Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Professor of Sociology

Contact Info:

Office Location:	259 Social Sciences
Office Phone:	(919) 660-5607
Email Address:

Teaching (Fall 2023):

• SOCIOL 215.01, SOCIOLOGY OF RACISM IN AMERICA Synopsis

  East Duke 108, TuTh 11:45 AM-01:00 PM

  (also cross-listed as AAAS 246.01, LSGS 316.01, RIGHTS 215.01)

Education:

Ph.D.	University of Wisconsin - Madison	1993
M.A.	University of Wisconsin - Madison	1987
B.A.	University of Puerto Rico	1984

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. Robertson, AD; Vélez, V; Hairston, WT; Bonilla-Silva, E, Race-evasive frames in physics and physics education: Results from an interview study, Physical Review Physics Education Research, vol. 19 no. 1 (January, Accepted, 2023) [doi]  [abs]
2. Bonilla-Silva, E, It's not the rotten apples! Why family scholars should adopt a structural perspective on racism, Journal of Family Theory and Review (January, Accepted, 2023) [doi]  [abs]
3. Bonilla-Silva, E; Peoples, CE, Historically White Colleges and Universities: The Unbearable Whiteness of (Most) Colleges and Universities in America, American Behavioral Scientist, vol. 66 no. 11 (October, Accepted, 2022), pp. 1490-1504 [doi]  [abs]
4. Bonilla-Silva, E, Color-Blind Racism in Pandemic Times, Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, vol. 8 no. 3 (July, Accepted, 2022), pp. 343-354, SAGE Publications [doi]  [abs]
5. Bonilla-Silva, E; Yamashita, L, The Problem of Racism in “Post-Racial” America, in Systemic Racism in America: Sociological Theory, Education Inequality, and Social Change (January, 2022), pp. 23-35, ISBN 9781032124940 [doi]  [abs]