
Polly J. Price, Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Law, is also Professor of Global Health in the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University. A public health law scholar as well as a legal historian and citizenship and immigration law expert, she has published, lectured, and taught widely about immigration and citizenship, public health law and regulatory policy, federalism, property rights, and the judiciary.
In 2017, Price was named an Andrew Carnegie Fellow, a distinction awarded to a small group of scholars, journalists, and authors whose work addresses the most pressing issues of our day and serves to strengthen US democracy. Her fellowship-supported project produced the book Plagues in the Nation, about the ways epidemics have shaped US law and continue to pose challenges for disease control in democratic societies. A full biography, c.v., and media contacts are available here. Follow her on twitter @PollyJPrice
For a signed book plate to insert in your copy of Plagues in the Nation, email a picture
of your book’s barcode to pprice@emory.edu along with your mailing address.