race Experts

William Perez

ProfessorLoyola Marymount University

Department of Educational Leadership and Administration

Andrea Hershatter

Professor in the Practice of Organization & Management; Senior Associate Dean of Undergraduate EducationEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Gregg Murray, PhD

Professor of Political ScienceAugusta University

Murray's research focuses on political behavior and psychology with specific interests in voter mobilization.

Dana Elizabeth Weiner

Associate Professor, History DepartmentWilfrid Laurier University

US Historian, expert on African American history, activism, debates over rights, citizenship in the US to 1880.

Douglas Downey

Professor | Department of SociologyThe Ohio State University

Expert in social stratification, education and family.

Cindy Ott

Associate Professor | Director, Graduate StudiesUniversity of Delaware

Expert in American food and culture, history and memory, material and visual culture, and race and ethnicity studies

Leslie E. Martin

Professor of SociologyUniversity of Mary Washington

Dr. Martin specializes in urban sociology, race/ethnic relations, welfare and poverty issues.

Kelly Welch, PhD

Professor of Sociology and Criminology; Program Director, Criminology | College of Liberal Arts and SciencesVillanova University

Kelly Welch, PhD, is an expert on racial and ethnic profiling, racial disparities in school discipline and public punitiveness toward crime.

Julie Byrne

Professor and Monsignor Thomas Hartman Chair in Catholic StudiesHofstra University

The Professor and Monsignor Thomas Hartman Chair in Catholic Studies at Hofstra University

Ana Chichester

Professor of Spanish, Director of the Bachelor of Liberal Studies ProgramUniversity of Mary Washington

Dr. Chichester is an expert on Latin American literature.