KIRK ANTHONY JOHNSON
KIRK ANTHONY JOHNSON
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
African-American Studies Program
508 Lamar Hall
University of Mississippi
University, MS 38677
Phone: 662 915 7421
Email: kjohnson@olemiss.edu
EDUCATION
1999 Ph.D., Sociology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Dissertation: “The Logic of Ethnomedical Healing in an African-American Community”
1978 M.S., Technology & Human Affairs, Washington University in St. Louis
Thesis: “Federal Toxic Substances Regulation and Cost-Benefit, Risk- Benefit, and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis”
1977 B.A., Environmental Science, Duke University
Self-designed program. Received the university’s first bachelor’s degree in
environmental science.
EMPLOYMENT
2012-present Associate professor of Sociology and African-American Studies, University of Mississippi
2005-2012 Assistant professor of Sociology and African-American Studies, University of
Mississippi
1999-2005 Assistant professor of Sociology, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
1994-1999 Graduate research assistant, University of Illinois
1993-2005 Contributing editor, Heart & Soul magazine, New York, NY
1993-2004 Contributing writer, HealthQuest magazine, Chalfont, PA
1989-94 Founding editor, Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved,
Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN
1987-89 Senior researcher, “Eyes on the Prize” documentary production team,
Blackside Inc., Boston, MA
1984-86 Staff writer,East West Journal, Brookline, MA
1986-87 Visiting researcher, University of Massachusetts/Boston
1985-86 Visiting lecturer, Tufts University Experimental College, Medford, MA
1980-84 Staff scientist, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Washington, DC
1978-81 Policy analyst, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC
1979-80 Assistant to the Science & Public Policy Advisor, North Carolina Governor’s
Office, Raleigh, NC
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2005-present University of Mississippi
Introduction to Sociology
African-Americans and the News
African-Americans and the Criminal Justice System
The African-American Experience
Race and Ethnicity
Senior Seminar in African-American Studies
Sociology of Health Disparities (Graduate)
Teaching Sociology (Graduate)
Professional seminars I and II (Graduate)
Collaborative Writing Seminar (Graduate)
1999-2005 Bowdoin College
Introduction to Sociology
Traditional Healing in Sociohistorical Perspective
Media Representation of Reality
Sociology of News
Sociology of Urban Life
Sociological Perspectives on the Urban Landscape
1996-97 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Introduction to Sociology
1985-86 Tufts University Experimental College
Politics, Media, and the News: Sorting Through the Images
ACADEMIC MONOGRAPH
2019 Johnson, K.A. African American Tea Party Supporters: Explaining a Political Paradox.
Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
ACADEMIC ARTICLES
2019 Florez, I.A., Schulenberg, S.E., Lair, E., Wilson, K., Johnson, K. “On the Relationship
Between Meaning and Racial Prejudice: Examining Self-Transcendence and
Psychological Inflexibility in a Sample of White College Students.” Journal of Contextual
Behavioral Science 12: 1-6.
Johnson, K.A., Johnson, W.M., Thomas, J.M., Green, J.J. “Microaggressions and
Spatial Variation on a Southern University Campus: Where Are the Safe Spaces for
Vulnerable Students?” Social Problems. Available at:
2016 Harris, B.H., Dellinger, K., Jackson, J.T., Johnson, K.A., Skipper, J., Sonnett, J.
Thomas, J.T. and the Critical Race Studies Group. “The Symbolic Lynching of
James Meredith: A Visual Analysis and Collective Counter Narrative to Racial
Dominance,” Sociology of Race and Ethnicity 216 (January 23); 1-16. Available at:
7.full.pdf+html
Johnson, W.M. and Johnson, K.A. “Karl Schwesig’s Schlegelkeller: Anatomy of
a Rejected Warning of Prewar Violence at LIFE magazine.” International Journal of
Politics, Culture, and Society. Published online on June 12.
2015 Sonnett, J., Johnson, K.A., and Dolan, M.K. “Priming Implicit Racism in Television News: Visual and Verbal Limitations on Diversity.” Sociological Forum, 30(2): 328-347.
