Background
BELL, MICHAEL was born on October 4, 1957 in Cheverly, Maryland, United States.
BELL, MICHAEL was born on October 4, 1957 in Cheverly, Maryland, United States.
Montgomery College (Associate of Arts, 1978). Frostburg State College (Bachelor of Science, 1980). University of Maryland (Juris Doctor, 1984).
Law Clerk to Honorary William C. Miller, Associate Judge, Sixth Judicial Circuit of Maryland, 1984-1985.
Assistant States Attorney, Montgomery County, Maryland, 1985-1988.
He is currently Professor of Community and Environmental Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he is Company-Chair of the Agroecology Program. In addition, Bell has been the Director of UW-Madison"s Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems (CIAS) since 2011. Created in 1989, CIAS is a research center for sustainable agriculture programs that respond to the needs of farmers and citizens.
Bell is best known for his work in developing a dialogic approach to sociology and environmental sociology.
Bell is as well the author of An Invitation to Environmental Sociology, a textbook now in its fourth edition In the area of agroecology, Bell has worked with William L. Bland, a soil scientist also at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, to develop holon agroecology, an approach to agroecology that emphasizes the role of intentionality in agroecological relations.
Bell is also a mandolinist and guitarist and part-composer of grassroots and classical music, and has appeared on A Prairie Home Companion, the long-time radio variety show on National Public Radio in the United States. He currently performs with Graminy, a Wisconsin-based "class-grass" ensemble.
Montgomery County and Maryland State Bar Associations. Maryland Trial Lawyers Association.
