David G. Embrick

Associate Professor of Sociology and Africana Studies & Director of Sustainable Global Cities Initiatives

Joint position in Sociology and Africana Studies

Dr. David G. Embrick is an Associate Professor with a joint position in Africana Studies Institute and the Department of Sociology, and the Director of the Sustainable Global Cities Initiative at the University of Connecticut. He received his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University in 2006. He is a former American Sociological Association Minority Fellow (1st to be sponsored by AKD International), and Past-President of the Southwestern Sociological Association and the Association for Humanist Sociology. In addition, Dr. Embrick serves as the Founding Co-Editor of Sociology of Race and Ethnicity; the Founding Series Editor of Sociology of Diversity, Bristol University Press; and the Founding Series Co-Editor of Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, University of Georgia Press. Dr. Embrick’s research has centered largely on the impact of contemporary forms of racism on people of color. He has published extensively on diversity ideology; racism, space, and place; racial microaggressions; and social exclusion in online virtual environments. His most recent research centers on comparative/global anti-Black racism, white sanctuaries, and whitelash. Dr. Embrick has published in a number of journals including Critical Sociology, Sociological Forum, Social Problems, Symbolic Interaction, The Journal of International Sociology and Social Policy, Race and Society, and Sex Roles. He has been invited to give talks on his work in a wide range of venues both academic and public.

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