2011 Johnson, K.A., Dolan, M., Sonnett, J. “Speaking of Looting: An Analysis of Racial Propaganda in National Television Coverage of Hurricane Katrina.” The Howard Journal of Communications, 22: 302-328.
2010 Johnson, K.A., Sonnett, J., Dolan, D., Reppen, R., Johnson, J. “Interjournalistic Discourse about African-Americans in Television News Coverage of Hurricane Katrina.” Discourse & Communication, 4(3): 243-262.
2009 Dolan, M., Sonnett, J., Johnson, K. “Katrina Coverage in Black Newspapers Critical of Government, Mainstream Media.” Newspaper Research Journal 30(1): 34-42.
2008 Johnson, K. A., Dixon, T.L. “Change and the Illusion of Change: Evolving Portrayals of Crime News and African Americans in a Major Market. The Howard Journal of Communications, 19: 1-19.
2002 Johnson, K. A. “Modern Doctors and Traditional Black Patients: Bridging a Treacherous Divide.” Annals of Behavioral Science and Medical Education, 8(1): 21-27.
1991 Johnson, K. A. “Objective News and Other Myths: The Poisoning of Young Black Minds.” Journal of Negro Education, 60(3): 328-41.
REPORT
2018 Johnson, Kirk A., Willa M. Johnson, John Green, and James M. Thomas. “Microaggressions at the University of Mississippi”
BOOK REVIEWS
2002 An American Health Dilemma, Vol. 2, by W. Michael Byrd and Linda A. Clayton, Journal of the American Medical Association, 287(22), June 12, p. 3009.
2001 An American Health Dilemma, Vol. 1, by W. Michael Byrd and Linda A. Clayton, Journal
of the American Medical Association, 285(9), Mar. 7, p. 1219
America Becoming: Racial Trends and Their Consequences, Vols. I and 2, edited by Neil J. Smelser, William Julius Wilson, and Faith Mitchell, Journal of the American Medical Association, 286(11), Sept. 19, p. 1385.
1998 VanEschen, Penny, Race Against Empire: Black Americans and Anti-Colonialism, 1937-1957, Contemporary Sociology, May 1998, Vol. 27, Issue 3, pp. 304-305.
POPULAR BOOKS
1997 Johnson, Kirk, Claire McIntosh, and Harriet Washington. Health and Healing for African-Americans. New York: St. Martin’s Press.
1995 Johnson, Kirk. Keeping Your Company Healthy. Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press.
1993 Thompson, Mavis with Kirk Johnson. The Black Library Guide to Obesity. New York: Henry Holt & Co. (Reprinted, Kensington Publishing, 2000)
Singleton, LaFayette with Kirk Johnson. The Black Library Guide to Stroke. New York: Henry Holt & Co. (Reprinted, Kensington Publishing, 2000)
Henry, Lester with Kirk Johnson. The Black Library Guide to Diabetes. New York: Henry Holt & Co. (Reprinted, Kensington Publishing, 2000)
SELECTED POPULAR ARTICLES
1998 Johnson, Kirk. “Free Your Mind of Slavery’s Legacy,” Heart & Soul Feb: 69-72.
1994 Johnson, Kirk. “The Color of Health Care,” Heart & Soul Spring: 52-7.
1992 Johnson, Kirk. “African Healing,” Essence Mar: 24-8.
1991 Johnson, Kirk. “Bias in Black and White,” Cable in the Classroom Feb: 8-11.
1989 Johnson, Kirk. “Pulaski Said No to Aryans; Will it Say Yes to Black Mayor?” The Tennessean Sep 21: 14.
1987 Johnson, Kirk. “Black and White in Boston,” Columbia Journalism Review 26(1): 50-2.
Johnson, Kirk. “Media, Examine Thyself,” Boston Business Journal Feb 2: 16.
Johnson, Kirk. “Black and White TV in Boston,” The Wall Street Journal May 7: 31.
1986 Johnson, Kirk. “Is Alternative Health Care Elitist?” East West Journal Mar: 24-36.
Reprinted: Utne Reader Jan/Feb 1988: 86-91.
