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Eduardo Bonilla-Silva

James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Sociology
Sociology
Duke Box 90088, Durham, NC 27708-0088
Sociology, Durham, NC 27708

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 · 2018 - Present Sociology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor of Sociology · 2006 - Present Sociology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

In the News


Published November 1, 2022
New NSF-Funded Postdoc Program Looks to Reshape Computer Science Education
Published July 7, 2021
After a Career of Challenging Racial Myths, Eduardo Bonilla-Silva Isn't Slowing Down
Published June 16, 2020
Living While Black: Raw Discussions on Race at Duke and in America

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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 Cite

Work In Progress: A Novel Approach to Understanding Perceptions of Race among Computing Undergraduates

Conference ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings · June 25, 2023 Cite

It'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 Cite
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Recent Grants


The Alliance for Interdisciplinary Innovation in Computing Education-Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (AiiCE-PRF)

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2022 - 2025

JM40321 Pitt Professor of American History and Institutions (1944) - Fellowship

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Cambridge · 2024 - 2025

The 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 - 2023

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Education, Training & Certifications


University of Wisconsin, Madison · 1993 Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin, Madison · 1987 M.A.
University of Puerto Rico · 1984 B.A.