Books
My first book, Racial Ambivalence in Diverse Communities: Whiteness and the Power of Color-Blind Ideologies, is available from Lexington Books. It examines the racial discourse and social action of active residents of stably racially diverse urban communities. You can buy a paperback copy by following this link.
My second book, titled Race, Gender, and Class in the Tea Party, also from Lexington Press, was published in January 2015. Information about that book is here.
My third book, Colorblind Racism, provides the first book-length comprehensive overview of the study of colorblind racism and will continue to make the case for reinvigorated scholarship in this area of study. Order info is here.
My second book, titled Race, Gender, and Class in the Tea Party, also from Lexington Press, was published in January 2015. Information about that book is here.
My third book, Colorblind Racism, provides the first book-length comprehensive overview of the study of colorblind racism and will continue to make the case for reinvigorated scholarship in this area of study. Order info is here.
Guest Editor: Special Issue
I recently served as a Guest Editor for a Special Issue of Sociological Perspectives on New Frontiers in the Study of Colorblind Racism. This issue can be found here.
Journal Articles and Book Chapters: See CV for most recent list of publications
I recently published a theoretical article about studying colorblind racism and the new directions that I think this research should take with Social Currents. I also have an article called “Sympathetic Racism: Color-Blind Racism’s Liberal Flair in Three Chicago Neighborhoods,” in Challenging the Status Quo: Diversity, Democracy, and Equality in the 21st Century, edited by Sharon Collins and David G. Embrick. I have another article comparing colorblind discourse in two communities that was recently published in The Sociological Quarterly and was the winner of the biennial best article award.
My article "Colorblindness vs. Race Consciousness –An American Ambivalence," appears in Douglas Hartmann and Christopher Uggen's (eds), Color Lines and Racial Angles (New York: W.W. Norton & Co.). It was first published July 2013 online here.
In 2012, I published "Beyond Fear and Loathing: Tea Party Organizers' Continuum of Knowledge in a Racialized Social System". It is in the journal Race, Gender, & Class, volume 20 number 1-2. More information can be found here.
My colleague Kira Banks and I published an article called "Sociology by Any Other Name: Teaching the Sociological Perspective in Campus Diversity Programs". It (abstract) is in the January 2012 issue of Teaching Sociology.
I also have an article in Critical Sociology called "Discursive Fault Lines: Reproducing White Habitus in a Racially Diverse Community". It appeared in the September 2012 issue, which can be found here.
I have an article in the Spring/Summer 2010 issue of the Journal of Race and Policy. It is available under my C.V. & Publications tab.
My article "Colorblindness vs. Race Consciousness –An American Ambivalence," appears in Douglas Hartmann and Christopher Uggen's (eds), Color Lines and Racial Angles (New York: W.W. Norton & Co.). It was first published July 2013 online here.
In 2012, I published "Beyond Fear and Loathing: Tea Party Organizers' Continuum of Knowledge in a Racialized Social System". It is in the journal Race, Gender, & Class, volume 20 number 1-2. More information can be found here.
My colleague Kira Banks and I published an article called "Sociology by Any Other Name: Teaching the Sociological Perspective in Campus Diversity Programs". It (abstract) is in the January 2012 issue of Teaching Sociology.
I also have an article in Critical Sociology called "Discursive Fault Lines: Reproducing White Habitus in a Racially Diverse Community". It appeared in the September 2012 issue, which can be found here.
I have an article in the Spring/Summer 2010 issue of the Journal of Race and Policy. It is available under my C.V. & Publications tab.
Research Grants
2015: American Sociological Association Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline (FAD) Grant for a Summit on New Frontiers in the Study of Colorblind Racism. Backed by the National Science Foundation.
2008: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant.
2008: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant.
Magazine Articles
In 2005 I wrote a short piece for American Sexuality, an online publication of the National Sexuality Resource Center, about the contradiction between gay acceptance on shows like the original Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and still-lacking political rights for gays and lesbians. You can read this article here.