HONORS AND AWARDS
2019 Lift Every Voice award for coauthoring “Microaggressions at the University of
Mississippi”
2015 Lift Every Voice award, for service in the areas of diversity, multiculturalism, and
inclusion, University of Mississippi
2009 Phi Beta Sigma Fatherhood Award, University of Mississippi
Pi Beta Phi Scholarship Dinner invitee, University of Mississippi
2007 “Random Acts of Kindness” Award, University of Mississippi Student Alumni Council
2006 Named “One person at the University whose impact on a graduating senior was
significant,” University of Mississippi
1998 W.E.B. DuBois Graduate Research Paper Award, University of Illinois Urbana- Champaign
1997 Honorable Mention Scholar, Society for the Study of Social Problems
Geisert Fellowship Award, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, for dissertation
research
Named to “An Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked by their Students as Excellent,”
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, for TA work in Introduction to Sociology
Distinguished Service Award, Black/Latino/a Sociology Society, University of
Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Graduate Teaching Certificate, University of Illinois
1995 Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
Honorable mention, William Harvey Writing Competition Awards, for Heart & Soul magazine article on hypertension and African-Americans, “Under Pressure”
1994 Graduate College Fellowship, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
New York Association of Black Journalists Magazine Award for public affairs
reporting for Essence magazine report, “Saving Our Children”
1992 Award of Distinction, Association of American Medical Colleges, for the
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
1991 Selected awards for PBS television documentary, “Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years, 1965-1984,” produced by Blackside, Inc.:
• 4 Emmy Awards, National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
• Silver baton, DuPont-Columbia Awards
• 2 nominations, Television Critics’ Association
• 2 Blue Ribbons, American Film and Video Festival
• Silver Plaque, Chicago International Film Festival
• Best of Category (History), San Francisco International Film Festival
• Erik Barnouw Award, Organization of American Historians
• “Most Inspiring Sequel,” TV Guide
• Award of Excellence, National Association of Black Journalists
• Grand, Gold, and Silver Awards, Worldfest-Houston International Film
Festival
• Best of Festival Award, National Educational Film and Video Festival
1985-86 Community Research Fellowship (University of Massachusetts-Boston)
1979 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Bronze Award for health policy work on EPA’s
national school asbestos-abatement program.
1978-80 Presidential Management Internship providing two years of employment and policy and management training at any federal agency, sponsored by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
1977-78 Full Tuition Scholarship (Washington University)
1973-77 Angier B. Duke Memorial Scholarship (full tuition award; Duke University)
1973 National Achievement Scholarship for Outstanding Negro Students (Duke University)
PRESENTATIONS
2020 Invited speaker, “Five Myths About Race and the News,” presentation sponsored by
the University of Mississippi Center for Cross-Cultural Engagement and Inclusion,
February 20
Invited speaker: “Microaggressions at the University of Mississippi”, University of
Mississippi Dept. of Psychology Colloquium Series, February 21
2019 Invited speaker: Summer 2019 Colloquium Series: Insights into the Research Process,
Georgia State University Library. “Microaggressions at the University of Mississippi”
August 11
Panelist, “What To Do When Racist Crap Happens: Teaching Resources”,
University of Mississippi Critical Race Studies Group Faculty Development
Luncheon, April 19
Panelist, "History, Confederate Symbolism, and Racism at the University of
Mississippi: An Exploration of the last 170 years." sponsored by UM Solidarity,
April 19
Speaker, “Methodological Considerations in the UM Microaggressions Study”,
Public Policy Leadership 210 (Research Methods in Public Policy), April 15,
repeated October 3.
2017 Presider (“Political Sociology”) and presenter (“African American Tea Party Members:
Exploring a Political Paradox”), Southern Sociological Society annual meeting,
Greenville, SC
2016 Invited speaker, “Recent Racial Advocacy Work at the University of Mississippi,”
Dr. Laura Antanow’s Cultural Context of Education graduate class, UM School of
Education, September 5
2015 Invited speaker, “What’s Up With African American Tea Partiers: Exploring a Political
Paradox,” Department of Sociology and Anthropology Fall Lecture Series, University of
Mississippi
2011 Invited speaker, “Voodoo Theory: Why The Henrietta Lacks Family Says Things That
Make You Want to Scratch Your Head,” University of Mississippi Common Reading
Program, November 11
Classroom speaker, “Sociological Perspectives on ‘The Immortal Life’”
(12 presentations)
Invited speaker, “Interjournalistic Talk About African-Americans During Katrina:
A Discourse Analytical Approach,” North American Conference on Critical Discourse
Analysis, University of Utah, April 18-19.
