Atlanta Board Members
TYRONE FORMAN
University of Illinois-Chicago, Vice Provost for Diversity and Senior Advisor to the Chancellor
Tyrone Forman (Ph.D. in Sociology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2001) is a renowned scholar of social change, race and ethnic relations, and served as director of Emory's James Weldon Johnson Institute for the Study of Race and Difference (JWJI). As a sociologist, Forman is a nationally recognized voice on intergroup prejudice and discrimination. His scholarly and teaching interests focus on comparative race and ethnic relations, inequality in the United States, intergroup prejudice and discrimination, American youth and public opinion, adolescent health and well being, and survey research methods.
University of Illinois-Chicago, Vice Provost for Diversity and Senior Advisor to the Chancellor
Tyrone Forman (Ph.D. in Sociology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2001) is a renowned scholar of social change, race and ethnic relations, and served as director of Emory's James Weldon Johnson Institute for the Study of Race and Difference (JWJI). As a sociologist, Forman is a nationally recognized voice on intergroup prejudice and discrimination. His scholarly and teaching interests focus on comparative race and ethnic relations, inequality in the United States, intergroup prejudice and discrimination, American youth and public opinion, adolescent health and well being, and survey research methods.
MONICA MCDERMONTT
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Sociology
Monica McDermott's (Ph.D. in Sociology, Harvard University, 2001) research focuses upon the ways in which race and class interact in the contemporary United States. She uses a variety of methodologies to analyze race/class interactions, ranging from participant observation to statistical analyses of secondary survey data and census data. As a sociologist, McDermott is affiliated with African & African American Studies, the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity and the program on Urban Studies.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Sociology
Monica McDermott's (Ph.D. in Sociology, Harvard University, 2001) research focuses upon the ways in which race and class interact in the contemporary United States. She uses a variety of methodologies to analyze race/class interactions, ranging from participant observation to statistical analyses of secondary survey data and census data. As a sociologist, McDermott is affiliated with African & African American Studies, the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity and the program on Urban Studies.
MARY ODEM
Emory University, Department of History
Mary Odem (Ph.D. in History, University of California, Berkeley, 1989) is an Associate Professor of History and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and serves as associated faculty in Latin American and Caribbean Studies at Emory University. Her areas of specialization in U.S. history are gender, sexuality, immigration, race and ethnicity. Her first book Delinquent Daughters: Protecting and Policing Adolescent Female Sexuality(1995) won the President's Book Award from the Social Science History Association and was named a Choice Outstanding Academic Book. She has co-edited a collection of scholarly essays, Confronting Rape and Sexual Assault (1998). She is co-editor of and author in Latino Immigration and the Transformation of the U.S. South (2009). Her current research examines Mexican and Central American immigration to the U.S. South since 1980, focusing on themes of incorporation, transnationalism, gender and family, race/ethnicity.
Emory University, Department of History
Mary Odem (Ph.D. in History, University of California, Berkeley, 1989) is an Associate Professor of History and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and serves as associated faculty in Latin American and Caribbean Studies at Emory University. Her areas of specialization in U.S. history are gender, sexuality, immigration, race and ethnicity. Her first book Delinquent Daughters: Protecting and Policing Adolescent Female Sexuality(1995) won the President's Book Award from the Social Science History Association and was named a Choice Outstanding Academic Book. She has co-edited a collection of scholarly essays, Confronting Rape and Sexual Assault (1998). She is co-editor of and author in Latino Immigration and the Transformation of the U.S. South (2009). Her current research examines Mexican and Central American immigration to the U.S. South since 1980, focusing on themes of incorporation, transnationalism, gender and family, race/ethnicity.
Philadelphia Board Members
CHARLES "CHIP" GALLAGHER
La Salle University, Department of Sociology, Social Work, and Criminal Justice
Charles Gallagher (Ph.D. in Sociology, Temple University, 1997) focuses on racial and social inequality and the ways in which the media, the state and popular culture constructs, shapes and disseminates ideas of race. Gallagher has published articles on the sociological functions of colorblind political narratives, how racial categories expand and contract within the context of interracial marriages, race theory, racial innumeracy and how one’s ethnic history shapes perceptions of privilege.
La Salle University, Department of Sociology, Social Work, and Criminal Justice
Charles Gallagher (Ph.D. in Sociology, Temple University, 1997) focuses on racial and social inequality and the ways in which the media, the state and popular culture constructs, shapes and disseminates ideas of race. Gallagher has published articles on the sociological functions of colorblind political narratives, how racial categories expand and contract within the context of interracial marriages, race theory, racial innumeracy and how one’s ethnic history shapes perceptions of privilege.
NIKKI JONES
University of California Berkeley, Department of African American Studies
Nikki Jones (Ph.D. in Sociology and Criminology, University of Pennsylvania, 2004) is an associate professor in the Department of African American Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. She is also a faculty affiliate with the Center for the Study of Law and Society. Her areas of expertise include urban ethnography, race and ethnic relations and criminology and criminal justice, with a special emphasis on the intersection of race, gender, and justice. Professor Jones has published three books, including the sole-authored Between Good and Ghetto: African American Girls and Inner City Violence (2010), published in the Rutgers University Press Series in Childhood Studies.
University of California Berkeley, Department of African American Studies
Nikki Jones (Ph.D. in Sociology and Criminology, University of Pennsylvania, 2004) is an associate professor in the Department of African American Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. She is also a faculty affiliate with the Center for the Study of Law and Society. Her areas of expertise include urban ethnography, race and ethnic relations and criminology and criminal justice, with a special emphasis on the intersection of race, gender, and justice. Professor Jones has published three books, including the sole-authored Between Good and Ghetto: African American Girls and Inner City Violence (2010), published in the Rutgers University Press Series in Childhood Studies.
DOMENIC VITIELLO
University of Pennsylvania, City and Regional Planning
Domenic Vitiello (Ph.D. in History, University of Pennsylvania, 2004) researches planning history and community development, with a focus on immigration and food systems. In 2008, he led a comprehensive survey of community gardens in Philadelphia, and he continues to study urban agriculture’s impacts on food security. Domenic is founding president of the Philadelphia Orchard Project (www.phillyorchards.org); serves on advisory committees for Weavers Way Farm and the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission’s food system study; and has assisted the Philadelphia Mayor’s Office of Sustainability in developing a food policy. He teaches City Planning 626: Metropolitan Food Systems.
University of Pennsylvania, City and Regional Planning
Domenic Vitiello (Ph.D. in History, University of Pennsylvania, 2004) researches planning history and community development, with a focus on immigration and food systems. In 2008, he led a comprehensive survey of community gardens in Philadelphia, and he continues to study urban agriculture’s impacts on food security. Domenic is founding president of the Philadelphia Orchard Project (www.phillyorchards.org); serves on advisory committees for Weavers Way Farm and the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission’s food system study; and has assisted the Philadelphia Mayor’s Office of Sustainability in developing a food policy. He teaches City Planning 626: Metropolitan Food Systems.