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Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Professor of Sociology

Eduardo Bonilla-Silva
Contact Info:
Office Location:  259 Social Sciences
Office Phone:  (919) 660-5607
Email Address: send me a message

Teaching (Spring 2026):

  • SOCIOL 215.01, SOCIOLOGY OF RACISM IN AMERICA Synopsis
    Allen 326, TuTh 01:25 PM-02:40 PM
    (also cross-listed as AAAS 246.01, EDUC 215.01, LSGS 316.01, RIGHTS 215.01)
Education:

Ph.D.University of Wisconsin, Madison1993
M.A.University of Wisconsin, Madison1987
B.A.University of Puerto Rico1984
Research Interests:

Currently I am working on two books entitled, Anything but Racism: How Social Analysts Limit the Significance of Race (with Gianpaolo Baiocchi and Hayward Horton) and White Logic, White Methods: Racism and Methodology (with Tukufu Zuberi). I am also working on a project entitled, "We are All Americans! The Latin Americanization of Race Relations in the USA," where I explore the changing dynamics of racial stratification in the United States.

Areas of Interest:

Racial Stratification and
Race Relations

Current Ph.D. Students  

  • Reece, Robert  
  • Arriaga, Felicia  
  • Louise Seamster  
  • TRENITA CHILDERS  
  • AUSTIN ASHE  
  • Inseo Son  
  • Victor Ray  
  • Rose Buckelow  
Postdocs Mentored

  • John Eason (2008-2010)  
Recent Publications   (More Publications)

  1. Bonilla-Silva, E; Lewis, AE, Mechanisms and mechanics of racial hierarchy: focusing on the “How” of racism, Ethnic and Racial Studies, vol. 49 no. 2 (January, Accepted, 2026), pp. 359-369 [doi]  [abs]
  2. Bonilla-Silva, E, Rethinking racism again: theorizing the racial structure “for real”, Ethnic and Racial Studies, vol. 49 no. 2 (January, Accepted, 2026), pp. 370-386 [doi]  [abs]
  3. Russo-Tait, T; Blanco, S; Bonilla-Silva, E, US should reject color-blind racial ideology., Science (New York, N.Y.), vol. 389 no. 6757 (July, Accepted, 2025), pp. 242-243 [doi]
  4. Kramer, R; Ray, V; Bonilla-Silva, E, Introduction to the Special Issue: Racism of Omission, Social Problems, vol. 72 no. 2 (May, Accepted, 2025), pp. 331-340 [doi]  [abs]
  5. Brown, TH; Lee, HE; Hicken, MT; Bonilla-Silva, E; Homan, P, Conceptualizing and Measuring Systemic Racism., Annual review of public health, vol. 46 no. 1 (April, Accepted, 2025), pp. 69-90 [doi]  [abs]


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