2010 Invited speaker, “Writing about Mississippi Delta Poverty,” Wintersession course,
University of Mississippi School of Journalism and New Media, January 15
2009 Paper presentation, “Looting Up A Storm: Television’s View of Race and Theft During
Hurricane Katrina,” National Association of African-American Studies annual meeting,
Baton Rouge, LA, Feb 5
Invited speaker, “More Than a Prayer: An Ethical and Religious Response to Poverty
and Disaster,” Religion Forum sponsored by the Department of Philosophy and
Religion, April 10
2007 Paper presentation, “News Images of African-Americans and Looting During Hurricane
Katrina,” Midsouth Sociological Association annual meeting, Mobile, AL, October 20
Keynote speaker, Seventh Annual Black History Banquet, University of Mississippi
Residence Hall Association
Panelist, AKA Sorority Black History Month discussion, University of Mississippi
Panelist, panel discussion on the future of the black press for Black History Month, Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics (2/28/08)
2006 Invited presentation, “Katrina as Curriculum: Considering Media Coverage of
Race and Class in America”, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass
Communication, San Francisco
Invited presentation, Liberal Arts Spring Faculty Forum, “The Making of ‘Eyes on
the Prize’: Understanding the Significance of Civil Rights Era Documentary”
2005 Invited presentation, “News Coverage of Hurricane Katrina”, Dept. of Journalism,
University of Mississippi, November 2
2004 Invited presentation, “Evolving News Portrayals in a Local Market,” Regular
session on Media Sociology, American Sociological Association annual meeting,
San Francisco, August 14
Invited speaker, “The Evolution of African-American News Imagery in a Local Market,”
Faculty Seminar Series, Bowdoin College, February 6
2003 Invited speaker, Writers’ Workshop presentation, October 1
Invited speaker, “The Effects of African-American Newspaper Journalists in Racial
News Reporting,” March 20
2002 Guest presentation, Global Media and Politics (GOV 236), Bowdoin College,
April 15
2001 “Diversity and Uniformity in African-American Ethnomedical Healers,” American
Anthropological Association annual meeting, Washington, DC, November 23
Invited Speaker, Student Multicultural Conference, Bowdoin College, October
17
Invited Speaker, Students of Color Retreat, Bowdoin College, September 10
Invited Speaker, Maine Day, Bowdoin College, September 28
2000 “The Victory of Voodoo: Why African-American Healers Succeed Where Doctors
Fail.” Africana Studies Program “Works in Progress” Series, Bowdoin College
Invited speaker, Race awareness conference, October 15
Invited speaker, Panel discussion following screening of “Is Paris Burning?,”
November 13
1999 “Traditional African-American Healing in a Modern Urban Center,” Faculty Seminar Series, Bowdoin College
1997 “Caring for African-American Patients: Why Color-Blindness Doesn’t Work,”
Humana Health Care Corporation, Chicago, IL
“Modern Doctors and Traditional Black Patients: Bridging a Treacherous Divide,”
Midwest Sociological Society annual meeting, Des Moines, IA
“The Role of Mental Health Professionals in Treating Traditional African- American
Patients,” Regional Conference on Crossing Cultural Bridges, cosponsored by the
Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation and the Mental Health
and Mental Retardation Authority of Harris County, Houston, TX
1996 Keynote, Third Annual Colloquium, University of Illinois Urban Health Program, “Managed Care: What is it Managing, and Should You Care?”
