Curriculum Vitae
“The function of the university is not simply to teach breadwinning, or to furnish teachers for the public schools, or to be a centre of polite society; it is, above all, to be the organ of that fine adjustment between real life and the growing knowledge of life, an adjustment which forms the secret of civilization.”
— W. E. B. Du Bois (Souls of Black Folk, 1903, p. 60)
Education
University of Virginia
Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy), Sociology
Harvard University
A.L.M. (Artibus Liberalibus Magistri | Master of Liberal Arts), Religion
Graduate Certificate, “Religions of the World”
Ohio University
M.Ed. (Master of Education), Cultural Studies
Graduate Certificate, “Women’s Studies”
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
B.A. (Bachelor of Arts), Sociology
Affiliate Faculty Positions
University of Cambridge, Affiliate Member and Partner, Culture, Politics, and Global Justice (England)
Nelson Mandela University, Research Associate, Critical Studies in Higher Education Transformation (South Africa)
University of Barcelona, International Collaborator, Grup de Recerca en Gènere, Identitat i Diversitat (Research Group on Gender, Identity, and Diversity) (Spain)
Edge Hill University, Member, International Centre on Racism (England)
Visiting Academic Positions
Fulbright Scholar, University of Surrey (Summer and Fall 2022)
Visiting Professor of Sociology, London School of Economics (
Visiting Scholar, University of Kent, School of Law (Canterbury, England) (May 2019)
Visiting Professor, Coláiste na Tríonóide, Baile Àtha Cliath (Trinity College Dublin), Department of Sociology (Dublin, Ireland) (Sept-Oct 2018)
Visiting Fellow, University of Warwick, Institute of Advanced Study (Coventry, England) (Spring 2018)
Visiting Scholar, Columbia University, Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race (New York, NY, USA) (2016-2017)
Visiting Professor, Universiteit Van Die Vrystaat (University of the Free State), Postgraduate School (Bloemfontein, South Africa) (September 2016)
Editorial Service
Board Member, Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power (2023-present)
Board Member, Journal of Contemporary Ethnography (2012-Present)
Board Member, Routledge Book Series, “Framing 21st Century Social Issues” (2013-Present)
Board Member, Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies (2020-2024)
Board Member, Ethnic and Racial Studies (2013-2023)
Editor, Sociology Compass-Race & Ethnicity (2017-2022)
Co-Founding Associate Editor, Sociology of Race and Ethnicity (2013-2017)
Advisory Editor, Social Problems (2011-2018)
Board Member, Social Psychology Quarterly (2015-2017)
Book Review Editor, Humanity and Society (2015-2017)