Department of Sociology

Ellington Graves

Advanced Instructor
Assistant Director, Center for Race and Social Policy

 

Joined Virginia Tech: 2000

 

Bachelor's John Hopkins University
Master's Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

 

Ellington Graves

 

CURRENT TEACHING INTERESTS:

Race and Ethnic Relations
Social Inequality
Africana Studies

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Racial identity and autobiography
Racial identity and shared discourse
Racial identity and interest construction as embodied in notions of racial authenticity
Alternative conceptions of racism
Social structure and narrative

RECENT AWARDS AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

Member, American Sociological Association; Southern Sociological Society; Association of Black Sociologists.

VPI&SU Future Faculty Fellow, 1992-1995.