Panelist, University of Illinois Cerebral Cafe, “The Status of African-American Males”
1994 Radio interviews on “The Color of Health Care” (Heart & Soul article):
New York City, Washington DC, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, New Orleans, Montgomery, Bethesda, Nashville
1986 Presentations on original research regarding African-American media images:
Annual meeting, Operation PUSH, Chicago
Annual meeting, National Association of Black Journalists, Miami
Special meeting, Boston Black Media Coalition
Chapter meeting, Boston Association of Black Journalists
Media briefing, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Numerous radio and television interviews, Boston
1984 Testimony on health promotion and disease prevention programs
Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
U.S. House of Representatives
1982 Testimony on reauthorization of Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, & Rodenticide
Act
Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture
U.S. House of Representatives
1982 Testimony on lead poisoning and children
Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
U.S. House of Representatives
1978 Testimony on asbestos hazards in public schools
Virginia House of Delegates
GRANTS
2017 PI, Summer Course on Grantwriting in the Social, Behavioral, and Economic
Sciences, National Science Foundation ($103,777)
2017 Co-PI, Dehumanization and the Construction of Violence: A Comparative Mixed-
Method Study of Minorities in France and India, National Science Foundation
($1,212,473) (Declined)
2016 Office of Research and Sponsored Programs Investigative Grant, University of
Mississippi
College of Liberal Arts Senior Faculty Research Grant, University of Mississippi
2015 College of Liberal Arts Summer Research Grant, University of Mississippi
2009 College of Liberal Arts Summer Research Grant, University of Mississippi
2007 Faculty Research Program Grant, University of Mississippi
College of Liberal Arts Summer Research Grant, University of Mississippi
2006 Faculty Research Program Grant, University of Mississippi
2005 Travel Grant, Lyndon Baines Johnson Library
2002 Faculty Leave Supplement, Bowdoin College
Faculty Research Grant, Bowdoin College
1987 Community Research Grant, University of Massachusetts-Boston
PRESS MENTIONS
2020 Turner, DeAndrea. “More African Americans Dying of COVID-19 in Mississippi,
Nationwide. .
dying-of-covid-19-in-mississippi-nationwide/
2019 Interview on African American Tea Party Supporters for the Kim Wade Show, WYAB-
FM, 103.9, Jackson, MS
Ciccotta, Tim. “Ole Miss Professor Wants Students Kicked Out of School for
Microaggressions. Breitbart, December 16.
school-for-microaggressions/
Schneider, Christian. “Ole Miss Professor Proposes Expulsion, Criminal Penalties for
Students Reported for Bias.” The College Fix, December 12.
for-students-reported-for-bias
Payne, Daniel. “Slurs, Swastikas and White Power Signs: The Ways Prejudice Persists
at UM.” The Daily Mississippian, November 22. swastikas-and-white-power-signs-the-ways-prejudice-persist-at-um/
Rand, Slade. “Lost in the Fallout: The UM Race Diary Project’s Hidden Meaning.” The
Daily Mississippian. April 11.
diary-projects-buried-meaning/
2018 Rand, Slade. Ole Miss Leadership Addresses Vitter’s Response to UM Race Diary
Project.” The Daily Mississippian, November 30.
leadership-addresses-vitters-response-to-um-race-diary-project/
DesignDesk. “Sociologists’ Report Finds Bias Concerns on Campus.” The Daily
Mississippian, October 12.
Henderson, Sarah. “Ole Miss Professors Publish Race Diary Project, Highlight Campus
Discrimination.” The Daily Mississippian, October 10.
Hoffman, Emily and Kimberly Russell. “Campus Leaders Discuss MLK’s Impact on
Them, Society. The Daily Mississippian, April 5.
leaders-discuss-mlks-impact-on-them-society/
2011 Seelye, Katherine. “Voters Defeat Many G.O.P.-sponsored Measures,” The New York Times, Nov. 9
2009 Interview on University of Mississippi Presidential debate for .
2008 Crary. D. “Unspoken Fear: Is Obama At Risk?” The Memphis Commercial Appeal February 27.
Healy, P. “Bill to Stay on Attack, Hillary on High Road. The Memphis Commercial Appeal January 25.
1996 Bradlee, Ben Jr. and Adam Pertman. “Simpson Unbowed on Trial Eve: In Interview, Cites Broad Public Support, Condemns Media,” Boston Sunday Globe Sept 15: A1, A18.
