Methodology
- Teaching Methodology