Joined VPI&SU: 2000

EDUCATION:

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

 PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS:

Date	Name of Institution	Title
1998-2000	North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts	Project Coordinator
1993-5, 96-98	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Dept. of Sociology	Graduate Instructor
1995-1996	VPI & SU, Department of Sociology	Instructor
1994-1995	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Sonja Haynes Stone Black Cultural Center	Program Coordinator

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

SELECTED AWARDS AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

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

VPI&SU Future Faculty Fellow, 1992-1995

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Ellington Graves. 1997. Review essay of The Art of Being Black by Claire Alexander. Contemporary Sociology 26(5): 582-583 .    

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