1992 Cohen, Jeff and Norman Solomon. “It Took an Explosion to Wake Up the Media,” Seattle Times May 9: 24.
1991 Anon. “AMA Charges Racism in Nation’s Health Care,” Nashville Banner May 14: A1.
Gore, Mary Jane. “Writing for Publication,” Clinical Laboratory Science 4(4): 204-6, 208.
1990 Media research cited by U.S. Supreme Court in landmark case (Metro Broadcasting
v. FCC) that secured access by minorities to broadcast licenses.
Butler, Lacrisha. “Poor, Underserved Health Journal’s Aim,” The Tennessean Jul 19: 4B.
Kim, Howard. “Hospitals Stretch to Meet Needs of Young and Old,” Modern Healthcare Sep 3: 22-4.
1988 McCabe, Bruce. “Liz Walker” [race bias in news reporting], Boston Globe Jan 25: 28.
1987 Gelbspan, Ross. “Study: Media in Boston Reinforce Racism by News Coverage Decisions,” Boston Globe Jan 28: 22.
O’Connor, Brian Wright. “Media Portray Blacks with Old Stereotypes,” Bay State Banner Jan 29: 1.
DeSilva, Bruce. “Study Says Boston’s News Media Reinforce Negative Black Images,” Hartford Courant Jan 29: A7.
Anon [editorial]. “A Better Self-Image,” Bay State Banner Feb 5: 4.
O’Connor, Brian Wright. “Boston Media Officials Object to Study Results,” Bay State Banner Feb 5: 3.
Higgins, George V. “True Talk About Drugs,” Wall Street Journal Apr 13: 21.
McCabe, Bruce. “Ch. 2 in Aftermath of Street Cop,” Boston Globe Dec 10: 24.
Martins, Gus. “Racial Sensitivity Seminars for WGBH-TV Managers,” Bay State Banner Dec 24: 8.
1983 Anon. “Nixon Stirs Flood of Duke Memories,” Los Angeles Times Sep 27: 12.
SERVICE
Professional
2019 Panel moderator, “Envisioning a Queer Feminist South”, Southwestern Women’s
Studies Association Conference, Oxford, MS
Peer reviewer for special issue of Sociological Forum, “Foresight is 2020: Race
and Gender in the Upcoming Election,” edited by Matthew Hughey
Academic editorial board for Taking Sides: Clashing Views in Race and Ethnicity
(McGraw Hill Education)
2016 Member, Program Committee, Southern Sociological Society
Presider, Research Incubator on Race, Southern Sociological Society meeting,
Greenville, SC
2013-15 Proposal reviewer, Research Opportunities for Undergraduates, National Science
Foundation
Consultation with National Science Foundation to increase number of fellowship
proposals from junior minority scholars
2011 Manuscript reviewer, American Sociological Review
Proposal reviewer, National Science Foundation Minority Postdoctoral Fellowships
Textbook reviewer, Pearson Publishing Co.
2010 Proposal reviewer, National Science Foundation Social, Behavioral, and Economic
Sciences (SBE) Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
2008-09 Manuscript reviewer, Sociological Spectrum
2003-04 Manuscript reviewer, Social Forces
2002 Editorial Board member, The Minority Health Reader by Prof. Thomas LaVeist,
Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health
Peer reviewer, Annals of Behavioral Science and Medical Education
2001 Editorial Advisory Board member, Collegiate Press
2000 Discussant, panel on electronic texts for introductory sociology courses, American Sociological Association annual meeting, Washington, DC
1999 Peer reviewer, Teaching Sociology
1995 Copy editor, Adult Aphasia Rehabilitation, by Gloriajean Wallace, Ph.D.
Butterworth Heinemann
1994 Copy editor, It Just Ain’t Fair: The Ethics of Health Care for African-Americans, by Annette Dula and Marian Segundy, Praeger Press [selected chapters]
1994 Manuscript reviewer, Sage Publications
1992-97 Peer reviewer, Family Medicine
Institutional
2017 Member, UM Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) Topic Selection Task Force
Member, University of Mississippi College of Liberal Arts Post-Charlottesville Working Group
2016 Moderator, Southern Foodways Alliance Student Conference, University of Mississippi
2011-present Member, Common Reading Experience Review Committee, 8/11
Member (cochair, 2015 to present), Book Selection Subcommittee, Common Reading Experience Review Committee
2010 Participant, “Readathon” to celebrate Banned Books Week
Faculty judge, University of Mississippi-sponsored Regional Science Fair
2009 Recruitment letter writer, Office of Admissions
Panel discussant, William Christenberry installation (“Site/Possession”)
Participant, Black History Month committee
Organizer, Black History Month panel discussion, “What Does It Mean to Have a
Black President?”
