Yvette Pappoe

Associate Professor of Law

Yvette N. A. Pappoe is an interdisciplinary, anti-discrimination law and social equality scholar, professor, and litigator. She is an emerging expert on fair housing, intersectional feminism, and employment discrimination law. Her research sits at the intersection of law, history, and sociology and focuses primarily on the intersections of race and gender and how the legal system tackles those complexities in administering justice. Professor Pappoe’s scholarship examines the ways in which historically disadvantaged minority groups, particularly Black women, are impacted by existing social and legal structures.

Professor Pappoe teaches Torts, Critical Race Theory, Professional Responsibility, and Housing Law & Policy. Her scholarship has appeared in law journals including Boston University Law Review and University of Pennsylvania’s Journal of Law and Social Change. Professor Pappoe holds a B.A. from UMBC and a J.D. from the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law and is admitted to practice in Maryland and D.C.

Disciplines: Anti-discrimination; equality law; housing discrimination; employment discrimination; critical race theory