Bethany A. Bell

Bethany A. Bell, PhD, MPH, is an American statistician and associate professor at the University of Virginia's School of Education and Human Development. Born circa 1970s (BA 1997), she earned a BA in Sociology from Mary Washington College (1997), MPH in Health Promotion Sciences from University of Oklahoma (2002), and PhD in Educational Measurement and Research from University of South Florida (2008). Her primary expertise lies in applied statistics, data analysis in public health, and education, with roles at University of South Carolina (2008 onward) including faculty in College of Social Work and awards like AERA Division D Early Career Award (2013). In UAP/UFO context, Bell is one of 19% of academics anonymously reporting personal strange aerial sightings, as per a University of Virginia survey, amid government acknowledgments of unidentified aerial phenomena, though she has no known publications, testimony, or roles in military/government UFO programs.