2007-08 Member, Planning Committee, First African-American Studies Symposium, University of Mississippi
Faculty moderator, The Omazing Race, Office of Alumni Affairs, University of Mississippi
Interviewer, Scholar’s Day (cancelled)
Moderator, panel discussion and screening of “Soldiers with Swords” for Black History Month, Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics.
Moderator, panel discussion on the mainstream and black press for Black History Month, Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics
Panelist, panel discussion on the future of the black press for Black History
Month, Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics
Moderator, discussion and screening of “Soldiers with Swords” for Black History Month, Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics.
2006-07 Member, Faculty Senate, University of Mississippi
Member, Academic Events/Planning Committee, Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology,
University of Mississippi
2006 Member, Search Committee for History/African-American Studies position, University of
Mississippi
2000-04 Member, Africana Studies Committee, Bowdoin College
2001-02 Member, Faculty Affairs Committee, Bowdoin College
Faculty representative, Reception for visiting prospective students of color
2000-01 Member, Grievance Committee for Student Complaints of Sex Discrimination or Discrimination on the Basis of Physical or Mental Handicap, Bowdoin College
Faculty co-host, Common Hour, Bowdoin College
Faculty host, “Indecision 2000” (student/faculty Presidential political debate), Bowdoin College
Participant, Hewlitt Working Group on the Contemplative Mind, Bowdoin College
Department
2013-20 Informal mentor to junior faculty members: Annie Cafer, Brian Foster, Kristin Hickman,
Amy McDowell, Catarina Passidomo, Jodi Skipper, James Thomas, Ana Velitchkova,
Lexi O’Donnell
2015-17 Co-chair, Critical Race Studies Group
2011-15 Member, Critical Race Studies Group
2013 Chair (fall semester), Critical Race Studies Group
2014 Movie Night presenter: “A Sociological Reading of SpongeBob Square Pants”
2011 Member, Search Committee, Biological Anthropology assistant professor position,
University of Mississippi
2010-12 Member, departmental working group on race and gender
2009 Facilitator, Department discussion group on conduct of SOC 101 classes
2009 Member, Search Committee, Southern Studies/Sociology assistant professor position
2007-12 Presentations at “Meet the Faculty” meeting for new graduate students
Presentations, “How to Survive Being a Teaching Assistant” for new graduate students
2008-2010 Presentations, ‘Collegiality in Academia,” Graduate Student Proseminar
2001-2002 Co-organizer, Study Away Night
2000 Organizer, Sociology/Anthropology Majors Student Dinner
1994-99 Graduate student advisor, Black and Latino/a Sociology Students, Inc.,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
1995-96 Curriculum Committee member, UIUC
Community
2010 Faculty judge, 22nd Annual Region VII Science and Engineering Fair
2008 Volunteer, Mississippi Democratic Party primary
Invited speaker, Black History Month program, Jordan Chapel C.M.E. Church,
Oxford, MS
2007 Presentation on trip to San Francisco to Mrs. Carr’s 3rd grade class, Oxford
Elementary School
2006 Travel assistance for overnight trip to Memphis Zoo, Mrs. Laura Carr’s 3rd grade
class, Oxford Elementary School
1992-93 Op-ed writer, The Tennessean
1989 Volunteer, Geriatric psychiatry ward, Boston City Hospital
Occasional chef, Cambridge (MA) Baptist Church homeless kitchen
1987 Organizer, citywide coalition to heighten race awareness at WGBH-TV, Boston
1979 Volunteer reading tutor, Washington, DC
ADVISING
2017 Thesis committee member (University of Mississippi)
Heather Gregory (Sociology)
“Abstinence-Based Sex Education: A Mixed-Method Evaluation of Experiences
with and the Effectiveness of Sex Education in the Deep South”
