Overview
I am trained in class analysis, political sociology, and sociology of development (globalization). However, my work in the last 20 years has been in the area of race. I have published on racial theory, race and methodology, color-blind racism, the idea that race stratification in the USA is becoming Latin America-like, racial grammar, HWCUs, race and human rights, race and citizenship, whiteness, and the Obama phenomenon among other things. In all my work, I contend that racism is fundamentally about "racial domination," hence, racism is a collective and structural phenomenon in society (see my 1997 ASR on this matter).
Current Appointments & Affiliations
James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Sociology
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2018 - Present
Sociology,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor of Sociology
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2006 - Present
Sociology,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
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Recent Publications
Work in Progress: The Role of Student Backgrounds in Understanding Racial Disparities in Computing
Conference ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings · June 23, 2024 CiteWork In Progress: A Novel Approach to Understanding Perceptions of Race among Computing Undergraduates
Conference ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings · June 25, 2023 CiteIt's not the rotten apples! Why family scholars should adopt a structural perspective on racism
Journal Article Journal of Family Theory and Review · June 1, 2023 In this article, I urge family scholars to anchor their race work on the structural racism perspective. First, I provide some limitations of the prejudice problematic used by most family scholars. Second, I discuss the basic components of my structural the ... Full text CiteRecent Grants
The Alliance for Interdisciplinary Innovation in Computing Education-Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (AiiCE-PRF)
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2022 - 2025JM40321 Pitt Professor of American History and Institutions (1944) - Fellowship
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Cambridge · 2024 - 2025The Black (but not Black) Sheep of the Diaspora: How Dominican Immigrants Understand Racial and Ethnic Identity in the U.S.
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Russell Sage Foundation · 2022 - 2023View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
University of Wisconsin, Madison ·
1993
Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin, Madison ·
1987
M.A.
University of Puerto Rico ·
1984
B.A.