Education:
Ph.D., Sociology, Northwestern University, 1995
M.A., Sociology, Northwestern University, 1988
B.A., Sociology, Haverford College, 1986
Selected Publications and Activities:
Acting Black: College, Identity, and the Performance of Race,
Routledge Press, 2003.
"Performing Blackness: What African Americans Can Teach
Sociology About Race," in Race Odyssey 2001: A Critical
Analysis of African Americans and Sociology, edited by Bruce
Hare, Syracuse University Press, 2002.
"Thinking Through Differences: a 5 Girls Discussion Guide,"
co-authored with Lyn Mikel Brown to be used with the Public Broadcsting
Station's October airing of the documentary "5 Girls,"
a Project of Active Voice/American Documentary, Inc. 2001.
"Outing the Blackness in White: Analyzing Race, Class, and
Gender in Everyday Life," Annals of Scholarship, Temple
University Press, Darrell Moore and Phyllis Jackson, guest editors,
Marie-Rose Logan, general editor, Vol 14, No 1, pp125-136. 2000.
"Playing the Devil's Advocate: Defending A Multi-Raciel
Identity in Fractured Community, " in Thompson and Tyagi's
(eds.) Names We call Home: Autobiography on Racial Identity,
Routledge Press. 1996.
Teaching and Research Interests:
Social Inequality (including the race and sex/gender systems)
African American Culture
Sociology through Literature
Social Theory
Courses and Seminars Taught
The Constitution of Knowledge (SOAN 027B)
Sociology through African American Women's Writing (SOAN 007C)
Introduction to Black Studies (BLST 015)
Twentieth Cenury Black Political Thought (SOAN 022D)
Introduction to Race and Ethnicity in the United States (SOAN
007B)
Classical Theory (SOAN 027C)
Race Theories (SOAN 127)
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