2017 Thesis committee member (University of Mississippi)
Danielle Buckingham (Sociology)
“Invisible Labor: A Mixed Method Study of African American Women and their
Emotional Labor in the Academy”
2017 Internship committee member (University of Mississippi)
Levi Crafton (Sociology)
“Broadening International Relationships, Meeting the Needs of International
Students: An Internship with the Office of Global Engagement
2017 Dissertation committee member (University of Mississippi)
Ivonne Florez (Psychology)
“On the Relationship Between Meaning and Prejudice: Examining Self-
Transcendence and Value-Behavior Consistency in a Sample of College
Students”
2013 Dissertation committee member (University of Mississippi)
Greg Richards (Political Science)
“The Political Power of the Black Church”
2013 Dissertation committee member (University of Mississippi)
Chanse Travis (Political Science)
“The Political Power of the Black Church”
2013 Thesis committee chair
Hope Owens Wilson (Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College, University of
Mississippi)
2012 Thesis committee member (University of Mississippi)
Jamiko Delavaux (Sociology)
2012 Dissertation committee member (University of Mississippi)
Telisha Bailey (History)
“Please Don’t Forget About Me: The History of Crime and Punishment in
Parchman Prison, 1890-1980”
2012 Thesis committee member (University of Mississippi)
Juan Thurmond (Sociology)
“Language as Microaggression: The New Lexicon of American Racism"
Internship supervisor (University of Mississippi)
Thomas Moncrief (Sociology)
"Informing the Development of a Youth-Led Organization in Biloxi, Mississippi"
2011-2012 Thesis committee member (University of Mississippi)
, Zachary Jarjoura (Sociology)
Internship committee member (University of Mississippi)
Tiffiney Grey (Sociology)
Thesis committee member (University of Mississippi)
Robert Reese (Sociology)
2010-2011 Dissertation committee member (University of Mississippi)
Amanda M. Nagel (History)
“Democracy for Whom?: World War I, African Americans, and the Fight for
Democracy, 1914-1921”
Thesis committee member (University of Mississippi)
Jazmine Walker (Sociology)
“A ‘Groupness’ Analysis of Identity with the Reproductive Rights Movement
Thesis committee member (Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College, University of Mississippi)
Gloria Howell
“Crime Coverage Analysis: Representations of African Americans in Memphis Media”
Brian Foster
“Crank Dat Soulja Boy: Understanding Black Male Hip Hop Aspirations in
Rural Mississippi
2010. Thesis committee member (University of Mississippi)
Alexis Assimacopoulos (Anthropology)
“Let the Good Times Roll: Hurricane Katrina, The Blues, and New Normalcy in
New Orleans”
Gregory Sims (Sociology)
“Hurricane Katrina: Images and Voices of African-American Women”
2008. Dissertation committee member (University of Mississippi)
Michelle Craddock (Mathematics)
“Reflexivity and the Grothendieck Property for Positive Tensor Products of Banach
Lattices”
Nicholas Brown (History)
“More than ‘Mere Pin Pricks’: Dr. Harold Moody and the League of Colored
People’s Revolutionary Challenge to British Colour bar, 1931-1948”
Daphne Chamberlain (History)
“'And a Child Shall Lead the Way': Children's Participation in the Jackson,
Mississippi Black Freedom Struggle, 1947-1967”
Thesis committee member (University of Mississippi)
Elsie Pate (Southern Studies)
2006-2007 Honor’s Project Advisor (Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College, University of
Mississippi)
Udochi Onwubiko
Racial imagery in advertising (withdrawn)
Faculty sponsor, Independent-study students (Bowdoin College)
2001-02 Annie McGlaughlin
2000-01 Lindsay Pettingill
Ezra Miller
Faculty sponsor, Honors students (Bowdoin College)
2004-05 Monica Guzman
2001-02 Laura Rodriguez
Faculty co-sponsor, student-designed major (Bowdoin College)
2000 Scott McCabe
July 2020
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