David Brunsma

Research and Teaching Interests

Racial Identity, Critical Race Theory, Human Rights, Whiteness, Public Sociology, Sociology of Culture, Racism and Racialization, Cognitive Sociology, Sociology of Education, Social Psychology

Positions, Honors, and Awards

International
Co-Editor, Societies Without Borders: Human Rights and the Social Sciences.
Editor, Race and Ethnicity Section, Sociology Compass.

National
Elected Member, Council-at-Large, American Sociological Association
Chair, Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities, American Sociological Association
Recording Secretary, Executive Committee, Southern Sociological Society
Treasurer, Sociologists Without Borders/Sociologos Sin Fronteras – U.S. Chapter

Publications

Selected Books and Monographs
Brunsma, David L., Keri Iyall Smith, and Brian Gran (eds.). Forthcoming. The Handbook of Sociology and Human Rights. Paradigm Publishers.

Brunsma, David L., David Overfelt, and Steven Picou (eds.). 2010. The Sociology of Katrina: Perspectives on a Modern Catastrophe, Second Edition. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.

Blau, Judith, David Brunsma, Alberto Moncada, Cathy Zimmer (eds.). 2008. The Leading Rogue State: The U.S. and Human Rights. Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers.

Rockquemore, Kerry Ann and David L. Brunsma. 2008. Beyond Black: Biracial Identity in America, Second Edition. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.

Brunsma, David L. (ed.). 2006. Mixed Messages: Multiracial Identities in the “Color-Blind” Era. Lynne Reinner Press.

Brunsma, David L. (ed.). 2006. Uniforms in Public Schools: A Decade of Research and Debate. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Education.

Brunsma, David L. 2004. The School Uniform Movement and What it Tells Us About American Education: A Symbolic Crusade. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Education/Scarecrow Press.

Selected Refereed Journal Articles
Brunsma, David L. and Priya Dua. 2011. “The Structure and Process of the Racial Identification of Multiracial Infants in the United States.” Ethnicity and Race in a Changing World.

Brunsma, David L. 2010. “We Are the Ones We’ve Been Waiting For: Human Rights and Us/U.S.” Societies Without Borders: Human Rights and the Social Sciences. 5(1):

Brekhus, Wayne, David L. Brunsma, Todd Platts, and Priya Dua. 2010. “On the Contributions of Cognitive Sociology to the Study of Race.” Sociology Compass.

Rockquemore, Kerry Ann, David L. Brunsma, and Daniel Delgado. 2009. “Racing to Theory or Re-theorizing Race: Understanding the Struggle to Build Valid Multiracial Identity Theories.” The Journal of Social Issues. 65(1): 13-34.

Brunsma, David L. And David Overfelt. 2007. “Sociology As Documenting Dystopia: Imagining a Sociology Without Borders, A Critical Dialogue.” Societies Without Borders. 2: 63-74.

Brunsma, David L. 2006. “Public Categories, Private Identities: Exploring Regional Differences in the Biracial Experience.” Social Science Research. 35(3): 555-576.

Brunsma, David L. 2005. “Interracial Families and the Racial Identification of Mixed-Race Children: Evidence From the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study.” Social Forces. 84(2): 1129-1155.

Rockquemore, Kerry Ann and David L. Brunsma. 2002. “Socially Embedded Identities: Theories, Typologies, and Processes of Racial Identity Among Biracials.” The Sociological Quarterly. 43(3): 335-356.

Brunsma, David L. and Kerry Ann Rockquemore. 2002. “What Does “Black” Mean?: Exploring the Epistemological Stranglehold of Racial Classification.” Critical Sociology. 28(1-2): 101-121.

Brunsma, David L. and Kerry Ann Rockquemore. 2001. “The New Color Complex: Phenotype, Appearances, and (Bi)racial Identity.” Identity. 1(3): 225-246.

Brunsma, David and K. Rockquemore. 1998. “Examining the Effects of Student Uniforms on Attendance, Substance Use, Disciplinary Behavior Problems and Academic Achievement.” The Journal of Educational Research. 92(1): 53-62.

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